At Pantone the Spring ’09 colors are blooming.Salmon Rose is on the pallet. It looks similar to the Sunset Pink at Vineyard Vines. Here is a cute cardigan in Sunset Pink from VV. Pink and green are also showing up in jewelry. Kate Spade has enameled bangles. Each one has their own hidden idiom.For pink – “Tickled Pink”. For green – “The Grass Is Always Greener”. Cute! And these….
It’s been a busy baking week. Today I finished my hearts and gave them to my son’s high school jazz band. I also made extras for my dinner party this weekend. The middle of the white cookies is crushed cherry lollipops that melt as the cookie bakes producing a hard candy. It’s so pretty held up to the light. They just glow. The red hearts have red sanding sugar sprinkled on and the pinks hearts have pearlized dragees. All… [Read More]
A pod of dolphins Once in awhile I will bake and decorate special cookies upon request. This week I was happy to make them for the Dana Hills High School girls’ varsity soccer team in celebration of the end of their season. This is the third year I have made them special cookies. This year I was wracking my brain of what I could create that would be different than a standard soccer ball cookie so I decided to… [Read More]
Last summer I made these cookies for my friend who had just returned from a vacation on the east coast. I love the east coast, Nantucket in particular, so making them also was a fond remembrance of one of my happiest places on earth.
Tomorrow night my husband and I will attempt to trip the light fantastic at the first in a series of six dance classes. We are not the properly proportioned perfect dance couple at 6’1″ and 5’2″, respectively. The last time we took a structured dance class I made it a forced pre-wedding requirement but I had more to offer in ways of incentives back then. While I was driving to Michael’s today (another post) and thinking about backing out, I… [Read More]
