Happy Thank You Cookies

A friend wanted to give some special thank you cookies to his physical therapy office.  He requested some "hands" and left the rest up to me.  I often feel stumped by thank you cookies because the possibilities are so endless and the idea of hands left me creatively stumped.  So after brainstorming for a few weeks I settled on this.  The suns were inspired by Sugarbliss, thank you!

Graduation Cookies

These were for a cousin and her friends open house party.  CMU is my alma mater, so I took extra enjoyment when creating these. 

Fire Up Chips! 

Cherry Time!

My favorite place to go it Traverse City, MI.  Where cherries are abundant, and so are the local wineries!  I was lucky enough to live there for a few years after college, and I have missed it like it's my home ever since I moved away.  Now my family and job keeps me 5 hours south, but I'm able to visit several times a year.  My little sister lives there now, and just bought her first house.  Visiting will be comfortable and I'm sure we will wear out our welcome.  Maybe if I bake her a lot of cookies we can stay longer. 

The National Cherry Festival starts in July 7th and consumes the whole city for a week.  Although it is insanely busy with "fudgies," what the locals call the tourists, it's a beautiful and fun filled time to visit.  So in honor of Cherry Festivial I'll be passing out these cookies to all my friends. 

Have I mentioned I'm loving ruffles on cookies lately?  So easy and fancy looking!

Jessie, from Toystory, Themed Birthday!

I was able to do these cookies for my second cousin Morgan who turned 3!  She is a big fan of Jessie from the movie Toystory.  I had my, also 3 years old, daughter dig out her Jessie doll from her toybox so that I could find some inspiration.  It's so fun to do something different and get creative. 

Happy 3rd Birthday Morgan!!

Teacher Appreciation

Teaching is my full time job (second only to being a mom), so I put a little extra teacher love into this platter.  This order was for a repeat customer, who was giving them to her son's teachers for teacher appreciation week.  What a great gift!  I know I'd love to walk into my lounge and see these.  Thanks for the business, Denise!  And as a teacher I can appreciate her business, Pre-K Success, to help prepare our young minds for kindergarten.

Detroit Tigers

These cookies were for my amazing Aunt Sue who retired!!!  She is one of the most generous and caring people I know.  I wanted to do something special for her retirement party and surprised her with these Detroit Tiger cookies that she could give as favors for her guests.  (she's a Tigers fan).  I used some Avery labels, along with their online templates to create a simple sticker for the back of the gift bag. 

Congratulations Aunt Sue and enjoy retirement!

Norah's first birthday party. 
I was able to create a variety of treats for a repeat customer (thank you!).  Cake pops, sugar cookies, shortbread monogram cookies, lollipop cookies, cupcakes, and an owl smash cake (no picture of that one). 

Happy Birthday Norah!