Wedding Cookies

Aaar Rated Cookies

Yep. Those are pirate penises.

Cookie Quickie: Teen Mom 2 Cookies

I love unusual requests and this set was one of those.  A father of the groom ordered this set of Teen Mom 2 logo cookies (based on the MTV Reality show) for their wedding shower. Why? Because the groom to be is one of the producers of the show and his dad thought it would be a fun surprise.  Indeed it was!  He sent me a sweet note afterward saying they were a big hit and included photographic evidence. See for yourself.  Enjoy!

Happy customers.

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!

Nautical Bridal Shower

Oh man!  I loved this shower! So pretty and feminine with a ton of seaside flavor.  Nikki, my amazing client (a.k.a. the referral queen), and I fell in love with this Mystical Mermaid party featured on Kara's Party Ideas.  We used it as an inspiration springboard for her sweet sister in law's bridal shower and were off and running.  Take a look at all of the great nautical details.  Enjoy! 

Gorgeous driftwood garland and seashell wreath.

The dessert table.

Weathered lanterns with coral and sea urchins.

Sand Balls (a.k.a. crumb donuts)

Tower of "Dinghy Dongs"

Label and twine details.

White chocolate sand dollars top these cupcakes.

Sand paper wrappers tie in the beachy theme.

Love our sand castle cake with chocolate shells.

The engaged couple's initials.

Platter of seashell sugar cookies.

Ok.  I have to take a moment to highlight these darling cheesecake pails.  While strolling through the wedding section of the Dollar Tree I found these small white pails (3 for $1) and thought "Those would work for... something."  Cut to me with 2 dozen tiny pails and no idea what to do with them.  Then like all good ideas, it came to me out of thin air. "No-bake cheesecakes!  No! Wait! Upside down no-bake cheese cakes!  And I can top them with a graham cracker crust to look like sand!"  Hot glue a mini starfish to each one and set them on a bed of brown sugar "sand" and voila! Love it when it turns out how you pictured it in your head.

Toy shovel detail.

Pirouette cookies dressed up as Message in a Bottle.

Layered tablescapes: Linens, overlays, burlap and netting topped with gorgeous arrangements and a sprinkling of shells.  Lovely.

Burlap wrapped wine bottles.

We printed up small coordinating notes for guests to fill out with advice and warm thoughts for the bride to be, which were then rolled up and put into these miniature message bottles.  A great touch! 

Message bottles in a bucket of sand.

Bottle detail.