Character Cookies

Character cookies are tricky. If you get them just a little wrong, they look ALL WRONG. While I still don't love making them and they often have to be hand-cut, I've definitely gotten better and more comfortable with characters. Here are a few that I've done lately....

Blu from Rio2

Doc McStuffins for a little girl named Madison

Lalaloopsy for a different little girl named Madison

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a little guy named Kaden

Next on my list? Maybe some grown-up characters, like the guys from The Big Bang Theory! :) Stay tuned....

Memorial Day 2014

Happy Memorial Day! After your day at the beach, your neighborhood BBQ, and your trip to the mall, please take a moment to thank the members of our Armed Forces this Memorial Day.

Welcome Home

I don't know about you, but I hate moving. The packing, the unpacking, the loading, the unloading, the organizing, the paperwork, the little bumps along the way..... Gives me high blood pressure just thinking about it.

A good realtor makes it easier, but a good realtor with a box of cookies makes it great! Thanks to our wonderful realtor Marcia, we ended up in this house 2 years ago and we couldn't be happier. Marcia recently asked me for a box of cookies to bring to her client's closing because she promised their daughter some cookies to keep her busy. Wasn't that sweet of her?!

Do you know someone moving in to a new house? A friend closing on their first home? A new neighbor down the street? Wouldn't a box of cookies help them with their transition or welcome them to the 'hood?

Goal!

Some of my most popular cookies are sports cookies. I make them for fans, for coaches, for teams, for birthdays, for fun, for luck..... you name it!

These soccer cookies were for Morgan's entire team at the end of a great season. Each girl and each coach got a ball and a personalized jersey.

How would your team jersey look as a cookie?

Bat Mitzvah Logos

These cookie favors were shipped to NYC for a beautiful girl's Bat Mitzvah. She is the granddaughter of our long-time family friends who we used to spend many of our holidays with growing up in Buffalo.

She picked beautiful colors for her Bat Mitzvah invitations and they asked me to match her "logo" for 125 cookie favors. I hope everyone had a fabulous time and loved the cookies.

Mazel Tov, Maddy!

Love Your Teacher!

I know all my northern friends still have another month of school left, but my kiddos are done at the end of this week! I cannot believe another year is over. We have been blessed with wonderful teachers every year, starting with preschool. If you have a chance, be sure to thank a teacher! Their job is a difficult one and they often do not get the recognition and praise they deserve.

I've done many different kinds of teacher appreciation cookies, but most recently were a few dozen of these for teachers at a local private school. I hope they loved them!

For my kiddos' school, I was asked to make puzzle pieces. Please excuse the cell phone pictures.... :)

And here are some examples of previous teacher appreciation gift boxes I've done.

Have you thanked your teacher lately?

Practice makes...... better

I've come a long way, baby! When I look back at some of my early cookies and compare them to my recent cookies, I'm amazed at how much better I've gotten. All I can say is practice, practice, practice!

I just completed an order of Spiderman cookies for a little guy's birthday. When I showed his mom a picture of my old Spiderman cookies, I said "Picture these, only much better." What I didn't realize was just how much better I've gotten over the years. The key? Practice. Then practice some more. :)

I'm almost embarrassed to show you these, but take a look at some of these "early" and "later" attempts....

Spiderman

Soccer Balls

Earths

Beach Balls

Suns

Graduation Caps:

So if you're in the cookie making business, remember to keep practicing. If you're in the market to buy some cookies, remember that you get what you pay for! :)

Holy Communion

I can do just about any cookie for any event. Bachelor party? Check. Birthday party? Check. Graduation? Check. New baby? Check. Baptism? Communion? Confirmation? How about a platter of these?

Or maybe a platter of these?

The Graduate

It's that time of year again! Kids are graduating from high school and college and everyone seems to be having open houses. Wouldn't a platter of these graduation caps in your school's colors look great on a dessert table?

PG-13 Cookies

The Rated-R cookies I did were such a hit! For those of you who may not be quite so risque, consider some PG-13 cookies like these (or "wedgies" as my kids called them). I also have cookie cutters for bustiers and corsets. Oo la la!

Babies!

Some of my earliest cookie orders were for baby onesies and I still love doing them. They're so cute, and they're a nice big size so they can be given away as favors at a shower or served for dessert. Here's a sampling of my latest set of onesies... They were in all different colors but they all coordinated.

These rattles and squares were a portion of a platter for a baby naming and they were designed to match the decorations. I just love the colors!

Vacation

Sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm hoping to take a vacation and spend some time with my kiddos while they're home from school so I will NOT be taking orders for the entire month of July. Thanks for understanding! Book now for your June and August cookie needs!

I really mustache you a question....

Have you jumped on the mustache wagon yet? They're everywhere!!! I had a lot of fun making these for an adorable little guy turning one. Here's a portion of the platter....