Polar Express

The Dangers of Procrasti-baking

Oy!  What was I thinking?  Three dozen cookies due by 10am and I decide to start hand painting them at 7pm the night before...  What an idiot!  And so the term Procrasti-baking was born. PROCRASTIBAKING [proh-kras-tuh-beyk-ing] Verb. The act of putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She considered herself a smart cookie, but her constant procrastibaking often led her to stay up all night finishing projects.

These Diary of A Worm cookies were for a regular client who was hosting a book club meeting, and this was their featured title. I'm not a seasoned cookie painter, but I used to be handy with a paintbrush back in college.  I found  painting with food coloring surprisingly similar to working with water color.  I can see the appeal. It's quick drying, you can blend colors and it goes fast.

36 of these creepy crawlies! I was happy with how they turned out, but happier that they were finished in time. Never again!  Until the next time.

Blending detail

The Making of Miss Scarlett

I received an order for six dozen Gone With The Wind themed cookie favors for a bridal shower (now THAT is a large shower!) and was so excited  to give it a go!  She originally wanted the movie poster and I thought - Oy! Now way can I pull that off.  So I did a little on line research and figured I could pull off Scarlett in her iconic green and white dress.  Here is a behind the scenes on the making of Miss Scarlett. Enjoy!

I start by finding a cookie cutter that will do most of the work.  This random princess will do.  I needed Scarlett to face to the left and my princess was facing to the right.  No problem.  I just cut her out and flipped her over on the cookie sheet.  Then I added a blob of dough to her head to create her oversized hat.  I then trace the baked cookie and make a sketch.

Ain't she a vision?

Sketch detail.

Start with head and arm placement.

Outline hat bow and add sash.

Fill in bow one section at a time.

Add hair.

Outline bow (you can see my "master cookie" 's yellow food coloring outline).

Add hat and outline sash and dress. 

I always chicken out when it comes to detailing faces so I left her blank but gave her a little ear definition.

Fill in dress.

Add floral print with edible pen, outline dress and sleeves.  And fiddle-dee-dee, there she is!

The Gone with the Wind collection.

Novel cookies.

Polka dotted hand fans.

Fan detail.

Love this collection!  Congrats to the bride!