Happy 4th of July!!

As I'm typing this, the temperature outside is a "mild" 96 degrees....yes, this is MILD compared to the last few days of temps in the 100s.  Even though the heat out is just about unbearable, we will still be out sitting and watching the Indian Trail parade tomorrow - one tradition that we started that the boys love!  For a small town, this is a pretty neat parade.  

To celebrate the 4th, I did have a couple of cookie orders to fulfill.  Here are the cookies that I did for the orders - a BIG variety of red, white and blue designs - only 2 cookies looked exactly the same!  

I hope everyone has a great 4th and stays as cool as can be!  

Fireworks, Sleepovers, and Monster Trucks - Oh my!

And the MVP (or customer) award goes to Nancy!  One thing I love about Nancy is that she gives me a challenge and lets me run with it.  She gives me an idea and every time I say "well, I've never done that before but I am happy to give it a shot."  And sure enough, I do it and she keeps coming back :)  The teacher cookies in the last post were actually for her too!  

For her daughter's birthday, they had a sleepover - so of course I made sleepover cookies!  I mixed up the designs on the sleeping bags and made each girl one with blonde hair and one with brown hair.  And each sleeping bag had the girls' names on them.  I'm sure those girls had a blast at that party (and I'm sure Nancy didn't get a bit of sleep) :)  Oh, and don't let me forget, her birthday is around July 4th, so I made a few firework cookies for the rest of the family to eat too!  

And the latest challenge was a monster truck birthday party.  Who knew that they made monster truck cookie cutters??????  Well, they do!  In our house, we haven't gotten into the monster trucks yet (but I'm sure it's coming).  So when I heard that her son's favorite was Grave Digger, I said WHO?????  Thanks to google, I ended up with more pictures of Grave Digger than I could ever want.  And here is the finished product!