New Hobby!

Well my Cookie crafting started after I received a wonderful book called "Cookie Craft" from my wonderful husband for Christmas 2008. I had always love making cookies but they never looked so good. That book inspired me to make prettier cookies, and gave me great directions to do so.

So this past Christmas I received a sewing machine from my mom. I've never sewn before so I wasn't sure what to do at first. I mean, I've always wanted to make things, but my excuse was "I don't have a sewing machine" I decided to just jump in and start practicing with some scrap fabrics I had from other crafts. Then I got the confidence to re-cover some pillows. THEN I got the confidence to try a purse. The first bag came from a kit. From doing that, I figured out how I could make my own pattern...and this is what I came up with.

Merry Christmas

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.