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! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

C'est l'amour! Bisou Bisou! Je t'aime! I just want to speak French all day today! The most romantic city in the world and I am half a world away. Oh well.

The past few years, Adam - the Fiance - and I have just stayed in and I have cooked a nice meal for us since V-Day fell on a week day. And this year we decided to stick to the same routine. HAH!

I am going to cook us a nice dinner, have some wine, and of course it wouldn't be complete without DESSERT!

My mom asked me to help make some special cookies for my little brother and sister's school valentine's. I LOVED Valentine's day because in school you got just as much candy and junk food AND you got to have a class party which was THE BEST DAY EVER. Haha. Well I really got in the baking spirit this holiday and decided to try out some new techniques with cookies and cake pops.

Heart Shaped Cake Balls

I tried to get these little guys above on a cake pop stick but some of them were too narrow and broke, so I decided to make cake pop balls instead and they are just as good! So if you don't want to run to the store just melt chocolate,  throw them in and voila!

Disco Dust Covered Cake Pops

Upside down cake pops are a very pretty touch to any dessert table. Personally, I still like mine in mason jars. Like below.

Valentine's Day Cake Pops

I am going to have to call this one I think my "signature design" it is my favorite, and it looks great with non- pareil sprinkles.

Be My Valentine?

Swirls

I love you!

Above is the only heart shaped cake pop I could get on a stick, so he is extra special.

Glitter Cake Pops

This is kind of my new obsession, glitter cake pops. Not going to lie though, they can make quite a mess! So you have been warned!

Whooo loves you?

I do! That whooo! Owl love you forever! I just love owls and if you know me, you know why. Hoot Hoot!

Heart Cookies

These are the cookies I made for my little brother and sister's classroom valentines. We then packaged them and I totally forgot to take a picture! rats!

90's anyone?

The above cookie we packaged and saved for all the kids that had crushes on my bro and sis OR who they have a crush on. haha. 

Kiss, Hug and Love

Ruffle Cookies

I have been wanting to learn how to make ruffle cookies for so long!! I just have been to lazy to attempt and do it. To do this you need a Wilton 104 tip and I had to google youtube videos to find a tutorial to teach me. I have to say that it only took my like 2 mess ups before I finally figure it out and I LOVE them!

Rose Petal Cookies

Fluffy Hearts

Not going to lie, I was testing out these cookies designs as a possible option for my wedding :)

Happy Valentine's Day/weekend everyone! And for those of you not with someone, Happy Singles Awareness Day. JK JK! Thanks for stopping by!! 

Be My Bridesmaid?

I've been really bad at posting blog posts this year so far, it doesn't mean I haven't been baking, just been busy. Christmas is a busy time of year for me. Lots of holiday parties and baking so after the New Year I did take a little break...but I also got ENGAGED! Woo hoo! After 4 years we are finally getting married and I couldn't be more excited to marry my best friend! 

Will you be my bridesmaid? cookies

I have been dreaming of my wedding for a long time and I knew right away who I wanted to be standing up there with me. I am a big fan of Etsy. As a "local" business, I like to support others who have there own business based on their love and passion. I scoured Pinterest to find cute ideas to ask my girls to be bridesmaids, but everything just seemed over done. I wanted to do something personal and "me."

Wedding Ring, I Do Cookies

So naturally I thought about making cookies. And the more I looked on the internet the more I decided I liked that idea. So I grabbed some of my "girly" cookie cutters and got baking. 

Wedding Cookies

For colors, I am not doing pink and purple, I just think they are bright and fun, girly colors. One of my favorite cutters is my dress. 

Initial Cookies

I packaged them all up in boxes and invited my girls over to my place and surprised them. Now as I mentioned I like Etsy and I found some really cute custom hand made cards that said, "will you be..." to go on top of the package. 

Bright Flower Cookies

All the girls were surprised and excited. One even said before opening it, "are there cookies in here?" So I knew I picked the right way to ask them. One girl even started crying she was so surprised which made me really happy to have her apart of the big day this summer. 

Unfortunately, one of my girls lives in California and so I couldn't give them to her in person but I also tested out shipping the cookies to her. She said that they did arrive in one piece for the most part, only one broke and got a little squished. 

Kayla's Bridal Shower

Me and the Bride to Be

Sorry it has taken me a while to post about this event. I was really excited for it since I was in charge of all the decor and of course, the treats.

My boyfriend was finally glad to see that all of my crafts that I had been making for the past month were finally getting used. And so was I...

For the decor, I wanted to do all the beautiful garland strands and "pom poms" that I see on pinterest. Thankful there was no "pinterest fails" this weekend. The only fail was the fact that my cookies got jumbled in the container and only about 1/2 of them were salvageable...so let't talk about the dessert menu.

Beverage Station - Cucumber Water, Mimosa's and Sparking Bunch in Mason Jar Glasses

I noticed at the last shower I did, that many of the ladies went for the easy "finger food" desserts that were less messy. So this shower, I decided to do Cake Pops, Cookies and Oreo Truffles. Now back to the cookie crisis. I was DEVASTED. Everyone said they were still good but I had borrowed my BF's truck and took to many sharp turns (Crazy driver by nature) and smooshed they went. And I didn't even take any pictures BEFORE.

Cake Pops and Dessert Station

For the cookie cutter's of choice, I had to do Owls and WSU love for the bride since an Owl was our sorority mascot and WSU was the school we went to and pretty much everyone else at the party. Then I of course did the standard bridal gown and champagne flutes. The champagne flutes were the most popular cookie again because they were "smaller" of the cookies. I had made roses too but all of those got demolished.

All in all the party turned out GREAT. It was a beautiful day in Seattle and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. Time to roll the pictures!

Friend and Bridesmaid, Erin, with her punch.

Sparkling Punch Bar

Oreo Truffles

Carnations with Lace and Rhinestones

 The vases were probably one of my favor pieces of decor and something I would consider doing for my wedding...someday...they were super easy to make and I think just added a really nice touch to the standard mason jars. They weren't very hard to make at all. Just some lace from the fabric store, the rhinestone "lace" we will call it from the craft store and some hot glue!

Owl Cookies

WSU Pullman Love Cookies

Love the Paper Straws!

Owl Cookie Close up

Wedding Dress and Champagne Flute Cookies

 Stay tuned for the next post! This weekend is my birthday! I am getting together with my friends to do a blind wine tasting party and it's going to be a lot of fun!