Beach Party Birthday

I got a call from a friend, who also does cookies, asking for help. She was planning her daughter's birthday party, and didn't have time to make her own cookies... What could I do but say, YES! She had these really cute invites that she was trying to match that had flip-flops and this great beach ball on it. I thought for a long time how to avoid having to do two separate cookies for the flip-flops and then it hit me... a heart! I'm sure someone else has thought of it before, but I've never seen it so I was new to me. The colors worked out great, nice and bright. They all got bagged up with little flip-flop bags and flip-flop keychains tied to them with different colored ribbon, it was a very cute presentation that she had figured out. I had a blast making these and I'm really glad I was able to help out a friend.

Summer Fun... Flip flops and fishes!

So Emily sent me an email after seeing my very first cookies and wanted flip flops for her and fishes for her husband since he likes to fish. She let me have total creative freedom which was really fun. I probably made way too many colors for such a small order but I couldn't help myself. These were my first fish and let me tell you, that little "smile" makes all the difference, they went from looking like a cheap decoration to something with personality with just one little stroke of my magical markers. She said she wanted some sort of "gone fishing" sign so I decided to make matching dots to display her message.

They just went into the mail to meet them on vacation later this week. I really hope she likes them, I totally fell in love with them and they almost didn't make it ;)

See some close-up pics here.

First ever cookie class

First Cookie Class • All in one Bake Shop, Austin TX

9am began my adventure into an unknown realm of sweet treats. I'd always wanted to do something creative that I could eat and cookies seemed to be the perfect solution. My previous attempts at sugar cookies always seemed to fall flat... ever cut a cookie and it looks perfect going into the oven but turns into a giant unrecognizable blob when it comes out? That was the only experience I had with sugar cookies. Just being able to roll something out and have it come out of the oven exactly as it went in has been worth it's weight in powdered sugar. We got started and dove right into the decorating, I learned thinks like flooding, outlining, dragging, crazy star and leaf tips, color mixing... I was surprised at how easy it all seemed (but isn't everything easy when it's all laid out for you before hand). The class was super fun and I think everyone was pretty impressed at the way they came out for a first attempt, half of them didn't even make it home with all the hungry people willing to "test" them for me :)