Owl Cookie Cuties!

What do little cutie pie owls say  when they go on vacation to Hawaii?

OWL-OOOOOOOO-HA! 

Y'know....kinda like Aloha, but...not.



Okay wait, I've got another one!



What do Teenage Owls do when they go out in Hawaii?

They do the WHOOOOO-La!

One more, one more, one more!!!


What did the little boy owl say to his mom when he left the house?

OWL Be at the Beach!



Okay fine, I'll stop.  That's all I've got.
No more owl jokes for you...


I do have a couple more cookies though...

These were inspired by some little owl stickers I bought at Michaels for a dollar.
I couldn't resist little bikini-clad owls!

This little girl looks mortified! I would be too if I had bathing suit pictures show up on the internet!




I think these are my favorites.

Owls in inner tubes and goggles...
"AAAHHH...where'd my toes go!!!!???"
They look so shocked!

Summer is *finally* almost over for us.
Life is about to get back to normal...

Two weeks until school starts!
Yippee!!!
(Whoops....I totally didn't say that okay! Don't tell the kids!  SSSHHH!)

Hope you all are enjoying the last bits of summer!
(or the start of school....it's okay, I won't tell!)

Surfboard Cookies!

Confession time....

I have never been on a surfboard.

I've lived in Southern California since the age of 7.

A good portion of those years were spent in a town that actually had the word 'beach' in it.

I don't think I've ever lived more than 20 minutes from the ocean....even during college.

Oh wait!

There was the year and a half that Joe and I lived in Texas right after we were married.

We were completely landlocked....

and I developed a strange obsession with lighthouses.

Seriously.

I bought lighthouse ornaments, plates, pictures, placemats, puzzles....very strange.

But then we moved home and the lighthouses were packed away.
But I still haven't been on a surfboard.


And I'm pretty okay with that.
The Pacific Ocean is cold!
I'm more of a  'watch the waves while sipping a coconutty cocktail' kind of a girl.


I'm also a sucker for a good beach movie...

A little love....some moonlight....a song or two.
Fabulous!!!!
Disney's new movie didn't have Elvis, but it was still pretty cute!

If you'd like to see how all these surfboards and flowers were turned into a super cute  Disney Teen Beach Movie stop by Pink Peppermint Prints!
Click HERE
She even has great printables!!!

Our family will be leaving for an island vacation soon.
Maybe I'll finally get on a surfboard!

Okay, fine....we all know that won't happen.
I'll be the lady with the big ole sun hat, sitting in a lounge chair next to the pool,  holding a fruity drink with an umbrella.

But I'll also have a fabulous view of the ocean!!!!

Here are some more fun beachy cookies!
Surfboards and Waves Beachy Birthday Cookies Bikini Cookies Tropical Flower Cookies

Tropical Flower Cookies!

I have Hawaii on the brain lately.
Tropical drinks, suntan lotion, gorgeous sunsets.....
so I made some tropical flowers to go with my daydreams!

When readers ask me how to start decorating cookies,
or what shape to start with,
I usually suggest these wet-on-wet Hibiscus flowers.

They only require two colors, come together super quickly,
and because there isn't really a 'right way' to do them,
a beginner can get really great results!

The basic instructions are the same as the wet-on-wet tutorial I posted for Fall Leaf Cookies.
(You can see that HERE)
Except, I used a sand dollar cookie cutter, not a leaf. That would have been weird.
You can find that cutter here...
Sand Dollar Cookie Cutter
The leaves....

are from the Wilton Set of 3 Leaf Cut Outs.
My all-time, favoritist, can't-live-without-them, leaf cutters!
You can find them here
Wilton Set of 3 Leaf Cut Outs You can also find them just about anywhere that has a Wilton Cake Decorating aisle (Michaels, Jo-Ann's, Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby etc.)

Happy Daydreams everybody! Now if I could only find a hammock.....