Happy Valentine's Day!

I had my first ever giveaway back in August.  I was so excited to not only reach 400 likes on Facebook, but 500, that I decided to have two winners.  Melinda was winner number 1 and she ordered the "Let it snow" cookies back in December.  Sally is lucky winner number 2, and she requested Valentine's Day cookies.

Sally and her husband Lee are high school sweethearts and the parents of two adorable little girls, Abigail and Jenna.  I decided to use two shades of pink and then sanding sugar to add some extra detail to the cookies.

 

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

XO Wedding Cookies

I made these "XO" cookies back in September for Monique and Brian's wedding.  Even though they were used as wedding favors, I thought they would be perfect for Valentine's Day.

Most of you know by now that I am not allowed to ship cookies anymore due to changes in the Texas law for home bakers.  When my friend and wonderful event planner from Event Identity, Krista contacted me to make these cookies for Monique and Brian's wedding, I was sad to have to turn it down since she is located in Houston.  But, Krista, being the person she is and willing to go above and beyond for her clients and her friends, offered to meet me halfway between San Antonio and Houston to get the cookies.  Problem solved!

 

This was my largest single order to date, with about 180 cookies baked, decorated, and individually bagged.

 

I hope your Valentine's Day is filled with lots of hugs and kiss! :)

Bachelorette Cookies: Krystal's Last Rodeo - Part Two

 

As promised, here is part two of Krystal's Last Rodeo.  Jessica and I went with lingerie and corset cookies here, because what is a bachelorette party without the lingerie shower?

You may recognize the corset design from the cookies I made for Mandy's bachelorette party.  To that, we added on the bras with matching underwear.  I'm not the first, nor will I be the last, to use hearts for bras and underwear.  I decided that our ladies would be classy and stick with boy-shorts as opposed to other "smaller" options.  Really I just did this so there would be enough icing on the cookie, but the other explanation sounded more interesting. 

 

 

Thank you again, Jessica, with entrusting me to make the cookies for the special event.  I know you made Krystal's last rodeo a memorable one!

Patriotic Wedding Shower Cookies

Since it's still Fourth of July weekend, it's still acceptable to do a patriotic themed post, right?!  Well, either way, it is happening.

A very special bride-to-be had her wedding shower yesterday and since it was happening on the Fourth of July weekend, we did her wedding shower cookies with the holiday in mind.  On the cookies, we included the monogram "EIE" for the bride and the groom's initials.  

I basically added a sanding sugar wherever I could to give the cookies some extra sparkle for such a special occasion.  The stars have a sanding sugar border, the monogram is covered in it and the stripes of the flag are as well.  If ever there was a cookie I made that I wanted to eat, this was the one! 

A big congratulations to the happy couple!  I hope everyone had a safe, fun, and festive Fourth of July weekend!

Wedding Shower: Mr. & Mrs. Cookies

Right before we moved to San Antonio, our good friends Trey and Erin moved to Cleveland.  We've done a great job at staying in touch and keeping close by chatting on the phone regularly, "facetiming" occasionally, and we've visited each other in our new home towns.  It's definitely not the same as being in the same city, but we're making it work!

Erin's sister, Ashley, is getting married!  Erin is helping host her shower and asked if I could make the cookies for it.  She scoured through Pinterest and stumbled across some "Mr. & Mrs." cookies.  While I am stuck coveting the cookie cutter used in the picture she showed me since it is sold out on Karen's Cookies and costs way more than I can justify spending on a cookie cutter on Copper Gifts, I had to come up with my own version.  Since I didn't have the added elegance of the cookie cutter, I added a border and used cursive instead of print.

Erin, give Emma a big hug from James.  I hope you had a great shower, Ashley! Congratulations!