So Freaking Excited!!!

After being on the wait list for pre-sale tickets for months...

exactly 9am I refresh the page and the [BUY TICKETS] tab comes up.. 

it directs me to the floor plan and I click on a seat...

it's gone! click..

Gone! click..

GONE!

the next seat...YES! the seat next to it?
NO! It's gone to..

seats are disappearing right before my eyes..

Hubby is hovering behind me.. "Go to the next balcony!"

quickly click on that page and click on a seat... yes..

the seat next to it??

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

hurry up, click on [PAY NOW]...

[SIGN UP]

W...T...H???

Crap! quick! type.. type.. hands shaking..panic!   finished.. go back to booking..

OMG seats are still there!!!!!!!!!

click [PAID]

"Congratulations, Your booking has been confirmed. Your tickets will be sent to you via mail.......etc.."


YAY! YAY! ok.. breathe now... calm down...

(now off to dentist appointment that started 5 minutes ago..lol)

Well that was nerve racking. But the look on my sons face when I told him we are going to see our Idol Sir David Attenborough in June...

Priceless.

Miniature project

As you know I am a sucker for anything miniature, and since my other little projects (the curiosity shoppe, steampunk pin cushion, and whimsy lane) were so well received at the shop (they all sold at Christmas) I have been inspired to do more. This is my latest. It's another fabulous mini from Twiddleybitz. They market it as an ATC (artist trading card) hinged box, but, you know me..I like to think OUT of the box! 
I decided this would make a perfect miniature perfume cabinet. Hope you like it :)
first, this is how it comes, in pieces with instructions:

 and this is my interpretation. A beautiful little perfume cabinet!

 The shelving I added in..

 the perfume bottles I hand made from beads and metal bead ends, and miniature glass bottles.

 This bottom shelf has a recipe book in the back, a jar of rose petals, and a jar of lavender sprigs, all hand made by me. The lavender sprigs are so tiny. It's my favourite part of the whole piece.

No fish were harmed in the making of this post..

For you.



Amazing art by Riusuke Fukahori.

Bloggers Block

What do you do when life stalls, or worse, takes over until you've almost had about as much as you can take?

You watch cat videos on YouTube, or, listen to three hours of mind numbing dubstep (or loose yourself in Skyrim).

Sitting here with my hands hovering over the keyboard, poised to write, aching to have that nice fresh new post spill out from my fingertips.  Something exciting.  Something funny, heck I’d even settle for something sad. But nothing is there.  Then I admit defeat, once again, and resign myself to the fact that I have the dreaded “bloggers block”.

I know I have been gone a long time. Not just from the blogosphere, but from myself in general. Not for any reason in particular. Life takes priority, things get busy, time seems to be lacking, the mood isn't right, the brain is too tired... etc.

I just have to remember that, this too shall pass.

p.s Happy Valentines Day. My house smells like roses :)

Good news, tidbits, and some funny s**t

Well hi!
I was going through my emails after we got back from holidays when I came across this one from YouTube...

Hmm.. I thought.. what did I say? must investigate. So I clicked the click here link and prepared myself to scroll through the comments to find mine, when, low and behold... I had hit the holy grail of YouTube commenters everywhere...

TOP COMMENT!! OH YEAH!! Exciting stuff there people.

...is it sad I screen snipped it?
.......?
moving on..
Well I have sold FIVE..that's right F.I.V.E!! paintings at the shop.. Hubby is so proud he is ringing everyone..lol. He is so cute.. So I need to get cracking and paint, paint, paint!

Holiday was a great get away, but we have arrived at the conclusion that holidaying in a tiny caravan in SUMMER is NOT fun. Good thing my parents had air-con in their little cabin. And the pool was great as it is always covered. It even comes with it's own pool ducks.. yes you heard me.. POOL...DUCKS. well I never saw them in the pool, but everyone else did. I only saw one and it was standing beside the pool, watching me creepily as I walked past it to the bathrooms.
For chrissy I got a sony bloogie which is a little pocket cam corder thingie..so be prepaired for some more videos. (when I get around to it) I love it and it goes with me everywhere. I think Hubby loved his gift from me just as much.. I got him a "ten piece Kinchrome single wave metric spanner set" (try saying that before your morning coffee). Gee I am a good wife, buying him tools. You should have seen his little eyes light up. lol.

lastly I wanted to share something for all you gamers out there. My son shows me some funny things on Youtube. I have discovered a guy called Tobuscus who does these literal interpretations of previews for movies, and, games. Here are a couple of my favourites...

ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD



THE ELDER SCROLLS: SKYRIM (OMG I am totally addicted to this game!!)




anyway... I'll leave it to you if you want to watch more.. he's done "Iron man", "The Hobbit", "COD" and many more.