Gone Fishing

Most of the men in my family (both my family and my in-laws) love to fish.

Some more than others...but none the less they enjoy heading out on open water to try their luck.

I decided to make fishing cookies for my father-in-law. 

I started with the fishies.

They are not a particular species.  Or kind.  Or whatever you call it.

They're my made up fish. 

Outlined in a thick forest green color frosting.

Then flooded with the same color flood frosting.

Then I thought I'd make some balloons.

Kidding.  I used a balloon cookie cutter - but thought if I turned it upside down I could use it for bobbers.

Started by outlining the red bottom half.

And filling it in.

Then outlining the white top portion.

And flooding in the top portion with white.

Then I went to bed.  Honestly.  You've got to let cookies dry overnight so you can add on the second layer of details.  That's true for any cookies.

But with the magic of the Internet you don't have to go to sleep to see what happens next.

I added on the white top, outlined the entire bobber in red (see the top left hand bobber) and added on the fishing line.

Ta-Da.

Next I made crayons.

Fish like crayons.

I'm a liar.  I made brown worms on crayons.

Or maybe it wasn't a worm.  It was a fishing pole handle.  And a green rod and reel.

And then the rest of the "stuff."

I wish I would have done an entire white background before I'd added on the fishing pole.  It would have helped the design to stand out.

Oh well...live and learn right?

So Happy Father's Day Don.  I hope you like catching these fish.

I linked this up to:

LilaLoa

SURPRISE...

We had a party.

But not just any party.

It was a party to celebrate Dave's birthday.

Everyone knew about it...except for Dave.

Surprise.

I had lied to him, actually I told many many lies.

White lies.  But lies none the less.

And I'm happy sad to report that I'm really good at lies.

So good in fact that Dave "the super sleuth" didn't have any idea.

It started with a lie I told him around a month ago that a co-worker had asked me to make sugar cookies and cupcakes for their son's birthday.  This fictional co-worked had told me that her fictional son liked to fish (shockingly so does Dave) and wanted fish sugar cookies and fishing themed cupcakes.

How crazy.

Right?

That's how I was able to make the sugar cookies and cupcakes right under Dave's nose.

Ah ha ha ha (*evil laugh*).

I made fish cookies (and forgot to take pictures of the fish cupcakes)...

Talk about carpal tunnel.

Those little white dots on the fish are my nemesis.

I cursed myself after I did the first one and liked it THEN realized that I had three trays to do of roughly 40 fishes.

BUT even though my hand and wrist is ready for a cast...I still think they turned out pretty great!