and on to the new year...

these snowmen, snowballs, snowflakes, and snowy trees were part of the Christmas package sent to my brother's family.  like i said, if they were to arrive late for Christmas, they're still winter cookies, if not Christmas cookies.  i made a bunch and gave a bag to Vanessa for that help she gave Jeff with his online work/stock thing.  all extras were promptly eaten.  sorry Santa.  the resemblance to the snowman in "The Snowman" was a coincidence--and he had a (tangerine?) for a nose, not a carrot.  and around my cookies, you'll probably hear Perry Como playing...
and that brings me to the end of the year, and the pictures taken thus far.  i'll have another 90th birthday assignment in January, and a kid's birthday after that.  and some owls for a baby shower... and then Valentine's day? (nudge) see ya on the flip side! Merry Everything! Happy New Year! and drive careful out there...

pairs of pears

i spent the afternoon on the road finishing up the Christmas shopping and now i have mere moments before i pick up the kiddo from daycare.  so here, quickly, are pears!  these were for the Trinity Lutheran annual Christmas Sale. i put 2 in each favor bag for a pair of pears.  ha, clever.  i love the little blush of orange or green from the airbrush, and how the gold pearl dust makes it Christmasy--like, "partridge in a pear tree" pretty. 
coming soon, my nondenominational "holiday" cookies, ie snow: if they get them after Christmas, the theme isn't suddenly dated. ha, clever again! till next time, Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, and i hope the Mayan epoch ended well for all of you.  hugs!

lil chickies

Monica ordered cookies for baby Daniel's arrival and left it up to me.  i found an intended-for-Easter shape and diverged from the yellow chick and decorated egg look and made little blue birdie babies hatching out of some wild eggs.  some quick lines with the edible marker made them smile and flap.  i may have flapped a little myself--i like cute birdies.  :)
and speaking of kids and cookies, in lieu of any employment opportunities, i'm still eager to do large projects; if you're a mom, teacher, student, or fellow baker and you think that your school/organization ought to have a bake sale, i'm down with helping out.  and/or if a Great American Bake Sale for Share Our Strength sounds good, call me.  Christmas is coming, and i like spreading joy...

Thriller... Thriller night...

so happy belated halloween! now that i have a new laptop, and it's actually from this decade, i can now pop in the camera's memory card and upload to the picture folder instantly.  but then i still have to get my butt to Starbucks to get to the internet, so please continue to bear with me.
these lovely minis were for an 80's themed Halloween party--lace, stars and plaid, all via the airbrush. Jeff and i went as Peg Bundy and The Greatest American Hero.   i had many plans for other H'ween cookies, but either you can have cookies, or i can have a functioning household, but not always the 2 together.  don't worry, i did some house keeping and i'm ready for Christmas.  and i'm still ready to do this in someone else's kitchen, so if you know a bakery...  anyway, i had started to make ninja clowns, but the many steps took time and my icing went flat, so they sat there half finished and Jeff ate the good ones.  i said, "can't you tell the difference between an ugly unfinished cookie and a nice picture-worthy finished one?"  he can't.  and i'd scan the sketches i drew, but then we're back to the "computer issues" conversation.  so back to cookies.  coming soon: some baby birdies, pairs of pears, something for Nessa 'cause she rocks and helps Jeff do stuff with his stock options, and a ninja clown revival for Ryan for helping me figure out that IE was my Facebook problem.  that's right kids, i pay back favors with cookie awesomeness.  now who wants to hang some lattice or tune my car?  bbl, and have a great weekend :)