Happy Birthday Ruth~

I put these cookies in a bouqet for our I.T. Queen, Ruth. She's always rescuing me from some computer mishap, or when my boss looks at me with fire in her eyes and says "my mailbox is full". Needless to say I immediately start blowing up Ruth's phone and she always comes to help us, no matter how busy she is. She has a wicked sense of humor and we get along really well.

Sports

I made some sports cookies recently. I tried out a "food writer" as you can see on the left baseball cookie, which wasn't too bad - but the one with royal icing on the right looks so much better. So - food writers are put away for now. Maybe they will come in handy at some point. I also got an order for some "fast-pitch" softballs and remembered that I had made some footballs a while back. So here are my very first sports cookies. Enjoy!

Cowboy boots

Howdy Partner! My first attempt at cowboy boots. Not too bad, but the next ones will be much better

Fish Eyes

My sweet sister LISA bought me some candy eyes to use on my cookies - so I put some on these fun little fish. I have lots of inspiring photos of fish to decorate, but I just love to mix up the sprinkles and make rainbow fish. The book about the rainbow fish comes to mind every time. They sure look happy don't they? Maybe one day I will actually decorate a fish...or maybe not!

Fall is in the air

Fall is here... I have resolved myself to embrace it, even though it is a very melancholy time of year for me, having lost my mom in the last part of October. I hope you can see the chocolate sprinkles which are the center of the some of the sunflowers. These were part of a batch that I made for one of our hospital volunteers as a going away gift. More fall creations to come soon!

Happy Birthday Cookies

These are a set of cookies made for a nice lady who works in the lab. Her daughter is turning 13. She just loved them - and said I should be charging more because of the quality of work. Everyone in the lab just couldn't believe that I sat watching TV and did these one night. It is so relaxing. I'm trying the swirly technique and it is a bit difficult. I will keep practicing though and soon have it mastered.

United Way Bake Sale

I made some cookies for the United Way bake sale - to use up some extra cookie dough. It was fun - no pressure and I was able to experiment a bit. The photo with the packaging didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but that's okay too. Enjoy!