Floral Fun and Pretty Pink!

Last night I just got the urge to play practice.

So I looked up some tutorials online on different rose/flower methods.

Mine never turn out the same as good.

But practice makes perfect.

I was paid a wonderful compliment by someone I don't even know last night, telling me that they wished they could decorate as well as "I" could!!!

IMAGINE!

My Royal Icing wasn't cooperating very well last night.

I'll blame it on the weather.

I don't know if that's what it really was...but hey...it's Royal Icing...humidity affects Royal Icing...so I can get away playing the blame-game, right?

LOL!

Thankfully, Nate has been in a sugar cookie mood...so he's been taking down all my work at bedtime snack!  Teehee!

My best yet...

As a newbie baker/decorator, I am very critical of my work.

When I completed this floral cookie pop BIRTHDAY bouquet, I was SO proud of it!

I felt I had put my all into it.

Two days worth of work.

I was excited about the recipient getting it.

But some drama entailed.

Teenage drama.

And the recipient didn't want the gift.

It hurt my feelings a bit.

And technically, it wasn't even ME giving the gift.

It was one of my family members.

But after feeling sorry for myself and all the work I put into it...

I listened to my youngest son when he said, "LET'S JUST EAT IT MOM!"

And so we did.

The happy ending to an unhappy story.

Ha!

And the winner is...

And the winner is...

(drum-roll)

~~~CHARITY~~~

Charity is now the winner of a tumbler full of cookies!

I hope you enjoy your bouquet of cookies Charity!

This is a new recipe...a softer sugar cookie.

Enjoy!

Thanks again to everyone who entered!

We'll do another one soon!

FREE COOKIES ANYONE?...200 Fans Give-Away!

In appreciation to all those who've been supporting and encouraging me in my baking/decorating journey to perfecting my skills...

I'd like to do a little give-away!

We've surpassed 200 "Likes" on Facebook in just two weeks!

WOW!

Your support has been amazing!

To thank you...

I'd like to give one of my supporters a bouquet of cookie pops!

I am going to do another random drawing.

You have FOUR ways to enter.

You may do one or all!

Please leave a separate comment for each entry so that I can keep track of each entry separately.

#1...Leave me a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite kind of cookie!

#2..."Like" us on Facebook and if you already do, just let me know you do!

#3...Follow us on Twitter at Sweet_Ivy_Conf!

#4...Start following/join this blog!

I will announce the winner on Wednesday!

Good luck!

Sweet Ivy Logo Cookies!

I had a lot of fun with these cookies!

They're not perfect.

But I was very happy with how they turned out...for a newbie!

In keeping with my theme/name...

I did them in my colors...pink and green and white.

And trimmed the name with my ivy.

It's strange...

I have more of a palate for pastel cookies...

Than I do bright colored cookies.

Silly, I know.

But somehow, the lighter colored ones appeal to me more, LOL!

Up, up, and away!

You'll notice in the previous post (our purple pirates) that shape of the cookies...

Well...it also doubles as a balloon!

So we made some balloons just for fun!

It's actually a Christmas Ornament cookie cutter, LOL!

A "cheap" one at that.

If you notice, the edges of these cookies are pretty rough, ugh.

Not the prettiest.

But hey, we had fun.

And as I always say, "That's all that matters!"

Ahoy matey!

I finally attempted THE pirate cookies!

Ever since we found Sugarbelle's tutorial for pirate cookies, my son has been begging me to try them!

They really ARE the EASIEST pirate cookies ever!

If "I" can do them...ANYONE can do them!

Honestly...

I think mine look more like jack-o-lanterns (giggle)!

But hey, I had fun and my baby is happy with his purple pirates!

 CLICK HERE for Sugarbelle's tutorial.

Ahoy matey!