pirate cupcake inspired costume!

found this picture in my email this morning and it really made my day.  a customer in san francisco sent it to show me that she had designed her bay to breakers race costume around the pirate cupcake to shirt!  love how she made the paper bag looking skirt...lol!

this race is pretty wacky and is a cross between mardi gras and a marathon.  when i went to san fran. two years ago to see the maker faire/bizarre bazaar show, my friend who was a runner at the time, insisted on running in this race.  i think it's about 7 miles through the streets and people get all decked out and throw tortillas in the air?  i watched it live on tv from the hotel room while she ran, then she came back and an hour later we caught our flight back to the east coast.  it was close timing!

but it also made me think, yes, people in san francisco do like dog bone art!  i've been pretty down since finding out that i got rejected to the big renegade craft fair out there in july. 

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