I wanna bake with somebody...

While I was on vacation I took a break from the bloggy world to just relax on the beach. Which meant I had a plethora of posts to catch up on. Which means I quickly fall into some bloggy black hole, clicking through links at every stop.

On one of my late nights journey's I came across this recipe at Joy's Hope. It had everything I love: salted caramel, homemade butter cream and chocolate. *swoon* We were meant to be. I decided these cupcakes would be an excellent treat for my summer school co-workers. Apparently I thought summer school was staffed by an army. I really don't know why I thought I needed 672 cupcakes, but that's close to the number I ended with.

Big cupcakes, tiny cupcakes, cupcakes in a jar. I'm an equal opportunity cupcaker.

I tried to limit my samples to just the minis, and have spent much of the day delivering these little bites of deliciousness to everyone I've ever met. They do not need to spend anymore time in my house. I can not be responsible for the amount consumed if I'm left alone with them. They are that good.

So go ahead. Make some cupcakes. You know you want to.

My fingers are numb...

Ever since I saw these fantastically mesmerizing charm bracelets, I have been scheming and plotting how to make my own. How fun is it to sit for hours and entertain yourself with your personal "I Spy" arm candy. It's taken several trips to the dollar store/hobby lobby/wal-mart, and at least 2 broken nails (even though I used pliers) but I think I did an ok job.

(I say ok, because I planned to make some Christmas Record Album charms, but the printer was running very low on ink so I couldn't make the shrinky dinks. I think it's what would put this over the top).

I used mini ornaments, bells, old earrings and beads to fill this in. It took a while to get all those jump rings attached. Hence the loss of feeling in the finger tips. One more craft done!