Love-Shack Gingerbread Contest
We have four contestants in the Love-Shack Gingerbread Contest!
View the entries below and then scroll down to vote for your favorite Love-Shack!
Voting will close midnight (PST) Feb. 13th, and the winner will be announced Valentines Day!
Spread the word ~ tell your friends and family to vote for their favorite Love-Shack!
The first entry is from Autumn! Autumn writes: "Here are my photos. The last one includes my helpers. We were doing some team building at home . I am not going to lie, it was mostly them, I just supervised."
Helpers. Sure Autumn. Free child-labor perhaps?
So, Autumn's kids (aka free child-labor) created a cute little chocolate gingerbread Love-Shack.... and also included a .... Love-Garage? Love-Tent? Love-Playhouse? Love-Dog House? You be the judge, but love is certainly in the air! And did I say the walls and roof include chocolate? Win-Win!
This Love-Chalet contains the candy from the Gods... Chocolate. I could easily sit on this heart-covered path and spend my afternoon eating these glorious chocolate-bricks from the path boarder, and be perfectly content with life.
Speaking of winning... Not only did Autumn no-less bribe her kids to decorate her entry, along with including several photos of her delightful Love-Compound, she also included a picture with her two child-laborers! Is this cheating? Pulling on the heart-strings of voters? Is this voter-tampering? Or are these two laborers the results of passionate midnight expressions of love in the Chocolate Love-Yurt?
The second entry is from Megan! Megan writes: "My photos are attached! My boys had told me they didn’t want to help then decided it looked cool at the end, or maybe they were just after the candy! I don’t think they realize yet that they can have the whole thing! LOL!"
The boys "wanted" to help? Uh, sure Megan. Your story sounds a bit twisted and clearly bribery was in play! Perhaps you and Autumn should connect, maybe you could learn a thing or two about free child labor.
So Megan started this creation and her boys finished this creation clearly due to bribery. None-the-less, Megan entered a cute Love-Shack that is protected by two ginormous Pez gargoyles, or are these the king-candy of bribery? I think the Bear and Bunny gargoyles are also being bribed to protect the love happening in this Love-Cabin! One might think there is no entering this Love-Property without a big ol' sloppy kiss from the mega-lip-gate - however - I'm pretty sure this is a silent message to those boys to keep their lips sealed regarding the candy-bribe!
If you're able to get beyond the heart-flanked walkway, fluffy cotton-candy bushes are a sweet addition to this Love-Estate! One must wonder if more love is hiding in the bushes? Oh, and a pool! A love-pool! How many midnight love-swims happened in that love-pool?
But look closely, is Megan conspiring with the universe and trying to win your vote with special foretelling hearts? Be Mine? Kiss Me? I'm Yours? Or is Megan just trying to spread the love beyond the reaches of her Love-Residence?
The third entry is from Sarah. Sarah writes: "Here are my photos for the Love Shack contest. I call it #The Perfect Man".
Sarah is single. Sarah is obviously searching for #ThePerfectMan, and he is made of chocolate! He's sweet and decadently rich! Sarah provides not one, but two Love-Shacks on her search-for-love entry! Neighbors? His and Hers? Sister Wives? Yes. Sister Wives. Sharing #ThePerfectMan. That must be it!
#ThePerfectMan stands guard over his Sister Wife Love-Villa, with a heart-shaped path covered in pristine red sugar-gravel, and "LUV YOU" growing among the perfectly sculpted M&M bushes. #ThePerfectMan appears to be providing love, affection, AND yardwork on this Love-Plantation. This hunk-a-hunk-a burning love is indeed #ThePerfectMan to manage the passion, tenderness, and grounds keeping on this Sister Wife Love-Ranch.
Did you notice the prominent use of #ThePerfectMan? Sarah appears to be searching the internet with her own hashtag... to find a date for Valentine's Day... or to obtain votes? Hmmm.....
The fourth entry is from Mandie. Mandie obviously believes she is Ernest Hemmingway and writes a book for her entry! AND....she submitted a VIDEO as if she is the next George Lucas! Over-achiever perhaps?
Mandie writes: "This shack, thoughtfully named “Sparks are Flying” was built with thought, love, and careful placement of everything you see. The base is made of spicy gingerbread and the icing is the glue that holds this love together. The shingles of the shack are hundreds (or about 40 pieces) of conversation hearts placed just so. Notice the top of the shack-beautifully crafted glass-like cherry hearts adorn this roof. The windows are made of crystalized cinnamon hearts, adding privacy for shack visitors. The brick path was designed with red hot hearts- heating the way to the front door. The shack is lined with handmade cupcakes with sprinkles with torches that sparkle when lit. There are touches of kisses in between the cupcakes for an added flare. One side of the shack is covered with falling snow like marshmallows. The ornamental kisses on the front and back of the house were commissioned pieces of iron work by Mr. Stew Smith. Other materials used were red hots and chocolate Dove pavers that we re-purposed from a beautiful Christmas cottage that we designed. The Perfect Man awaits at the front door to welcome you to Sparks are Flying. Enjoy your stay!".
So. Where to start. First, Mandie doesn't resort to child-labor like the others, instead she appears to convince Mr. Stew Smith into helping decorate her Love-Shack with the promise of some sprinkles from his wife, endearingly referred to as Cupcake!
Remember #ThePerfectMan guarding the Sister Wife Love-Villa? Same dude is on Cupcake's Love-Palace! What the what? Is this a Sister Wife wanna-be? Oh Stew! You sneaky man!
In the video did you happen to see the amount of alcohol these two are consuming on a regular basis? No wonder sparks are flying at this Love-Cottage! And what happened to their electricity that Mr. Stew Smith and Cupcake are resorting to torches for light? Did they spend their hard earned money on the devil's juice instead of paying the power bill?
These two boozy decorators are clearly betting on the sympathy and compassion of the voters! I wouldn't put it past these alkies to upload their video to YouTube in attempt of going viral to make a million or two! Maybe they can then pay the power bill! Nah... they'll probably use any proceeds to start making their own moonshine.
