16th Birthday Cookies & Cake Balls
Alyssah turned 16 this week! Her mom is an old coworker of mine and decided to trick her for her sweet 16. Alyssah was told that there was just no money for a birthday party this year… but in reality …...
View ArticleYo Gabba Gabba Cookies
Syler turned 2 this last weekend! Last year I made these Monkey cookies from this post for his party. This year his birthday was Yo Gabba Gabba themed! Last summer I first learned Yo Gabba Gabba when I...
View ArticleBlue Bird Cookies for Tea
I recently started a new job. It’s the main reason my posts have been less frequent and erratic. It was a good move for me and offers excellent growth potential and benefits… but I have been and will...
View ArticleAnnouncement Cookies
I have an announcement… …but first you have to unscramble my cookies… … … … That’s right, I am expecting! This is the other reason I have been a little more MIA than usual lately. I have been busy...
View ArticleSharing My Sketches
As promised, I would like to show my sketches, mock-ups, and how I tend to plan when I’m working on a set of cookies. (Most of the images will open bigger if you click on them.) Sometimes when I know …...
View ArticleMinty Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
These cookies are EASY PEEZY. Did you know that I have a tag for easy cookies? In the right column there is a tag cloud of words that I use most often. If you find “easy cookies” you will see …...
View ArticleSesame Street Birthday
Drew just turned 1! He was still in the belly for the baby celebration that I made the green onesies for from this post. The party theme was Sesame Street, and I got to make all the treats! Of course …...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Wedding Treats
Last October I made treats for the dessert table for a friend’s Santa Cruz Beach Wedding. Unfortunately I was not able to make it to the wedding because it was out of town and during the week. Another...
View ArticleRainbow Krispy Treats
Krispy Treats with Fruity Pebbles mixed in. I have been wanting to make these for awhile. I went to the store to get the ingredients and the Fruity Pebbles were special neon colors! Perfect for me...
View ArticlePregnant Lady Cookie Dough
This is actually just a post rewind of sorts… bear with me. …the other day, my husband said I should make chocolate chip cookies. Cookies are basically his favorite thing ever. (And I don’t mean my...
View Article2 Years!
Today is my 2 year Blog Birthday! Unfortunately I have been too busy to make anything special, even for myself. This photo I found on google will have to do. Thank you everyone who stays with me and...
View ArticleSuperhero Treats
Alex just turned 3! Last year he had a circus themed party (last year’s treats can be seen here). I have to share the invite for the party, it’s just too cute! It was also the inspiration for the...
View ArticleRed Hot Cinnamon Popcorn
This wasn’t the most successful idea I’ve ever had, but it still worked so I wanted to share! I made red hot cinnamon flavored kettle corn. I mixed together oil, oil flavoring (cinnamon) and oil candy...
View ArticleSoft Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
My goal when making these cookies was to mimic an amazing Mrs. Fields cookie I had a couple weekends ago while I was in Tahoe. While these turned out nothing like my beloved Mrs. Fields cookie, they...
View ArticleAngel Food Whoopie Pies
My mommy loves angel food cake. For the past couple years I have made something angel-food-cake related for her birthday. See here and here for past posts. This year I used my heart whoppie pie pan to...
View ArticleLemon Poke Cupcakes
Poke cake. It’s a great invention. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s basically a cake with lots of holes poked in the top after it is baked and cooled, then some kind of liquid is poured over the top and...
View ArticleReese’s Cupcakes
Tomorrow is a coworker’s birthday. She asked me to bring chocolate cupcakes. Too boring for me, so I had to get fancy. These are fun, rich, and look fancy! Reese’s Cupcakes (yields 24 cupcakes) The...
View ArticleProposal Cookies
A coworker asked me to make her proposal cookies based on this idea. Here are a couple more examples.) I chose to go with a scalloped “lacey” edge. The wedding color is UCLA blue (which is a very...
View ArticleEasy Rolled Sugar Cookies
These cookies are perfect for the beginner sugar cookier. They are glazed, but not delicately so, and covered in the all-important sprinkles! I was throwing them together Monday morning for a little...
View ArticleGraduation Cookies 2013
These high school graduation cookies were made for Jayla. School colors were purple, black, and white. I tried to do less black and more of the other two colors because sometimes too much black icing...
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