Micro Cupcakes. Edible cupcakes!
:) 10-Calorie Cupcakes? Haha. These are my Micro Cupcakes AKA Thimble Cupcakes! I really love making these, even though they take lots of time and consideration for detail and there is *little* room for error. :] (I've made them a few times, for a birthday, for family, for a graduation and my husband is taking a "dozen" into work today. Hahah! I set out to find the most true-to-shape way to make the smallest cupcakes possible, and, without making my own sheet metal pans with micro-mini divots and the ability to make AIR-Bubble-LESS cake mix...well, this is the way. Thimble safety - Mine are nickel-plated and this is what I found online - I did some research on nickel plating and saw that they do this for oven racks and people cook on those. HTTP (Sugar) Cookies. It took me a while, because these things are hard to find.
The bulk of tutorials online just give directions to delete cookies, and not how to view them. Luckily, I found some directions through google chrome (for my browser) and I was able to fish around for the perfect one to use. Wrench icon, Options, Under the Hood, Content Settings, Cookies, "All Cookies and site Data" button, choose one from the list or search for a specific one. THEN, click on it, a blue box should form, with mini boxes/buttons inside it. Those are the cookies. I searched for Instructables, there were 2 entries, 11 in one, 2 in the other. Unicorn Poop! Brought to you by Sweet Insanity Bake Shop : Magically Delicious!
Unicorns may manage their elusiveness but they left behind some fanciful evidence of their existence and I was able to recreate their leavings. This unicorn poop, in reality, has a funny story. I told my mom that I was making some "Unicorn Sneezes" and she said "when are you going to make your unicorn sh*t? " And then it hit me...Great idea, Mom!
The real deal - it's made of sugar cookies, rainbow dragees, rainbow star sprinkles, white sparkle gel, and rainbow disco dust. Enjoy! **** Update 4/12/12 **** I'm very excited about all of the responses that I've been getting, and I am so excited to see what you guys have done with this idea. Victorian Charm Pulling. I went to a local bead shop and picked out lots of charms.
I brought them home, came up with a name for each one, typed up a word document describing each charm and what they would represent. It's open to interpretation, so you don't have to go by rules, make your own up! So, word document was ready, with meanings for each charm for when the pulling would occur. Each maid would ask what their charm meant and I would shout it to the huge group of people so that they would know what it meant for each girl. :) I used embroidery floss/thread and just tied a long loop onto each charm, I chose a gold color for the strings because my colors were gold and pink.