BURKATRON

cinema trips | painting my nails | my latest feature in crafty mag .. a feather necklace I made for them, check out issue 6 for step by step instructions! | wedding fever.. don't leave me unattended near the bubbly! jumping on the bumble bandwagon! | decorating the bathroom ootd | the house renovations continue | my homemaker magazine interview.. eeeeeep! naughty shopping! topshop jumpsuit and primark dungarees | shake shack-in' in covent garden | fred perry HQ | new vintage levi's jacket waiting for it's first outing. . I'm as addicted to instagram as ever! my snaps are taking a turn towards yawnsville with all my renovations but don't worry I shall be back with a food/outfit/nail photo taking vengence soon! if you're looking for somone new to follow let me introduce myself: I'm caroline, I have a instagram problem and can be found here! I hope you're having a great weekend guys! caroline x

dungarees: primark original personal organiser : c/o filofax shirt: vintage rucksack : topshop nike blazers : office eeeeeeep I decided to take part in a challenge this week... a filofax one to be exact! you may have realised I'm a bit of a stationary geek so the opportunity to mix it with fashion was too fun for me to resist! the challenge was to pick a fashion decade to style with my filofax.. I couldn't resist a chance to wear my nerdy new dungarees so I opted for a bit of 90's grunge.. the winner and runners up get to host a filofax giveaway on their blog yipeeee!! (after using mine I knew you guys would love them too, they have so many great features inside from week planners, to do lists, plus fun built in extras like rulers and shopping list pads) if you have a minute and would like to vote you can pop over to their facebook gallery here and simply 'like' my pictures! thanks to those who've voted already! caroline x

oh my gosh I'm such a hoarder!  if I step into a charity shop I undoubtedly exit with some more trinkets I don't actually need but have a wicked compulsion to collect (case in point my growing collection of miss matched teacups and saucers..) I love vintage teacups, I tend to justify collecting them so I can throw afternoon teas parties but more often than not they sit neglected and dusty amongst my other bits and pieces. so to cheer up my old china I decided to give it a new life as teacup candles! it's surprisingly easy (and darn quick) you'll just need the following: candle wax (500g was enough for 3 candles) pre dipped wicks (available here ) a double boiler (two saucepans will do!) old teacups first pick your teacups, I went for mismatched patterns as I wanted mine to be a little eclectic. now take your candle wicks and attach them to the teacup base so they don't move when your pour in the wax! (I just used a dab of super glue) leave them on some newspaper and...

holy macaroni. I had the best news ever this week! burkatron has made the shortlist for best craft blog in the cosmo blog awards eeeeek! I wanted to say a HUGE MASSIVE THANK YOU for voting for my little blog, I'm still pinching myself, I can't actually believe it! I'm so incredibly happy and can't thank you enough, every comment, like and retweet means the world and I'd never dreamt of actually making it to the shortlist. blogging has been such a wonderful experience so far; I'm utterly obsessed with thinking up posts when I should be asleep and scribbling away ideas in my geeky little notebooks in the hope that someone will enjoy them. you've all been so kind, funny and pretty damn awesome I couldn't begin to tell you all how much you've encouraged me and keep me smiling. if you enjoy reading burkatron and have a few minutes to vote I'd be forever grateful! I'm shortlisted for best craft blog and you can vote here !!!  you can find the submi...