Happy Birthday Kiddo!

Birthdays are a special celebration, and it seem like kid's birthdays have drifted away from the traditional birthday cake.  Cupcakes are a biggie, and cookies are popular because they can take them home with them.  I don't do character cookies, but we can channel the idea of them . This is a sampling of some kid's celebration cookies.



I've posted these before, but really, what kid doesn't love a bowling party!?

These were for a family party, to use as favors.  They were a big large, but I love my custom sprinkles mix!  And the colors are so sweet.

These were for a one year old as well, but the theme was a little more girly!!

These were for a farm party.  Not a great picture, but this Iowa girl loved them.

 This 1st birthday was a snow theme. Not many people in Buffalo wanting a snow theme birthday I bet, but in the South....bring it on!

This grandma was hosting the party for the first birthday.  She asked for a lot of cookies...must have been a heck of a party! I like the tone on tone pinks.

Did you know the light saber's color means something?  I didn't,  but you can Google the specifics.  This little boy knoew exactly how many of each color he needed for his friends!

Basketball cookies are stunning when done.  It's that color contrast.  I have airbrushed the balls to give it the texture look, but I find it unnecessary.  Certain the 6th grade girls didn't notice!

I bought these cutters at a certain Kingdom.  They are small...so I did 2 cookies per bag for the 2 year olds.  Pretty cute!  I love that kids still love the mouse.

And the unicorns were made for someone at the Mouse party.  She loved the little favors, and I was excited to make sparkly unicorns!

Many more celebrations, we all have one a year, right!?  What are you waiting for?  Get in there and bake!

Cookies! A Catch up...

So let's do a little cookie recap.

A hostess platter...

Yes, adorable.

The snowglobes above, I made from SweetSugarBelle, a super talented cookie girl who has her own line of stuff hitting Michael's this summer!  They sure caused a buzz on my Facebook page!

A Christmas Birthday..

A herd of Rudy!

A nursing grad

Throwback cookies

Soem of the prettiest baby cookies ever

A modern valentine

Dinner Club place cards

Girls basketball season party cookies

Light sabers...

Cookie Update

I have been baking a fair amount of cookies, sometimes I shoo them out so fast I forget to snap a photo!  So here's a quick rundown of a few cookies I made recently!

Baby Shower...It's a Girl!

Old Fashioned saying....charming!

Baby shower cookies are some of my favorites!  Soft colors....everyone is so excited!  Then I made these basketball cookies for a friend.  I really wanted a little texture, and found this post by Sweet Sugar Belle, and she showed her cute basketball cookies she airbrushed with netting.  I hunted all over this house for netting to no avail.  So I called Christina, off at college, and explained my dilemma.  She reminded me of some hideous tank top I bought her that was...mesh.  So I chopped it up (while I had a minor panic attack in her closet full of clothes), and it worked out pretty well.

Finally I made SuperBowl cookies.  I borrowed the best idea ever from my cookie friend Baked By Rachel , the deflated footballs!  Then I did get my hands on netting and tried the airbrush thing again, and gave the footballs some texture.  Worked out well.  So back to the ovens....lots of dough to roll!!!

Still a few months of basketball to come...