Spring Time Party

I love the first day of Spring - and I am not talking about the day the solstice falls on. I am talking about that bright sunny day here in Seattle where the sun touches you and it feels a little bit warmer, the sun rises a little bit quicker and sets a little bit later.

I love this time of year especially for baking because it is the return of bright pastel colors!

Gum Paste Mum Topper

I made the above cake for my friend's very special grandmother's birthday. It is a lemon cake with raspberry filling...mmm..mmm...I recently took the Wilton cake decorating classes and learned how to make flowers out of gum paste. These little guys took a couple days to make but it definitely paid off. I covered the cake in a thing layer of yellow fondant to give it a clean and finished look. That is something I am still working on...covering cakes in fondant...I know most people dont like the taste of fondant but it doesn't bother me too much and it seems to keep the cake together.

 Easter Cookies

Nothing says spring more than Easter cookies! These are some of my favorite cookies to make. I absolutely love the bunnies and the daisies. And how cute are these spring kitties! I know there is no such thing as a pink cat but we can pretend.

Spring Kitty Cookies

I had a special request also for a birthday party. The lady loved kitties and birdies. So I got a little creative with my cookie cutter inventory to make the birds and the bird house cookies. The bird cookies I made with the number 9 turned on it's side. The bird house is actually just using my gingerbread house shape. Incorporating gray into the cookies is one of my favorite and most versatile colors. I think it tones down the brightness of the cookies.

Bird and Bird House Cookies

Easter Cookies

Lemon Spring Petit Fours

Buttercream flower cookies

One of my favorite buttercream techniques is making flowers. The pink ruffle flower has to be my favorite and is a popular choice. The blue roses were fun to mess around with. They also look great on top of cupcakes!

Baby Boy Baptism Cookies

Hippity Hoppity Easter

Spring has sprung finally in Seattle and I could be more excited! We have had a warm winter this year and an early spring!

The Easter bunny was making his rounds in my kitchen helping me cook up some yummy treats for good little boys and girls!

Hopping Sparkly Easter Bunny

So cute I can't decide which face I like more?!

Quack Quack Cheep Cheep

Easter Crosses

New to the Easter celebration line up this year were crosses which are an important part of the reason we celebrate this joyous holiday. I was actually raised Catholic. What did you give up for Lent? I hope it wasn't cookies!

Colorful Daisy Cookies

My daisy cookie cutter is one of my favorites. The possibilities are endless and I love to add them in to my assortments for a pop of color.

Hopping Easter Bunnies Everywhere!

Hopping Easter bunnies waiting to HOP into a special easter basket. And more bunny faces too!

Easter Themed Cake Pops

Of course Easter wouldn't be complete without fun and festive cake pops. These remind me of died easter eggs which I used for my inspiration. 

Mini Cookies

I forget what store I was at but I stumbled across a set of mini Easter cookie cutters and I thought they were just so cute! I had to have them. They were identical to some of the "BIG" easter cookies I had. I was hoping to make cupcakes and use them as cupcake toppers but that plan fell through this year because Easter fell during Spring Break and a lot of my family was out of town. Instead I put them in tiny cake pop bags and stuck them inside the easter eggs which worked out perfect and was a fun surprise for the kids. I am definitely going to remember to do that next year. 

Easter Egg Cookies

And last but certainly not least, it just wouldn't be Easter without some Easter eggs now would it?! These too were my favorite.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope everyone had a wonderful and Happy Easter!

Spring Fever

If you would like to order Easter cookies. Please email me! You can choose between bright spring colors or traditional pastel colors! They are $20/dozen and 2 dozen minimum. $40 for 2 dozen assorted which includes 6 of each shape: Bunny (face or leaping you choose), Tulip, Easter Egg and Carrots. Other optional shapes: Duck, Lamb, Daisy Flower (shown below). 

Daisy Flower Cookies

Sheep/Lamb Cookies

Spring has definitely sprung in the Northwest. The earth finally seems to have woken up from its winter slumber. Flowers are blooming, grass is growing and the sun is shining in Seattle - yes you heard me correctly. In fact we have even been fortunate to have a few days creep up into the 70s!!

Who is ready for Easter?! I miss the days where I would go and search for Easter eggs. Now I get to take joy in watching my little siblings (7 and 4) hunt for eggs!

Quack Quack! Little Ducklings!

"Rubber ducky you're the one...you make bath time so much fun!" Yup that is officially stuck in my head...

Rubber Duckies!

Pastel Tulips

Pastel Tulips

Tulip and Butterfly Cookie

Sparkly Leaping Bunny

Hippity Hoppity Easter's On Its Way!

Fluffy Bunny

Easter Egg

Happy Easter Cookie!

Bunny Faces

These bunny faces are my FAVORITE! I couldn't decide which I liked more though - with whiskers or freckles? What do you think? I want to know! I think I like freckles....

Easter Egg Cookies

My 2 fave Easter Egg Cookies

Naturally with spring comes lots of fun celebrations like baby showers! This blog post is dedicated to all things spring!

I have to apologize in advance that I didn't "pose" these cookies like I normally do and just quickly snapped some pictures during packaging. But I think the cuteness still shines through. I loved the bright spring theme for this Baby Girl shower.

Bright Baby Onesies

Spring Fever Baby Shower Cookies

Tulip Cookies

Anyone going to get a chance to go up to the Tulip festival this year? I always say I am going to go every year and then can never make it!!

Flowers and Baby Rattle Cookies

Baby Rattle Cookies

Thanks for stopping by. Again if you would like to order cookies please email me and see pricing in the middle of the blog post. Happy Spring and Easter everybody! 

Grandma's 90th Birthday Celebration!

This year my boyfriend's grandma, Phyllis, turned 90 years old. To celebrate, the family threw a surprise birthday party. She was surprised to say the least and it was a beautiful day for a party! All the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids made it out for the party and it was really special for her and everyone.

The Birthday Girl Arrives!

Naturally I had to make some cookies. The only problem was the drive. From our house it is about 2-2.5 hours east and over the mountains to the little town of Wenatchee. I knew there was no way I could get the cookies over there in one piece. The other difficulty is the fact that his parents live in his grandma's house (long story) and because it was a surprise, I didn't want her to see them! I decided that I had to frost the cookies over in Wenatchee... but where?

Don't Mess With the BDAY Girl

Thankfully our friend's Kyle and Becky came to the rescue and let me use their kitchen to frost the cookies and let them set over night! Big shout out to Becky for letting me do that on such short notice. It worked out perfectly! I made the cookies the night before we left and then frosted them the night before the party. Here are some pictures of the treats and the birthday girl!

The Cookie Platter

The Big 9-0

Dragonfly Cookies

 I love this little dragonfly cookie cutter. The only difficulty with this cookie cutter is the tail. It is VERY fragile. I made extra's just in case and I ended up breaking about half of them.

90th Birthday Crown Cookies

 I almost didn't do the crown but I am glad I did because the birthday girl was wearing her tiara and it was too perfect!

Daisy Flowers and Dragon Fly Cookies

The daisy sugar cookies were one of my new cutters and I was so excited to use this one. I loved the bright colors and the cookie is about 1-2" which is the perfect "cookie" size in my opinion!

Cupcake Sugar Cookies (My First Cutter)

The cupcake was the first cookie cutter from a class I took back in the spring, and what started my passion and hobby of baking and frosting cookies. Without that class, I would not be where I was today! 

The Other Cookie Platter

 Happy birthday to Grandma!