Tiger's Invitational & Bottle Charms

Yesterday, the Science Olympiad team traveled to Lehigh to compete in the Tiger's Invitationals.  I participated in the Bridge Building, Entomology, and Green Generation events. My partners and I won 4th in entomology and 7th in Green Generation.  For the bridge building event, I didn't build the bridge; I was just placed in the event to help test it. My school placed 2nd in the competition; we tied with the 1st place school, but the tiebreaker was number of 1st places in individual events, and they had more. I had a great time, and I hope I'll be invited to the regional competition.

The bridge that I tested.

Today, I hosted a crafting event at the library.  We made "key to my heart" bottle charms and linked on a heart charm with a jump ring to give it a decorative touch.  It was supposed to be a Valentine's Day event, so we had pink and red M&M's out.  The craft went by pretty fast, so I stayed afterwards to discuss about future events with the TAB advisor.  I'm thinking about doing 4-leaf clover magnets for St Patrick's Day in March, pendant necklaces in April, and a necklace charm for Mother's Day in May.

Heart Nail Stickers

Valentine's Day is this Saturday!  And what better way to welcome it than with nail art?  

I took a plastic baggie and painted hearts on it with all my shades of pinks and reds.  The best part was that they didn't have to be perfect because when the stickers dry and are peeled off, I can trim them with scissors.  The nail polish dries faster when it's placed somewhere with cool temperatures, so I placed an ice pack in the baggie.  

The bottom two blobs are just experiments with dry water marbling.  They don't look like much now, but once I cut them to the right shape, they should look pretty cool.

You can paint anything on a plastic baggie and turn it into a sticker.  It allow for more coordination than directly paining it on your nails.  

Duochrome Polish

My favorite thing about nail polish is that you can create new shades by combining opaque colors with glitters.  I used Bali Mist by Sinful Colors and Burst by LA Girl Color Pop. 

I used the Bali Mist a few times on its own before, so I knew it was a duochrome polish.  When I searched for swatches of this color, most blogs complained that the color was too sheer, but then they layered Bali Mist over black or green, the outcome was gorgeous.  Those swatches make me really want to try it because duochrome nail polishes are so pretty. 

So, when I painted Burst, a holographic glitter polish, on top, it emphasized the color change perfectly.  It's lavender when there is sunlight shining on it and turns gold under artificial lighting.