Girls ONLY!

With having only boys at home, I rarely get to experience girly stuff.  Yes, my life is filled with trains, cars, anything blue or green, pirates, and trains...oh wait, did I already mention that one? 

When I have the opportunity to buy anything for girls, I enjoy every second of hanging out in the girls aisles of stores.  

Thankfully when it comes to cookies, I have the chance to channel my inner little girl all of the time!  Check out some of my latest creations! 

Tiaras galore!  In need of a cookie idea for a princess?  Here you go - I can also do these in the shape of a tiara.  

 Hello Kitty - once again, didn't realize just how popular this little kitty was!  I've done at least 5 or 6 Hello Kitty orders in the last 6 months - cupcakes and cookies.  These were made for a super sweet little girl that was turning 5 - Happy Birthday Izzy!  

What a neat idea for a little girls' party - a puppy party!  Dog bones and #4 cookies were perfect cookies for this theme.  Happy 4th Birthday Addison!!

This party was held at the Extreme Ice Center here in Indian Trail - a great place for a birthday party!  These cookies were made with an ice skate on top and even a little coarse sugar used as "ice" around the bottom of the ice skates.  

Another special occasion for a little girl - a baptism!  These cookies were made for a precious little girl named Kaitlyn.  Kaitlyn's mommy is a friend of mine through CMOMs and has 4 precious little girls (the oldest being the twins).  Congratulations Strain family on Kaitlyn's baptism and Sophie and Caroline on their First Communion! 

And these treats were actually made for this weekend.  These were to celebrate the 2nd birthday of Kendall and Katie - a friend of mine's twin girls.  Some cupcakes were pink with white flowers and the others were little blonde girls with Kendall and Katie's names on them (and one for the big sister Emily too).  And of course #2 cookies to go along with it all.  Happy Birthday girls!! 

Happy 5th Birthday Kendall and Jacob!!

Ok, so technically, they don't turn 5 until Friday but I'm so happy that I got to see these 2 super special kids on the day of their big parties!!  

Just a little info about this special family - Kendall and Jacob's mommy has been such a big part in keeping me sane through my children's childhood thus far.  She called me each and every week before my boys were born and the same after they were born - just to make sure I was ok and to tell me how great of a mommy I was.  I just can't thank her enough for how wonderful she has been to me!  

For Kendall and Jacob's birthday this year, she had a big challenge!  5 year old boys and girls just want totally different stuff!  So Jacob had a super fun magician birthday party and Kendall got to have a very "princessy" mani & pedi spa party.  My job was to create their birthday goodies.  We did cupcakes for Jacob and a cake for Kendall.  

I'm so glad they had such a special day!!  Happy 5th Birthday!!

And just in case you missed their birthday cake from last year, I'll post that too!  Last year, for their birthday, they got to take a trip to ride the Polar Express train.  

Under the Sea - Mermaids and Sharks

I was so excited about how these came out!  I was a little scared as I searched for cookie cutters for this order. All of the mermaids out there are a little "grown up" and I was trying to find something for a 3 year old!  If all else fails, design your own!  :)  These were for a double party - 5 year old boy and 3 year old girl.  And they were PRECIOUS and so excited about their cookies!

Happy 1st Birthday Mia!

I am just in awe of how quickly all of my friend's kids grow up!  I feel like it wasn't that long ago that Sheila was pregnant.  And now Mia is 1.  Where does the time go???  I've enjoyed watching her grow over the past year and am just amazed at how quickly she discovered how to walk and is already saying a few words like "up!".  I am also totally impressed by Sheila's party decorating abilities for Mia's party!  Yellow and black everywhere, a super cute food table (including lots of goodies for the kids to enjoy), and Mia's cute little onesie to celebrate her day along with a matching tutu (made by Sheila herself!).  I'm so happy we were able to celebrate Mia's special day with her!

Peace, Love, and Sugar Cookies!!

I've noticed that the cool thing for kids and teens these days is the peace signs and the NEON colors!  Wow...that sentence made me feel really old.  I recently had a request for peace sign cookies.  And I made them about as neon as I could get.  LOVE how they turned out!  I guess you could say they were real "groovy".

Baby Shower Butterflies

Recently, Corey came to me with a request to do cookies for her new baby that is on the way.  Once I told her all about them and showed her some pictures, she decided to order some for a baby shower.  She asked for brown and lavender butterflies.  I LOVE these colors together!

Can't wait until Baby Drew arrives!  :) (of course he will get something a little more boyish than purple butterflies).  I'll post pictures of those whenever Drew makes his appearance!

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!

Little Ladybug Maiya turns 2!

Over the last 8 months, I've gotten to see little Maiya grow.  She has really grown up a lot in this time.  Especially lately, she has really started to get taller and start looking more like a little girl (rather than having the little baby face).  We were able to celebrate her birthday with her this past weekend and her mommy did a fabulous job on all of the food and decorations - from creating our own bugs with craft supplies to the red candy covered pretzels with black sprinkles (along with all of the yummy red food).  I was asked to do cookies and cupcakes for the party and here they are along with a picture of precious Maiya blowing out the candles!

Ava turns 6!

Right down the street lives sweet little Ava.  It's hard to believe that she is already a year older.  I had the pleasure of doing cookies for her birthday last year, so it's just hard to believe that it's ALREADY been a year!  Since this blog wasn't around then, I'll add last year's and this year's pictures.  

Last year, she was big into My Little Ponies (I used to LOVE these when I was her age too!).  So last year, she had rainbow cookies. 

Well, this year, we stuck with her favorite colors, pink and purple!  I mean what little girl doesn't like their pinks and purples???  And this year, they ordered the cookie pops.  I mean a cookie is great, but kids LOVE the cookies on a stick!    

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVA!!!  

Minnie & Mickey Cookie Pops!

I was asked to do cookies for a super special little girl's 4th birthday.  And what better cookies to have than Mickey and Minnie cookie pops?!  All of the Minnie's had a red bow made from fondant and were all tied with red polka dot ribbon.  The best part of doing cookies is when the birthday girl (or boy) sees the cookies and their little faces light up!  I was so happy to be able to meet the special little birthday girl!

Lia's Ice Cream Cookies

This weekend, Lia celebrated her 4th birthday!  She celebrated with a super fun theme, an ice cream party!  Along with all of the fun games, etc, she gave out ice cream cone shaped cookies to her guests.  She even picked out the colors herself - purple and yellow.  Happy Birthday Lia!!

PS - Sorry for the bad picture.  This was taken from my phone.  :)