"Most Evocative of an Elvis Presley Song" says this award-winning
creation by Jay Lorch and
Michelle Teague.
Aliens stand guard on the rooftop while two prisoners, located behind the
pretzel stick fence topped with pipe cleaner barbed wire, groove. The bars
in the jailhouse window are made of black licorice ("Best Use of
Licorice"). Jay and Michelle carefully crafted a revolving door as
part of their gingerbread social commentary ("Best Political/Social
Commentary"), all the more amazing because it works. This house was
richly deserving of all the awards it won.
Picture
yourself on a boat on a river. Imagine the river is in an underground cave
in New Zealand. Imagine the boat is, well, there's really no boat.
Just imagine you're in the Lost
World cave in the south island of New Zealand, looking up. Then, you
might see a similar sight. Blue frosting denotes an icy cold stream
leading into the cave of stalactites and stalagmites further in. Green
frosting adds rich plant life, as two abseilers ("Highest
'Rambo-rating'") descend to the cave floor. Yellow frosting dotted to
the right of the boulders bring to mind glowworms,
their luminescence faintly shining in the darkness. A couple of sheep
("Best Use of Lanolin") lazily observe the proceedings from on top,
unaware that death awaits them in this "Best Depiction of Dead Kiwi Farm
Animals" award-winning creation by Erica Cleary.
Yes, it's similar to that Blair Witch movie. The panel of judges thought
so too, naming this creation the "Most Likely to Make Someone Say "I'm
sooooo scared!" award. Some even felt that this effort by Eric
Brooks was deserving of the "Zeniest" award. Gingerbread pieces
were crushed to make the brown textured surface, while candy decorations were
pulverized to make the colorful ("Most Appealing to a Colorblind Cocaine
Junkie") pigments used for the many figures and shapes. However, all
this effort also led its creator securing his place as the two-time winner of
the "Eric Brooks Memorial Award for the Biggest Waste of Adam & Erica's
Time Spent Baking Walls Only to Have Them Crumbled & Destroyed and Made a
Mockery of."
It's me. Mine. I did this one. Alright, enough of the full
disclosure. Yes, that's a gallows and yes, it
works (500K download; Windows Media Player will show it). Custom
gingerbread pieces provide the bracing and support to let Big Boy ("Cruelest
Fate of a Beloved American Fast Food Icon") plummet to his neck-breaking
death from this colorfully decorated ("Most Inappropriately Festive")
platform. M&M topped marshmallows and red frosting provide a path to
his swaying body ("Most Well Hung"), while red juju-fruits atop the
gallows warn away low-flying craft in this "Tallest" winning creation
by Adam Cash.
Have you seen any good gingerbread houses on the net? Let me know and I'll post a picture here for all to see.
Last updated: Sunday, December 30, 2007
