Two Showers!

Late this past summer, I was able to do a set of cookies for a baby shower as well as a wedding shower for a friend. Baby Kali needed a set of onsies in pink and brown. I am particularly fond of the onsies with the bunny and bear! My friend Katie's colors for her wedding were pink and orange, with accents in black. I love the idea of a "G" themed shower for her new last name!

Wedding Cookies

I have never decorated wedding cookies before, but these might be my very favorite. The cakes! The hearts! And quite possibly the best color ever - blush. Congratulations and Best Wishes to Taylor and Brittany.

Bag a Bargain

My friend Hayley was the chair of Knoxville Junior League's fundraiser "Bag a Bargain," a huge rummage sale in East Knoxville. I'm so proud of her leadership and organizing skills, as well as the hours she worked to serve the community. When she asked me to make cookies for their evening celebration the night before the sale, of course I agreed!

It's Been Over a Year Now...

My dad reminded me about my cookie blog today. I had almost forgotten I had one and once had some aspirations to make and sell beautiful cookies! After struggling with the humidity of East Tennessee and having several batches of cookies ruined with icing that never set, I gave up on the business almost entirely. I can't handle spending the amount of time it takes to make them only to find out at the end that they are ruined. Especially since I generally wait until late as possible to bake them so that they will be fresh!
However - I have still been decorating sugar cookies from time to time - for family and Nora's preschool class. Here are some casual pictures of a few of the sets I've made over the past year.


This first is an unfortunate example of why I stopped making them - can you see how the icing still has a glossy look, and the polka-dots on the star are polka-craters? All that aside, I am so proud of my stepmom for running for school board and serving our community in such a positive way!

 

Cookies for baby Ryan's shower. I think he's almost a year old now!

 

 

Cookies for a young women's activity at church. I wish I had some pumps in both of these colors!

 

Baptism cookies for Will.

 

 

Nora made these this fall. I LOVE them.

 

Christmas cookies!!

 

The last two are part of the set for Nora's fourth birthday. We had a cookie tower instead of cake for her.

Election Day

I'm really, really not trying to get a political conversation going alongside these cookies (I had to get that off my chest first), and yes, I have both parties represented equally. With this batch, there was both fun and frustration. The Obama logo was HARD! It looked so simple, an "O", half blue, and half stripey. This was a case where I wish I had a kopykake projector, or something like it. I am usually happy with free handing everything, but I had a hard time getting the proportions right. Good thing they're for my sister!! Stay tuned for a local election cookie.

It's Autumn Time

Fall is my favorite time of year. Nora and I made some of these mini-cookies for her preschool teacher, and they looked so cute in a mason jar tied with ribbon. I wish I had included some of the ones she decorated in the photos. They were....abstract. More cookie pictures coming soon! I've been on an upsurge lately.

Clue

Was it Mrs. White in the conservatory with the knife? Or Colonel Mustard in the library with the revolver? A friend of mine asked me to make cookies for her Clue party this weekend, and I really had to think about how to display the game on two dozen small surfaces! My chances of producing anything in the likeness of the characters seemed dismal, at best - my ability to draw realistically is pretty poor - so I opted for the weapons, dice, and pawns. Making this set made me want to play the game again and/or watch the hilarious movie (you know, the one from the 80's with Tim Curry).