Gender Reveal update

Because I know some of you have been waiting on pins and needles...here's the picture you've been dying to see!

Surprise, Erin is having a girl! 

Congratulations and thank you for letting me share in the surprise!

Gender Reveal with a twist

Several weeks ago I made my first set of gender reveal cookies. 

They were white onesies with boy and girl written in blue and pink icing.

For this set of gender reveal cookies the customer wanted to change things up a bit. 

She asked for purple and green onesies with the boy/girl written in white icing. 

 

I love different colored onesies.  But then I realized something was missing.  The one thing that makes gender reveal cakes so much fun. 

That clever little saying.

So, I threw in a large cookie, which contained the appropriate color dough in the middle.

I've asked for the customer to let me see a photo once the cookies have been bitten into!

Silly me forgot to take a picture before I iced them.

Which means, this gender reveal will have to stay a mystery just a little while longer!



Super, Super Simple Communion Cookies

Last week was a little chaotic and highly hectic.

So what happens when you realize they're not enough hours in the day?

Your cousin gets very, very simple 1st Holy Communion cookies.

I know I can do something much more elaborate, something much more decorative, but the bottom line (and I have to remind myself of this often)....is that these are cookies.  They will get eaten. I am my own worst critic. 

The major redeeming points for these rather plain cookies is they're pink and personalized and sparkly and I'm pretty sure that won over my cousin.



Birdie Trend

While owls are still all over the place (and they really are cute), I find I'm mostly obsessed with little birdies.  I've got them several places around my house.

Like here

And here.

But where I really love them is on cookies.

This isn't the first time I've put birdies on cookies.

You may remember my blue bird and pink onesie cookies I did awhile back.

For this time around, I used Pottery Barn kids-Penelope Nursery Set as a design inspiration.

Sooooo adorable.  I love it. 

P.S. The girl who ordered this cookies from me was the 50th liker of my facebook page.  She won a dozen cookies from me all the way back in September!  I'm so happy she finally cashed in on her winning and let me make bird cookies! 

After all, a bird on a cookie is worth two in your belly!

(too corny??!!)

Thank you Ashley!

VCU graduation

These cookies went to a VCU graduation party this past weekend.

They were a unique combination of classic grad cookies and some fun and funky designs.

My favorite cookie is the one with VCU grad on it.  I loved that font.

Congratulations on your graduation Christina!!!



Bowties and onesies

Last weekend, I saw some adorable bowtie cookies posted on Lone Stars and Stripes facebook page.  I shared them on my page and jokingly asked who wanted to give me an opportunity to make some bowties.

Little did I know someone would actually take me up on my offer!

Now, I don't have a bowtie cookie cutter (although, I may definitely have to purchase one!).  I had to hand cut each cookie, which I don't mind taking the time to do.  What I do mind; however, is the uneven and not very smooth outer edges of the cookie.  Most people probably wouldn't even notice, but my slightly over detailed, OCD self can tell the difference between hand cut cookies and cookie cutter cut cookies.

While I used the same basic argyle style and gray, blue and green colors, I changed the finishing details in white icing.  I absolutely love how simply changing the application of the white icing changes the entire look of the cookie. 

And of course, you know no baby order from me would be complete unless I threw in some onesies.

I kept the onesies simple this go round.

I loved the colored onesies with the white piping and simple bowtie accent to tie in with the theme.

I hope they were a hit at the baby shower!

Monster High

I have to admit when I got asked to make Monster high cookies, I had no idea what the person was talking about.  I agreed anyway.

Then I looked up Monster High.

And immediately..."What the heck have I done?!"

Thank goodness the person mostly wanted the skulls!

I thought like a pre-teen and tried to figure out what I would want.  I knew I'd want to see the characters...but my not so pre-teen self was not up to attempting all those icing colors.  Sometimes simple cookies look so much nicer.

So I printed out the coloring pages for each character...stuck them in my KopyKake...paid homage to my KopyKake and got to work.

(totally kidding about paying it homage...I try not to let it know how much I worship it.  Can't have it getting an ego on me!)

Anyway...I threw in some of the Monster High Crest and called it a day. 

Happy Birthday girls!