Sweet baby....

Not only have my husband and I had the joy of another grandbaby added to our family, but lots of our friends have had grandbabies this year, too. The oldest daughter of our dear friends, Rebecca & Larry, and her husband gave them gift of grandparenting this spring upon the birth of their little girl, Eva. Celebrations deserve cookies, so these are shipping out today to Heather & Doug:

Just a little something for the parents to enjoy...

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In other news, our son and daughter-in-law are back from their travels nearly around the world. They brought back a set of the cutest little cookie cutters from Norway for me:

 

I now own a tiny space shuttle!



 

Thanks, Matt & Karen!

 

The Cookie Lady

Beach Party

A co-worker hinted for cookies after I produced a few flip-flops for her trip to Florida, and I finally had extra time to make a couple of trays for her. I think most of them were eaten by folks in the office, though! This is just a sample of the nearly four dozen that I made:

The past month has been a busy one, cookie-wise, with trays made for a bridal shower, birthday party, a 'get well' gift for a friend and surprise set of flip-flops made for former co-workers, a new baby set for neighbors welcoming their first grandchild, plus those made for my own grandson. There are more cookies in the works around here! And maybe I'll think to have Hubby take photos...

The Cookie Lady

Vroom, Zoom!

I'm getting ready to go see my Little Man [grandson] this weekend, so of course I made cookies [and he will be expecting some]. These aren't quite finished, but almost! I'm also practicing for a similar set that has been ordered for a birthday party next weekend:

Hope my baby is pleased!

The Cookie Lady [a/k/a MiMom]

Golfing

A new friend at church asked me to do a tray of cookies for her dad's birthday and apparently he is an avid golfer. The family planned to celebrate by gathering this afternoon to watch The Masters. Now, I know very little about golf and even less about the traditions of The Masters [except I know it's held in Augusta and the winner gets a green jacket - but it's not as green as what I put on these cookies!]:

I may not have 'eagled' or 'birdied' with this set, but I hope I made par! :) Thanks, Laura, for the order!

The Cookie Lady

Spring Weddings

My first order this year for bridal shower cookies!

The leaves are meant to be fern fronds; the purple flowers are hydrangeas [or could be lilacs] with royal blue sparkle sugar rounds, in a mix of vanilla and chocolate flavors. Actually, the colors are brighter but the photo was taken with my husband's phone in the dining room under dim lighting.

They are shipping out tomorrow evening and I so hope they arrive unbroken.

Thank you, Kimberly, for the order!

The Cookie Lady

Swim Team Set

A friend from Union City asked me to create a set of swim team cookies for her daughter's birthday party this week. I hadn't done a swim set before, only beach-themed cookies, so this took a little thought. She provided ideas and a color theme, and I did a little looking around the Internet for inspiration...and didn't find much. So I took cutters I already had and came up with these:

[photo credit: Russell Cook]

Swimsuits, swim caps, goggles, kickboards floating in the water, and the pool with racing ropes complete the set in the birthday girl's favorite colors of hot pink, lime green and black with sparkling sugar bubbles. I hope these add a little 'sparkle' to her birthday celebration.

Thank you, Cindy, for the order!

The Cookie Lady

The Lorax

My grandson, Mr. Little Man, will be three in a couple of weeks and Grandaddy and I plan to visit over President's Day weekend. I knew I wanted to take cookies with me and tried to think of something that would make him smile that matched some of his current interests. When his mama mentioned that he liked "The Lorax" movie, I was reminded of the Lorax cookies that Callye at Sweet Sugarbelle made when the movie first came out. I used the fish cookie cutter, as she did, but mine didn't turn out as 'fuzzy' looking as hers because I thinned the icing too much:

[photo credit: Russell Cook]

These are now residing in the deep freeze wrapped in foil and sealed tight in Tupperware until we leave for West Tennessee. Colors of sky blue, golden yellow, orange and white make this a cheerful set. I wish my character cookie had turned out better, but the birthday boy will know what it represents and, after all, it's just a cookie......

The Cookie Lady