The BIG Game...Let's GO HOKIES!

Well, we've come to the point in our football season that the "big games" that really matter are here! Tomorrow my Hokies will be playing the Clemson Tigers. While I won't be heading to Blacksburg this weekend, my cookies will be making the trip with two sets of friends.

Being a dual alma mater household with both parties being passionate about our team, I know the conflict that must occur when your teams play each other. You're used to cheering for both, but then you are forced to side with YOUR team. Thankfully we have not had to face that in our house, but our good friends are in that boat this weekend. Therefore their cookies were made half Hokies, half Tigers.


Hopefully they will make a nice treat to drown the Tigers' sorrows in after the game (although I will admit to my nerves as Clemson has been on QUITE the roll lately.)

Then we have a batch going along with my friends whose Hokie heritage dates back several generations. They are acting as gracious hosts this weekend to a Clemson friend and asked for "ONE" cookie in their honor...


Thank you Lauren & Chris and Team Reynolds for giving me something fun to work on this week to get in the spirit. Looking forward to being friends again rather than rivals starting Sunday. :)

Have a great weekend everyone. And LET'S GO HOKIES!!!!!!!!

Accessorize!

I love to shop. And my love for accessories...shoes and purses specifically...is strong. I have always been into both and I know I am not alone. ;) I loved the days of Carrie Bradshaw (still do really) and am a chronic online shopping cart filler who typically deletes all of my hard work. I guess sometimes a minute or two or that full cart gives me enough of a fix?! (Please tell me it's not only me who does this.) Admittedly though, I don't always delete the cart and have been known to "make the rounds" to my favorite stores during football Sundays.

So when my friend asked me to make shoe and purse cookies for his accessory-loving wife's birthday, I knew I would have fun with it. Flip flops quickly morphed into Revas (a birthday girl favorite) and I revisited my love for animal print.


I loved seeing a Tweet from the bday girl that the cookies were a great surprise. And what a thoughtful husband she has!

Thank you Ross!

Pineapple Passion

My mom and I have always had a "thing" for pineapples. And I don't necessarily mean eating them, but rather decorating with them and viewing them as a sign of hospitality. Perhaps that is why our entire wedding had a pineapple undertone. Whenever I pass a pineapple in the grocery store, I think of my mom meticulously lining them up on the market floor in search of the ones that stood up "perfectly straight" to make candles out of for our engagement party and wedding...


We find ourselves scooping up any pineapple decorations we see and like I said, it's just our "thing."

Recently when my brother saw a pineapple cookie cutter during his vacation, he told my future sister-in-law that, "Amy would love this." So they kindly brought it home for me and it lasted in my cabinet about 24 hours before I made these cookies from it.


Good thing I wasn't as into making cookies during our wedding planning or there is no doubt I would have been making these by the hundred. :)

Hope you all are having a great week - halfway to the weekend!

Here Comes the BRIDE!

Recently I made cookies for my friend who was the MOH in a wedding. She had the idea of me making a batch for the girls to enjoy as they primped for the big event. We decide to channel the details of the day into the cookies. I replicated the design on the invitation, the bride's shoes and of course her dress as well. The piece de resistance was a replica of the bride herself, hand cut complete with a veil.

If you could have seen the dress, you would know that I was able to recreate Vera onto a cookie almost exactly, down to the jewel detail on the black satin sash. My friend told me that was the bride's favorite part...and it was mine too. :)



Who doesn't love a wedding?? Cheers to the newlyweds!

Sorority Life

I loved college. I think we've already covered that. One of the main reasons that I loved college so much was undoubtedly thanks to my beloved sorority days in Alpha Phi. Many of my closest friends today are my pledge sisters and the memories of the fun times are endless.

Enter my sorority sister's real-life little sister who is loving life being a part of her own sorority at college down south. Seeing her photos always makes me so nostalgic (and thankful that we didn't have digital cameras and Facebook in college I might add - is it me or are college girls today so much more stylish and and thin?!) ;) It's fun to see her enjoying herself and reliving the fun that I remember from my college sorority days. So when she asked me to make cookies for her Kappa Delta big sis revelation, I was thrilled considering that event remains one of my favorite memories.

I was given full creative reign here and decided to incorporate the sorority colors, symbol, sneak in some school spirit and of course mention the occasion at hand. I had so much fun making these while reminiscing about the pizza I received with A-Phi written in pepperoni during my big sis clue week! Loved that.


Thank you very much Jackie! I'm so happy you're having fun...keep the pictures coming for your jealous friend, okay?? :)

Beach Bum

We're spending a few cookie-free days at one of our favorite places this week...



Anyone know where?? ;)

Looking forward to sharing all of the things we have been working on over the past few weeks when we get home.

Have a great week!

Tangled

Recently when I received a request for Rapunzel cookies, I had a feeling they were going to be based on the "new" version of an old fairytale...and I was right. I thought through how to bring them to life and focused in on a few things...Rapunzel's dress and crown, the castle complete with ivy and a long blonde ponytail and Maximus the horse.


They won the approval of an adorable birthday girl, whose favorite was the dress since that was what she was wearing for her fete. ;)

Thank you Helen! So glad you girls enjoyed the cookies.