I’m still baking my little heart out today. I’m on number 111 out of 150+ cookies and plan to begin decorating tonight but I just wanted to remind you that my Queen Bea Studio Give-Away ends tomorrow!I can’t wait to choose the winner! Off topic ~ I was in Michaels buying meringue powder this morning I saw the prettiest Paula Deen cast loaf pan with a fall embossed design on the bottom that would make any banana bread or lemon… [Read More]
Happy Alliteration Day!Not really, I made that up. 🙂 Thought I’d report in today because for the next week or two I am going to be very busy. I have 150 cookies to make for a very whimsical nautical wedding.Today I’m going to be rolling in dough!Here is my prototype ~ I’ve ran into some problems with twisting the licorice and the stickiness factor of the strips I made from fruit roll-ups which are good to hold the licorice in… [Read More]
Queen Bea Studio and I have the most incredible give-away to share with you and it includes your choice of bag with your monogram or one without it! Really, how fabulous are these bags?First, look at mine! The Half Moon Bag I have been lusting over this basket bag for the past year and I finally decided to order it last month and we have been inseparable ever since. L.o.v.e. it! I chose the navy and white stripe but there… [Read More]
Hi all.I’ve got some questions for you and I’d love to hear your comments and get your insights on a few or all of them. On your own blog, would you rather see the icons and faces of followers in the box (it’s always nice to know we’re not alone) or are you just as happy with subscribers through an email feed or reader page who are not visible for display? I’m wondering why on some of the blogs I… [Read More]
Congratulations to “Natalie” whose lucky number of was chosen by random.org.Email me with your address so you can get baking! 🙂 SHARE THIS POST:
Monday and it’s August 2nd. The countdown has already begun.My heart begins to thump in my chest. Matters of my heart are now pushed to the forefront as the layers that have lovingly surrounded it since June will begin to flake away by the 15th as children start to leave for college again. I always feel such conflict when the ‘back-to-school’ time of year approaches. It started when my boys were in elementary school so this isn’t a new thing… [Read More]
Preppy 101 asked me to make a cookie for a friend’s debutante celebration and I was thrilled! I thought the cookie cutter used for the “Betty Draper Party Dress” that is featured in my Give-Away would be perfect and I wanted to share a couple more decorating ideas with you.Click HERE to enter the give-away if you’d like. It ends this Sunday after Mad Men. 🙂 I began with my favorite Sugar Cookie and Royal Icing recipes. In keeping with… [Read More]
NOOOoooooo!!! Ugh! Can you believe this? After anticipating the taste of these beauties since they were little sprouts and diligently watching them ripen for weeks this occurs!! I have a couple questions for the gardeners out there ~ What the heck is eating the tomatoes on the vine and what would peel off the skin in little pieces and eat half the fruit? Heartbreaking. My next question ~ Can you slice off the eaten spots and eat the rest of… [Read More]
“Well done”! The royal family opens its family albums on the Buckingham Palace Flickr page. 600 photos will be initially launched. Elizabeth is one hip granny! Apparently she even Tweets too! The Duke and Duchess of York and Elizabeth. Cutie patootie princes. Victoria and Albert. “Ta-Ta & Cheerio!” SHARE THIS POST:
Mad Men Decorated Cookies “What do Mad Men episodes and cookies have in common?”One is never enough!!! I’m celebrating the premier of season 4 with a cookie-related Give-Away! But first… take the “The Mad Men Cookie Quiz” just for fun. 🙂 Can you guess which character goes with the cookie? (There might be some slight overlap but one character ‘owns’ the cookie.) 1.a. Bertram Cooper b. Donald Draper c. Roger Sterling 2. a. Peggy Olsen b. Helen Bishop c. Joan… [Read More]
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