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! 

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.