Sleeping Beauty

I love getting custom orders, mostly because then I get to build my cookie library and check off another design! After my Brave cookies went up I was asked about Sleeping Beauty. Hopefully Snow White, Belle, Jasmine, Ariel, and all the other lovely princesses will follow! I have recently tried to take on the mindset of "less is more" with decorating. Not meaning less detail... meaning less work for me. I've discovered the art of mostly decorating with 20 second icing and then piping the details on. I used mostly 20 second icing for Aurora in these cookies. The details on her face were so fine, I used edible food markers to create the details in her face, just like I did with Merida. I think they turned out pretty great!

Brave

These cookies have a back story. I was roaming Target the Friday before Easter. I was trying to find the perfect gifts to put in an Easter basket for Joe. After loading up on some candy and a basket I thought maybe I should get him a little something extra. I found myself wondering among the DVD's when I saw a bunch of Disney movies on sale for the Easter weekend. I knew right away what I was going to get Joe... Lion King on blu-ray. Just happened to be the diamond edition... no biggie... I'm an awesome girlfriend. Besides that, however, there were so many other movies I saw that I wanted. I don't care how old you are, you still have GOT to love Disney. I held Tangled and Brave in my hands for at least 10 minutes contemplating on whether it was worth it to buy them in blu-ray or not. Then, I did what only I would do... and I just put them down because I couldn't decide. That's right, I'm the type of person that just gives up if I'm at a crossroads and don't know what to pick.

I regretted that decision for two weeks.....

Then I found myself at Target once more buying a few groceries before going home and I decided to check the DVD's just in case the movies were still decently priced. They were! Only $2 more than they had been on Easter weekend. This time I didn't think twice, I plucked them off the shelf and brought those suckers home.

Now, it's been a long time since I've been inspired enough by something to make cookies... but this time I knew it was time! I spent hours researching pictures online to come up with the perfect combination. I have never seen Brave cookies done before, so I had no preconceived notions of what they should look like (it was kind of a blessing). After all that work... these are what came about.

I was super thankful for my foot markers. After today I decided I'm going to try to utilize them more often to make less work out of cookies that can still look fantastic. It's SO much easier to do tiny details like facial features with a marker. I tried piping on the details and, well, lets just say Joe got to eat that cookie.

Tractor Cookies

My cousin, Daren, was always my P.I.C. when I was young (Mom, that means "Partner In Crime".) It's been a long time since he has taken me "pig fishing" with corn stalks until my aunt caught us and made us stop or since we swam in his pool that always had brown water...but I never cared. Hey, that's what happens when you have a pool on a farm! We have both grown up a lot. I'm living in New Mexico with Joe and he is doing his very successful farming thing back home. Daren has probably had to grow up more than I have though. That's what happens when you have a sweet baby like Addyson! Daren and his girlfriend Kali celebrated their daughter, Addyson's, first birthday this month. Kali asked me to do a farming themed cookie bunch with pink tractors and cream colored ponies. I was pretty thrilled about it. Anything pink and I'm in. Coincidentally enough, Joe's grandma had also asked me to do horse themed cookies for her daughter's birthday so I had plenty of ideas flowing already and a very cute pony already picked out!
 

Addyson's Cookies

 Barb's Cookies (Joe's Aunt)

 I have been pretty busy since the start of the year with cookie orders! It's been great, but it leaves little time for blogging. I also started personal training at a gym that I just joined... and this high altitude makes a HUGE difference on a girl's workout! Between work, working out, and actually making the cookies... I hardly have enough time to even take pictures of them before shipping them off. Not that I'm complaining.... I still have nights where I can just relax and enjoy "me" time. Like tonight. Here are a couple other cookies that I did this month that are new that I just didn't have the time or energy to put up!

Avenger's themed T-Shirts

 Golf Cookies for Joe's dad, Mike!