Bumblebees For Tristan

Well, maybe this isn't the "typical" kind of Bumblebee!  This is a TRANSFORMER Bumblebee!  This is one of those requests I was a little baffled by again.  My children are still so obsessed with trains that I had no clue what a Transformer Bumblebee was!  But after a little research - I got it taken care of.  These were for a little boy named Tristan that is just a super sweet kid.  No wonder because his mom is one of the nicest people ever!  I'm so glad she liked them and I hope Tristan was excited about them too!  

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY TRISTAN!!

Emily & Yoda...A Match Made in Heaven...

Or not really...just had a ring to it!  One of my neighbors has 4 sons (phew)....2 of which have birthdays within weeks of each other.  I did her boys' birthday cookies last year - and I was excited when she came back this year to order more.  Last year, she needed cookies and for some reason, I was out of town for that week.  Our solution was to freeze the cookies!  At that point, I wasn't sure if it would work or not - I'd never tried it.  I tried doing one cookie here at my house and my personal taste tester (aka my Husband) promised me that it tasted just the same as a fresh one.  So Beth became my guinea pig.  She ordered cookies, froze them, and then pulled them out the night before (or morning of) the party.  She too said that she thought they tasted just as good.  SUCCESS!

It's always neat to see what her son Carter may come up with for an idea - last year, Boba Fett.  My first reaction was WHO???  But I tried it and thankfully, it looked close enough that Carter knew who it was!  This year, his first idea was a the Transformer Bumblebee, but he decided to change his mind and go for Yoda.  Well at least this time I knew who Yoda was!  I was so happy to see Carter's reaction when I dropped off the cookies.  He seemed thrilled and immediately asked if he could have a cookie....at 9pm...

Landon is a little man that has the exact same interests as my boys - TRAINS!  Last year, he had Thomas cookies - this year, Emily the train cookies.  It's so nice having tons of trains around the house to look at when I'm trying to see the details on the trains.  When I finished these, I asked my little Whit, "Who is this?"  His reply was that it looked "kind of" like Emily.....that scared me a little....since usually he is pretty good at guessing the cookie designs.  He proceeded to tell me that Emily the train has a coal car....and the cookies didn't.  Details...details...

Reagan's Birthday was a BLAST!

What a cool birthday theme?!!  When Reagan's mom asked me to do cookies for her 7th birthday, I was absolutely thrilled about trying something new.  She sent me a picture of what the cake was going to look like and I tried to make them look as similar as possible.  Below, I've included a picture of the birthday girl blowing out her candles (note - this awesome cake was not one of my creations), and I've included a picture of the cookies.  Great theme for a girl or boy!  

As a side note, with this order, I ordered a new cookie cutter.  When it arrived, I was a little bummed about how small it was!  I typically try to make sure all of my cookies are around the same size - so that just wasn't going to do!  So, what do you do in a pinch, you make your own template.  I actually ended up cutting each cookie out by hand.  I know, I know....sounds a bit excessive but I'm a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff - and if I want them a certain way, I will do whatever I need to!   

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY REAGAN!!

Princess Mackenzie is 2!!

Now it completely baffles me that Kenzie can already be 2!!!!  I remember right after she was born, Kristin would bring Kenzie to our monthly craft nights.  She would be all snuggled up in the carrier or in the wrap and she would join us for all of our fun crafting and snacking.  Now, 2 years later, she is a big girl!!  I just can't believe it!  Her mom requested some sort of "Tangled" themed cookies so we came up with a few ideas and this one ended up to be perfect.  I mean look at this face, isn't she precious???

Butterfly Baby Shower

Well I don't know exactly how you would say the relation - maybe my Cousin-in-law?  Anyway, Holly ordered some cookies and cupcakes for a baby shower that she was throwing.  She was great at sending me pics of what she had in mind, etc.  She made a SUPER cute diaper cake with all of the colors for the shower in it.  I took Holly's pics and created cookies and cupcakes!  The mom-to-be is due very soon and knowing Holly, I KNOW she had a fabulous shower!  Here are some pics - 

And here's just another idea of something that can be ordered - Cupcakes to go!  Or cupcakes to send home as a favor. 

Happy Birthday Jacob!

I saw a request on one of my favorite mommy sites, Union County Mommies, for a last minute cake order.  As I can imagine, birthdays right after the holidays come up quick.  But this mommy also had some SUPER sick kids in the past week or two and she just had to put birthday stuff on the back burner.  Well her son requested a blue Lego birthday cake....for the next day.  I'm not sure of many places that could pull that off very quickly.  When I saw it though, I thought - 1. It's a mommy who needs help and I can totally understand why she needed it so last minute and 2. Why not give it a shot - I'm always trying to test my skills - and really, I haven't done many cakes out of my home.  

Here's how it came out!