Corby (heart) Melisa

Then my sister-in-law Kristi's best friend Melisa's mom Barb called and asked if i could make cookies for Melisa's bridal shower. sketches were sketched, and the final pick was purple hearts with pre-piped ivory initials, and gift boxes with toothpick-dragged hearts and purple bows.














pearl dust was brushed on both for that sparkly romantic look. and what did i get the bride? ...cookie cutters. :)

Steve (heart) Bailey

so my former-coworker friend Lisa's cousin Cassie's friend Bailey has accepted Steve's proposal, and it called for a shin-dig worthy of custom cookies. Cassie emailed me with a bunch of ideas, so i emailed her a bunch of sketches. about 8 emails later we narrowed it down to flowers in purple tones, and circles with their initials, butterflies somewhere, pearl dust, and a particular shade of green.
this order was awesome. usually i get told "you're the artist, just do whatever" but this one challenged me--in a good way. the end result, as described by one guest with lots of exclamation points, was gorgeous and tasty:


letters and butterflies were pre-piped on wax paper, raw sugar provided the ivory border for the circles. periwinkle, lavender and raspberry-sherbet toned icing was brushed with white, purple, and red pearl dust (respectively). i imagine if they were real flowers, they'd be tiny, shade loving, and vanilla scented. :)
best wishes to the happy couple!

once upon a time...

...i was looking at my cookie cutters and thought, "i gotta do something with this chick and this acorn," because cookies based on storybooks are the cutest of all. we already recognize and love the characters. it's doubly delightful to bake and decorate them. ladies and gents, here's chicken little.

when i take out henny-penny and the rest of the bird bunch, the background still makes a darn good farm scene!












also check out the slideshow--i'm trying out 2D backgrounds made of fondant, like the "backdrop" behind chicken little and the tree. i'm working on a night scene next, but i'll let you guess...