Boy, oh boy, more beautiful baby boys!
Baby Lambros’s September 10th arrival left us starry eyed! His room is neutral with teal accents so that was the color inspiration for this cookie platter.
Here they are in process with the stork delivery not quite ready…
Boy oh boy, he’s here!!
Details of the bib and the bottle. Thank you Hillary (aka the Cookie Countess) for the stencil! Some day I will own an airbrush machine. Until then, it’s a fairly.dry.paint.brush for me!
Final presentation…
Enjoy the autumn colors and scents. Let the coziness of fleece and fireplaces begin.
Just a little whimsy of a hopping bunny and some late summer flowers.
I love using minis when you have to feed a larger crowd but still want to make those couple of bites special.
Can you imagine being married 61 years? Quite the accomplishment so I wanted the cookies at their party to be sweet and elegant yet celebratory! I used ivory and a dusty rose (dark pink with a splash of ivory) and some gold highlights to that end.
The customer gave me this photo of Nonna and Grandpa. I wanted a lace like frame so I pulled out a sugar sheet and a trusty Martha Stewart edge punch and voila!
Nonna is said to make the best meatballs in town and Grandpa the same in wine.
Here’s a toast to many more years!
Wanted these cookies to be a “smashing’ success. Hoped they would “net” an appreciative thank you. Realized I had met my “match” when the cookies got “served.” No, I don’t think these puns are “out of bounds”, they are definitely “in!”
The larger cookies were a simple design of thinned food color gel and (when dried) ink (black edible ink pen by Rainbow Dust).
Racket strings were made using PME 0 tip. Tennis ball color came from a mix of electric green, leaf green and a bit of lemon yellow. I let the royal icing just start to crust over and then poked them with open safety pin to create texture/fuzz.
Every once and a while, cookies turn out EXACTLY like I imagined. That is the case for the cookies in this first picture. I wanted just the right amount of detail and aging to go along with the magic, mystery, and mischief that is Harry Potter.
A little bit of Ivory Americolor, my trusty Rainbow Dust edible ink black pen, a couple of good artist brushes and I was off to the races (or Quidditch?). Loved that I could find the recipe for Polyjuice potion! Is there nothing not to be found with a good Google inquiry?
The birthday girl’s only request for her Harry Potter themed party was to include all the house and Hogwarts crests. Oh and a snitch or Deathly Hallow sign too.
Platter ready for delivery! Mischief managed.
I have been on a bit of a watercolor.and.ink binge lately. The cookie version of this involves thinned gel and edible ink pens. This was the method used when asked to do a couple of as-you-go-back-to-university sets. It is a nice option for making a logo when you don’t want too much royal icing on top of the cookie.
The RIT platter:
Return to sender Michigan:
Away from home for a month, Alex was hoping for a celebratory welcome back to Buffalo. She was thinking about a poster/sign at the airport but her mom did her that and one better. These are the cookies she was given upon her return from the Dominican Republic. No telling if she shared any…
Mama Mayer Bakery 