Sprinkles from Anne

My blog is like sprinkles on a cookie: A little something extra!

Celebrating Dads

May 28, 2010

Time to honor the dads! Father's Day is always the 3rd Sunday in June...and to help sweeten the celebration, I have created two special cookie collections for Father's Day. Dads love cookies. At least mine does.  The first collection is for the 'All-Star Dad'. For the baseball fans... the basketball...

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Deserving of Their Own Post!

May 26, 2010

These photos deserve their own post. Remember these musical cookies I made a few weeks ago??   This is the email I received from my customer... Anne, The cookies were amazing!  Everyone loved them and we actually played happy birthday on them! ; ) thanks again, Judson And here are...

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Steampunk Birthday

May 25, 2010

A few weeks ago my mom commissioned me to create a special set of cookies for a close friend of the family's birthday. I have known this friend just about my entire life. We were neighbors growing up in a small farming town in Pennsylvania called Kempton. She had the...

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A Priceless Reaction

May 22, 2010

Making and decorating cookies is my passion in life. I love mixing, chillin', rolling, baking, mixing, decorating, drying, and then more decorating. The process is lengthy, so to do it day after day, I think I must really love it.  One of the reasons I love it so much is...

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Something Old, Something New

May 18, 2010

Hey! Exciting news. This is my 50th blog post! Can you believe it? I launched the Flour Box website on January 25, 2010 and I'm already at #50. Time certainly does fly when you're having fun.  The site and my business are a constant work in progress. I'm always coming up with...

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Thanks A Million!

May 16, 2010

***Welcome to Bake at 350 readers! I hope you enjoy my recent cookie project. Special thanks to Bridget for organizing such a fun way to share ideas!! If you leave a comment - please include your blog address so that I can check you out too!*** I'm elbow deep in a few...

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Sweet Success

May 14, 2010

It's graduation time and Flour Box is offering a delicious cookie gift for 2010 grads! You can view this new item by clicking here!!   This gift includes 12 cookies: 2 school pennants, 2 '2010' balloons, 2 diplomas, 4 message stars, and 2 graduation caps. Plus, I will customize your...

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A Set of Musical Birthday Cookies

May 13, 2010

A mystery has been solved. Two days ago, this package appeared on Topher's desk at work. It had a card attached to the top with a cute flower decal and my name (written in my favorite dottie lettering). Topher didn't know who it was from, but sent me a text...

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Happy Birthday, Flo!

May 12, 2010

Happy Birthday to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing! In her honor, nurses around the globe are celebrating National Nurse Appreciation Week! This time of recognition for these everyday heroes is celebrated from May 6th - 12th. According to Wikipedia, Florence Nightingale, "(12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910)...

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Seattle or Bust (part 2)

May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mom's in the world - especially all the moms in my family!!! I had a fantastic day with my sister and mom! They are the BEST! This is the message on my Mother's Day card from my mom: Dear Anne, I'm sorry I...

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Seattle or Bust (part 1)

May 8, 2010

It's naptime in the Yorks household, this week's orders are complete, and a fresh pot of coffee is brewing. Ahhhhh...it's blog time! It's been a very busy week of baby shower cookies, nurse cookies, fire fighter cookies...and lots and lots of MOTHER'S DAY cookies!! I'll be posting pictures soon! Thank...

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Paisley & Company - Bath Boutique

May 7, 2010

I got my first Mother's Day gift on Wednesday. My thoughtful sister-in-law and my two nieces made me lavender bath soap and a jar with bath salt. (And in case anyone is following this blog regularly, this is the same SIL that made me the beautiful cake plate centerpiece and the handmade picnic set...

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Luau Bridal Shower

May 6, 2010

 A luau is a Hawaiian feast. So I guest this post is all about a cookie feast at a bridal shower. A few months ago, a customer contacted me about a bridal shower she was throwing for a friend. This was one organized client. She already had a theme, party...

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There's No Place Like Home

May 2, 2010

I'm so happy to be back in Happy Valley. In case you're just tuning in, I spent the past week in New York City. The City. It's a wonderful place to visit, but there is no place like home. All in all it was a great trip for our family....

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Greetings from the Upper East Side

April 27, 2010

Hello! I'm happy to report that I have navigated our family safely to our hotel room on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I'm a crazy driver and I fit in really well here! We haven't had a chance to do any cookie-ing or cupcaking yet...but I think that is...

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