Sweet Baby Cakes was born just a week before Father’s Day, so it suffices to say that my hubby was fully prepared for a rather non-existent Father’s Day celebration this year. Still, I wanted to make sure he had at least one surprise and some fun on his special day. Since my incredible mama was in town helping out […]
Putting All of Your Ugly Easter Eggs in One Basket: 7 Common Cookie-Decorating Mistakes & Tips to Avoid Them
Just when I think I’m past the worst of my cookie-goofing days, I make a batch of jacked up Easter Egg cookies that remind me I’m no Cookie Boss just yet. Though tempted to eat all evidence, I decided that it would be a lot more fun to showcase my goofed up cookies and some lessons […]
The Sweet Adventures of Sugar Belle & My Moratorium on Cookie Cutters
While Bridget of Bake at 350 turned me on to cookie decorating, Callye AKA Sugar Belle blows me away with her creative genius. Callye’s cookies are adorable and perfectly executed. This gal might actually be a cookie robot. Seriously, look at these cookies… Crazy right?! They’re incredible! Though I love all her photos, her tutorials, and her tips, I’m most […]
Sneaky Little Ghost Cookies
Simple shapes. Simple techniques. The first thing that comes to mind when I make these delicious sneaky little ghost cookies. Lots of Halloween fun! And its September folks, so Halloween-related posts are fair game. Hurray! For festive Halloween-style, I tend towards cutesy versus creepy, and I’m not into gory. These sneaky little ghost cookies are […]
Little Princess Cookies: Virtual Baby Shower for Sugarbelle & LilaLoa
There must have been something sweet shaking around the cosmos nine months back as the two greatest Cookie Queens of all-time, Callye AKA Sugarbelle and Georganne AKA LilaLoa, each had a baby girl last week and on the very same day! To celebrate the arrival of their little cookie princesses, my friends Hani of Haniela’s, Mike of Semi Sweet, and […]
Mr. & Ms. Shamrock Cookies for St. Patrick’s Day
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 […]