I love the folk art scene. Wish I was gifted in that arena. Until I discover some (really wish) unseen, hidden talent, I took inspiration from the uber.sensational Johanna Parker (based in Denver, I believe. Happy birthday Johanna!) and the catalog designers from Olive and Cocoa.
Please, no Samhainophobia today! May your candy buckets be full of joyful treats (Almond Joy?)!
I play with my food like I play with my words. Wrap (like a mummy) your head around these notions for breakfast, lunch, and dinner this Halloween. They’re the kind of ‘trick’ to which I like to treat myself.
Movie Monsters is the theme for Sarah’s Halloween party this year. Love doing her cookies because she is such an awesome (repeat) client! She always has some fun planned and her themed parties are so thoughtful and clever!!! Thank you for the opportunity to allow me to gather this cast of characters together for your ghoulish gala! Happy Halloween!
I was honored to participate in the GoBo Bake sale, sponsored and led byJill Wettstein of Funky Cookie Studio. She runs this fundraiser to honor Bo, a courageous young man for whom the GOBO Foundation was initiated; they bring hope to children with life-threatening medical conditions by funding research, supporting treatment, and helping their families during times of financial need.
The bake sale had a halloween or fall theme. Twist my arm… a chance to pull out the halloween humor??? Hope you find my treats to be no trick! 
She wanted birthday cookies that were centered around the things he likes. They have great taste (…as do these cookies). I must admit that I rarely make the same cookies again and find customer’s diverse requests so interesting. The hand knucks are new to me; learn something every day. So happy to make Alaska cookies; we had the most fabulous time taking our kids to Denali NP and beyond a few summers ago. Stunning. Jaw-dropping gorgeous. All that in more, Alaska!
Nerds celebrate too. Happy weekend, whatever your form of libation/liquid refreshment!
Our youngest interned at Jellyvision this summer and had a stinkin’ blast! Learned a ton and so, so enjoyed the folks there. I think I want to work there when I grow up. Jellyvision has these adorable characters, blobbies, they use as part of their communication tools. Yeah, I didn’t know what a blobby was either but, one look, and I knew they were meant to grace the cover of a cookie. Here’s part of the last.week.sweet.treats she took in…
#truth My never ending love of puns extends to every food experience. Just one trip to my favorite sushi restaurant and these little jokesters started hanging around IG (yep, you can find me at MamaMayerBakery on Instagram). Oh, and it’s been a summer of humorous inspiration. Just you wait.
Sugaring up those kids before we put them on that bus…Um, apologies to all teachers (except the art teachers- maybe the decorated cookies will inspire someone?).
I wanted to work the shading on the pencils and crayons so I could take a simple design and turn it up a notch. For the pencil, I watered down the same gel color as the base royal icing and followed the mid point of the cookie, painting after the base had dried- Americolor deep pink, Rainbow Dust ProGel grey, Americolor egg yellow and ivory. Finished off the cookie with the food safe pen detail and the black RI outline.
Many thanks to BRPBOXES for making a great presentation a snap!
Had a request to make cookies for a young lady heading to the University of Florida. How can you say no to a GATOR? Because I needed a very quick turn around on making these cookies, I opted for some logos using simple edible pens and stencils to compliment the traditional royal icing decorating.
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