It's party time!

A few cookie creations to get you in a party mood...



The cake is my favorite part of any party


I love these little "candies". The sanding sugar makes them even better.


Balloons are perfect for any celebration

Time to get the party started!!
If you are in need of party decorations to match your next celebration check out this blog... www.pinkhippoboutique.blogspot.com
Her stuff is so cute and everything is handmade.

Cookies

New Designer Onesies


Martini anyone?


Explorer Stars!


Ballerina Tutu

www.sugarcoatedcookies.com

It is here!!! SugarCoated Cookies has a website.

This whole experience feels real now. This is not just my little hobby any longer. This website has made it feel official and professional and everything I hoped it would be. Take a moment and check out the website and let me know what you think. I still have some tweaking to do like adding descriptions and such but overall it is up and running and awesome.

www.sugarcoatedcookies.com

A huge thank you to my web designer, Amber. She is amazing and if you are looking for someone to create a custom site for you she is your girl. She is sweet and helpful. She really takes her time thinking of what you would like and what would work for your business. She listened to everything I wanted and went above and beyond. I can not sing her praises enough.
Check her out at www.thecoutureddesigner.etsy.com

New Website

SugarCoated Cookies is getting a WEBSITE!! That is right, it is time to take the next step and that means try and move off Etsy and on to my own site. I love Etsy and selling on there but I need to beef up my local orders and have a place for them to go and view my cookies. Business is booming and I am just so blessed.
Designing this site is harder than I thought. I want it awesome, I just do not know what that is for me right now. Do I want it childlike or sophisticated? Do I want muted colors or bright colors? The choices and the designs are all starting to blur.

I am so excited about this and will obviously let you guys know when it is up and running. In the meantime I have cut back on my cookie orders for the summer. I have been taking no more than 5 a week and it has given me some time to work on new designs and more importantly play with my kids this summer. Here are some designs I have been working on.

My daughters party

Most of the time I have customers tell me what type of cookie I need to make for their party so when my own daughters birthday rolled around I started thinking what we could make. I had so many ideas. She was having a bowling party but figured I could go bowling theme or birthday theme. I thought about it for a long time. I sketched out cookies and about a week ago I took out all the cookie cutters I thought would work. I had everything lined up and I took my daughter into my work room and said okay, here are the sketches, here are some of my ideas, and here are the cookie cutters that you can look at to get an idea of size and shape. Did I mention this is her 5th birthday? A little overkill I know, but she is super smart and I knew she could follow all this ridiculousness I had done. I had three tier birthday cakes, I had sketched out a bowling shirt that had her name and a bowling ball on the back, I had cupcake cookies, party hat cookies, initial cookies, you name it. She looks at everything for 5 seconds and says "I just want a purple bowling ball cookie". Now I am thinking, UM!... okay but that is just a 4 inch circle cutter with some added details. Look at the cornucopia of detailed designs I have for you. Yea, no! She picked the BOWLING BALL! All my hardwork and brainstorming went right out the window. She did decide to add a sparkly number 5 to the ball. I was thrilled to make them for her because it is what she wanted. It matched her theme and her number 1 criteria was size and this is a BIG cookie.

I was also able to make her cake. I saw a picture of this cake on a food blog (that I can not remember the name of to save my life) and I knew I had to make it. So I was able to make her cake this year as well and she loved it.

We just got back from her party and I think it was a success. Everyone loved the cookies and the cake was a hit too.

Bowling ball cookie favors designed by my 5 year old:


The cake I made for the party:

A little break

Well, after last week (595 cookies) I really needed a break from cookies. I gave myself one week with no cookies (other than for my daughter's birthday party) and I made it to Tuesday without feeling the need to decorate. HA!!
I am still enjoying my week off and I have only done a few cookies here and there. This week has been great. I created a few new designs for my store and I had no deadlines!! WIN WIN!
My favorite cookie this week is not my own design but one inspired by Karen of Karen's cookies. She sells baking supplies and usually includes pictures of cookies she designed using the cookie cutters she sells. I LOVED her gumball machine and had to make one of my own. It is so fun and I really love how it turned out. I am happy with all the cookies I made this week but that is hands down my favorite. Without further ado... a FEW of this weeks creations.

Giddy Up Cowboy


Will you marry me?


Baby Time!


GUMBALL MACHINE!! (my fav)



Okay, so tell me your favorite from this weeks creations and any design you would like to see me try. Have a great weekend!!!

Pear cookies and more

In my last post I mentioned doing pear cookies for dear family members. Well, they are done and being shipped tomorrow. I am very happy with them and can not wait to hear what Joe and Betty think.



I have also been busy with end of year school cookies...


I even did some Hungry Caterpillar fruit cookies for a little ones 1st birthday.



I have baked and decorated 595 cookies in the last 6 days. It has been CRAZY!! I will post more soon but wanted everyone to see what I have been up to.
Thanks for the orders!!!