This past weekend I got to help host a baby shower for a good friend. Everything turned out wonderfully. I think the mommy-to-be felt showered with love and lots of pink and ruffles! One of the ladies suggested a onesie making table. I ordered some adorable iron-on appliques and bought onesies in various sizes. When [...]
My sister Lindsey came down to Houston to help throw a baby shower for a friend of hers, and she asked me to make cookie favors. I made these sailboat cookies to go along with the sailboat (but not all out nautical) theme. Here are the invites, made by my sister Lisa. And here are [...]
Candy corn is one of those things that you either love or hate. I love it. Ben hates it. I know they’re supposed to taste like honey, and I guess they kinda do. But they really just taste like sweet, sugary deliciousness to me. If you’ve never tried candy corn mixed in with salted peanuts [...]
It is a miracle that this is actually going to post today. The icing on these lovely cookies is still wet, and my fingers are dyed a nice reddish orange. But, it is done, and it is delicious. The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone [...]
Our good friends Tim and Jackie had us over for the Saints v. Colts game Sunday night. There was so much food! The spread included black bean chili, queso, chips & salsa, veggies, layered Tex Mex salad, hot wings, and cookies. This is one of the main reasons I love the Superbowl. I brought the yummy layered salad [...]
This is the recipe I used to make the bird cookies for my sister’s baby shower that I was unable to attend. See here and here for the nitty gritty details of that debacle. I have been making decorated sugar cut-out cookies since college when I took a cookie decorating class at Central Market in [...]
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