Princess Party Themes

What little girl doesn't think she is a princess? That precious age where they run around in play dresses and singing songs like the princess in the movie. My favorite Disney Princess was Belle mainly I think because she looked like me - brown hair and up in a pony tail.

This blog post is dedicated to all the princesses out there from pink, purple and sparkly to frozen elsa's. Let me wave my magic wand and "bippity boppity BOO"

Never has a Disney theme been more popular than the hit movie Frozen. I love watching all the latest Disney movies. I loved Tangled and Brave. Frozen was just o.k to me. It had some weird "Barbie" dialogue as I call it...you know what I mean? That prissy, sissy comment...I don't know maybe it was just me, Olaf is adorable though and I have to admit the plot was not what I was expecting it to end up.

2 tier Frozen Themed Cake

 I have been getting better at my cake styles. I will have to say that fondant can be such a pain but man did I have fun making this cake. I used fondant snowflake plungers to make the accent snowflakes as well as alphabet cutters to make the name - so much easy. Then I laid extra white fondant over the top of the layers to give it the "snow drift" effect. This part was actually tricky that I thought it was going to be. .

Frozen Themed Crown and Snowflake Cookies

Pink and Purple Princess Cake Pops

Nothing says "girlie" more than a pink and purple princess themed party. I am so lucky to have a Michael's craft store about 5 minutes from my house. I made a venture there and found these adorable Wilton Princess cupcake toppers that would be perfect with the theme. These cake pops might just be my favorite. I dipped them in Wilton Melting Chocolate and then covered them in clear sprinkles (also by wilton) to give them that sparkly look. Next I dabbed a little more chocolate on top to get the crowns to adhere and voila! They turned out perfectly.

Pink and Purple Princess Crown and Wand Cookies

Now with the below cake pops, I was curious to see if I could get a little crazy and shape my cake pops. Normally I just so a ball shape because they are easy, but I got to thinking that maybe I could use a small cookie cutter and CUT them into a star shape instead of molding them into a star by hand. It was a little tricky to do and they were a little finicky to dip BUT they WORKED. And again I dipped them in chocolate and covered them in clear sprinkles.

Princess Wand Cake Pops

Tips with doing this though, have a knife hand. I found the star shape to be too fragile to tap the excess chocolate off. So I used my straight metal spatula (the kind for cakes) and scrapped off the extra chocolate, it took a little bit more time, but it seemed to work well to accentuate the shape. Otherwise they would have been a big blog.

So what little princess do you have at home? What is her favorite princess theme? Oops looks like the clock is striking midnight! Got to go!

Ready to Pop Baby Shower

I am getting to "that age" where some of my friends are getting married but even more are on the brink of having babies... *sigh* now that I am in my late twenties. Well this baby shower wasn't exactly for me or anyone I know. But the them was ready to pop! And all things that go POP were just about represented...but lets focus on the fun dessert...

Yellow and Blue Cake Pops

Cake POPs are the perfect little pop for this shower. A bouncing baby boy P is on the way!

Baby Shower Dessert & Treat Table

Of course it wouldn't be a Ready to Pop party with out POPcorn! 

Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispy Treats

POPsicles...well not quite but chocolate dipped rice krispy treats are sure to delight! 

Custom Baby Shower Cookies

And I guess cookies don't really go POP but there are cute anyways and look great on the dessert table. 

Bridal Showers & Brides Oh My!

One of my favorite cookie orders to make are for bridal showers! They are so girlie and fun to make. Plus the color combinations are endless! However, one theme that seems to be very in style right now is pale or dusty rose pink with white and gold accents!

Gold Wedding ring Cookies

Gold is a very difficult color to make with buttercream frosting without having to airbrush, which in my opinion can alter the taste. So I opted for something tastier SPRINKLES! Who doesn't love gold sprinkles?

Bridesmaid Dress & Engagement Ring Cookies

I am not sure if the pink is the actual color of the bridesmaid dresses but the dress is one of my absolutely favorite cutters to use. You can do many different "style" of dresses, but my go to is the ruffles.

Gold Engagement Ring Cookie "I DO!"

Hopefully these words will be said on the big day ;)

Wedding Dress Cookies

 Oohlala! So many dresses! Bridesmaids and the bride! 

Bridal Shower Cookies

K+M = <3 Congratulations to the Bride and Groom to be! 

Flower Swirl Cookies

Heart Cookies

Monogram Initial Cookies

 Cheers to the future Mrs. L!

Monogram L cookies

Wedding cookie Platter

So Many Cookies! 

As if this week wasn't busy enough for me, I also had my first wedding to bake for which was really exciting! I had the fun job of making 250 cupcakes! In planning my own wedding, I must say I have a hard time paying $3/cupcake when I can bake them myself. Sure it takes time, but if you are on a tight budget then you have to find a way to make it work.
This little budget savvy bride is my future cousin-in-law. She got married this past weekend and had about 175 people attend. It took place in eastern washington on a hill over looking the beautiful Columbia River. The view was absolutely breath taking!

Despite all the fires in eastern washington right now, she really lucked out. It was sunny, there was no smoke in the valley, but there was a very strong breeze that was hard to work with. Since it was so warm out (about 90 degrees), we had to wait to put the cupcakes out since they couldn't be in direct sunlight - they were just buttercream frosting. The cake with stood the weather, but that is not something I can take credit for. 

Everything came together nicely. She had a "peacock" color theme. We did an assortment of mini and big cupcakes in vanilla and chocolate. As well as vanilla and chocolate buttercream. My favorite was vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. Since those didn't really go with the "theme" (brown frosting) those got put out after the cake to the face smashing...I mean, the cake cutting. 

For frosting the cupcakes, I did either a "ruffle" or "big swirl" pattern as I call them.  I am so happy for the bride and groom! What a fun day and I was so honored to be apart of it, even if it was just a small part! 

Logo Cookies

I really need to be better about taking pictures and posting custom cookie orders that I do. Some of my favorite cookies to make are logos. Here are some of the custom logo cookies that I have done!

Starbucks Logo

The Siren

Christmas Cup!

One of my favorite local breweries

I love Redhook! I am so lucky to literally live 10 minutes away from my house. I love going there in the summer and sitting on there patio. Also their brewery tour is fabulous and so much fun! Definitely go and check it out.

Redhook Cookies

These cookies I made for the Redhook holiday party which was a lot of fun and turned out to be a hit :)

Redhook Logo Cookies

Pandora

If there is one thing I have learned about sales people, it is they love to "sweet talk" you. So when the Pandora reps were low on swag for their clients, who so they call - hint: not ghost busters...

Thanks for stopping by! Email me if you would like custom cookies for your work! See the contact me tab for details!

Turkey Day and Custom Cookies

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It has been a while since I have posted on my blog but that doesn't mean I haven't been baking up a storm!

Some of my favorite baking projects have to be when I get request for custom orders. For example, Seahawks themed Halloween cookies! Again I have been bad about posting but these were for the Rams vs Seahawks game back in October that I just LOVED making! Check them out!

RIP St. Louis Rams

Owl? Seahawk? You decide

Seahawk Pumpkins!

The Ghost of Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson

All the Cookies

Vampire Fangs

Nails in the Coffin for the Rams

Another custom order I did was for a couple Pandora reps in the area. I created custom Pandora logo cookies using their App icon and paired them with Apple Cup themed cookies which the reps took to "sweet talk" some of their clients. 

Pandora Logo Cookies

Custom logo cookies

And finally, I can't forget about the 2 most important things of the weekend - Turkey Day and Apple Cup! This order was half Thanksgiving themed cookies and half Apple Cup cookies. In my last post you saw some of the turkeys I made, this time I added red in the tail feathers to give it a nice fall look to match the leaves. I really like how these ones turned out. 

Gobble Gobble!

Apple Cup and Thanksgiving Cookies

Happy Thanksgiving!

GO COUGS!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great holiday weekend! December is shaping up to be a busy cookie month all ready for me. I will try to remember to post all my creations!