Detroit Lions

I had fun taking my time and putting all the details into these ones.  It's cookies like these that really make me wish I had a Kopykake projector!  I had some inspiration from other cookie artists like Sugarbelle. 

Go Lions!

 

 

 

 

 

My Sister's Wedding.

My youngest sister's wedding has come and gone.  What a fun time we had planning and preparing.  A shower, bachelorette party and a wedding.  Here's a few pictures of the festivities and baking that was involved. 

Now that school is out for the summer I may have a few more hours in the week to dedicate to cookies. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful shower centerpieces made by the grooms mother and sister.

 

 

 

The bride and grandma.

 

 

 

The bride, me, sister and mother at the wedding shower.

 

 

 

Every place setting with a different old plate and a Michigan cookie.  A heart on Traverse City, where they live and got married.

 

 

 

Married here, on Mt. Holiday. 

 

 

Here comes the bride.  Up the chair lift! 

 

 

My nephew enjoying a cookie.  So sweet.

 

 

 

I did not make the pies, but I did make the Pie Cookies!!

 

 

 

First dance

 

 

 

Me giving my toast speech.

 

 

 

Centerpieces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wish I had more pictures, but I was so busy I just didn't have much time to take any.  Most of these pictures are from family member.  Between matron of honor duties and chasing my little ones around the day went by so quick.  

Some Birthday Fun

A mix of some birthday orders from the past month. I've been having fun creating some different cookies and sweets. I only wish I had more time to spend on my sugar art. Working full time as a teacher and being a mother to two beautiful little ones does take up most of my time. I try and limit myself to only one order per week. Maybe some day I will have enough guts to be a full time baker! lol. I'm not much of a risk taker. I enjoy what I do and I'm blessed to have some extra time to spend doing it and thank you to all my great customers!!

Where I've Been.

Noticeably absent from the online world of cookies.  Since school started back in September I've taken a bit of a baking break.  My family life has been more demanding, and so has my teaching job.  One and three year olds don't like to just watch Mommy bake and decorate, and Daddy is not any good and cooking dinner.  The stage that my family is in, just doesn't allow me the free time, or the extra energy that I need to put into the baking.  So for now I'm doing occasional local orders only.  I am not shipping at this time.  If you have emailed me in the past few months and I haven't responded, please forgive me.  I appreciate all the generous comments and feedback and I'm sorry I just haven't had more time to commit to cookies.

Thanks for your understanding, and I hope to put more time into baking again soon!

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!