Firefly... because I had to

(Wash, Zoe, Simon / Inara, Shepherd Book, River, Mal, Kaylee, Jane)

Firefly/Serenity cookies! I've always wanted to make these to represent one of my all time favorite shows. I finally had the opportunity make these cookies for a sugar show that happened over the weekend in Salt Lake City at CookieCon 2014. I absolutely love these and I'm very happy that they were so well received, even though a lot people didn't know what they were from. Netflix is about to get a lot of traffic to see Firefly soon, so if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you do... if you have seen the show, then you understand why these were necessary and long overdue. Thanks to everyone once again that came out to see and vote on the sugar show, you're all my heroes! If anyone knows any of the cast... their cookies are safe and sound, they can pick them up anytime they'd like ;)

Viera Suntree Little League, finale

Bite my shiny vanilla cookies!

Saving the world, one birthday at a time

Tastier on the inside...

It doesn't matter where you're from... we're all Chickens, let's have FUN!

Think Happy Thoughts... Do you have yours?

Pink Pumpkins and Pearls... Happy Birthday

I got the cutest request for birthday cookies the other day. The theme? Pink Pumpkins and Pearls, the girlier the better. The mom wanted a characterize version of her daughter's face and some fun pink pumpkins to go along with them. I had so much fun with these, my hands were pink for a week but I totally didn't care.

Meet the Avengers

I had these guys on the books for a little while but I wasn't sure what I was going to do. The recipient of these was 7 years old and totally in love with the new Avengers movie. We've got The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. I love the little word cookies too :) I couldn't believe how fun these were to make, the more I got done on them, the more I fell in love with them. I've always been a fan of the characters but now I love them all that much more.

Pirates vs. Ninjas!!! Welcome baby Mason

What could be more fun that Pirate vs. Ninja cookies to announce to the world  the arrival of Mr. Mason... not much. The idea for these was presented to me from the father and I was so excited to give them a shot. We decided on the cartoon style ninja and pirates with matching gold doubloons and mini throwing stars to match. So much cuteness in such a little plate, I love how much fun these were and how outside the box they were from typical "baby" cookies.

All the world loves a clown (cookie)

These were a quick job for me. I was asked very nicely to do up birthday cookies for a friend's sister who LOVES clowns. Since people either love or hate clowns, I wanted to make sure these were as friendly as I could possibly make them. These came out exactly the way I sketched them. I love the colors and texture of the hair.

I found out after telling my friend about the face idea that she loved it BUT her sister loved clown hats for some reason. This one was just for her, 3 silly clown hats on one cookie :) I can't wait to hear how they go over.

Ka-Chow! Car's cookies for Ollie

You may remember that I did cookies for Ollie's 1st Birthday last year, they were the first birthday cookies with all the images of things that started with the letter "O," if you forgot you can see them here. Well this year the bar was raised. They asked for Cars theme cookies, more specifically... Lightening McQueen, Mater, and Sally. Williams Sonoma had these great Cars cookies cutters, but no Sally. I decided to modify Finn and give him a gender switch, I think she came out pretty cute. It's har to tell but Lightening is actually a red velvet flavored cookie, I loved the bright red color it made the dough. These were involved, I'm not going to say I'd be willing to do them everyday... but these were fun :)

Invader Zim... save room for cookies!

"Awww...don't be sad, master. I know what'll make you feel better"... Invader Zim Cookies!

When I got the call to make these cookies I was giddy with excitement. I love the characters from Invader Zim, they had such great style and personality to them. I wanted to do something extra special for these to show off the shows great sense of color and style, so I did a background on each cookie wet on wet first before adding the characters after it dried. These came out exactly the way I imagined them. I had sooo much fun trying to figure out who was going to go where and on what background. The little faces were lots of fun to do too. These have to be the most involved set of cookies I've done to date, and my favorite so far... 

"I'm gonna sing the doom song now! Doom doom do doom doo doom doomà"

Moose and Zee... Cookie Time

These are for a friend's little boy who turns one this weekend. Moose and Zee are characters on Nick Jr and they are his favorite right now :) These are my first "character" cookies and they were all done freehand. If I had any concerns about them looking like the characters, the first thing my son said this morning was, "look Mommie, you made Moose and Zee cookies... can I have one?" Fears quenched. The mom was very happy with them and I can wait to hear how the birthday boy liked them. There are a few more pics here.

A Family Reunion in Maryland

Shhh, it's a surprise. My good friend Abby asked me to make her some cookies to take with her to a family reunion she is on a plane flying to right now. I wasn't allowed to post pictures of anything until after she got there because her mom loves Facebook and we are friends :) I had so much fun making these, we had a whole list of ideas but settled on Crabs (you know, cuz it's Maryland), Chickens (because supposedly they are well known for their cooked chicken), and to surprise her grandma we did "Mom P" cookies, complete with bright pink lipstick. I have to admit, grandma was a bit of a challenge to figure out. I had to do these all in one night so I couldn't do too many layers that had to dry... then I discovered food markers! These things are awesome! I drew out 10 heads with hair and then just filled in the lines, easy as pie. I cannot wait to hear how the family likes them... I'll post an update if I hear anything.

See more pictures here.