5.13.2015

Vet School Graduation

This was an order for cupcakes and cookies....per the usual, my photography skills are subpar, but colors were maroon and white, and the "scrub-green" turned out just like the real thing.


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Of course, we need some logo transfers for something like this:







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1st Communion




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Tie Dye Birthday

After essentially taking a break since Christmas, a small, fun order is a good way to start back.



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1.05.2015

Christmas Cookies 2014

I know, I know....I am posting this after-the-fact.  A lot has been happening and I keep forgetting to get these up.  I've been telling myself that everyone who is interested has already seen them anyway, and now it's January and still no post.  Nonetheless, I found two amazing cutters on Etsy back in October or November. They were the kind of amazing that I couldn't stop thinking about, so I ordered them.  In my mind they looked like the characters from the old school Rudolph movie...which made it even better.

Exhibit A:


Elf
Reindeer with bow






















Time-out....in pulling these pictures I found a third cutter, 
HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS?!



 


It's going to be okay...stay calm. There is always next year, right? Let's all remember that these came from PlasticsinPrint on Etsy so we can track down the girl deer for "next time."

Back to business.

Exhibit B:

http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/sites/default/files/imce/share_wonder/Rudolph.jpg 

Exhibit C:


The Process:


Okay, so I took a few liberties with these.  I didn't like his blue clothes, and I added fawn spots to Rudolph...I couldn't help myself.  So since this isn't truly Hermey the Elf from the movie, I named him Randy instead.  My cookies, my rules.









They were a huge hit and made enough to share widely.  They were gifts to the trainers at the gym (yeah, I know....I asked if cookies were frowned upon - I was assured they would be happily accepted), they were cookies for Santa, Christmas dessert at two other homes, and three ended up in the trash yesterday.  Long ride for these little guys.  There was only one downfall....the little candies did not stick very well.  Meh, live and learn.

I am taking a cookie break until the next holiday or cute idea I see.  Adios until then.




12.19.2014

Lumberjack Birthday Party

Sweet Travis is turning three soon, and his mama put on one heck of a party. Keri and I pulled together some cookies to add to the spread.  I got my inspiration from Sweet Sugarbelle (of course), you can see her versions here and here.


The process:









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2014 Christmas Baskets

Better late than never. These are the cookies for this year's departmental Christmas party door prizes.





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12.03.2014

Caramel Apple Cookies

I made fall-themed cookies for fun, not for an order. I am a little behind in posting them, but they happened a couple weeks ago. I found inspiration from LilaLoa's caramel apple cookies...


...which led me on a wild goose chase for the correct ingredients. These cookies differed from my usual sugar in that I used green apple Kool-Aid to flavor the cookies and Watkins caramel extract to flavor the icing. Three out of three tasters said the finished cookies tasted just like the real thing, minus the sticky mess of course.  I grabbed some paint chips at Lowe's to use as reference, caramel is a tricky color to recreate, so I wanted some guidance:


Not too far off:



These cookies were hard to love after having just made the Frozen-themed order. But were much more convincing after being packaged:



Tonight I will ice 2014's first set of Christmas cookies...stay tuned.



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