Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Birthday Cookies

I'm going to keep it short and sweet this go 'round and let the pictures speak for themselves!  I had so much fun making these Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cookies for Caleb's 1st birthday.  I loved how they turned out, plus they were a different interpretation than what I had seen done in the past.  

The Whole Gang

Mickey and Minnie

Donald and Daisy

Goofy and Pluto

Happy 1st Birthday, Caleb!

Cat Birthday Set

I will start off by saying these are the most random cookies I have done to date, but if I'm being honest, I love them!

Haley wanted to order cookies for one of her best friends Katie's 17th birthday.  She didn't really care what they looked like, but she wanted them to be bright, colorful and include cats, Katie's favorite animal.  I also had to include solid black houses.  I wasn't given an explanation, but I am assuming some sort of inside joke.

When I was trying to figure out what I should do, I remembered the bunny silhouette cookie from my Easter Egg cookies and thought, "Why not do the same but with a cat?"  Also, I know this will instantly age me, but I loved Lisa Frank when I was younger and this set seemed reminiscent of that... maybe that's why I ended up liking it so much!

 I hope you had a purr-fect 17th birthday, Katie (beyond cheesy I know, but I couldn't resist)!

Aggie Birthday Cookies

In honor of the big game this week (Texas A&M vs. Alabama in case you had no idea what I'm talking about), I felt it was only appropriate to post some Aggie related cookies.  These cookies were made for Trey from his sister as he was turning the big 2-1!

We are so excited that we get to go to the game with week to root on the Aggies! Thanks and Gig 'em!

Marching Band Cookies

Back to school in Texas also means the start of a sacred event: Friday Night Lights and College Football Saturday! Now to a lot of people that might just conjure up images of football players and the game, but I can't be the only one that looks forward to the half-time performances by the marching bands!

In fact, I know I'm not! Lindsey's husband is a marching band director and she always gets him something special to kick-off the start of a new season.  How sweet is that?  I initially came up with football ideas, but then decided that I wanted to do something to really highlight the marching band, and not just focus on the football aspect.  Lindsey and I discussed it and decided that marching band hats and music notes would be perfect!

I used "brush embroidery" on the feather of the hats to really give it texture and look more realistic.

Thank you for ordering, Lindsey!  It was so fun to create these cookies for you and your husband!

Apple Cookies with Math Symbols

You may remember my friend April that ordered the Nerdy Apple cookies for her mentor teacher that was retiring.  Well, Monday was her younger sister's first day of teaching! I have mentioned in previous blog posts that I was a teacher before becoming a "cookier." Because of this, I completely can appreciate that Monday was an extra special first day for Mary!

To celebrate this big day for Mary, her mom wanted to order her some math themed cookies for her to receive at school.  Mary will be teaching middle school math, so Ms. Stone (her mom) wanted to incorporate that into the cookies.

As much as I would like to take credit for it, the design idea was complete Ms. Stone's idea.  I thought it was such a cute idea and love how they turned out!

Happy First Day of School, Mary, and to all the other new teachers out there.  This year will be one of the most challenging, yet rewarding years of your career.  I promise it gets easier and it is definitely worth it!

Back to School Cookies

Is it that time of year again already?!  It is the start of a new school year and this one holds extra significance because it is my sister's first year back after taking 2 years away to be a stay-at-home mom.  I knew that the first day was going to be hard, so I wanted to do something to brighten it for her.  My go-to solution these days: COOKIES!

The tumbling apples actually wasn't intentionally.  I tried writing "Happy" before the base coat was completely dried and I pushed in some "boo-boo's."  I think it happened for the best though!

Happy First Day of School to teachers and students everywhere!

Baby Shower Cookies: Pink and Gray Onesies and GIVEAWAY!

A while back, I did a Pink and Gray Baby Girl set for Elizabeth to give to her friend that just had a little girl. In a complete coincidence, Elizabeth's mom, Karen, saw those same cookies and wanted wanted to order some for a baby shower, not knowing those were cookies ordered by her daughter!   She decide to just do onesies in the same color scheme and left the design up to me.  You didn't think that I would let you get straight to the giveaway without showing you some cookies first, did you?!

Now for the fun part of the GIVEAWAY!  

You are entering for a chance to win one dozen cookies of any design you choose for FREE!  

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The contest is open starting at 12 am CST on August 13th and end at 12 am CST on August 22nd.  Once the giveaway ends, one winner will be chosen and will be contacted within 24 hours by email.  This post will be updated with the winner's name once we've heard back from them.  The winner will need to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

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