Gearing up for Valentine's Day

I'm running a Valentine's Day Special : )

6 cookies without sticks $17.99 with sticks $19.99 (Plus $6 shipping and handling.)

12 cookies without sticks 27.99 with sticks $28.99 (Plus $11 shipping and handling.)

24 cookies with or without sticks 49.99 (Plus $16 shipping and handling.)

If you desire a basket to display them in please contact me for additional pricing options.

(PRICING ON BASKETS ARE NOT SET BECAUSE I DO NOT BUY THEM IN BULK AND INSTEAD BUY THEM AS ORDERS COME IN.  SETTING PRICES OF BASKETS AS ORDERS COME IN ALLOWS ME TO ADJUST THE PRICE ACCORDING TO THE BASKET MY CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY RECEIVE INSTEAD OF SETTING A HIGH PRICE TO COVER THE HIGHER END BASKETS!)

Orders need to be placed by February 4th in order to allow time to fill them and ship them out for the holiday.

One thing leads to Another : )

In preparation for what I hope to be a Valentine's Day rush I posted on Facebook some details on ordering information and deadlines for the holiday.  (If you know me well, it was too much to ask that I have specific examples ready at that time, however, they will be completed before this weekend is out : ) !!!)  I received a couple of inquires and hope they pan out,  but the one order I did receive for this week was not related to Valentine's Day at all.  An old college friend asked me to make a basket for the new addition to her family, her niece.  Congrats Becky on your new niece Nicole Marie and thank you for your order!!

Bella's Birthday

Yet, another birthday to celebrate this weekend!  (My mom jokingly asked if thats all I do is celebrate birthdays since it seems as though I'm on my way to some celebration or another on most weekends when I call!)  My niece Bella is turning 12 tomorrow, however, since tomorrow is a Monday, she celebrated her birthday with her friends this weekend.  Bella has been asking me since she first saw my Hello Kitty cookies to make her some in her favorite colors (lime green and purple) for her birthday party.  I bought some additional birthday themed cutters to go along with Hello Kitty to make the cookies a little more "birthdayish."  I also changed up the way I did Hello Kitty's nose on three of the cookies and have decided that this will be the way I decorate them from now on.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISABELLA!

Zion's Birthday

One of my favorite young men turned 4 today.  Zion's theme for his party was Spiderman - which was awesome because I had recently bought some cookie cutters in hopes of making some Spiderman cookies. (I love  it when things like that work out!)  Pretty happy with the way they turned out and even more happy to see them all disappear in less than 3 minutes flat.

Fleur De Lis

In an attempt to say thank you for all of the orders my uncle has made this past month I brought him over this tray of fleur de lis when he invited us over for dinner tonight.  My sister Laura had actually found the cookie cutter while we were out shopping this week and we decided it would make the perfect cutter for a tray of cookies for Joe because that symbol is a main staple of his home's decor.  (In fact I teased him tonight telling him he has more fleur de lis in his home than the entire French Quarter in New Orleans:) )  

One Person's Trash is Another Person's Treasure

I've really found this statement to be true as I've proceeded along my cookie making journey.  There have been many projects that I have completed that I have felt a strong desire to toss into the trash immediately, that I have instead shown to others, who not only like them, but end up ordering them.  Case in point are the ornament cookies I made earlier this week.  Although nothing in particular wrong with the cookies, they were a batch that I had no intentions of showing anyone because I was not completely happy with them.  Instead I decided to post them here and send a text message with them to my Uncle Joe.  He not only liked them he placed an order for two baskets for this weekend.  Moral of the story: There is always someone out there who is going to appreciate something you make.

Tortoise and the Hare

Tonight while finishing making a quick batch of cookies in order to use up some of the extra dough I had from this past weekend's projects I was reminded of an old fable I heard as a child that I should have taken into consideration while making my cookies.  This fable is the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.  As with anything someone is attempting to make money at speed is key, and I've really been trying to cut down on my production time, however as I witnessed tonight sometimes "Slow and Steady wins the race."  Just as I was setting the cookies down to take pictures of what I had accomplished, I got myself into too much of a hurry and didn't take the precautions I normally do and I flipped the basket.  Its fall caused me to blotch up some of my cookies and seriously ruined the "O" in the NOEL.  As you'll see in the pictures below the "O" looks a little out of place.  However I still wanted to include the basket and NEL just didn't make sense : )  Lesson hopefully learned!!!!

Dreaming of A White Christmas

One thing about living in Houston is that the holiday season always sneaks up on me because of the lack of winter like weather.  (As a native Wisconsinite this "cold spell" we've been having does not count!)  So after creating the basket for my uncle's party last night, I decided to keep trucking with the winter theme and finish up four baskets today that he had asked me to make for his neighbors.  He had found these beautiful baskets at Hobby Lobby and filling them with blue, silver and white winter cookies was the perfect finishing touch.  Real happy with the way these baskets turned out.  

Late December

I have been taking a vacation this month from cookie making - ironic considering this is the time of year that most people make more cookies than normal. However, today my Uncle Joe broke me out of my reprieve when he asked me to make cookies for his holiday get together.

November Birthdays

I had two birthday orders over the Thanksgiving weekend.  One order was for a friend of a friend who wanted purple butterflies.  I threw in some pink ones too to add a bit of dimension.  I have had the containers I used for this project for months and was finally able to use them with an appropriately themed bouquet.  This weekend was also Nick's 16th birthday.  I told him he could have whatever he wanted... a cake, cheesecake, cupcakes..........  He said all he wanted were some cookies!  So I made him some sports cars with the number 16 on them : )  I got stuck at the mall and didn't have as much time to put as much detail into them as I would have liked, but for a first attempt they turned out OK.

Sunday Afternoon Cookie Extravaganza : )

Today was a busy, busy day!!!  My mom was in town for the weekend and asked me to make her cookies to take home with her.  I couldn't decide what exactly I wanted to make her - so I made her a variety.  I think the winter hat and gloves are my fav : )