While I cringe at many of the cookies from my early decorating days, two years ago for St. Patrick’s Day I made sparkly shamrock cookies and St. Patty’s Day Cupcake Cookies, which I still love to pieces! Last year, I was a bit lazy and decided to ride on the coattails of my awesome cookie friends’ creations, but this year, […]
DIY Furry Cat Birthday Cake
For Halloween my awesome munchkin Quinn hemmed and hawed about her costume, struggling to choose between a pink cat and a fairy princess (Princess Holly to be exact). Ultimately, she chose the fairy, so when her 4th birthday rolled around, she was ready for the pink cat to take center stage! This pink cat is 100 percent inspired […]
Raindrop Cookies for April Showers and Baby Showers
It’s raining babies these days and no better way to celebrate a baby shower than with rosy-cheeked, smiley-faced raindrop cookies! These cheerful cookies fit in with just about any baby shower given that “showers of love” is a universally sweet […]
Tips for Rolling and Cutting Out Perfect Sugar Cookies Every Time
Rolling out sugar cookies can be fun and simple, but as I mentioned in my Classic Sugar Cookies post, when I first started making sugar cookies, I had trouble rolling out the dough just right. Some cookies were thinner than others. I had a mess of flour all over the kitchen, yet rarely enough on my […]
Classic Sugar Cookies Recipe
I’ve tinkered with many sugar cookie recipes to find my own variation that never fails to produce tasty, beautiful cookies. I used to think sugar cookies tasted blah. All looks and no yum. Judging from the number of sugar cookie posts on my blog, you can see that I’ve since flip-flopped. I just needed to steer […]
Wedding Cake Cookies for Justine
My fabulous friend and former Southern Californian, Justine, is getting married this May in New York. Since Quinn came onto the scene, long distance trips aren’t as manageable (read: an anxiety-ridden fiasco), so we’ll sadly have to miss the celebration. Thankfully though, Justine flew back to Cali for a quick trip last weekend and we […]
Mrs. Claus Cookie
Did you catch the title of this post? It’s for real ya’ll… Callye, a.k.a. Sugarbelle, or as she’s known in my house “the cookie queen”, asked me to guest post on her blog and I feel like my favorite singer just pulled me on stage to sing with her! “I’m so excited! I’m so excited! I’m so… scared!” Jessie Spano, anyone? Saved […]
What Every New Cookie Maker Shouldn’t Be Without
One of my first purchases after deciding to get into sugar cookies was the Wilton 101-Piece Cookie-Cutter Set. I actually hemmed and hawed about whether to buy it; 101 cookie-cutters feels like a big commitment. What if I decided all that rolling and cutting was a colossal pain in the tuckus? Then I’m stuck with over 100cookie-cutters […]
Sparkly Heart Sugar Cookies
Two cookie favors per guest is always better than one, yes? In addition to wedding cake sugar cookies, I made sparkly heart sugar cookies to match for my friend Justine’s bridal brunch. These hearts use the same purple color from the wedding cake cookies as well as a sprinkle of sanding sugar to add a little glitz […]
Shamrock Milkshakes: Good for the Hips, Good for the Lips
In addition to loving cake and cookies, I also love milkshakes. As you can imagine, this does not lend itself to staying within one’s healthy BMI range. To keep my lbs. in check and satiate my milkshake hankerings, I whip up a Shamrock Shake just about daily. Shamrock Shakes are smooth, rich, and creamy sweet; […]