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!

Organizing Cookie Cutters

I took a breather from baking and frosting today because I am in desperate need of some organization!!!  If you know me well....you know that organization is pretty much my middle name.    I am constantly trying to find new ways to organize anything and everything!  I've been wanting to have a better organization system for my largely growing stash of cookie cutters for quite some time now...and so today....I went to work.

Up until now... my cutter organization has looked something like this...

And do you believe I have had ALL of these bags stuffed into one drawer under my oven??? Now imagine my frustration each time I open the drawer and have to pull out 10 bags to get to the one on the bottom that I need!!!!

SW seemed to enjoy the organization party today too!

Hopefully I will have a more efficient system up and running in the very near future!!!! Can't wait to share it when it is all finished:)

Mr. Roboto

Mr. S celebrated his birthday today!!!! When I asked the kids what kind of cookies I should make for him....they immediately decided upon robot cookies!  Their daddy does the best robot dance ever.....and they absolutely love it!!! I thought they couldn't have chosen a more perfect idea!  So I got my pencil and paper out and began designing.

Here is what we came up with!

Orange is one of my hubby's most favorite colors...so I immediately knew these would be the perfect colors for him:)

No big celebrations today b/c the two boys have been a bit under the weather this week....poor J finally got meds and an inhaler for his asthma and nasty sinus infection.... I think we must be the most allergic family in America!!! Even our wheaten has allergies!!!!

But no birthday can go celebrated at our house without cake!  I didn't even ask Mr. S what kind of cake he wanted... I just made my favorite....cause hey...May is my month too!!!  I chose chocolate with chocolate cream cheese frosting!!

A few fun pics from our little family celebration tonight...kids in jammies and ready for bed!!
Oops... I forgot the candles and we didn't have any in the house....so here is Mr. S pretending to blow out the candles.  J loved it!

It wasn't a big celebration today...but when you have known each other as long as Mr S and I have...well...it's not the presents and parties that matter....:)  We are pretty thankful for our other three gifts:)

Little Critters

I love making cookies for birthday parties... the themes can be so fun and this one was no exception!  These little guys were for one very special FIVE year old!

His mama and I go way back...to the 7th grade, that is!!   I was a little nervous when she said the party was a "snake" theme...as I didn't love any of the snake cutters I had seen...but then she mentioned the party was going to be at a Nature Center.....so my mind starting going lots of different directions.

We all know that ALL boys love anything buggy, or creepy, or crawly...so I went from there...and used lots of boyish colors!!

And because none of the snake cutters depicted how I envisioned a snake... I tried to draw my own!

So glad I could make some special treats for this special little guy!! He's a lucky little boy with two really FUN parents and two sweet, sweet sisters!!  So glad his mama and I have stayed in touch over the years!!!  Hope you had a SWEET SWEET day, Mr. C!!!!