The re-inVintage Fair

A lady in our town arranges this fair twice a year, and it's super fun! My mom is really involved, and I've helped out and sold some things in the past. Last fall I sold cupcakes, and, since it went over so well, I'm planning on doing the same this year. I've also pulled out all my beads and stuff, trying to get some things made.

Here's a couple things I've come up with:

I've been doing a LOT of experimenting with cupcakes as well the past couple weeks. I've finally decided what I'm going to make: classic chocolate, raspberry lemonade, and french toast with maple icing. Thursday night is going to be insanity. And I'm very much looking forward to it. ;D

Paper flower wreath

I follow a particular vlog on YouTube, and one of the girls made a video on how to make these adorable paper flowers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4FXWiP1jrI She used sheet music to make hers - I used the rest of the old book I made my origami stars out of.

I decided to make a wreath out of them for my mom for Mother's Day. They are extremely time consuming, but the result is so pretty, it was definitely worth it. 

I just bought a styrofoam wreath and some ribbon and hot-glued everything together after I'd assembled the flowers.

I didn't have enough flowers to cover all the styrofoam, but I think it worked out. And my mom really liked it, too. :)

French toast cupcakes

My friend had yet to see Les Miserables, so his roommate (another friend) decided to host a viewing party of the new movie at their house. My first idea was to decorate cupcakes as little French flags. Then our host sent out a message saying "Hey, we're serving breakfast for dinner before the show! Bring anything applicable, if you like!" So then I thought I was screwed, but I thought about how I could make it work. I looked up French toast cupcakes. I didn't get many results, but this recipe seemed to work really well: http://www.theyummiestblog.com/recipe/dessert/maple-french-toast-and-bacon-cupcakes

For maple-flavored buttercream, I actually used the recipe in this blog here: http://mandamcgrath.blogspot.com/2012/12/french-toast-cupcakes.html
I'd never made frosting before, and I had to alter the recipe a smidge. I was forced to add the milk and cream in early, on account of my mixer getting literally stuck in the sugary butter mess. I didn't even end up using all the sugar it called for, and I do think it could've used it (it tasted a little too buttery) - I just didn't feel like wrecking my mom's electric mixer. But I will say the consistency was perfect - I'm so used to store-bought stuff that doesn't retain itself and melts all over the place. I'll definitely be using this recipe again with different flavoring (and maybe a little less butter).
For the coup de grace, I melted some chocolate chips, covered some bacon in it, refrigerated that, then chopped it up and sprinkled it on top (not because I'm particularly fond of bacon, but because of the men I knew would be at the party [you're welcome ;) ]). And then some cinnamon sugar on top. Yeah, they were pretty amazing.