My Sarah Palin Tiara is the Best!

Readers of this blog know of the torment I survived (barely) in creating a Sarah Palin tiara for a Princess Diaries-themed literacy fundraiser. I journeyed to a place in myself that I didn't know existed:



So many times I wanted to quit. But my better angels prevailed. Thank you all for sticking by me during this wilderness period. (Special thanks to you, Meg Cabot.)

The tiara is one of 29 to be auctioned off through the end of January -- all for a very good cause (to teach girls to read or something). These are charitable efforts, so really all the tiaras are special. They're all made with love, heart and good intentions.

That's why I don't want to point out the flaws in the others. (It's clear which one will fall apart as soon as you get it home.) Also, while most of them are pretty, some are obviously more imaginative than others.

Then there's the safety issue: Julianne Moore's tiara is perfect ...

... if you want to die a death like Isadora Duncan's.

And I do like Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece's tiara. It's pretty cool. But buttons? That's it?

The 11th book in the Princess Diaries series? Princess at the Dollar Store. (For the record, I purchased my antlers from The Antler Shack and they didn't come cheap.)

Bobby Brown's tiara is pretty amazing:

Who knew that Whitney Houston's ex had so much crafting talent?

Look, I'm not interested in trash-talking the other tiaras. But I do think that the highest bids should go the most original, carefully crafted one:

And yes, the two babies represent Trig and Tripp.

To see all the tiaras up for auction, click here.