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!

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.