Beachy

Making these cookies made me long for the beach!  I guess there is still some time this summer for us to try to make it there!  I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I have loved these palm trees and yellow bikini's from Bake at 350 for some time now....Glad I got a chance to make some.  Visit here for a step by step on how to make these.

And I have never had a great whale cookie cutter....so when I saw these from Sugarbelle...I couldn't resist.  I just used my balloon cutter!

Another idea from Sugarbelle.....making flip flops out of a butterfly cutter!

I had fun making these swim trunks...but ugggghhh....that white bow tie kept turning pink!  I know the black was bleeding into it...even though I didn't add the white till the black was completely dry.  I'd love any suggestions on preventing this from fellow "cookiers" :)

So tell me what you are all doing for some fun in the sun this summer...

Happy Daddy's Day

Some Daddies wear ties.  Some Daddies play golf.  But whatever they do....Daddies are always appreciated.  When our Daddy comes home from work every day....you would think the President had landed at our house... the kids go nuts with excitement and our Wheaten goes crazy barking and running in circles until that garage door opens. 

I had fun with just a few simple designs for Father's Day....for all kinds of Daddies.

Of course we saved these hammers for our very own Mr. Fix-it!

Happy Daddy's Day to all those SPECIAL Daddies!

Baby Boy Couples Shower

When I had the opportunity to make cookies for a baby shower... I immediately ran to my "cookie idea file" to search for a square of wrapping paper I had saved from a baby gift I had received for my SW.  

The paper was so simple, but so darling...that when I first saw it... I knew I had to make a cookie out of it!

The wrapping paper had an orange background and tiny white polka dot elephants.  I took the idea and ran with it, making little and big elephants and adding some umbrellas and binkies.

And because it was a couples shower for a baby BOY.... I thought these colors would be perfect!

Hope the shower guests had as much fun eating the cookies as I had making them:)

A Slice of Summer

Summer is officially here....and when I saw these cookies from Glorious Treats... I knew they would be the perfect summer cookie.   I loved how Glory used real chocolate covered sunflower seeds on her cookies.  I searched all of Kansas City to find those same seeds, but didn't have much success.  I did find some assorted chocolate covered sunflower seeds in the bulk bins at Whole Foods.  But after giving the kids some practicing sorting through the colors to find all the dark brown ones... I decided they were too big for my little cookie...so I ended up making the seeds with frosting.

I loved how Glory used real chocolate covered sunflower seeds on her cookies.  I searched all of Kansas City to find those same seeds, but didn't have much success.  I did find some assorted chocolate covered sunflower seeds in the bulk bins at Whole Foods.  But after giving the kids some sorting practice ( I thought having them search through the colors to find all the dark brown ones would be a good sorting activity)... I decided they were too big for my little cookie...so I ended up making the seeds with frosting instead.

Wouldn't these be a cute little cookie to pack in a picnic basket?

Or to give to someone...just because!

I will be back with some more cookie pictures soon...and promise to reveal the final cookie cutter organization system when I am finished!