A Beautiful Cupcake

In August Kim on the 123MB organized an exchange for pincushion cupcakes. You were to make a cupcake pincushion and also include a few little goodies and also your favorite cupcake recipe. I thought this was a wonderful idea so I joined. Unfortunately for me I sent out my cupcake exchange to my partner and never received one in return :(

It is a bit aggrevating for me to think about but pretty much my partner at first said she mailed it. She said she checked with the post office and they had no record of it . Said she was going to investigate it further and let me know what the outcome was. That was back in October and I haven't heard from her since. Meanwhile she was posting on the 123MB that she owed me this cupcake and she couldn't find the holders for it. And the ones she did find just "crumbled" in her hands?? Ummm Ok? lol She asked if anyone had one she could buy/trade/whatever from them. Someone stepped up and said they had one to send her. A few weeks later the person who sent her the holder asks her if she ever received it. Her reply to her was yes and that very same day I put it together and mailed it out to Lisa! REALLY???? I never received anything :(

Kim felt really bad that I got stiffed on the exchange. Actually a few people did not hold up their end of the exchange which I think is terrible! It certainly was not Kim's fault people didn't follow through.

A few weeks ago I received mail all the way from Australia. I wasn't expecting anything so I quickly opened the envelope to find this gorgeous cupcake from Kim!! The color is simply stunning in person! She did a beautiful job stitching it and her finishing was supurb!! What a wonderful surprise!!!! I think it was so very nice of Kim to make someone's wrong right :)

Thank You so VERY much Kim!! I absolutely LOVE the cupcake you made me :) I will treasure it always!

As for the person who stiffed me well she has apparently been in other exchanges with people on the 123MB and they went fine. I am not sure why she didn't follow through on this exchange. I thought about emailing her and telling her off but what is the point?

Here is the gorgeous cupcake from Kim

Here is the one I made for my partner