Showing posts with label cookie pops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cookie pops. Show all posts

Sunday, August 20, 2017

February-August 2017...(yes, playing six months of catch-up!)

 Here we go again...playing catch-up for many months of holidays and events!
But as you all know, with being back in school full time and working full time outside of the home, my baking has taken a bit of a back seat.  But I always count it a joy when I can sneak in an order or two to let my creative juices flow again during the busyness of life.  So let's play catch-up again, shall we?
 The mini hearts above and the larger hearts and circles here were done for a bake sale at our church for our kids ministry. I always love donating for a great cause and these were a lot of fun to do.  These were done back in February.
 Moving along to Easter!
These cookies were for another church bake sale.
These carrots were a lot of fun too.  I did a wet-on-wet technique with the polka dots and outlined the leaves with sanding sugar.  The bunnies were outlined in pastel jimmies.
 These bunny silhouettes were super fun...peaking over the edges and corners!
I dipped the edges of these cookies in Easter sprinkles (little pastel eggs).  Made for a unique look and yummy texture. 
 I made these crosses fairly simple but added little pink flower candy embellishments and piped green leaves on them. 
 I had seen something similar to these on the internet somewhere but can't remember where or I'd give credit where credit is due. But I tried to change them up and make them my own.  I used the wet-on-wet technique to create clouds and then piped grass and laid little candy Easter eggs in the grass to resemble an Easter egg hunt!
 More wet-on-wet carrots with sanding sugar...
The bunnies were outlined in nonpareils. I love the crunch they add to cookies.
 I finished up this order with some mini eggs.  I always like packaging minis in these long pretzel bags.  I like the presentation.
 And here's the whole batch of them.
They were a super fun bunch to create!
 Next up was the "She Is Brave" women's conference at our church.
I had the awesome opportunity to donate a gift basket for a drawing/giveaway they did at the conference.
 With the exception of giving me the name of the conference and colors, I was pretty much given free-reign on these (which I love). I used the flyer/registration forms to get an idea of the theme.
 I loved creating these!
 And one of the neatest things about creating these...
The gal that won them was from another church in another town.
I got to meet her and she asked if we could take a picture together.
She is super sweet and recently moved to the town I grew up in (small world)!
We are now Facebook friends.
 This spring, my niece graduated high school.
She and my sister asked if I would make 200 cake pops for her open house.
Well...duh!
Of course I would!
I love how they displayed them!
 My niece has a passion for travel and missions.
She had the coolest travel theme to her open house.
 I tagged the pops, "Thanks for coming! It meant the "WORLD" to me! Love Raegan"
I put little globes on the bottom and did the cake pops in globe colors.
Cah-ute!
 Such a fun project and so proud of my niece.
 Last project in this catch-up post...
A cookie and cake pop bouquet for our new youth pastor and family at church!
 We had a meet-and-greet at church and I brought this for them.
I never realized how much I liked red and turquoise together!
Well, that catches us up for the last six months!
Hopefully I'll do better next time...
But don't hold your breath, LOL!

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Summer Time Fun!

 Lately my blog posts haven't really been "topic" related...more along the lines of "Sweet Ivy Tries To Play Catch Up"...haha!
But that's ok!
I'm always excited to share my latest projects!
The cake above was for a co-worker's granddaughter.
She was celebrating her birthday and requested this special design!
I did 40 cupcakes and a small 6 inch cake for the birthday girl.
The cakes were all strawberry in flavor topped with a classic homemade buttercream.
The technique I did on the side of the 6 inch cake made me think of fishy fins...that's why I added that...last minute thought that came to me, ha!
Happy birthday Bella!
 This cookie platter was done for a friend of mine who has been going through a rough time physically lately.  When you're struggling physically, it's very easy to start struggling emotionally.  It's hard to stay positive while everyone around you is going about their usual routine.  I wanted to bring some cheer to my special friend.  I chose these bright cheerful colors and did a buttery vanilla cookie with royal icing décor.
My continued prayers are with you Kim!
 These cake pops were for a coworker of mine.
They were for someone's birthday.
They were done in French vanilla cake and dipped in white chocolate.
I added some pink and green sprinkles for extra cheer!
Happy birthday!
And lastly, I did this baby bouquet for a friend of ours.
We have a sweet friend who, twice this summer, has been our house-sitter, kitty-sitter, plant-waterer, mail-getter, set-out-the-trash-dumperer, and anything else I asked her to do!
She is the SWEETEST ever!
So I not only gifted her with cash, but also a Sweet Ivy Confections gift certificate.
And...being the kind person she is...she didn't even use the gift certificate on herself!
She requested a baby bouqet for her sister-in-law who was expecting a baby!
(I told you she was sweet!)
This bouquet included buttery vanilla cookies decorated in royal icing, and French vanilla cake pops dipped in white chocolate.
Congratulations to the new momma!
And thank-you to our sweet friend Selena!
Well, that wraps up my "Summer Catch-Up"...
I hope you had a wonderful summer!
I'm so looking forward to fall!
Not only the weather, but all of the baking that comes with it!
Beautiful autumn sugar cookies and pumpkin spice EVERYTHING!
If I can ever be of assistance with your birthdays, baby or wedding showers, parties, reunions, or whatever the event...just holla!
TTFN!

Friday, June 5, 2015

Congrats Graduates! Class of 2015!

 I've only been taking limited orders lately since I started going back to school.
So when I do have an order or decide to do a gift for someone, baking/decorating is super fun again because I don't do it as often as I had been!
 I did this bouquet as a gift.
It was a lot of fun.  I'm not a huge fan of "character" cookies, but "mascot" cookies can be a lot of fun.  These Zeeland West Dux were an enjoyable set to do!
 I must say, getting the right shade of gold was tricky (and I still don't think it was perfect)...but all in all I think they turned out pretty cute!

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Cookies And Cupcakes And Cake...My First Graduation Open House!

 My first graduation open house.
My son's.
I survived!
I didn't know what I was doing.
I went into it blindly, but I "think" I did pretty good!
Son says it was a success!
If he's happy, I'm happy!
I thought all of the food and decorations turned out pretty great.
You can read more about the actual open house and see all of the decorations on my personal blog at:
http://www.melodysmuse-melody.blogspot.com/2014/06/lets-get-party-startedmy-sons.html
 I made chocolate and vanilla cut-out cookies.
I flooded them with glaze and did royal icing detailing.
But first I played with my new airbrush and some stencils.
I'm still getting the hang of that thing.
It's gonna be a while before I perfect it, but it's fun to play with!
 Some more of the cookies...


We served cupcakes to all of the guests, but I told my son that we had to have a bigger cake in school colors with his name...even if it were just for looks!  LOL!
We decided it would serve as "back-up" if we ran out of cupcakes, LOL!  With an open house, you never know how many guests you'll end up with!  Thankfully we had plenty of cupcakes.
I did a frozen buttercream transfer for our Chix mascot logo.
 I added his name on the front/side in cookies!
 We did a yellow cake with classic buttercream.
 I thought it was pretty cute!
 I added cookie pops to his graduating year!
We served chocolate, french vanilla, and confetti cupcakes.
I did a vanilla buttercream and a chocolate almond buttercream.
Don't forget to check out the full party post on my other blog!
Congratulations Evan!
We're so proud of you!

Friday, December 16, 2011

School Themed Cookie Pop Bouquet

Ever have one of those baking projects that feels cursed literally from start to finish?

Yeah.
That was this bouquet.

Even though I was pleased with the end result...for the most part...
It was one of those projects, where...
Literally everything that COULD go wrong, DID go wrong.

Right down to not having the right cookie cutters and having to hand cut most of the cookies...
To issues with the icing not drying properly...
To problems with arranging the bouquet...
To packaging issues...
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE!

I am pleased with how it turned out in the end though.
The client said that the person she gave it to "raved" about it and "loved" it.
So in the end...
That is all that matters!
A happy customer...is a happy baker!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Baby Cookie Pop Bouquets!

As promised, this week was all about the babies!

I had two clients who recently had babies and I wanted to not only do a baby gift, but also a little something for the other family members (mom, dad, siblings).

So this was a perfect time to practice some baby cookies!

I had never done baby cookies.

The only "somewhat" baby cookie cutter I had in my collection as of yet, was a little duckie.
So...

I had to attempt to make some templates and do FREE-HAND cutting with a knife!

I did the baby bottles and onesies free-hand.
I traced and cut out a template/pattern from the computer.
Then I just took a paring knife and traced around them.
For a first attempt, I was pretty happy with the results!
No longer limited to the cookie cutters I have in my collection!
Really, the possibilities are endless with cutting free-hand!