It feels like forever! and Mario cupcakes!!!!

It honestly seems like forever since I've posted anything!
I've been really busy and superbly tired!
But i do have some things to talk about!!
have a list:
1. silhouette cameo review
2. recycling glass lamp shades
3. half way done pin board (yeah this isn't really much)
4. getting distracted playing Super Mario Galaxy
5. Paper craft!

 I might not talk about these even in order, i get overly excited. Today it was by ribbon, i like ribbon!

Sooooooo, firstly, while its fresh in my mind.
I've been using the silhouette cameo die cutting machine today!
I absolutely could marry this machine, it cuts lovely!
once you've spent 3 hours making love to it and finding out exactly how to work it, and get the blade settings right and everything then you might actually be able to use it!
Don't get me started on the stupid cutting mat.
I get it has to be sticky so that the paper doesn't fly out everywhere when its cut. but COME ON, why so sticky? the paper sticks to it and you waste so much paper!!

Moron stupid cutting mat.
If you don't know this machine is about £270 or something, and is for professionals really, it looks like this:

there is a cheaper one available for £180 called the portrait, and oh my Jesus i want one!

I'd sell a kidney. You have two of those right?

So, the next thing on my list, that i want to talk about, is number 5 PAPER CRAFT WOO!

Making pretty boxes is so much fun. i could actually do it all day!

The ultimate pro embossing board, as it is called, has all the tools ready for making boxes, or just embossing paper. It is really quite cool. I have a natural talent of these things and was able to make whatever i fancied straight away. Now i don't have any pictures of the boxes i made because I'm a moron and never remember.

Nobody expects me to have pictures anymore because I'm rubbish at it!


this is what it looks like though, and its very easy to use :) even comes with DVDs to tell you how to :)

Now what is number 2? i have to scroll up to the top..recycling my lamp shades!

I had this old fan light that i had taken down and i saved the lamp shades from them. This enabled me to be able to make some fancy little candle holders :) and this is how!

Take said lamp shade, as seen here...

 and also seen here too...

 Then find a tin lid for a jar that the bottom fits in comfortably, make sure its not too big or it might look odd.

 You need to spray paint the lid, i did it in silver because I've used all my white spray paint like a dingbat. Make sure you spray both sides and its all equally covered.

 Then assemble your little work station. Everyone knows no work station is complete without a cuppa tea, so this is how your work station should look, and if it doesn't then you're wrong in the face!
Glue gun and extension cord uncomfortably close the knock over-able tea....oops..

Heat up your glue gun and apply a line of glue to the underside of the candle, you have to work quickly here because the hot glue sets really fast, as i found out...

 Glue them both together so they stick firmly, if you haven't done it quick enough then it won't stick!

 And then we have a new candle holder, made from recyclable materials :)
which is good for the world, and also my mantle piece, so win win!

I think it looks a bit ornate and pretty, and nobody else has one :) so nyerrrrrrrr!

and I'm tired right now and don't wanna look at my screen anymore so lets have a pretty picture to lol at and wait til tomorrow for a new post :) lets see what i can find...

okay so this isn't funny, but OH MY JESUS I WANT IT. AND IF I DON'T GET IT I'M GOING TO CRY!


Byes lovers!