Sprinkles from Anne
My blog is like sprinkles on a cookie: A little something extra!
Two by Two
I love doing baby shower cookies! Often times, customers opt for the traditional onesie... Or baby carriage... and the bibs, bottles, and rattles are also quite popular! But a few months ago, I got a call from a mother who wanted to throw a Noah's Ark themed baby shower. She...
Time to Hit the Links!
It's been a week since I last updated my blog. I think that's the longest I've gone without posting. But life got seriously busy. So many baby showers cookies! Quite a few birthdays - with some creative themes! A First Holy Communion! And a wedding anniversary!! And that anniversary was...
When Life Hands You Lemons
When life hands you lemons...make LEMON COOKIES!! I have been working on this idea for some time...and I finally decided to branch out and offer a LEMON FLAVORED CUT-OUT COOKIE! (sorry about the all-caps and if it seems like I'm shouting, but I'm just SO excited about these cookies!)...
A Little Bling on the Ring
I think these cookies are the closest I'll come to fireworks this year. With so many custom orders on the schedule, I decided not to offer a 4th of July cookie collection. I will make sure it is a priority next year : ) So here is a cookie that...
I Scream, You Scream
Anyone out there watching The Next Food Network Star? Toph and I have been sucked in. We really don't watch much TV in the summer...but this show is the big exception. We watched the latest episode last night on TiVo and loved it. I'm a huge Aarti fan. Huge! I...
Ruby Wedding Anniversary
One of my sweetest customers planned a beautiful party for her in-laws 40th Wedding Anniversary. She contacted me months in advance to commission a special set of wedding themed cookies for the event. Because the 40th anniversary is the 'ruby' anniversary she decided she wanted everything with red accents...including a...
Time to Accessorize! (family tree part 3 of 3)
I can't believe it's already Sunday! We are having the most wonderful weekend! I am glad I have a few minutes to sit down and write my final blog post about my cookie family tree. I know I went into a lot of detail about this project, but it was...
We Are Family (Part 2 of 3)
On my last blog post I showed you an overview of my Cookie Family Tree project. There are 24 different family members on my cookie tree and each face has it's own unique set of characteristics. Today (my second of three posts on this project), I hope to show you...
My Cookie Family Tree (part 1 of 3)
Hands down, Father's Day rocked this year. Topher and I invited both of our families over for a picnic and I got to spend time with almost all the dads in our family. The weather was perfect. And, the picnic food wasn't too bad either! Plus Topher's present was a...
More Daisies
I promise this is the last daisy cookie post for a little while. I do a LOT of daisies each week, which is great because they are my favorite flower ... and one of my favorite cookies. A few weeks ago, I tested a new cookie technique that I found...
Daisies for the Daisy Girl Scouts
A few weeks ago, a friend that is a local Daisy Girl Scout Troop leader, asked me to help her make their last meeting of the year super special. She suggested that I host a cookie decorating party. As a former Girl Scout, I was so excited to have this...
Cupcake Fever
It seems like cupcake fever is rampant in State College right now. A new shop, *ndulge, opened a few weeks ago. And another new shop, Sugar on Top, seems to be opening soon. So in the matter of a few months we'll go from 0 to 2 cupcake shops in...
Empty Nest Syndrome
I knew it would happen. I thought I was prepared. My birds left the nest today. Here is one of the birds sitting on the edge of the nest, getting ready to join the real world. Mamacita brought a worm to the bird. Tempted her with it. And flew to...
Tweet With Me {GIVEAWAY!}
Is it just me, or is it taking all week to recoup from Memorial Day Weekend? I'm still trying to get back in the swing and it's already Friday. We did have a busy Memorial weekend. We power washed our deck. We had a cookout. We went to an awesome wedding... This is Toph...
Duty, Honor, Country
I always feel so honored when customers hire me to make cookies for some of the most important occasions in their lives. I think it's pretty cool that my cookies get to be a little part in big events like baby showers, weddings, bridal showers, birthdays, anniversaries...the list could go...