Pumpin' Out Christmas Cookies!

Time to showcase some more Christmas cookies that I've been making!....I thought this would be a fun set to pair together...Santa's, cupcakes, gingerbread boys and girls...and a few "light bulbs"!....The youth group at our church is having a Christmas party next Friday night and I've been asked to make cookies for their fun shin-dig! I got some cute ideas in mind...that include a zebra pattern ;

Decorated Halloween Cookies!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I can't believe it's the last day in October!! It seems like yesterday that it was sweltering hot outside...and now the weather is dipping into the 50's at night and Thanksgiving is just three weeks away. Say what?!!Over the weekend I made some Halloween cookie treats for the kids at church. I was excited to finally put to use some of the Halloween shaped cookie cutters that I

Decorated Cookies For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It's been a busy few days! And the next several weeks don't show a lighter load. My calendar doesn't have me coming up for air until around the last week in October. With the exception of a dentist visit and a car maintenance appointment, everything else is fun-filled! Tomorrow night my mom and I will be going to our church's quarterly women's event. Our last Every Woman gathering was amazing. I

Whose Ready for Football Season!? {GA Bulldog Cookie Platter}

Truth be told....I could care less. {gasp!} - I know, I know...all you football fans are probably sending virtual rapid fire my way ((I'm ducking)). But it's not just football. In fact, I'm not really gung-ho about sports in general. When I was younger I was, but there's been a BIG shift in my life since the single days and I don't make watching sports a priority. I have great memories being with

Decorating Cookies With Royal Icing {The Easiest Cookies To Make When Starting Out}

If you are like me, and you've looked at cookies decorated with royal icing and have wanted to attempt them yourself, I want to tell you what I think are the easiest {and the cutest} cookies to start out making. The cookie cutter you'll need is a heart shaped one:For more of my tips, read this post. I say the heart shaped cookie cutter because to me, they are the easiest shape to initially work

Back To School Cookie Platter

This past week, most of the kids at our church had their first week of being back to school. I remember those days like it was yesterday. I wanted to make some cookies to give to them as a little treat as they embark on a new school year. These, by far, were the most labor intensive cookies that I have made. Talk about a p-r-o-c-e-s-s! Icing was tinted in ten different colors, five were used just

Cookies For A Vow Renewal

Over the weekend I made some cookies for a special couple at our church who had a vow renewal ceremony, celebrating 30 years of marriage. The bride wanted the primary cookie colors to be baby blue and white, and she mostly wanted the cookies to be heart shaped. This is what I came up with....I ran into a little bit of an issue when it came to doing the "cake stand" and adding the flowers to the "