unlike ordinary cupcakes, this one is mail-able! :)

also unlike ordinary cupcakes, this is the sort that even *I* know how to "bake"! i was happy to do so in honor of this week's city crafter challenge, which is set by my lovely friend kirsty vittetoe, and called BAKE SALE; for which one can submit anything that is baking related. so using as my template an old store-bought, cupcake-shaped card which someone sent to me several years ago, i made this:

(vintage seam binding; patterned paper: studio calico, reminisce; bling heart: recollections; pearl flourish: prima; ink: colorbox; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape, sewing machine)

sneaking in to a few more challenges, the recipe this week at the catered crop is for projects which are "in the pink"; the crafty pad is calling for cards which are "anything but square"; at robyn's fetish the brief is for pearls, swirls and glitter: the first two are easy to see, but slightly more subtle is the fact that my heart "candy" decoration on top is made from glittered shimmery paper; the ribbon girl's september card challenge would also like to see pearls-- and ribbon, of course-- i've actually made my "whipped cream" from vintage seam binding of which i found a whole luscious roll at a garage sale last summer; i think i paid a dollar, tops, maybe even fifty cents, to a woman who was clearly puzzled as to why ANYONE would be chortling so gleefully over such a find, lol! :)

i hope your labor day weekend has included at least one such happily serendipitous surprise; if it hasn't yet... today might be your day!!! ciao, darlings! ♥♥♥