Penguins!

I recently made penguin cookies for my favorite 1 year old's birthday. They were to be used as favors, so I found some cute black and white ribbon to tie on the bags.
Since I don't have a penguin cutter, I decided to use circle cookies, and freehand the penguin. After a small breakdown, I think they turned out OK.

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving cookies...the turkeys are my favorite!

Cake!!

I attempted to decorate my first cake this week. Here's the result.

Fall Cookies

Some fall cookies I made for a friend's 30th birthday. I tried chocolate sugar cookies for the first time. YUM!!!

Americolor vs Wilton

So I've always used Wilton coloring because well that's all that's in the craft stores around me. But I HATE making black icing. It takes so much of the Wilton gel coloring that I'm worn out by the time it's black, and even then it's not truly black. So I decided to try Americolor, as I've heard a lot of positve feedback. It's amazing how fast the icing turned black and it is a true black. I love it! Now I'll definitely try some other colors from Americolor. Once I finish the Wilton colors I have, I may completely switch over to Americolor.

Here's a cookie with Wilton after mixing for a few minutes. You can tell it's not super black.



Here's a cookie I did with Americolor, that was mixed in at least half the time. There's not a big portion of black, but you can tell it's more black than the other.

$5 Dinner giveaway

One of my favorite blogs is on 5dollardinner.com This week, she's hosting a ton of giveaways. Head on over there to enter.

Green and Ivory wedding

Some wedding shower cookies for a friend of a friend. They didn't come out as ivory as I had liked but still had fun with them!