Happy 5th Birthday Claire!

I was asked to do cookies for a little girl turning 5 recently - Miss Claire! (ok, so I'm behind a little on the blog - so it's been a little while).  The request was for pink, pink, and more pink!  I did cupcakes and cookies for the party, and cookies to send home with the party guests.  The cookies to be sent home were little girls in sleeping bags.  Cupcakes and cookies - super cute pink designs - picked out by Claire's mommy.  I thought they all turned out great!  

Happy 5th Birthday Claire!!

Btw - BIG thank you to Cathy Graham for taking pictures for me - since I totally forgot before I left the house!!  

Who's Ready for some Football????!!!

SUPERBOWL!!  Ok, so the big game is over now - but we can't forget about the yummy football treats!  I received an order for a platter of cookies that were footballs - but not team specific.  I'm guessing there must have been a mixed crowd watching the game together?!  So that was what I created - 30 football cookies on a platter.  At least it was something sweet to go along with the wings, chips and salsa, and other savory items that I'm sure were there!

An Under the Sea Party!

When Christine came to me with an underwater theme, we threw around a few "sea creature" type designs.  When it was decided on, her daughter chose mermaids, seahorses, and nemo type clown fish.  I loved seeing Christine's reaction when she came to pick up her order - exactly what I'd hoped for - she loved them!  Afterward, I got to see a few pictures taken from the party.  She had to have had a fabulous balloon artist there - the guests came home with all kinds of underwater creature balloon hats.  What a cool idea!!  I'll have to store that in my plans for future parties.

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Once again, this party was weeks ago - but I am trying my hardest to get caught up!

Ethan (and the whole family) are BIG soccer fans!  So when it came time for his birthday, soccer cookies were the first thought.  He plays soccer for ITAA (Indian Trail Athletic Association) and their main color is maroon. I'm sure he had a great party with all of his soccer buddies.

Happy Birthday Ethan!!

Happy 4th Birthday Preston!

Even though Preston's birthday was a couple of weeks ago, I couldn't pass up the chance to blog about his fabulous birthday.  His birthday party was at Noah's Art at the Blakeney shopping center.  I've actually never had a chance to go there - so I was excited for my boys to get to go and do something a little new - while celebrating Preston's birthday.  I would definitely recommend them for parties!  They did a story time, painted pictures on the kids' hands, and did a few different crafts all relating to the theme of the party - Percy the train of course.  Since Noah's Art is a kids art studio of sorts, we did a paint palette theme when it came to cupcakes and cookies.  I apologize for the random cupcake picture - my brain wasn't working that day and I forgot to take a picture of the cupcakes until right when the kids were about to start eating.  Enjoy!

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...