tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34333563928625928502024-03-13T12:32:45.824-05:00Sweet DetailsThe B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-74639408135965442762015-03-23T21:56:00.002-05:002015-03-23T21:56:39.132-05:00Want to go to Prom?Anyone want to go to prom? <br />
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Specifically someone named Sam.<br />
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Because if so, I have a cookie for you.<br />
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Kidding, I didn't make up a random prom cookie. That'd be creepy if I did however. No, it was for a young gentleman to ask someone to go to prom. A girl named Sam (if you haven't used your skills of deductive reasoning yet).<br />
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He'd seen a picture of something similar online and his mother emailed me to ask it if was something I could do. I said yes and in under one week I made two sets of cookies.<br />
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Not because they wanted two sets, but because my first set I was so ashamed of. They looked horrible and I couldn't with good conscience let him use to ask Sam to prom.<br />
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I posted this picture to Instagram and you'll notice puzzle pieces. In theory it was a great idea. But my decorating wasn't.<br />
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The mother had told me that Sam loved the color blue...a girl after my own heart. For some reason I thought I'd "watercolor" paint on the cookies. <br />
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They turned out horrible. And dumb. And no one wants to give dumb cookies.<br />
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So I started over...baked the cookies again (with two days to spare) and started over.<br />
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I've never started over before. There's a first time for everything.<br />
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The second set was much better. Much.<br />
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I'd say what I like even better are the "Sam" and "Prom" cookies. Darn cute if you ask me.</div>
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I never heard if Sam said yes. How could she not with those cookies?</div>
The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-90807509987279622292015-02-27T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-27T06:00:10.542-06:00Over. The. Hill.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Fortieth birthday cookies are purely entertaining to make. Maybe that's because I'm not 40 yet (close but not yet).</div>
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I had a client who's husband requested my cookies for his 40th Birthday - and we decided to go with the standard black and white motif. True "over-the-hill" theme.</div>
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I had planned on using my airbrush to add some background fun on the plaque cookies. Only when I was cleaning it out...I lost the teeny-tiny piece that goes by the trigger. Down the drain. I almost cried. Actually I cursed. Loudly. But it didn't bring back the lost piece. Sidenote: anyone know if you can buy pieces to airbrushes?</div>
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Either way I think they still turned out pretty neat. Yes, neat "over-the-hill" cookies.</div>
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Happy 40th Birthday Ryan. I hope you had a great day!<br />
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I'm starting a new thing called Wednesday's Window. Just a few quick pictures of something I've been working on. A snapshot. </div>
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For the first installment baby cookies. Specifically baby shower cookies for a little boy. Simple, cute and fun. Isn't that how they should all be?</div>
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Happy Baby Shower Day!The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-9395766219470801442015-02-24T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-24T06:00:07.032-06:00Neeeeeeeigh....that's a horse sound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When you turn 16 you want horse cookies right? <br />
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No? Well for my cousin's daughter she's way more into a horse as her form of transportation than a car. However I don't think she'd turn down a car. Just my gut feeling.<br />
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Gabby loves anything horse related. She always has, even when she was young. At a family dinner years ago my brother tried convincing her that he road across Oklahoma on the back of a horse named Mr. Ed. It was the best story ever - that he continued to make up on the fly. The rest of us had a hard time not<br />
laughing out loud and I think Gabby wasn't entirely sure that he was making it up. He had great answers to all of her questions. My favorite was when she asked what he fed Mr. Ed - and Matt replied "Cheerios" in a very matter-of-fact tone.<br />
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Even though we tried to convince her of my brother's horse past - she never wavered from her love. Thus, horse sugar cookies to celebrate her birthday were perfect.<br />
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I started with just a few frosting colors - thankfully left over from orders earlier that week and some extra mixing to get more brown!<br />
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I was torn bewteen trying to do entire horses or just the heads. Heads won out. Simplicity seemed smarter.<br />
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A flooding of brown.<br />
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Happiest Birthday Gabby - I hope turning 16 was awesome! Mr. Ed wishes you a fantastic day too!</div>
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Some might say I'm just slow. I prefer to think that I like extending each holiday to last the entire month.<br />
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You saw the "chocolate" boxes I made a few weeks ago. However, I did make more Valentines cookies than just the "chocolates."<br />
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Happy (late) Valentines Day!The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-21459470753203017162015-02-16T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-16T06:00:01.356-06:00Welcome Home!My best friend asked if I'd make cookies for their new next door neighbors. She originally asked if I'd make them New Year's cookies however we had a little pipe leakage at our house which deterred me from making cookies for little bit.<br />
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That disaster at home gave me some extra time to think of something different to do for new home and neighborhood cookies.<br />
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Plus this gave me the perfect excuse to use the new cookie cutters I got from my parents for Christmas. They're awesome. <br />
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I decided to try something different. Painting on cookies. I first flooded everything white and waited for them to dry overnight.<br />
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Then I used different airbrush colors, watered them down a bit and started painting, overlapping colors as I went. <br />
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I love how they turned out. Such a rainbow of colors and so happy. Cookies can be happy right?<br />
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Either way, the new home owners loved them, or so I was told. Now I can't wait to paint more. Seriously, how have I missed all the fun on this?<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-64358244561404217402015-02-12T21:02:00.001-06:002015-02-12T21:02:57.816-06:00Life is Like a Box of ChocolatesForrest Gump totally had it right. Life IS like a box of chocolates.<div>
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I'd rather eat the cookie version than the chocolate ones. Yes, I know...you're gasping. How can I not like chocolate? I'm sorry. I just don't. I'd pick vanilla over chocolate EVERY time. My mom and I argue over birthday cake every year, white cake with white frosting just can't be beat. I don't care what you say, mom.</div>
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After searching online I ordered boxes from <a href="http://www.brpboxshop.com/" target="_blank">BRP Box Shop</a>. It is literally the BEST place to buy boxes. They are my mecca. My jam. The place where I like to donate money to. I want to buy all types of boxes from them, for things I don't even make. Like macaroon boxes. Or cupcake box carriers. Heck, even cake pops (and the last time I tried to make cake pops I about threw everything out of my kitchen...it went that well...).</div>
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I found these 4x4 inch boxes and knew they'd be perfect.</div>
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Aren't they perfect? And cute. Cute perfect small boxes.</div>
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Perfect for "chocolate" sugar cookies.</div>
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The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-48920032221786006952015-02-09T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-09T11:18:01.750-06:00It's Christmas in February?Yeah, so I'm a little slow. I didn't get the final pictures posted from cookies I made in December actually in December. So I thought I could either keep them until December 2015 or just fess up and come clean.<br />
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Why didn't I post them you ask? No reason. I'll just pretend I was super busy. Yeah, that was it. Busy, busy, busy. <br />
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Side note: my dad always says he's "busy, busy, busy" when I ask him if he can come help with a not-fun-task. I think he's onto something. I might need to adopt that mantra.<br />
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Here's what I made. They're pretty self explanatory. I think. If not then I've got bigger problems than posting cookies late!<br />
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And this order was for Hawaiian Christmas cookies...a fun little deviation from the norm. I made some other flowers too, but apparently I didn't take pictures. Whoops!<br />
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So Happy late Christmas in February. Sounds like a totally legit statement right? I think it'll catch on at Hallmark.The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-72628604824592761412015-02-06T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-06T13:55:53.640-06:00The Road RunnerIt's not every day that I make road runner cookies. Nor is it easy to find a cookie cutter that works.<br />
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I was asked to make cookies replicating the logos of a local elementary school. Who knew they were roadrunners?<br />
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I love the comment about a "crime scene for a ginger!" Hilarious. <br />
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No one guessed correctly. They ranged from ninja, Olaf, Big 6, Mickey Mouse's hand, Rudolph, airplane, to a shark. Wondering if I should try making any of those?<br />
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EVERY. SINGLE. COOKIE. </div>
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This was just step one of what felt like 100...even though it wasn't that bad. Mentally I'd just lost it because I was making these at 11 pm. I turn into a two year old after 11 pm with an inability to do anything. It's pretty special.</div>
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The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-4276670372395398452015-02-04T20:28:00.000-06:002015-02-04T20:28:30.582-06:00Suits & Superhero'sWho knew these two things could go together? Suits and Superheros.<br />
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Well Clark Kent totally knew. In fact I think that was his entire premise. Dang. <br />
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The suits were a surprise gift for my cousin. Her husband called and asked if I'd make cookies from her favorite TV show...Suits. I hear it's a great show, have you seen it?<br />
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Suits and ties were my blatant attempt to mimic the TV show. I took the show title rather literal. How do you not when it's just staring you in the face?<br />
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The superhero's were for another birthday. I showed some quick examples of them awhile ago but here they are in their entirety. <br />
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Bang! Pow! Boom these are DONE.The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-88673924895126598512015-01-05T19:28:00.000-06:002015-01-05T19:28:26.392-06:00How did it get to be 2015 already?What happened?<br />
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This was one of the fastest years yet. Really. I felt like everything was in fast forward. Except I wasn't running around like someone on a video in FF mode. At least I don't think I was?<br />
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That would require me to run. And that's funny.<br />
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So to make myself feel <strike>depressed </strike> motivated I went back and looked at my 2014 goals from last January. Not so hot. I think this year I need to print out my new goals and put them up to look at each time when I'm decorating cookies. Yeah, that's it. That'll help...<br />
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So 2014...here's where I left ya:<br />
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<li><b>Make cookies at least 4 times this year for fun - just for me</b> <span style="color: red;">Yep, I did do this. I made them for fun, handed them out to friends and family. And it was nice. Honestly, it was really nice just to make them and not have any pressure. Boom. <b>DONE</b>.</span></li>
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<li><b>Make videos of decorating to put on the website</b> <span style="color: red;">ummmmmmmmm.....I've got nothing to say other than fail. Epic fail. For this is now going back on my 2015 goals. Bring it on. </span></li>
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<li><b>Work on perfecting my airbrushing technique</b> <span style="color: red;">It's not perfect. But it's better. I'd say aside from perfecting my airbrushing technique I need to perfect a place to actually spray them. So I don't have airbrush color ALL OVER EVERYTHING. That or I need to invest in more 409 cleaner and paper towels. </span></li>
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<li><b>Develop new flavored cookie recipes for chocolate, pink lemonade, blueberry, & pistachio sugar cookies.</b> <span style="color: red;">Nope note even close. I did make chocolate ones via <a href="http://www.lilaloa.com/" target="_blank">LilaLoa</a>, and I printed off recipes for a bunch of others but did I try to make them? No. No I didn't. My husband is even begging me to make different kinds. So I guess I'll have to do that in 2015 or he'll stop making me cookie cutters when I need them. That's a threat and a promise.</span><span style="color: red;"></span></li>
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<li><b>Attend a cookie conference (CookieCon 2014! - I'm already signed up)</b> <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED! And it was awesome. Now to decide if I can attend 2015....I just have to see how much vacation time I have available!</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></li>
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<li><b>Figure out how to make "characters" aka people with faces that don't look morbid!</b> <span style="color: red;">Good question....did I? I'm not sure. I think I can still work on this. Thankfully or unfortunately I didn't have many orders of things that needed people faces. And heaven forbid I just practice on my own, right? Bad Annie.</span></li>
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<li><b>Use at least 15 of the cookie cutters I've bought but never used</b> <span style="color: red;">This I'll admit is an epic fail. Why you ask, well because I had plenty I've never used...and I sorta bought a lot more this past year. What is my problem? I need a self help group. I've been saying that for a few years now!</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></li>
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<li><b>Work on taking better photos of cookies and the process of decorating - think step by step directions</b>. <span style="color: red;"> Kinda. Sorta. I'm not letting myself off the hook for this one. It has to go back on 2015 goals.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></li>
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<li><b>Develop 5 new football cookie designs (for those Husker football weekends) </b> <span style="color: red;">Is it bad if I don't know if I completed this or not. I forgot it was even a goal. I made cookies for other Husker Athletics...like the Husker Basketball team <a href="http://www.sweetdetailscookies.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-huskers-are-dancin.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and a bunch on my Instagram page <a href="http://instagram.com/sweetdetailscc/" target="_blank">here</a>. So I think I've done ok...but still room to improve.</span></li>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">So you ask...what's up for 2015. Other than the fact that it's already started and we're in 5 days to the new year. Nothing. Yet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I have been thinking about new goals. And knowing that to complete them I've got to keep them in the forefront of my mind. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">So I got myself a cork board...and it's going up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And these are the goals that are going to be listed on there!</span></span><br />
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So there you have it. 2015 all wrapped up in a pretty little navy bow. <br />
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I've gotta run. I need to start figuring out how to accomplish all this. <br />
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Here's to a new year and new goals!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span>The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-27832574894432084642014-12-18T11:51:00.001-06:002014-12-18T11:51:43.117-06:00Where in the World Have I Been?It's time for another cookie dump here on the 'ole blog. I promised I haven't disappeared. I've just been posting directly to the Sweet Details Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sweetdetailscookies" target="_blank">here </a>and the Sweet Details Instagram Page <a href="http://instagram.com/sweetdetailscc/" target="_blank">here</a>. Oh and Twitter too. But I just don't get Twitter. It confuses me.<br />
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Somehow...someday soon I should figure out how to make my Instagram feed and Facebook feed update this blog. <br />
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Anywho - I haven't been MIA. It's been quite the opposite. It's been a crazy busy fall. Really, I swear.<br />
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See.<br />
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I wasn't kidding. And those are just the ones I remembered to take photos of.<br />
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I do have some more shots on my big nice camera...just getting them off of it seems to be the challenge. I figure I should concentrate on getting the cookie orders I have completed instead of playing around with photos.<br />
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But I promise. I promise I'll get them off the big camera soon.<br />
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And 2015....I know I can do better. <br />
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You'd think I had a full-time job or something?!<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-67911584199279661602014-09-25T22:01:00.001-05:002014-09-25T22:01:34.886-05:00Ahoy Matey...Arrrrrggggg...I can't believe it.<br />
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I'm just shocked I haven't posted these pictures.<br />
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I did...kinda...on Instagram...and it went onto my Facebook page. But it never got here.<br />
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And for that I'm sorry.<br />
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Thankfully cookie photos don't go bad. And neither do cookies if you freeze them, but who keeps them around long enough to do that?<br />
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I was asked by a friend to make cookies for her son's third birthday. Who, from what I understand, was having a pirate birthday party. <br />
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What is better than that?<br />
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Nothing. Except in cookie form.<br />
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The birthday boy's mother asked for just a few cookie designs...but because I grew up with her...and because this was such a fun request I went a little overboard. <br />
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Ok. A lot overboard.<br />
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How can you not when it's such an awesome theme?<br />
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So without any further adieu I bring you...Finn's Pirate Birthday cookies!<br />
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The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-73797281320146855962014-09-15T06:00:00.000-05:002014-09-15T06:00:11.296-05:00Oh the places you'll go!Talk about one of the best ideas for a 1st birthday party. Not to mention one for a little boy who has seen more of the world than some people will see in their entire life!<br />
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Wyatt's mom asked if I'd be willing to make birthday cookies for her son's birthday when they were still living in Bahrain. Yes, Bahrain. And no that's not in Illinois. <br />
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Thankfully they were going to be home in the United States, Nebraska specifically, to celebrate his first birthday.<br />
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His mom came up with the awesome idea of "Oh the Places You'll Go" from Dr. Seuss paired with a travel theme to really commemorate her little guys first birthday.<br />
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She sent me over some ideas and a picture of the birthday invitation and away I went. <br />
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It was so. much. fun.<br />
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I started by using my tierd cake cookie cutter with the idea of turning it into stacked suitcases. <br />
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And I finally got to use my cloud cutter from Truly Mad Plastics! Not to mention being able to use my Tru Color "sky blue" airbrush color. It was all around a first time for everything!<br />
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I was pretty happy with how the stacked suitcases ended up. Darn cute. The details will make then even better.<br />
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I added the words onto the clouds which made them even happier little clouds. Bob Ross would smile.<br />
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And I'm hoping the birthday boy and all his party guests enjoyed them!<br />
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Happy First Birthday Wyatt!The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-16692809741229294722014-09-12T06:00:00.000-05:002014-09-12T06:00:11.742-05:00VrooooooooooooomYeah, I'm making car noises. Can't you tell? <br />
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They go perfectly with the baby shower racing cookies I made.<br />
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Perfectly.<br />
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Did you know race cars are hard? Well, they are. At least I think so.<br />
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The end result was pretty good. I look at this and see 100 things I'd do differently but then again I'm never satisfied. <br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-55778033588778447382014-09-10T06:30:00.000-05:002014-09-10T06:30:00.174-05:00He wants Sesame StreetThat's what you get when you ask a three and five year old to pick a theme for their brother's 1st birthday party. They thought it was a pretty good idea.<br />
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I love Sesame Street. I'm a product of PBS and love that darn show. <br />
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I reminded myself how much I loved the show when I was mixing up every color known to man to make the cookies.<br />
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However, after my self-diagnosed carpal tunnel stopped hurting, I started to find my love again for my friends at Sesame Street. It also helped that the cutters I use have this nifty little press that gives me a fantastic frosting guide. It's like paint by numbers but for frosting.<br />
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Even Ernie is happy. And he doesn't know that I didn't make a Bert.<br />
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Sunny day, keepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet, can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?<br />
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Happy (late) Birthday J.R.! I know you had a great day. <br />
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Oh, and I still have your birthday present. Yes, you may be two before I get it to you. <br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-48466420756793315632014-09-08T05:00:00.000-05:002014-09-08T05:00:11.345-05:00Cookies to CambridgeWaaaaaaaaaaaay back in May. Yes, I did say May. I'm a little behind on posting. Did you notice?<br />
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So, back in May I was contacted about making cookies for a birthday...specifically a birthday for this ladies son and husband. One who was turning 25 and the other was turning 70. You can figure out which age goes with which person.<br />
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They were planning on celebrating the dual birthdays by going to a Cleveland vs. Red Sox game on June 14th. <br />
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So they wanted birthday baseball cookies.<br />
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Yes. Birthday and Baseball. Meld it together and what do you get?<br />
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This.<br />
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I thought it was a pretty good combination...and apparently they did too. I got a great email after they had shipped to Cambridge, Massachusetts (and I prayed a lot for safe delivery) that the family and most importantly the birthday boys loved them.<br />
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Go Sox!<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-60149888455305027242014-06-26T18:00:00.000-05:002014-09-07T17:42:42.015-05:00Cookie Dump #567Yep, it's cookie dump time.<br />
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I don't have a ton of photos of these cookies - that's why they're going into the cookie dump category. Not enough to make up their own post, but too cute to not share.<br />
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So enjoy a few of these.<br />
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And hopefully they'll brighten your day. Even if it's just a little bit.<br />
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Happy day!<br />
<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-34658625404289868322014-06-25T13:00:00.000-05:002014-06-25T13:26:10.729-05:00It's Art. Really it is.It's an art kind of day. Especially for a birthday party. <br />
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I've always wanted to make art pallet cookies and my wish came true last week. A sorority sister of mine who I've also made cookies for in the past asked if I'd make art cookies for her little girls birthday. And who can say no to that?<br />
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I started out by making the art pallet out of the same cutter I've used recently to make the golf green holes. Recognize it?<br />
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After flooding it brown I painted on the "wood grain" effect to make it look more like an artist paint pallet. <br />
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I think it looks pretty nifty.<br />
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My next quest was to find something to make paint brushes out of....nothing like a spoon cookie cutter to come to the rescue. <br />
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And yes, I have a spoon, fork and knife cookie cutter. Don't judge.<br />
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And a little wood grain effect to complete the paint brush handles.<br />
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This was by far the easiest cookie decorating I've done. I just took the piping tips off the bag and smooshed (it's a technical term) the frosting onto the paint pallets.<br />
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Easy. And cool. <br />
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The final products are awesome. And so colorful. It just makes me happy looking at these paint brushes.<br />
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The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-20160062149278477532014-06-24T22:23:00.000-05:002014-06-24T22:23:28.354-05:00Go Get 'Em Gus!I was contacted about making some cookies for a lady who's nephew was headed off to West Point.<br />
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Not West Point, Nebraska...theeeee West Point.<br />
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As in military.<br />
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Yeah, big deal. <br />
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She sent me the West Point logo and also a funny picture of her nephews head superimposed onto someone's body in West Point regalia.<br />
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First off...there was no way I was attempting to recreate the West Point logo. Let's be honest. That's just crazy.<br />
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So I asked if I could do an interpretation. Thankfully they said yes. Could you imagine if they said no? Ha!<br />
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The headdress was the part I was most excited about. <br />
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I took the biggest Russian nesting doll cookie cutter and outlined the top of the hat.<br />
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With a little filling in and more filling in...<br />
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Then came the fun part. The feathery plume. I had more fun teasing people on Facebook and Instagram asking what they thought this picture was. No one guessed right but there were some awesome guesses...<br />
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They ranged from "a mistake" and "ursula from the little mermaid" to "elvira" and "toothless." I had to look up what "toothless" was...FYI it's a cartoon character. I'm so out of touch.<br />
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Then came adding on some gold accents - as the hat band.<br />
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Isn't that color just great? It's the gold from TruColor. Visit them <a href="http://www.trucolor.org/" target="_blank">here </a>to see all the awesome natural food coloring options. Such. Beautiful. Colors.<br />
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So the final product looks pretty cool.<br />
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And paired up with my "interpretive" crests....it's one awesome military cookie package.<br />
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But the real thanks goes to Gus who's heading off to West Point soon. Thank you Gus for what you're about to do. It's people like you who make this country great.<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-8883489043713523092014-06-13T06:00:00.000-05:002014-06-13T06:00:04.040-05:00My favoriteEveryone has a favorite food. Everyone.<br />
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Well, I have a favorite caterer.<br />
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Yeah, I go big. One favorite thing isn't enough.<br />
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Kidding. Only kinda. I do have a favorite caterer. And they're awesome friends too. You see, I have a real job. One that doesn't involve cookie making believe it or not.<br />
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I'm an event coordinator. And I love my job. Especially when I get to work with great people. And it makes it that much better when one of those groups of people is the crew from <a href="http://www.attitudeonfood.com/" target="_blank">Attitude on Food</a>. Not only do they continually make me look good at my "real job" but they are INCREDIBLE supporters of this cookie addiction I have. <br />
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They may be part of the problem. Sure, I'll blame them too. Because it can't just be all my fault, right?<br />
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So to thank them for their support, and feeding this addiction, I made them some cookies. A few chef coats....and just some ones with funny comments. Some personal jokes, others with funny things dealing with food and a few randoms thrown in for good measure.<br />
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So thank you AOF for being awesome. And being my friend. And all that other mushy gooey stuff that reminds me every day why I do what I do. In both my real job and my pretend one.<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-49640449842727398322014-06-12T21:40:00.000-05:002014-06-12T21:40:55.156-05:00Regal Royalty ShoeEveryone has a pair of regal royalty shoes, right?<br />
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Well you should. Especially if you're Mrs. Great Plains International - Maggi Thorne. She's pretty nifty. Especially since she married a friend of mine from way back. I still call him Freddy...it's a hazard of knowing him when we were in the 7th grade. However, I think he prefers Fred. <br />
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He has an amazing wife and she asked me make some cookies to take on a trip. Her only request was that it have a pair of black tennis shoes to represent her charity's logo...Soles4Souls and a tiara. No biggie right?<br />
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Wait....???<br />
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So I started drawing and came up with this idea...<br />
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Think Chuck Taylor black shoes with a silver sparkly crown. It'll be easy, yeah, easy. I had to have Dave make me a shoe cookie cutter. Can you believe I didn't have one. Yeah, me either.<br />
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I did however have a crown cutter. So I used both the shoe cutter and the crown cutter together, did a little smooshing, and ta-da, a miracle!<br />
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Below you can watch them come together. I'm happy to say it was a really fun cookie project to work on .<br />
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The finished product is just what I saw in my head. How often does that happen? Ummm...almost never.<br />
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And what makes these cookies even better is the amazing organization they represent...Soles4Souls. Check them out <a href="http://soles4souls.org/" target="_blank">here </a>if you want to learn more and see how you can help. It's as easy as a pair of your old shoes. Literally. I'm not kidding.<br />
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So Mrs. Maggi Thorne - Great Plains International 2014, you are one amazing and inspiring person. Thank you for asking me to make cookies. I had a great time doing it. And I hope everyone had a great time eating them!<br />
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P.S. - Want to learn more about Maggi? Check out her website <a href="http://www.maggithorne.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-19071441838504093722014-04-27T06:00:00.000-05:002014-04-27T21:18:55.064-05:00A Barnyard Birthday...Nothing says fun like a barnyard birthday - especially when the little boys mom is super excited about sugar cookies! <br />
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When she asked me to make cookies her only request was to make any cookies that fit in a farm theme, but there had to be a few pig cookies!<br />
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She also sent me two pictures of the shirt made for her son's birthday - which was awesome inspiration!<br />
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It was easy to find cookie cutters to use for this order - my only trouble was picking a few! <br />
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I ended up with a barn, cow (made from a reindeer cutter), pig, plaque cutter (made from a fancy number zero) and the letter C. To tie everything together I kept with the same color pallet. <br />
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More cohesive. At least that was my plan!<br />
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And hopefully Colton and the rest of his family will enjoy them at his birthday party this weekend!<br />
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Happy Birthday Colton - thank your mom for getting these cookies!The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-72708805272476613652014-04-24T21:12:00.000-05:002014-04-24T21:12:40.142-05:00Yee-Haw...It's Branding TimeGood friends of ours return every spring to Western Nebraska for her family's branding. And what doesn't say fun like sugar cookies at branding?<br />
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They may have had a gift certificate for two dozen cookies that they wanted to use up too - but we'll go with the first part about how sugar cookies and branding go hand in hand.<br />
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The only request they had was to incorporate her family's brand into the cookies. And let me tell you it was fun to make some western cookies. I chose to do a cowboy hat, cowboy boot, plaque cookie and the letter H (the family last name starts with H).<br />
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I mainly wanted to try out painting on a wood grain to some of the cookies. So I flooded a base layer of cream on the plaque and letter H cookies. After letting those dry overnight they were ready for my attempt at wood grain.<br />
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I had meant to take a picture of the the paintbrush I used, but as you see I didn't. I just took a new paintbrush with wide bristles and did a little cutting and ripping out of some of the bristles to make it look ratty.<br />
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Then with a little food coloring and some water mixed in a bowl I was ready to paint...and say a few prayers.<br />
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Blank cookie ready to go...<br />
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I dipped my paintbrush into the paint, then dabbed off most of the paint onto a paper towel and then started dragging it across the cookie.<br />
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I decided to start in the middle of the cookie - and I have no reason why. I just did.<br />
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And voila! The cookies had a wood grain effect.<br />
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Same thing with the letter H cookies too. After I got going it was pretty fun. <br />
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The end products were pretty nifty. Letter H's were decorated with barbed wire.<br />
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Some simple cowboy hats.<br />
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The crowning glory of brand cookies. Yes, it's a cattle brand. Really.</div>
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A few cowboy boots.<br />
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Not too shabby. And I'm thinking the cookies went over well at branding. I mean everyone is hungry and who can resist dessert?<br />
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Happy Branding Herian Family! Hope it went great!<br />
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<br />The B'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731911312893148961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433356392862592850.post-61103328074414741362014-04-21T20:58:00.002-05:002014-04-21T20:58:38.730-05:00Easter...how'd it sneak by?Easter was yesterday. I'm totally aware. <br />
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How is this month going so quickly? It feels like it was just Valentine's day. Wow. <br />
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This year, I was on the ball. I made Easter cookies.<br />
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I made lots o' Easter cookies. Mainly for a booth at a "spring fling" event the weekend before Easter, but it fed right on into the week before for people who wanted some last minute cookies!<br />
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So to make lots 'o cookies I had to make lots o' frosting.<br />
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Lots.<br />
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See.<br />
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Talk about hand cramping.<br />
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I have been wanting to make Easter peeps, cookie form of course, and this was the closest cutter I had. <br />
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And no Easter would be complete with carrots. Lots and lots of carrots.<br />
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And from there I just tried out a bunch of different options!<br />
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Here's the booth. It's pretty. With lots of levels hiding underneath all the fabric. I can make an 8 ft table work to hold 300 sugar cookies no problem. Challenge accepted.<br />
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I'm proud to say all of the cookies were sold. Gone. It was great.<br />
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And hopefully everyone enjoyed the cookies!<br />
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Happy Easter! Better late than never right?<br />
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