A Year Later.....

One year ago this month, I made my first rolled sugar cookie. I had NO idea that a year later I would have made thousands of cookies and shipped them all over the U.S. I can't tell you how much I have learned about myself and life throughout the past year. I have no doubt that God has taken me on this journey and I am excited to see what the next year brings!
So, with that said I want to say a big THANK YOU to all of my customers and readers who have been encouraging and supportive, I'm looking forward to being part of many more parties and celebrations!

I can't celebrate 1 year of baking without some cookie pictures, so here are a few of my recent orders:

 

See you late Alligator baby shower.

 

 

Brody's 4th Birthday 

 

Addi's School Bus/Chevron Birthday

 



 

A close up of the rainbow chevron.

 



 

A colorful candy birthday party.

 



 

Another monogram.

 

 

 A Lululemon inspired baby shower.

 



 



 

And a picture of me with my sweeties :).

 

I have some really fun pictures to share at the beginning of next week, make sure you don't miss it!

 

*I am not taking new orders at this time. If you have an existing order with me this does not affect you.



Eye Candy

I am ready to get back to some regular posting, and things are slowing down a little bit around here so I am excited to share some fun stuff this week!

But first I'm going to share some fun cookie pictures from the past week.

I did these sweet monograms for one of my closest friends who is having a baby girl in November. I loved these colors and I never get tired of a cute monogram.

These sweet cookies were for a first wedding anniversary. I made them to match the wedding theme and invitation.

Chevron and Polka dot twos for a sweet friend of Taylor's.

More chevron and Polka dots. I heard from a lot of Razorback fans after I posted this picture on Instagram :). (That was before Saturday's game).

I absolutely loved these cookies and the theme of this party. I always love the red and turqoise together, and I always jump at the chance to do Paisley.

Here is a close up of the paisley pattern. I did a tutorial on this here.

Another sweet monogram for Jillian. I couldn't have picked three better colors.

And last, but definitely not least, "water painted" trees. I did these to match a print that was being used in the baby shower. I'm not going to lie, these took FOREVER. I was seeing dots for a few days after I finished these :). 

I have to share this last picture because its just too funny. One night last week I told Parker to go put a shirt on for dinner, and he came back like this:

Happy Monday!!!

Picture Rundown

I have had a busy past week in the cookie world. I shipped to PA, AL and TX  and because of that I have gotten a little behind on posting pics.  Here are some of the orders from this past week!

I took this pic before I finished their mouths, oops!

CARS!

Lingerie Shower

Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse's  bow

Baby shower

Chevron and Polka dots

Monogram for a bridal shower.

I am slowly cutting down on the amount of cookie orders I take, and I am excited to have more time to share recipes, tutorials and fun stuff with you!

But for now, we are headed to swim and I am getting my hair done today. AHHHHHHHHH :).

Catch Up

I am catching up on some orders from the past couple of weeks. All of them are so different, but so fun!

Girls Night Out

These were for a fun girls night out. Sweet Meredith asked me to do these and I really wanted to stuff myself in the box and go with these cookies because I am pretty sure she and I could be good friends :).

Batman

These were for sweet Hudson who is having a Batman birthday party. I love doing anything superhero, and I think these colors are so fun together!

Diego and Boots

These were for another sweet Hudson who had a Diego jungle themed birthday. This was my first time to do Diego and Boots. I think boots is my favorite :).

Housewarming

I was asked to do these for a family who had just moved into a new house. I was so excited about using my house and key cutter for the first time. I thought they both turned out so cute, and the keys shipped and arrived in one piece!

WWE

When I was asked to do these I was excited because this was something different. I used the design of the traditional WWE and changed it to a "C" for the birthday boys initial. I also put his name on a wrestling ring. I also did a referee shirt because I know that the ref stands in the middle and raises the winners hand (?!? I had to do some research to do these, I have never watched WWE).

Happy Birthday Hudson!

Bubble Guppies

Lastly for the cookies I did more Bubble Guppies. I bet I turn down at least 3 orders a week of these. I guess they are hard to come by?!

And on a personal note, we have had a big month at our house. Taylor has been potty trained for one month! She has done so well, has only had one public accident, and stays dry during nap time and at night. I cannot believe this sweet girl will be 2 at the end of next month! We love you sweet T.

And little man, sigh. If you you follow me on Instagram and Twitter you have already seen this so I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist putting it on here. This boy knows how to steal your heart and steal it fast!

Have a great weekend!!!!

Make A Wish and a Winner

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Kristen who asked if I could make some cookies for a Make A Wish dinner. I immediately said yes after she told me it was to surprise a 12 year old girl and her family with a trip to Disneyland.

I feel like things like this are exactly why I am making cookies. I know a cookie seems so small and insignificant, but if it is used to put a smile on the face of a 12 year old girl who has been through it, I will make a million!

I thought these turned out so fun! 

This was my first time to do Mickey, so I really had fun. I used edible gold stars on the magic wand just to add a little bit of fun.

A close up of Mickey and Minnie:

When you all think about this family, say a prayer for Julissa!

I also made some more Owls and Chevron this week.

These will always be some of my favorite to make. These colors are just fun!

And just because this was too funny not to share.....

The kids were playing outside in Jasons shop (he builds hot rods), and Taylor fell and lost the sucker that she had in her hand.

After a few minutes of looking for it I told her we would get another one and we went on; until I noticed this:

(sorry for the bad picture, i snapped it with my phone)

Do you see it? Its stuck upside down directly on top of her head.

Only Taylor. She keeps us rolling.

Speaking of the little stinker, we went out to eat for Fathers day with my inlaws and on the ride home I turned around to check on the kids and this is what T looked like.

(Another phone pic, sorry for the quality)

Somehow she found my mascara on the ride home (?) and painted herself basically from head to toe. We laughed and laughed.....and scrubbed and scrubbed.

Lastly, on Tuesday I chose a winner for the Shabby Apple Giveaway.

Congrats Tara at dandygiveaway@gmail.com!!

Saturday Sweets

Its the weekend!!! We have had the best morning doing absolutely nothing and laying around in our pj's and Daddy is catching up on some much needed rest. I snapped this pic on Instagram this morning.

The sweetest! My heart could burst with how much I love these two!

My last out of town order for the week was a sweet monkey themed birthday set for sweet Finn.

The party colors are light blue and lime green, which look so good together. I also couldn't help but add the bow tie to the monkey!

Happy Birthday Finn!!!!

My first local order was for sweet Amy from Our Every Day Dinners. Her daughter had her birthday party at a local nail salon and her she picked a zebra and pink theme. When Amy sent me picture of the napkins and plates she told me they reminded her of a bachelorette party but it was her daughters choice so that's what they were using! I laughed so hard but assured her they would make some super cute cookies!

I have a definite obsession with buying cookie cutters, and this nail polish bottle was one of my random buys a long time ago. I have been dying to use it and I couldn't have been more excited when Amy told me where Kate's party was. I added some sanding sugar just for fun and sprayed the "lid" with Wilton silver metallic spray.

I did a square cookie to match the print on the napkin.

Some polka dot #9's.....

And a round zebra cookie with Kate's monogram (by request of the birthday girl).

Happy 9th Birthday Kate!!

My only other in town order for the week was for Paxton's first birthday.

The theme of his party was just different shades of blue. I LOVED this. Silvy (Paxton's mama)is so sweet and is one of those super easy customers who is easy to please. She basically told me to just used different shades of blue and different patterns.

I did polka dotted #1's

Round Tie Dye "Happy Birthday" cookies.

And square Chevron cookies with Paxton's name.

And of course a special cookie for big brother Parker.

Happy 1st Birthday Paxton!!!!!