Love is in the Air!

As the craziness from the Holiday season dies down, we jump right into the next holidays!  Next up, Valentine's Day!  Want to give your child's teacher a box of heart shaped cookies?  Need heart cookies to give out to the kids' class in leau of Valentine's Day cards?  Want to give your "sweetie" a something sweet to snack on?  I'm your person!  

Here are a few examples of what I've done heart shaped.  Your options are endless!  If you see something online that you like, send me a link and I'll see if I can do a version of it!  

Get your orders in now!  I will only be able to get cookies to you on February 13th and 14th!  

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!

Let Them Eat Cake!

I started noticing my cake files starting to get backed up - so I felt the need to go ahead and get them all out to you to see.  Talk about variety - as you will see below -

AHHH Shark Attack!  

Yep, this was a request for a shark cake - and beware out there - if you Google shark cakes to get ideas, there are some really gross looking ones out there!  The picture that I used for inspiration also had arms and legs sticking out of the sharks mouth, so I just omitted those!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!  

Next up, a puppy cake!  A pink and purple puppy at that!  I loved how it turned out - and a perfect addition to a little girl's birthday party!  

And what do you make for a birthday cake for a grandma that happens to be Chinese and LOVE noodles?  Yep, you guessed it - Lo Mein cupcakes!  Noodles on your birthday are a tradition in the Chinese culture, as they are a sign of longevity.  Who says the noodles have to be made like traditional noodles?  Why not icing noodles?!  And THIS is the way to get the kiddos to eat veggies - except they have no nutritional value...bummer!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POH POH!  

Also to go with the Lo Mein cupcakes, were peach cookies - once again, peaches a symbol of longevity.  

And last but not least, goodies for a little girl's 3rd birthday.  The cake, with it's fun ruffles also happens to have layers of cake on the inside that are the same color (or similar) - as this was my first attempt at a cake like this.  And to go with it, birthday cake cookies including 3 candles on top of each one.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANDRY!!

 

The Time is Here...

...To get your October orders in!  Think fall festivals, Halloween goodies for school, birthday parties, or a special treat to have around the house!  

Weekends are already starting to fill up for October - so get your orders in quick!  

Cookies will be available in the shapes of skulls, pumpkins, Frankenstein heads, ghosts, candy corn, fall leaves, bats, and mummies.  

Total Party Package!

Cookies have always been my specialty (hence the "creative cookies" name) BUT recently, I've broken into doing some cakes as well.  Cookies are still more my "thing" - as I'm more limited in my abilities with cake - but it gives another option to the party goodies.  The cookies are always a great idea for a party favor or even to serve at the party along with other snacks.  Now, I also have the options of cake, smash cakes, and cupcakes.  Here are a few examples of the total packages where I've done all of the goodies so that they coordinate - 

I was thoroughly amazed when I went to drop off these items at Ellie & Jack's house!  This was their 1st birthday with a goldfish theme.  I was in awe of all of the precious decorations that were all over the house. And everything was in the orange/teal/navy blue colors!

  

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY ELLIE & JACK!  

Another order that I had here recently was for a "vintage" circus themed party.  The decor included lots of bright colors in many different patterns - as well as lots of animals.  The animals included a seal, elephant, tiger, and lion.  I loved how this theme was less of the "scary" carnival-ish clown theme, and more sophisticated and more about the animals.  Just perfect for a little boys' first birthday! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REID!  

Batman, Legos, and Batman Legos!

Just about every little boy at some point in time LOVES legos and LOVES Batman.  You can't go wrong with either for boys.  So even better to create these ideas into sweet treats for the kids!  

For little Justin's birthday, he requested Batman cupcakes...but not just any ole Batman cupcakes....BLUE cupcakes!  Nope, not blue icing - BLUE cupcakes.  I figured, hey, why not?!   So we gave it a shot and it was a success.  It's hard to see in the picture below, but they are definitely blue.  I can already see for my boys' birthday, we are going to have to do some blue and some green cupcakes.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!

And yes, before I mentioned Batman and Legos - so here is the connection.  Apparently, there is an awesome Wii game out - Lego Batman.  And for one little boy, Lego Joker is an even better choice.  These were for a special little kid, William, with a special family.  I used to watch his older brother Thomas and every once in a while, I'd watch William and "little" Jack Jack....too bad Jack is 7.    So much fun getting to see part of the family when I went to drop these off.  I'm still in awe that it's been 5 years since I watched these kids!  Ok, so enough reminiscing...I know you just want to see the cakes and cookies!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM!!

And last, but certainly not least, just the regular ole' Lego.  My kids wanted to dig into these once I'd finished them!  

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!