The winning entry for the Autumn Carpenter Cookie Cutter Texture Set is… Miss Sweet Tea! Congratulations Angela! Send me your address, darlin’ and which set you’d like. Generator Min: Max: Result: 13 There were 17 entries for this cookie decorating specific give-away. Again, for some reason when I copy and paste the random.org info it doesn’t reflect the max. number. Oh well, it worked anyway. 🙂 Thank you for entering. I love coming across new products and sharing them with… [Read More]
I have 3 KitchenAid stand mixers.Don’t hate me because I’m certainly culinary-appliance spoiled. I’d be adding the Williams-Sonoma Susan G. Komen edition stand mixer if I hadn’t received a Pro 600 series model for Mother’s Day this year.I now have 575 watts of marvelous with a 6 quart capacity sitting on my counter and we’re still making friends but my head has been turned by this beauty ~ “Hello Gorgeous!” It’s the Raspberry Ice Artisan, 5 quart, 325 watt.Perfect for… [Read More]
When I was asked to make cookies for an exhibitor at a landscape trade show I immediately thought flowers would be a natural tie in. The “Vegas” theme of the show would play a part too. I thought cookies would be a unique and fun give-away gift and I could also utilize them in containers for the table decoration. I learned that at a trade show such as this the objective is to get people to visit your booth… [Read More]
I want to spread the rolled textured fondant-on-cookie love so I contacted Autumn Carpenter whose cookie cutter texture set I used for the wedding cookies. She has generously offered the give-away winner a cookie cutter textured set of their own choosing from her website. Here are just a couple available. This is the set I used. The Wedding Cake Set. Here are some posts I wrote about working with the Wedding Set this past spring and about working with the… [Read More]
It was a lovely day.The day before I had finished making 140 wedding cookies for my niece, but you might have already known that. On Saturday, as we were leaving for the ceremony, I received a call from the father of the bride. “Where are you?” Three little words at the beginning of a conversation that always makes your heart beat faster.Seems the florist came and left before the bakery dropped off the cake so there was no one to… [Read More]
True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 56 Powered by RANDOM.ORG Congratulations to Simply Sara! You are the winner of the Vera Bradley“All Wrapped Up” jewelry case. There were 81 entries.I don’t know why the number ‘100’ lists when I cut and pasted the random.org info but that’s for someone much more technical than I to figure out. Thank you to all who participated and left a comment.It was fun! I’ll be hosting another give-away at the end of the… [Read More]
My Vera Bradley “All Wrapped Up Jewelery Case” Give-Awayends tonight so join in the fun by clicking HERE. I had a wonderful wedding weekend hosting a dinner for out-of-town family on Friday, attending the beautiful wedding on Saturday afternoon and hosting an impromptu breakfast for 29 on Sunday that we began planning during the reception! Son2 flies out today and some family remain in town until tomorrow so I’m still a bit busy today. I’ve had a complete weekend of… [Read More]
Surprise!Happy Monday morning! This week I’m hosting a give-away for the wonderfulVera Bradley “All Wrapped Up Jewelry Case”. Here she is!Isn’t she lovely? She’s shown in the boysenberry color and pattern. This is truly one of my favorite Vera pieces.She makes a perfect companion for a quick trip. I also keep a favorite pair of earrings in it all ready to go.Just in case. I don’t know why.A girl can always dream, can’t she? (fabulous jewelry regretfully not included) 😉… [Read More]
My ‘Pippa’ bag arrived. The bag was formerly called the Bristol Bag by Modalu of London but as soon as Pippa Middleton was seen the day after the wedding carrying it out of the Goring hotel it was quickly renamed. They are sold out on the Modalu website but they are taking pre-orders for a new batch. Must have been a rough passage. It can be seen in Spain this weekend. “Hola, mi amiga”! It certainly is making the rounds.I… [Read More]
I’m still working on the wedding cookies and haven’t even begun the cookies for the trade show (I can’t wait to share some presentation ideas with you) but I thought you’d deserve a new post! Apparently blue curacao is the ‘color of the week’ and I’m drinking it in.I love the color almost as much as I love the intense-hued sweet, orange-flavored libation. Here’s the link to all the goodies featured in the photo. My eye was instantly drawn to… [Read More]
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