Sprinkles from Anne

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I really enjoyed the day: the Macy's Parade with my family and turkey dinner with Topher's. Our day was packed with love, laughter and lots and LOTS of great food! Then we spent our weekend cleaning and decorating the house for Christmas!!!!!!!...

The past few months, I have been seeing a lot of amazing cookies with super cool text. I really wanted to figure how people were doing it because I wanted pretty writing too. I guess, most use their Kopykake. So I started to experiment a little bit with fonts and...

Can you guess what I'm bringing to Thanksgiving dinner?  Thanksgiving dinner, in cookies of course! It is officially the sweetest turkey dinner, ever! I have been cookie dreaming over this idea for weeks and weeks. I think I have looked at hundreds of turkey dinner photos to get inspiration for...

Normally, I read just the post on a blog. I don't always have time to scroll through all the comments. Especially on Sugarbelle's site. She gets 72,000 comments every time she posts her amazing cookies and tips. But I think it was on one of her posts that I read...

I am finding that a mom's world can be somewhat like a black hole. The pull from changing diapers, fixing lunches, singing songs, playing outside, wiping tears and cuddling at bedtime is so strong that it's impossible not to get sucked in completely. Which honestly is fine with me. I...

Did it snow this weekend where you live? It snowed here in Happy Valley (central PA). Of course this was the only weekend I was going to a Penn State football game. It was Cold. Wet. And Snowy. But I braved the elements because there is nothing like a game...

I'm a big Penn State fan. I think it's in my blood. My parents went to Penn State. My brother. My uncle. My husband. I'm hopeful that my kids will go to Penn State. And there is no greater time of year in Happy Valley than the fall because it's...

I know I've said this before, but character cookies are a challenge for me. They actually stress me out. I think it's because everyone knows what the popular characters look like and expect the cookies to be an exact replica. So these cookies are not like an animal or a...

Last Halloween, I created a set of Jack-o-lantern pumpkin cookies. They were cute, don't get me wrong. But, this year I really wanted to try something different. I wanted to do anything but jack-o-lanterns. I found a cute set of painted pumpkins in the Family Circle magazine (not really my...

Who says Halloween has to be all about the fright? I think it should be all about the fa-BOO-lous. The inspiration for this collection came from a greeting card that had a really girly ghost on the front. I only like the fun, sweet side of Halloween. The scary stuff...

I love to bake with my little girl. It's one of the greatest joys of my life. She loves it too. We have matching pink aprons that we wear when we bake (from The Hip Hostess).  We high-five each other after we add ingredients. We laugh. We taste test. We...

A few months ago I was the lucky winner of a giveaway hosted by Loren at the The Baking Sheet! I won an amazing party paper goods package from Berry Town Baker (click here to LIKE her facebook page and to view more of her amazing products). The prize was...

WARNING: The end of this blog post contains cookies that may not be appropriate for young audiences. These cookies are intended to be fun, not offensive. So please enjoy the humor.  Cut-out sugar cookies are so versatile. There are thousands of cookie cutters that can each be decorated in thousands of...

It's hard to believe that one week ago today my sweet baby Cecelia was born. It seems like she's been here longer than a week because she is already so loved and fits right into our little family! I promise not to drone on and on about how cute she...

Maybe sometimes there are points in our life when we need a little encouragement to tap into our inner-fabulous. I'm 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I'm gigantic. I have entered the uncomfortable stage. I'm getting cranky. And on top of that I had a marathon doctor's appointment. Lots of waiting and...