In which I am a sore loser

When I found out that my cupcakes did not win anything at the State Fair, I was disappointed but not surprised. I've only been doing this stuff for a year, there must have been better submissions than mine.

And then I saw the winners.

 The red ribbon was well deserved. Those birds are darling and I love the lacy cupcake liners.

But really - a big, boring orange lily and not even a fancy liner? I have yet to go to a wedding that served cupcakes, but I would damn well expect something a little fancy.  And those pumpkins? That's all you're going to do? Nothing else to jazz it up? Bah.

I guess the scoring must have come down to the taste and such. Perhaps vanilla chai spice is not as popular as I thought. Perhaps the texture of my awkwardly baked cupcakes lost me points. I hope I get a score card of some sort so I can make adjustments for next year. Because there will be a next year. This just got personal, Creative Activities judges. I will win you over one way or another.

Look at my adorable cupcakes!

Some of the other also-rans. 

I thought these were particularly adorable. Campfire cupcakes!