Here’s a cute and very easy cupcake to make for a baby shower. Bubble Bath Baby Cupcakes ~ Here’s what you’ll need: Tips #4 and #8 or similar sizes Pastry bag/coupler Baby decoration Royal icing ducks (you can make your own with the same number tips as above) or purchase if you only need a few. This saves a lot of time. Disco Dust in Rainbow Seriously. How cute is this tush? Spread a base of icing on the cupcake… [Read More]
Happy 20th Birthday to my sweet, baby boy! May you find the same joy in your heart today as when you opened your present on your third birthday and found exactly what you wished for. xoxo SHARE THIS POST:
Little $18 promotional Vera Bradley jewelry cases called ‘All Wrapped Up’.*LOVE*They were very difficult to find round these parts as not every VB retailer carried them but they are as cute as can be as in ‘adorable’ and ‘girlie’ and ‘you’ve got a find one and make it your own’. Definitely worth the hunt if you can still find them even if perhaps they have gone back up to $28. Up close and personal~ A magnet keeps the compartments stationary… [Read More]
The preliminary names are in for my spin-off baking/cookie blog and I’ve gotta tell ya, I’ve got some mighty clever and creative blogging friends (and FB friends) out there.I’ve put together a list of everyone’s wonderful suggestions (well, almost all of them) for you to vote on because I can be too easily swayed by a pun or play on words when I’m giggling. Yep, I’m that easy. Of course, I don’t know what name is already taken in the… [Read More]
Can you guess which founding father these cookies represent? Here’s another hint… I bet you’re getting warm. What about if I added bifocal glasses? Over the past few years, I am personally thankful he invented these. I could not decorate cookies without my ‘cheaters’. 🙂 Here’s all the clues together. If you guessed Benjamin Franklin, you’re right! Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is having an exhibit of his personal items and it’s a wonderful trip for kids. I made quite… [Read More]
Your wit and cleverness just might be, well, the key! I’d like your help in suggesting a name for my new baking/cookie blog which is in the works. Can you think of something memorable and fun?I bet my cupcake cups you can! It’ll be fun. When I have enough of them I’ll post a poll and we can choose together. I just thought of one ~“Baking My The Seat of My Pans” But I’m just flying by the seat of… [Read More]
I promise soon I’ll have a post that isn’t cookie related but it’s been my world for the last few weeks.A few weeks ago I was in Paper Source with a friend where I found this stamp and immediately fell in love with the saying and font. I had to have it! I knew it would be perfect for wedding cookies! Why couldn’t I stamp a cookie? I’ve never seen a stamped cookie before but it became my quest to… [Read More]
I’m happy to be of service to my country. If just to contribute to a Congressional staff’s retreat dinner’s dessert. I wonder if the differences in Congress could be discussed more pleasantly over a plate of cookies and milk. Just a thought. 🙂 SHARE THIS POST:
I’m popping the cork this Valentine’s to say … You go to my head, Valentine! If you wish to toast your love or friendships this Valentine’s Day these cookies couldn’t be easier to make.Draw a champagne flute out of card stock to use as a cookie cutter template. In-fill with thinned golden colored icing (I used Ameri-Color Gold with just a touch of Wilton Lemon Yellow), sprinkle gold dragees (I used small and large sized) from the bottom up to… [Read More]
That’s what I call these cookies that have a melted hard candy center. I make them every year but this time I’m going to show you how to make them too. You’ll need cinnamon candies or red lollipops or Life Savors. Any hard candy that is red. Pulverize the candy to a powder. I use my Cuisinart Mini Mate Chopper. It does a fabulous job in a few pulses. Spoon the candy powder into a cutout space you’ve made in… [Read More]
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