Finished Object Friday

Happy October!!! I am loving this time of year, especially now that it has (finally) cooled down a little in Texas! :)  Fall is about the only time I can be "friends" with the color orange - I'm not an orange person, but it just seems to belong to fall. :)  I did finally finish my fall decorating and I will share that with you next week. Today, though, as you know is Finished Object Friday! (I'm a little late today, because I had to bring my trusty little laptop somewhere that it can get internet. My home internet doesn't like me right now and I've had to use our other computer - which doesn't have all my stuff!)  Anyway...


This could be considered a "Finished Object Flop" because that's just what these cupcakes did! They looked really cute when I first finished them for our birthdays... I even bought a cute stand to display them on...



Unfortunately, as you can see... they started doing this:


Here's what I did wrong (so you won't repeat my mistake - and neither will I) I bought store icing in the tub and added powdered sugar to stiffen it up. I believe the powdered sugar had the opposite effect and just made it runny. Next time? I'm making my OWN icing!! :) 

**Extra**
This little extra FOF won't cost you a nickle! :) I shared a flower I made last FOF, this week I made another for a very special little girl (who is getting very big!) who turned six this week!!

It's the same pattern, but I really liked doing it in felt - much less floppy to work with and I was able to cut out two "petals" at a time.

The precious thing about "Gracie" is how much she loves handmade items! She is always thrilled to get something that I made for her. I had given Gracie her main gift a couple of days earlier, so when we went to her little party I wanted to have something to bring - I had wanted to make her a flower before, but ran out of time. As soon as she saw the clip, she whipped off her headband and modeled it for us!

Such a precious little princess!

So now it's your turn!!! I'm excited to hear what you all have been up to! Link up below and have fun! (If this is your first time, be sure to check out the intro post here.)