Suits & Superhero's

Who knew these two things could go together? Suits and Superheros.

Well Clark Kent totally knew.  In fact I think that was his entire premise.  Dang.

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?

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?

The superhero's were for another birthday.  I showed some quick examples of them awhile ago but here they are in their entirety.

Bang! Pow! Boom these are DONE.

Cookie Dump #567

Yep, it's cookie dump time.

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.

So enjoy a few of these.

And hopefully they'll brighten your day.  Even if it's just a little bit.

Happy day!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's...Lots of Superheros

A little man out in Western Nebraska had his momma ask me if I'd make some superhero cookies that he could take to preschool to celebrate his half birthday.  See his birthday is in the summer, so he misses out on having his special day at school with his friends and teachers.

Enter the fantastic half-birthday celebration.

And what is his favorite?

Why, yes superhero's.  Specifically Superman, however I've been told he's not selective and likes all heroes.

So what goes better with Superman than his friends Spidey and the man of Bats.

That's Spiderman and Batman for you non-Superhero friends.

I dug around in my cutters and came up with these...

You'll recognize the Batman cutter from here.  The Easter egg and square are superheroes.  I swear.  Can't you see it?

How about now?  I had to draw on them - technically it was freehand and even then it was a little off.

Talk about needing to practice my drawing.

Filling in with flood frosting helped to give them some sort of personality.

And even more fill frosting made them even better.

The hardest to do was Spiderman.  Wow.  Lots of little black lines.

Talk about hand cramping.

Hopefully he'll love the final results.  I think they resemble the real Superhero characters.

Happy half-birthday little man!

Da Na Nana Nana Nana...Batman!

Do you know how hard it is to type the Batman theme song?

That was my poor attempt at it.

Very poor.

But I executed decorating Batman cookies much better than "type-singing."

These special Batman cookies are for a very special three year old friend of ours.  We like him.  He's pretty cool.  And he loves my cookies.

Which makes him an even cooler kid in my book.  He knows the way to my heart.

So for his third birthday he asked (well...his mom did but I'm going to pretend he asked) for Batman cookies.  After all it is his favorite superhero.  He was Batman for Halloween.  Pretty big deal.

Nothing is cuter than a small child dressed as a mini-superhero.  Mask and all.

So Batman cookies it is.

But I needed the husband to make me a Batman cutter.  Based on this picture I pulled off of the internet. Thank you Google.

And thank you Dave for making the pretty cutter.

I had to do some drawing on the cookies (instead of taking the time to setup the projector - yes I'm lazy). Don't worry it's not a black sharpie.  It's a food safe marker.  Really.  It is.

I think they look like cats.

Cue my nervousness setting in.

I can't have cat cookies.

The black outline helped.  Sorta.

Filling in made all the difference.  I started to relax.  A little.

I waited overnight for the black flood to dry. Then I used my flesh colored frosting (the word flesh and frosting shouldn't be together in a sentence) to line the bottom of the face.

And flood in with fleshy colored flood frosting...oh and fill in the eyes with white.

See here's where I realize I went out of order in photos.  I flooded the flesh colored frosting and white eyes and let it dry for about 2 hours.  Then I came back and outlined the mask in black.

And to cap it off I used the flesh colored thick frosting to pipe on the facial expressions aka "the Batman frown."  Some call it a stoic look.  I think he's a little frowny.

I guess you have to be frowny to be a super cool superhero.  They can't be bubbly and giddy.

So Batman.  Here you are.  And I hope you'll make Cole a very happy three year old for his birthday.

Happiest Birthday Coley-Coleman-Stinky Pete-Coleosis!!

Don't ask.  The Stinky Pete part is hard to explain.  But it's funny to call him that and all of the other nicknames.

A Birthday...TMNT style

What does TMNT stand for?

Only the coolest comeback cartoon characters who once reined in the early 90's and have apparently reinvented themselves like many famous stars to be relevant today.

I'm referring to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Yes, those lovely green turtles who live in the sewers, fight crime, eat pizza and listen to a wise old rat. What's not believable about that?

Nothing.

Especially to a super cool five year old who celebrate his birthday this past Sunday.

I can say I've never done Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cookies before - so I was a little nervous about making them not look like crazy "for real mutant" turtles.  It became apparent that I was going to have to freehand draw the outline on each of the 40 cookies so I had something to build off of.  This wasn't going to happen any other way.

Then came the mighty task of outlining each one...

 

After outlining I filled just the sections that would be green...

 

And quickly put in black for the mouth

I bet you're thinking they look pretty bad right now huh?

Honestly...I was a little nervous but decided not to panic because I know outlining can make all the difference.

See...

Much better.

Phew!  Happy Birthday Jake - I hope it was a fantastic day.  

Cowabunga Dude.