Martha Stewart I’m not.
Let’s get real, here. I’m not even cable access crafty, much less media empire crafty.
I have these grand ideas. I can conceptualize, but I cannot follow through with any level of success. What I need is a doer, a person who can take my crazy ideas and turn them into something beautiful. What I need is a staff.
Back to reality.
It’s possible I was briefly possessed by the spirit of Martha, because for some inane reason I signed up to make a Halloween-themed cake for an event at church and to make Mummy Dogs for school. On the same day. At the same time.
Decidedly uncrafty me was suddenly rendered Suzy Homemaker, Baking Goddess.
Since there was no way I could make both cake and Mummy Dogs and have them both delivered by 9:30 a.m., I made the cake the night before. And I got creative, people. Inspiration struck while grocery shopping, and I filled my cart with bags of candy, marshmallows and chocolate chips. I had a plan.
After slaving away and creating what I would consider a Halloween masterpiece unlike any other heretofore created in this house, I called my husband to see my handiwork.
Smiling the smile you give a crazy person when you don’t want to set them off, he said, “Oh, great ghosts. And what are these? Flowers? Some kind of tree?”
I stared at him in disbelief. Did he really not see it?
I ask you: What do you think these are? Keep in mind it’s a Halloween cake.
Cake toppers: what do these look like to you?
A prize* to the first reader who can tell me what these are, and convince me that they would have figured it out even if I hadn’t made it abundantly clear that this is a Halloween-themed cake.
The next morning I was up and baking mummies before my family started stirring. I felt very homespun. But I completely forgot to snap a shot of my Mummy Dogs before wrapping them in their tinfoil tomb. I swear they looked exactly like this. Really.
Pillsbury Mummy Dogs
Today I wonder:
:: Are you crafty? How do you manage it?!
:: Do your final projects ever fall a bit short of your ideas?
:: Oh, and is your husband a nut who wouldn’t recognize a pumpkin made of candied oranges if it smacked him upside the head? (Just wondering…)
*The prize. I will actually mail a prize to the first commenter who correctly identifies my adorable cake toppers, and I promise that it will not be one of my craft projects gone wrong. I’ll send you something cute, made by someone who received the Craft Gene. As I have already told you what was on top of the cake, this is the world’s easiest contest. You’re welcome.
Lapsed homemaker. Looking to hire a full-time housekeeper who will work for the sheer joy of a job well done and free coffee. Interested parties, DM please. 
Pumpkins! Seriously. That wasn’t even a challenge!
I’m making mummy dogs for a party on Sunday. Cute!!!
@Amy ~ Eat. Live. Laugh. Shop., I know, right? I’m concerned about my husband… 🙂
Email me your address & I’ll drop something in the mail – you’re a winner!
Enjoy your Mummy Dogs on Sunday!
they’re pumpkins made from candied oranges, of course. they’re cute. men are stupid. (simetimes) the mummy dogs are pretty awesome… i’m not crafty in the slightest, although every once in a while i go bat shit nuts and fill an entire week full of crafty cake making and art projects. that pretty much fills my quota for the year. :O)
@Nobody, I have absolutely met my quota for the year!
Mummy dogs look HEAVENLY!!!
Pumpkins?!?! And if you haven’t said “halloween,” I’d guess carrot tops.
@liz, Mark will be so relieved to know that somebody else saw something other than pumpkins. He’s blaming the cold medicine he took that day for his inability to recognize the pumpkins, but I’m not buying it.
Mummy Dogs were good. H is begging to have them again. And we just might…
I could tell before I even read the entire post that those were pumpkins! Very cute. I am not crafty at all, nor can I cook very well, although it is a secret dream of mine to learn how to cook, and cook well enough that my hubby actually enjoys my food!
@Mama P, I would love to be an amazing cook, too. That is yet another thing that I see other people do, and think I can attempt at home… massive failure every time. I’m an okay cook, but awful baker. Box cakes, all the way now. Every time I make my own we’re all sorry! 😉
Yes, those are clearly pumpkins!! You really are crafty, I’m quite impressed 🙂
Sadly, I just made out of the box cookies…not crafty at all.
@Melissa (Confessions of a Dr.Mom), I say making ANYTHING is crafty. Box, mix, whatever… if you turn on the oven (or even the toaster oven), that qualifies as homemade. 😉
Girl now that is crafty! I am so not the crafty type. I try but for some reason it NEVER turns out….I envy those that have that touch.
@Tina @ Life Without Pink, I feel your pain. I could probably do an entire blog of my failed craft and cooking attempts… Maybe I will – those posts will write themselves!
They are SO obviously pumpkins. Nice work!
@Jennifer G., Thanks. I love showing these comments to my husband and saying, “See… pumpkins!” 🙂
I’m late to the party, but those are totally pumpkins. Any Martha-wanna-be can see that. And the mummy dogs? Too cute to eat, I think!
I am NOT crafty at all, but am in awe of those who are.
I am so not crafty, but I really wish I was. I’ve tried, but it NEVER comes out how I expect it to.
I AM NOT CRAFTY. My sister got that gene. I do counted cross stitch because counting and stitching little x’s is pretty easy and then hand it over to her for framing or whatever.
I also cannot do baking craftiness. I can bake a cake and frost the cake but cute chewie pumpkins and mummy dogs would be an almighty disaster here. LOL
Not crafty, but I do try to pretend once and awhile. Of course, as my fellow commenters guessed, pumpkins. Looks like you are more crafty than you give yourself credit for!