The Evolution of a Mustache Cookie

One of my favorite things to do relating to baking is translate an invitation into a cookie. I openly welcome clients to send me copies of their party paper goods and love to use them as inspiration. The latest was a mustache/chevron bright colored invitation for a friend's son's first birthday party. I thought it was adorable and set to work on making cookies to compliment.

Mustaches were up first. For once I remembered to take a few photos along the way so I could share the full evolution of a (mustache) cookie.

Phase one:

Two:

Three:

Voila!

The order was completed with chevron monogrammed cookies.

Thank you Kathryn! You did a wonderful job with R's party and I appreciate you including me to be a part of it.

Movember - Mustache Cookies

Once upon a time there was a wife who was not too excited to hear that her husband wanted to participate in his grad school's annual "Movember" fundraiser. Of course she supported the cause and yes she loved team spirit...she just didn't love mustaches. She was skeptical but didn't say much. Then a mere few days into the month, that woman's husband shaved. Again she didn't say anything but learned from her mom that her husband had told her he felt that he needed to "pick his battles" and had decided to nix the actual mustache. Interesting. That husband and wife went on to support the cause without fully participating. They cheered on their friends who charged forward and even made cookies to send to the chairman of the team.

The end. :)

Tractor Time

I am not a girl who grew up on a farm, so when I think of tractors I automatically think of riding lawnmowers. :) True story. In fact I always had a strange fondness for mowing my parents' lawn growing up when they had a riding mower. They never once asked me to do it, but it was one of my favorite things to do for some reason. Maybe it was the time in the sun, or the alone time with music, or maybe it was the satisfaction of seeing my work pay off. I really don't know.

Anyway, onto the cookies for today. I had two parties a couple of weeks ago that worked tractors into their theme. The first was a birthday celebration for 2 brothers. One likes Batman and one likes tractors so their mom and I decided on half & half.

(Random personal Batman fact: The only movie I have ever walked out on in my life was one of the Batman movies. Thankfully there was no movie viewing going on here - just cookie decorating.)

The other party was a tractor themed second birthday party. There were a lot of plaid accents worked into the party so we played that up in the cookies too.

All three birthday boys are adorable and I hope they had a great time at their parties. Thank you Melissa and Jen!

All in the Family (of Cookies)

A few months ago (yes that is how behind I am on this blog) a friend of mine asked me to make cookies to bring to a family she was going to visit in Florida over Spring Break. We decided to do a few cookies for every member in the family and the eclectic mix that came together as a result still amuses me. :)

We included a few for the birthday being celebrated during the visit.



We did fun cocktails in honor of the reunion/vacation...



And of course we made a couple of special treats for the lady of the house.



It was a house full of New York sports fans...





The youngest member of the family has a love for UPS (even dressing up as a delivery person last Halloween!)



Needless to say there was something for everyone! I loved seeing it all come together.

Thank you Ana!

Boys Will Be Boys

Every once in a while someone asks me to do a cookie I don't know all that much about. And you know what? Sometimes I enjoy making those very cookies the most.

The first set that comes to mind in the "out of the box" cookies is a set of WWF cookies I made for a big match in April. One of the nicest moms I know ordered them for her twenty-eight year old son who was hosting his friends for the big event. Not sure what he thought when his mom dropped these off, but at least she was thrilled. :)



And then one of my favorite people ordered these skateboarding cookies for her son's birthday party. The best part about these was that my friend's husband ended up enjoying them as much as her son did!



So thank you Mary and Jen for bringing new challenges to the table...and for educating me on things that I was clearly missing out on. If your guys ever need to be taught what Lilly is in return, please feel free to send them my way! ;)

Planes, Trains, Automobiles...and Sailboats!

Another morning, another sorority sister showing support for One Preppy Cookie! And I could not be more appreciative. I was so happy to hear from someone I have not heard from in quite some time inquiring about cookies for her adorable son's second birthday. She was planning a "transportation" themed party and was very flexible on what I wanted to do. After giving it some thought, I chose planes, trains, cars and boats. The colors were kept primary and I think the personalization gave it a little something extra.


I have to say I was partial to the sailboats...


I loved hearing that the cookies went over very well and the birthday boy's mom told me they added a personal feel to the party, which I thought was a very nice thing to say.

Thank you very much Carey and the happiest of birthdays to little R! I wish I could have come along with the cookies for a little reunion. ;)

(4th of July) Party Time!

Happy Friday everyone! Thanks goodness for the long weekend ahead. I have had a busy but fun week in the cookie department that started out with the photos below. Recently my friend Mart called me and inquired about cookies for her family's 4th of July family reunion party. She said they would be "eating crabs and drinking beer" while enjoying family and celebrating the 4th. That's more than enough information to get my mind going and here is what I sent their way.




I couldn't have asked for a nicer family to make cookies for. Mart and her mom have been big supporters of me with OPC and I really appreciate it. Thank you ladies!

I hope you all have a happy and healthy holiday weekend!

Happy Father's Day!

I have the good fortune of being surrounded by excellent fathers on a regular basis. Of course I am biased toward my own dad, who I love *very* much. My dad is one my biggest fans and always has been. Although he will not be receiving any cookies today (he is more of a strawberry rhubarb crumble kind of guy) we are looking forward to celebrating him today at the US Open.

My friend wrote me a few weeks ago and asked me to make a batch of cookies for her husband, also an excellent father. Hillary has encouraged me to persue this since the baby shower where she first saw my cookies, so I was happy to be able to do something nice for her. I am fairly certain her husband does not read my blog, so I think it's safe to post these this morning. ;) I tried to incorporate a couple of his favorite things, Penn State and wine, into the overall "dad" theme and I hope he likes them!


Thank you Hillary! And once again, a VERY happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!

Ahoy Mateys!

This is the first day I have ever had where when a coworker asks me what I'm doing tonight, I will respond by saying, "I'm going on a pirate ship cruise." And it will be a true statement! My future cousin Sarah (who I would have HAND PICKED for our cousin JF if I could have) organized the adventure and we are really looking forward to it. Sarah has been one of my biggest cookie cheerleaders and was the recipient of MANY photo text messages as I started doing this, to which she ALWAYS replied with enthusiasm. Therefore I knew I could not go on her outing without bearing a few theme cookies. So, in addition to the 5 dozen worth of orders I had to finish last night, I whipped up some quick pirates in Sarah's honor...


We were told that theme dressing is a "MUST." What is the Preppy Cookie to wear on a pirate ship??? Well, after a couple of unsuccessful trips to the party store, I decided to go the homemade route. So when my husband walked in from school late last night, he found me heavily involved in these two projects:


It's never a dull moment around here. :)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Beach Wedding or Bust!

One Preppy Cookie will be silent for a few days as I prepare to go here:


Where I will be wearing some of these...


and of course a few of these as well!


I will be sipping on a couple of these (just imagine the label says "Corona.") ;)


And standing by my sorority "little sister" as she does this:


Congratulations Kelly and Ryan!

See you all next week. I am at least 20 posts behind and will have plenty to share with you when I return. :)