The occasion was a jazz brunch for the ladies. A New Orleans vibe with all the ‘instrumentation’ of their music was requested. With a nod to the piano and the color theme of white, black, and mint, I stamped, stenciled and gold highlighted my way to these cookies.
Lots of catching up to do on this blog… going back to Father’s Day in June!!! For greeting cards and cookiers alike, ‘power’ tools are a big point of conversation during this yearly celebration. Of course, I had to create a “word play” take on that theme:
For the last 3 years I have made garden themed cookies for my green thumbed friend (best gardener ever) Kathy’s birthday. Here is the 2016 version. Hope she found them to be ‘cool as a cucumber!’
There is no way to candy-coat this; I’ll just have to say it out loud. MY MOM IS THE SWEETEST! Happy Mother’s Day 2016!
Okay. I am devoted to the Rainbow Dust double sided professional food pens. I’ve used them for years, highlighting hand painted cookies, outlining where royal icing designs should go on blank cookies, stamping letters for message cookies, and for little itty bitty lines as needed on these cookies.
For this gathering, the seal for the University of the South was requested. I wanted a festive and pretty way to display them so I used the seal as a flower petal with a simple rose for the center- using the university colors, of course. The order was for 40 seals but I made 42 (so I could have the correct number of petals for 6 “flowers”). Advanced planning and thought is incredibly important for a successful cookie presentation. Don’t forget to consider this planning and prep time if you are either the buyer (it’s a lot of work!) or the seller of fancy decorated cookies. The devil is in the details.
I can tell I am (not so) quietly climbing the age ladder. Two friends turned 60 this year. Yikes.
Yogi’s wife wanted to remind him that he was 60 and still thrifty, frugal and fabulous… This family always has me smiling with their colorful and bold personalities so I hope they felt the love in my attempt to reflect that!
Some of these cookies were going to make their way to India (thus the henna theme).
The other big 6.OH set was shipped off to Stockholm. Stefan and I have been friends since university. We have visited each other as often as possible over the years. Stefan is such an excellent golfer that my first thought was to play up that theme but I opted for (english) puns about his birthday (wish I learned enough Swedish to use their idioms). The one portrait tile is in honor of 1981 Stefan, when I first visited Sweden. We ended up near the arctic circle to attend a traditional Swedish mid-summer celebration; Stefan had a big blonde mustache at the time and he wore a black leather jacket and cap as we danced the (not really ever dark) evening away!
Okay. This birthday girl is one of the most adorable ever, full of personality and charm. Her mom wanted something sweet and age appropriate for her gymnastics themed party. Both boys and girls would be attending the celebration so I included a cartwheel guy too. The little girl designs were purchased through sweet Preciosa Barbaran’s Etsy shop, 1EverythingNice.
Background stencils came from The Cookie Countess and Killer Zebras. This gold was Wilton’s gold mist (found at WalMart or Michael’s).
The 5 designs:
Ohhh Charlotte, you’re one of the sweetest 6 year olds on the planet:
This set was made for a French teacher who is welcoming a little girl into their lives. The client wanted some french words; as I do not know French and sometimes question my English, I hope I got it right. The struggle is real.
A ‘force’ to be reckoned with, in a galaxy far far away, this Star Wars birthday came complete with party hats….
Once a nerd, always a nerd. And for us geeks, there is no day like Pi Day- because math is the only subject that COUNTS…
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