New Baby Cookies for a New Big Brother!

 Good friends of ours just had a perfect little baby boy!!

His name is Hayden (isn't that a great name!) and he is soooooo super lucky

to join their family.

Know why?

Because one of the greatest little munchkins is his new big brother!!!

(that's Gavin up there and his Mommy on his first day of preschool!!)

Gavin is so very excited to tell everyone he meets that he has a new baby!

He loves to introduce him.

But still, sometimes its hard to suddenly share Mom and Dad with a new baby.

So instead of

'Congratulations on your new baby boy' cookies....




....I made

'Congratulations!  You are a Big Brother!' cookies.

From here on out, he's no longer out numbered by parents!!



There will always be someone around to distract them while he sneaks an extra cookie!

(don't worry, I didn't tell him that....yet)

Someone to laugh at his jokes and watch movies with.

Someone who will look up to him like he's a rock star.

Someone he can look out for and watch over,

like the super great big brother he already is!

So Congratulations to Mark, Stefanie, Gavin and Hayden, on becoming

a fabulous family of four!!!




These cookies are just for Gavin,

but I'm pretty sure he'll share them with you!

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B

Rainbow Ruffle Cookies!

Its officially rainbow season!

One of my favorite people, Paige, is turning six!!!

Last year she had a Disney Princess party....

which I made waaaay too many cookies for....

then those cookies turned into a blog....

THIS year its a Rainbow Party!!

When I heard a few weeks ago that she had chosen a rainbow party, I thought, 

"Oh that's great!  I haven't made those before, 

and I don't think I've seen too many of those around either...." 

...ahem.

Then the St. Patrick's Day craftiness exploded all over the place and

I saw more rainbow cookies than I could count!

All of them super cute, I might add.

So what's a cookie lady to do...

I wanted to make something I hadn't made before, and that I hadn't seen yet.

Hmmm....what do little girls love just as much as rainbows!

RUFFLES!!!

Here we go!

(I'm trying this tutorial business again...)

I do not own a rainbow cutter, and because of the rainbow explosion I mentioned earlier, 

there aren't any to be found...

I used the largest circle cutter from my set, and the littlest cutter to cut a hole in the center.

It looked just like a donut, then I cut it in half!  

Voila!  Rainbow!  

I added two heart shaped clouds for fun.

I outlined the hearts with a number 2 tip and let that dry.

Here's one with the regular cloud shape.

Someday....someday....I will remember to take all the in between pictures!

I used a number 101 tip and icing a little bit stiffer than piping consistency.

Being right-handed, I started on the left side and just....went for it...

My icing should have been a bit stiffer I think, and maybe a larger tip...

(I like to think about what I would do different the next time.)

Since I had six rainbows to do, first I did all the red, then all the orange and so on,

giving the previous color just enough time to start crusting a bit.

They were done in no time!

This is my new favorite cookie to make!

(until I make the next new cookie...)

Six is a pretty big birthday, don't you think?

Closer to ten, more than half a decade old!

That deserves more than one type of rainbow....

right?

(stay tuned...)

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B