some unrelated quickies...

often when i do a project i have some leftover dough, so i roll out a few, try a technique, and pass them along to a worthy someone.  recently, when it was snowing like crazy, hubby Jeff got a ride home from a coworker with an appreciation for pot-related humor.  so i made some pot-leaf cookies (got the cutter at Spencer's, btw) and some pot plants, made from Wilton's ice cream cone.  the first question with this  is always "are these special cookies?"  no.  just plain ol' cookies, i'm a good girl. but i got some green-marker practice in, and he got a nifty treat for being helpful. but i'm also thinking of making a Christmas ornament shape into a hooka...

then i tried a little plaid with the markers and airbrush.  i cut strips out of a big yogurt lid and sprayed once, then again after a 90 degree turn, then drew in some skinny lines.  these were just a test cookie; Jeff also brought these to work.  circles with patterns are nice filler cookies, like when you only need a few that are meticulously decorated, and a few dozen of something easy to make and share.  like pink on pink plaid would go so sweetly with a picture shape for a baby shower. or as you'll see coming up, cows and cow print circles.

and i did a Valentine's Day project for the niece and nephew, but we didn't head in that direction till the following Sunday when the cookies had gotten dry, so i sent them to work with Jeff.  they liked them anyway.  flood dots were outlined with edible marker on tiny hearts, with a few forget-me-nots.  maybe i'll do a Valentine's Day part 2, St Patrick edition, and make green hearts. :) green plaid hearts? 
and i'm still pondering a shape for an April Fool's Day birthday party...
and some lizards will be crawling this way...
and i know i'll make something for the office this month...  busy busy...

fired up!

i've mentioned my extensive cookie cutter collection. i lost count after 400. i have something for every holiday, nearly every animal, even some that are anatomically correct. and i have a pot leaf. hubby thought a few leaves for a friend would be a funny gift. i was already up to my elbows in cookie dough for another order, so i cut out a few. then i noticed something cool.

here are the leaves, open and pot-like:

i could have been more authentic about it, but like i said, i was busy... but when you turn them upside down, and bring in the leaves a little, then ice them in black and put cascading dots...

you get fireworks!

*warning* never set your cookies on fire.

and no, these are not "enhanced" with "special ingredients" they were just to be fun. discovering an extra use for the cutter was a bonus. maybe also flames? or a splash? far out, man...

still on the way, Brenda's big 6...