Honeycomb Macro

took these today, however had some lighting issue's so didnt work out as well as i wanted. mainly because the the lense blocked the flash because it was so close.

http://valind.co.uk/Photos/honeycomb.jpg

http://valind.co.uk/Photos/honeycomb2.jpg

I also broke my mini tripod so took these by hand :S

Any tips on cheap effective lighting? I was thinking i should have got a piece of cardboard and covered it with foil and placed it near by.