Baby Blue and White Balloon Cookies with a Washi Tape DIY –Part Deux

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If you read my previous post about the white balloon cookies, you saw simple and elegant white balloons where the lollipop sticks were wrapped in washi tape and tied with kitchen twine around the neck of the balloon cookie.

Since I had extra dough, I decided to decorate a few more cookies for fun.  This little cutie pie on the invitation is my great-nephew, Daniel.

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Pearlized baby blue dragees made their appearance onto the cookie.  Such a sweet look.  I also used pearlized silver heart confetti by Wilton.  So soft and shimmery.

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To continue the theme of using blue and white washi tape, making a little notched flag was as easy as 1 – 2 – 3.

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Just a variation on a sweet theme.

Part Une – White Balloon Cookies and Washi tape DIY

Balloon Cookies For A Sweet One-year-old’s Birthday–Part Une

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A Surprise Party

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of co-hosting my sister-in-law’s surprise 60th birthday party with her husband – my brother, on his behalf, along with their son and his wife.  What was unique about the planning of this party, was the first step of the planning process had to take place while my brother and his wife were in Australia visiting their daughter.   My nephew and his wife who live in Seattle, had a great idea to find a home… [Read More]

The Jeanapalooza Birthday Extravaganza Recap– A Pink and Orange Party

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Decorated Nautical Cookies!

The fleet is in! Are they nautical wedding cookies? Nautical Save-the-Date cookies? Nautical birthday cookies or nautical baby announcement cookies? Let’s set sail … … and send up the flags. Let’s signal L.O.V.E. … and Happy Birthday to my love bug, G.E.J., who turns 21 this weekend. Save-the-Date for a nautical wedding or to announce the very special arrival of a new member of the crew. The Scrabble possibilities are endless when you know the nautical alphabet or you can… [Read More]