And the randomly generated winners are:

In other news, remember that you can now submit your own recipes to Foodwhirl.  It’s a super easy way to instant fame and fortune!* Go here to do it!  (Here’s one I put out there recently – an easy and tasty roasted eggplant hummus)

And a few links for you too…

• Spicy Berry Preserves – Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Snakes on a Stick · Edible Crafts | CraftGossip.com
• Worn Out Tricycle Gets an Adorable Custom Makeover
• Harry Potter Chocolate Frogs
• Geeky weaves! | Mini-eco
• Using Super S to Transforming a Found Chair | Fine Diving in Chicago
• zakka life: Craft: Easy Paper Bows

*Fame and Fortune sold separately.

The lovely people at Klutz sent me a copy of their fun little craft book, Fabulous Flowers, to check out, and I get to pass along some of that goodness to you!

And in the true spirit of Dabbled, I have made myself a paper flower from the book so I can give you the full scoop.  That’s down below the contest, so read on…

It’s basically a bunch of easy to create paper flowers, with instructions and supplies all included.  Except for scissors, you really don’t need anything else.  The flower shapes are all pre-cut, making it much easier for kids (or adults without much patience, like me!) to get right to the creation process, without spending so much time on prep work.

All in all, it would be a great gift for a someone who’d like to craft, but who is a little intimidated to try things like this on their own.  The techniques are well explained and documented step by step.  It does require some patience, as you have to glue pieces together, but the paper cutouts are a great headstart in putting the flowers together.  It also encourages creativity, as it gives you different ideas for putting them together in different ways–not tying you to following everything step by step if you want to play around.  I could totally see this as a great gift for a tween aged girl.

It also gave me some cool ideas for other projects I could do, not necessarily from the book, using the techniques provided!

The Contest!

So, I have two copies to give away to you, my lovely readers (at least those with US/Canada mailing addresses).  I’d love to use this as an opportunity to learn from you guys, so to enter, just leave a comment with an interesting fact about yourself, or why you like to read Dabbled.  For an extra entry, tweet about this to your friends (I’m @dotatdabbled), share it on facebook, and/or go Like our Facebook Page.  It’s totally honor system–because you guys are honest, I know–, so just let me know in the comments which extra entries you did.

My Attempt:

Bottom line, the directions were easy to follow, and even though I did mine pretty ‘quick and dirty’, it still came out looking pretty nifty!

About the Book

Let your creativity bloom with this book of can’t-go-wrong instructions for life-sized, dimensional, paper blossoms inspired by our favorite flowers: roses, daisies, daffodils, hibiscus, zinnias, cosmos, poppies, and larkspur. Sparkly embellishments, fresh paper colors, whimsical design variations, and a custom shaping tool give these blossoms a twist that’s pure Klutz — and quite possibly, even prettier than the real thing.

As always, Klutz has packaged the book with everything you need to get started: 20 pages of ready-to-punch-out paper petals, sparkly flower centers, wrapped wire stems, glue, and of course, the custom winding tool — enough stuff to make bunches of flowers.

•  Watch a video clip http://bcove.me/oa8haqe4
• ‘Like’ Klutz on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/KlutzBooks

Ages 8+   $19.99

So, see the details above and enter to win your own!  Open to US/Canada mailing addresses only.

More photos of all the birds and pigs, and download the tutorial, here (Make Angry Birds Cupcakes)

Some of my previous cake/cupcake tutorials:

Perry the Platypus

Clone Trooper Cupcakes

Robot Cake (and more robot cake ideas from others)