Halloween may be over....

But the Holidays have JUST begun.  This Halloween, there were lots of new designs added to my collection

This year, I did pumpkins, ghosts, Frankenstein heads, skeleton heads, spiderwebs, eyeballs, and bats!

Don't forget these ideas for next year!

And what's next???  THANKSGIVING!!

If you are interested in ordering cookies to share with the family on Turkey Day, make sure and place your orders soon!  Think turkeys, acorns, leaves, pilgrim hats, pumpkins....all in cookie form!

And I know, I know, we hate to rush Thanksgiving BUT Christmas is also coming up before you know it!  And this year, I am only able to do cookies through December 14th (they have to be picked up that morning).  If you want to order cookies for family, friends, bosses, favorite mail lady, etc., please order them soon.  Keep in mind also, that these cookies freeze extremely well, so if you would like to have some for Christmas Eve or Christmas day, you will have to get them early and freeze them.  Just pull them out the night before and voila, they are ready when you need them!

Last Call!!!

This was just a little preview of my orders from last weekend.  Phew!  Busy but FUN!  :)  7 orders = 200 cookies!!  These were teacher presents, class snacks, and of course there were some firetrucks thrown in the mix (see last post).  

This is just a reminder - this is LAST CALL!  If you are in need of cookies for this week, today is the last chance to order.  All cookies ordered today will be ready to be picked up on Christmas Eve.  Think family get-togethers, cookies for Santa, or just cookies to munch on over the holiday! 

I will not be taking any orders for next week (the week between Christmas and New Years) so order now!  If you do need cookies during that time, place an order for this week - they freeze well!  

Don't Forget...

....the wonderful people around town that keep us safe and take care of us!  Not only the police officers, but the postal workers, the workers at the places around town that you frequent, and everyone in between.  

This year, instead of doing an advent calendar where you get to pick a piece of candy, or hand a small ornament on a tree, I chose to do an activity each day (I wish I could say I came up with this...but I stole this idea from a neighbor).  We've bought presents for a toy drive, driven around to look at Christmas lights, and made homemade hot chocolate - just to name a few.  This morning our card said to make a special treat for a local police dept to say "Merry Christmas and thank you for all you do."  Well lucky for us, daddy is a police officer and can help us deliver these in the morning!  Also, I know that at his office, they will know they came from us and will know it's ok to eat them :)  

Thank you police officers for all you do!

It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas!

Christmas is absolutely my favorite holiday.  I can't get enough of Christmas music, the yummy smells of Christmas, and the food....I mean who can pass up the awesome baked goods at this time of year??  This weekend, I had the pleasure of making some Christmas cookies for a sweet lady at church.  She called and said she wanted some cookies to share with her grandkids.  I'm sure they will be excited when they see these 2 plates FULL of cookies!  Her request was Santa faces and Christmas trees - and here's how they turned out!

Snowflakes, Snowflakes, Everywhere...

I was sooo excited to have the chance to use my new snowflake cookie cutter - and what do you know, my mom asked if I could make some cookies and she left the design up to me.  She ordered these cookies to hand out to their favorite Starbucks employees at the local store (which my step dad frequents daily).  What a nice gift to give out - I mean everyone likes cookies - and much more cost efficient than buying gifts for each person!

Christmas is Just Around the Corner!

Anyone counting down?  If not, here's the breakdown as of RIGHT now -
You have 31 sleeps, 2 hours, 37 minutes, and 36...no 35....no 34 seconds...I guess you get the idea huh?
Wow - this totally scares me when I sit back and realize how much needs to get done in the next month!

And if you haven't thought about the upcoming December events, start thinking soon....cookie exchanges (I mean no one has to know you didn't make them yourself...right?), work Christmas parties, family get-togethers, teacher gifts, presents for someone that has everything, and even something to leave out for Santa Clause himself.
And what better idea than to order COOKIES!!

Here are a couple of pictures of cookies that I created last year - but as always, feel free to give me any other ideas of something you have in mind.  I can more than likely create it for you!  I know coming up this month, I have penguin cookies, peppermint cookies, a princess cake, magician cupcakes, and a couple of Christmas orders to do.  I also have a new snowflake cutter that I am dying to use!

Don't miss out on your chance to order - I will only take 4 orders per weekend!

And as a side note, to order, I have a new email account set up JUST for cookies!  Please email any orders to creativecookiesNC@gmail.com.

Christmas Already???

Today, as we were having lunch, my boys mentioned that they wanted to watch a movie.  So of course, we did.  Well, I should have been thankful that they didn't ask to watch a Thomas the Tank movie but they did request The Polar Express.  Now, we watch this movie A LOT in my house but it makes me laugh every time when it is warm outside - yet they want to watch a movie about Christmas?  And snow?  And Santa?
So we watched it again....for about the millionth time....

But anyway, as I was watching it, it reminded me of a cake that I did almost a year ago.  My friend Cathy came to me and asked me if I'd be willing to do her twins' birthday cake.  Their birthday is really close to Christmas and last year, she took them on The Polar Express train ride up in the mountains for their birthday present.  This is really the FIRST cake (other than a box cake mix) that I had tried to make in my home.  And Cathy gave me free reign to do whatever I could create.  So here's what came out of it!