This is the first song for your mixtape. It’s short just like your temper.

Posted in Babble, D.I.Why?, Threesixtyfive on August 25, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

There is a dinosaur on my face. Oh nooooes! Anyway. What have you kids been up to this week? I have been 365′in, making Mixtapes (WELL, CD’S..cos if I made someone a mixtape it would be pretty unlikely they could listen to it. That would be like making a MixVHS. Actually, that sounds GREAT. I totally wanna make someone a VHS, of like all my favourite 80′s cartoons and teribbly racist ads and things they played on tv back then. Except I don’t have a VCR. So I can’t do that. Now I’m a teensy bit sad.), thinking of what fun time happy foods I can make for the picnic on Sunday (I’m thinking Banoffee Pie & Red Velvet cupcakes), and waiting on my Nephew to hurry up and be born already. Yeah, remember that baby shower? He was due to pop Monday gone, and I am suuuper impatient and continually hassling his mum about hurrying up and giving birth already!

My 365′s for the week- descriptions & the full set can be found here!

8/365

9/365

10/365

11/365

12/365

13/365

14/365

Here’s one the mixes I made for Goodnight Little Spoon’s MixCD Swap! I mailed them off today, so I won’t share the full tracklistings in case the recipients happen to stop by. But cute, huh?! The other one looks AWESOME but my dumb fuck computer deleted my photos and because it’s a dumb fuck it refuses to unzip any files and I can’t download any dumb fucking recovery software. FUCK. Dumb. And it made me cry with frustration.

Other things that are just generally great right now..

<3 Crafting! <3 Being excited to hang with fellow bloggers/tweetererers. <3 Baking lots again. <3 Driving around our dream housing area looking at all the pretty houses we will probably never afford and being smiled at by the jolly neighbours we will probably never have- but it’s nice to dream. <3 Saying “That guy…” at work all the time, about basically everyone, regardless of whatever said guy did. <3 Arranging lots of plans for future baking- got one birthday & 2 weddings lined up so far for the next few months! <3 Making secret plans for our Manager’s leaving, even though the her leaving part is ridiculously lame. <3 Looking in the mirror half nudie and not wanting to cry. <3 The fact that I just ordered us pizza, stuffed potato skins and chocolate mousse for a late dinner. <3 Quality time with Mr. LMC. <3 Tuesday night dates with the other husband, and “family” dates with both of them. <3 Lolling at Drake’s video clip because he is totally Jimmy from Degrassi – The Next Generation. <3
My new boots. I started listing reasons they are great to the other hub, before informing him there were 150 of them. <3

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If given half the chance to go.

Posted in Babble, Totally Baked on August 23, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Oh hey y’all.

Today I was sad. But then I got new boots. And I was happppppy. But I’m still a little sad. My manager resigned at work. This is actually the lamest thing to ever happen to my work, because she is fairly awesome and we are like a little, cake-eating retarded family of sorts. It’s going to be a totally different place without her. Good for her, as she is really too good for our work- her knowledge and experience is the industry was being wasted. Completely depressing for us however- she’s a lot of the reason it’s such an enjoyable place to work. She finishes in two weeks. TWO WEEKS! There isn’t enough time! *sob* At least we can make some great cakes and have an epic send off for her. And my boots are great. *Shrug*

Speaking of cakes, I made a bunch last week. You may notice as the photos go down that my piping gets progressively worse. I did the usual, and caused myself an unusual baking injury. I slipped in lemon meringue filling, dropped the bowl I was holding, which smashed and bounced various sized chunks of ceramic into my face, and landed on my wrist- hurting it like a mother effer. I almost thought it was broken for a while there- hence the wonky piping. It got tough towards the end.

Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting & chocolate shards.

Plain Vanilla.

Lemon Meringue with the delicious filling of DOOM.

And of course, my lovely *BFFBAOHASBNRSMDB made the Pièce de résistance, a dead animal made from Brownies. Cos you know..it’s just what we do. There was also a whole backstory about “Spot”, and how he was gangraped (doggystyle) by rabid Pitbulls and run over by Satan’s car of death.

In unrelated news, the husband just told me I was sitting “kinda gross”. I had one leg up balancing my laptop on my knee, and I am wearing only mens briefs. HOT. Haha.

I will be baking some more this weekend, for the picnic. Hope you’re coming along! It would be lovely to meet some of you I haven’t met and hang out again with those I have! I might go a Banoffee Pie- and maaaybe even post the recipe and a little tutorial for you guys sometime next week. Love!

*Best fucking friend but also other husband and son but not really, slash milk drinking buddy.

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As the rain beat down on the hood, when i stumbled upon pictures i tried to forget.

Posted in Babble, Threesixtyfive on August 18, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Oh hi little friends! So I pretty much forgot I had a blog. My bad. I’ve been busy, you know, with really important stuff. Like eating green olives with a skewer (You know..cos the jar is tall and my little hand can’t reach the bottom) and poking their little red middles out. Why is it that you can get every freaking kind of stuffing in a green olive, yet if I want just plain old pitted they refuse to exist? WHY?? I like my damn green olives. I could probably get froot loop stuffed olives before finding plain pitted ones around here.

I have managed not to stuff up my new 365 project *just* yet. Here’s my week in pictures. (Eventful, no?)

Photo descriptions and stuff are in my flickr set!

Pretty excited to bake tomorrow night! Friday is our stores one year anniversary! I can’t believe I’ve been there over a year already! And as I made 50 awesome cupcakes for our opening I decided it was a good idea to do it again for our anniversary! So I have a ridiculous amount of ingredients on my counter top right now, and I should have plenty of photos for you come the weekend!

That’s pretty much all..OH except my husband bought me a pink sequinned tiara headband at the shops today..it’s for children, but whatever, it looks great on me. Love!

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It always rains on a picnic.

Posted in Babble on August 15, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Attention lovely ladies of Perth!

We’re having a picnic. You know what would be nice? If you came along.

Come hang out at The Queens Gardens, on the corner of Nelson Crescent and Plain Street, East Perth. 11am, Sunday the 29th of this month.

What shall we do? Well, we shall eat cake mostly, or whatever other brunch type items people would like to bring along. We can sit on blankets and nibble and chat, and pretend it’s Summer and that it’s sane to be having a picnic. And if it rains? YAY IT’S RAIN! We can all frolick in the rain (or you can at least watch me), because that’s just how I roll.

What shall we bring? Well, something to eat or drink (non-alcoholic kids, this is a classy morning affair!), a friend, if you like, a blanket or picnic rug if you have one, annnnd that’s about it! If you are bringing something that requires forks or spoons or plates or cups maybe bring some disposable ones along if you can, or let me know & I will pick some up beforehand. I will bring cupcakes..obviously, and whatever else I manage to conjure up. I might bring some balloons to tape to my face or something so we are recognisable! Nobody likes awkwardly walking up to a group of people that you can’t *quite* tell are the right people until you get close enough..then there’s that awkward moment when you hope nobody noticed you and you try to swiftly turn as if you were just passing by. Yeaaah, we don’t want that.

See you there?

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Your lips touching mine in the photobooth.

Posted in Babble, Threesixtyfive on August 12, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Just wanted to say thank you to you guys for always being so lovely and supportive and saying the right things when I need to hear them. Seriously love you guys.

I decided to start a new 365 project to brighten my spirits, something postive and fun that I really enjoyed doing after a rough time a couple of years back. If you aren’t familiar, Project 365 is an idea based around taking a picture documenting your life, yourself, or things you find interesting every day for one year. It’s pretty fascinating to look back on.

The set will be here, if you would like to follow it. I will probably do weekly recaps here of the pictures I’ve taken, or maybe just post the ones I particularly like.

1/365.

I decided this had to be the first photo for my new 365 project. It sums me up so perfectly it’s ridiculous. Me & my new favourite thing ever, Majellan the Unicorn-ball. A belated birthday present from my beautiful friend Mam. It’s a squishy ball. And a unicorn. WITH DREADLOCKS. Pretty much amazing. I made up a song about him on the way home from work. My *BFFBAOHASBNRSMDB told me I was “sooooooo irritatingggg!” He loves it.

On an unrelated note- Perth kiddliwinks, if you’re interested, keep the 29th free- Sunday a couple of weeks from now. Picnic date? I will post more info later if anyone wants to come along!

*Best fucking friend but also other husband and son but not really, slash milk drinking buddy.

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Ow, we need the funk We gotta have that funk!

Posted in Babble on August 11, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

I’m in a funk. And not the cool George Clinton, shutter-shaded, afro-rockin’ kind.

If you read my blog before the-great-post-disappearance of 2010, you might have noticed the drastic decrease of pictures posted, outfits posts, general happy bounciness in my step. I’m pretty devastated cos I was really hoping this whole blog makeover would be a fresh start but I’m not happy with how boring and dreary it has been, and how little I have been posting because I just don’t feel up to it, or like I have anything to say. I started off on the right track but you know..lost it somewhere along the way.

I haven’t been taking any outfit pictures cos I’m not happy with my body, even though I’m losing weight and feeling better I feel a bit embarrased posting my outfits for some reason. And I have been making lots of happy fun time crafty stuff but don’t like the pictures enough to post them. I wish I was better at photography. There are so many things I’d like to do and courses I’d like to take but I can’t afford them dag nammit, and can’t find the time.

I want my blogging groove back!

I don’t have any answers for you this time guys. I need some myself. Halp?

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You won’t be seventeen forever and we can get away with this tonight.

Posted in Em-Stuff on August 7, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

I’m not one for regrets, I strongly believe everything happens for a reason and that everything I’ve done in my life equates to who I am today. Howeverrrrr..if I did happen to bump into myself at age 17 there might be a few things I’d tell me to make my young life a little easier and happier!

2002.

Keep drawing. You will lose it if you can’t find the time.
Pay more attention in Home Ec, even though you cheated (at your mum’s advice!) on your final assignment, you can actually sew a little- and you will wish you were better at it later!
Stop letting other people walk all over you. Too many things that you deserved credit for got overlooked because you couldn’t be bothered arguing for it.
Spend more time with her when school finishes. She will go into remission, but she will get sick again, and you won’t get to see her that last time. She doesn’t make it to your wedding.
Eat more! You hate your body now but you will realise later you had no reason. You’ll spend the next 8 years wishing you looked like that again.
Give yourself the credit. What you got through on your own was amazing. Even if you don’t realise what a feat it was until years later.
Coming away from all that makes you STRONG and independent. It doesn’t mean you “aren’t cool anymore” because you know better.
Dye your hair black. You will feel more like yourself than you ever did before.
Don’t bother pretending or worrying that you have nothing in common with anyone from school. Those “friends” are barely that. They are acquaintances. You have nothing in common. You just haven’t found your people yet.
Don’t spend so much time locked in your bedroom doing sit-ups, listening to music & crying. Keep locking yourself in your bedroom and listening to music- it’s already becoming your everything. But the sit-ups and tears are unnecessary.
You don’t need to stress so much about whether you did enough. You aren’t an academic person, those aren’t your goals. You are creative person and that’s where your life will lead you.
Enjoy those damn chocolate muffins from the canteen. The tray you steal on the last day of school will be the last ones you have, and you will NEVER find muffins that live up to those!

What would you tell your 17 year old self if given the opportunity?

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Do they not have pen or paper where you are? Cos I haven’t heard from you in ages.

Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

MAIL CALL!

Because my wordpress deleted all my posts when I was on hiatus, I lost my various lists of people who I owed letters, postcards and parcels to! And there is A LOT. I have tried re-writing a list but at the moment in only stands at 4. Please please please let me know if I owe you anything, I’m slowly starting to get on top of it!

Or of course, if I don’t owe you anything but you would like a letter just for fun, let me know! I’d be happy to add you to my long list. I’m digging out my stickers and paper as we speak!

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Is she out there?

Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Please to be viewing from 2:13-2:19.

WHUT, Justin Bieber? WHUT?

Disclaimer: I am in no way, shape or form making fun of the J-Beebs. I am merely pointing out the little skippity-hop leprechaun jig that is both amusing and great. The J-Beebs is, in fact, fantastic, and I refuse to believe otherwise, despite claims from pretty much everyone over the age of 12. He brightens my day fairly often when me & my fellow work peeps put him on the playlist for lols & general good times. And we work in a music store, so, you know..our opinions must be correct. *Coughs on your face* You now have a rather severe case of Bieber Fever. ILOVEYOUJUSTINBIEBER.

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And I barely sleep in my, in my own house.

Posted in Tunesday on July 27, 2010 by Em @ LickMyCupcakes

Lydia. I don’t really have to say anything more. But I will.

You guys (most of you anyway) know just what this band mean to me. The countless emails and tweets I’ve gotten over the past couple of years thanking me for introducing people to this band are the best thing I could hope for, for someone as passionate about this music as I am.

They’re currently touring the US. Their LAST tour. They will no longer be making music together. It breaks my heart to know I’ll never see my favourite band perform live. And to know I’ll never hear a new song from them. It’s lucky that the ones they did make are amazing enough to last. Thankfully, they brought out a last album before announcing the break up.

“Assailants” is everything I could have hoped for. Even though it’s only 7 songs long, it’s quality over quantity with Lydia.

The songs “We clean up so well” & “Empty out your stomach” are just as I imagined and hoped for for this album. They are pure Lydia through and through.

“You changed back into your clothes, while I was thinking.
My body is sick, yeah, it never stops breathing.
I’m sure I know what you’re going through-
Yeah, I call it vanity..”

I literally (YES, LITERALLY. And I hate when people use the word literally when it’s clearly NOT literally. Eg. My dad, after returning from Italy. “The cars are so small they would literally fit on a postage stamp!” REALLY DAD? Literally? How is one to drive this stamp sized car? *sigh*) felt my heart slowing and swelling and my throat choking up slightly from joy (I know, I have overkill issues with music- we’ve been through this..) when I first heard this particular song, “I’ve Never Seen a Witch.”

I haven’t been able to listen to anything else, I just don’t want to. It’s all I want to hear, and I’ve been playing it every chance I get. Even on my few minute long work breaks I’ve just been taking them as the perfect opportunity to hear my song.

“You start to scream, like we’re making a scene
I must remind you this is, not a movie
You couldn’t help but play the queen
You left them, all at your feet

I’ve come to believe it, I’ve come to believe it
It’s like my mouth opened over the pavement
But fake as you can, tell them all why you started this panic

You were a ghost, from late October
I will be one come summer
I saw this world like a paper
And you could not ever stay here

Now I believe it, now I believe it
It’s like my mouth opened over the pavement
and how could you think I, I wouldn’t know this?

Speak quite a storm, with a small mouth
and I barely sleep in my, in my own house.
Stare, stare at me and I, and I might transform

All hail the queen still,
I’ve never seen a witch this mean.

Speak quite a storm, with a small mouth
and I barely sleep in my, in my own house.
Fake as you can, tell them all why you started this panic..”

So thank you, Lydia. For this amazing song, your amazing music, inspiring me every day. I’ll miss you.

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Attention lovely ladies of Perth!

MAIL CALL!

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