Valentine's Day 2012

I have been busy around here making Valentine's Day treats!

First, I had an order from a friend for two dozen lacy heart cookies. I ended up having 9 different patterns, each in two color combinations. I used the recent tutorial from Sugarbelle on piping lace onto cookies.

Next, I made robot cookie hearts for my boy's school classes. Again, I used Sugarbelle for the idea. I just love her! The boys were very pleased with their cookies.

And last, but not least, my boys and I made bug Valentines for their classes too. Totally not edible though! The printable for the jars can be found here.

Hello Kitty Cupcakes

One of my neighbors orders cupcakes for his daughter's birthday every year. This year she wanted Hello Kitty cupcakes. Even though I already had a couple of orders this week, I couldn't say no...

They were chocolate cupcakes with buttercream icing. The toppers are 100% edible and made of royal icing.

Happy Birthday Kiana!

Hello Kitty cookies

A friend of mine asked me recently if I could do "Hello Kitty" cookies for her little girl's birthday. I jump at any chance to do girly cookies, so I agreed. I have had the Hello Kitty cookie cutters for a while now. If you all remember, I made Halloween cookies with them back in October. These were just your basic Hello Kitty heads.

I did make a few extra and had some fun with them. This is Hello Kitty's cousin - Hipster Kitty!

Happy Birthday MJ!

Cub Scout Birthday

A friend of mine asked me to make a birthday cake for her son who is turning eight. That's a pretty big age for boys in our neck of the woods. They are baptized and become members of our church, and they get to be Cub Scouts. Her son was very excited about the Cub Scout part, so she requested a Cub Scout cake. He got his wish!

The cake is chocolate with a fondant finish. The badges are done with edible ink.

Happy Birthday Philip!

Mickey Mouse Birthday

My third little boy, Evan, turned four a couple of weeks ago. For the longest time all I could get out of him when I asked what kind of cake he wanted was "A circle cake." He finally agreed to a Mickey Mouse party when I suggested that. (At our house, they get their first "friends" party when they turn four.)

I usually make cookies for the to take to their school classes, but he isn't in school yet, so I made them for his church class.

We had his family party on the actual big day. I made him a simple mickey-shaped cake, and he was thrilled. Three circles is better than one, right?!

The next week we had his friends party and I made cupcakes with mickey silhouettes on them. I briefly thought about doing black frosting, but decided against it. Because it was a party for pre-schoolers, after all!

Happy Birthday Grizz! I love you!

Belle and Buzz

I received an Etsy order last week for a split dozen Disney princess and Buzz Lightyear cookies. I have done Buzz before, but not and princesses. The Mom gave me a list of princesses and I chose to do Belle. I worked out a design and went to work. I had a tough time with her face. Characters are so hard to get right! I hope she is close enough for the birthday girl!

Gingerbread Galore!

I made roughly 27 dozen gingerbread men this weekend. They were only 2" tall, but still - 27 DOZEN. They didn't get decorated like the first batches I did. They didn't even get their pictures taken in their state of nakedness. I do have a photo of the last batches I made:

They got all fancied up.

I wasn't sure if I'd have the motivation to make cookies for my boys' school classes after all that, but I somehow found some. I made 5 dozen of these:

Which turned into these:

Aren't they fun? My five-year old thought they were silly. I hope his classmates enjoy them!