Though my blog may not reflect this, I’ve actually been really busy baking these days! In fact, I’ve been designing really fun cakes for some of my closest friends, which makes for the most rewarding baking of all. Pardon the lack of carefully staged photos. With my gals napping less, meticulously planned, well-executed photo sessions haven’t been […]
Summer Snail Cookies: Because Slow Food is Sweet
This post has a secondary title, “Snail Cookies: Because Michelle is Slow as Molasses with the Posts Lately!” True enough! As I mentioned a few weeks back, my life’s been a whirlwind lately. We sold our sweet little house, moved into a rental house, and are now set to close on our next house around July 4th. […]
He or She? Hedge Your Bets! Gender Reveal Hedgehog Cookies
While decorating these sweet Baby Face Cookies for my friend Frances’ gender reveal party, I was daydreaming about cookies (I’m 100 percent serious) and another gender reveals cookie came to me… Hedgehogs… with hair-bows… and bow-ties! And then, the perfect pun: “Hedge your bets!” Well, not perfectly punny, but pretty close. Plus, it’s a little cheesy and […]
Hummingbird Bundt Cake with Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting
So I’m a little (lot) embarrassed to say this, but after all of my hootin’ and hollerin’ about how great bundt cakes are a couple months back, I haven’t made one since! What a big talker with no follow-through! Tsk Michelle! I do have an excuse ready if you choose to accept it… Summers in SoCal, though not nearly […]
Hippo Cookies for Ozzy’s First Birthday
Quinn’s toddler friend Ozzy just celebrated his first birthday, which was exactly the excuse I was looking for to make these ca-ray-zee cute hippo sugar cookies! I spotted them at Sweet Sugar Belle’s blog and started hunting through my cookie cutters to find something that might work for a hippo head. When I found the skull cookie […]
Summer Lovin’ Beachy Heart Cookies!
Ya’ll may remember the Sand Castle Cookies cookies I posted back on my due date. Well, I loved them so much and wanted to make an accompanying cookie that had all the same pretty beach elements, but with a more grown-up look. Something that could work for a destination or beach wedding, a summer bridal shower, or a […]
Purrfectly Simple Halloween Cat Cookies
Festive. Fun. Sweet. From my perspective, those three words capture the essence of my friend Morgan’s awesome blog, Mighty Delighty. Honestly and truly, if you want to plan a Halloween party (or any holiday party for that matter) and make just one blog-stop, drop by Morgan’s site. She’s got Frankenstein pretzel bites, mummy cupcakes AND mummy candy apples, free Halloween printable […]
Polar Teddy Bear Cookies: You’ve Got All Day for a Dozen Cookies, So Why Not?
I’m not going to lie to you. These cookies were a real bear. Pun intended, but for real, they took a long arse time. I nearly gave up on photographing the tutorial about halfway through as I was getting a serious case of the lazies. I didn’t though and I’m very glad for that because […]
Robot Girl Cookies
Several weeks ago Hani of Haniela’s and Mike of Semi Sweet Designs contacted me and a few other bloggers with the fabulous idea of throwing a virtual baby shower for our friend Jennifer from Not Your Momma’s Cookie. I’ve been following Jennifer’s pregnancy on her blog for the past several months and am so excited to virtually celebrate her new baby […]
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 […]