Christmas Cardinal Cookies!

Living Locurto is one of my favorite Lifestyle blogs. Amy is always coming with fabulous printables and party ideas.
Last year I turned one of those printable sets, the Cardinal Bird Holiday Gift Tag Collection, into cookies! (it's one of my favorite things to do!)

...blue and red has always been a favorite Christmas color combo for me!

This is now my all-time favorite Christmas plaque!

Love those sparkles!!

This snowy background is super simple!

Just white wet-on-wet dots in different sizes!

Big thanks to Amy for letting me cookify her collection!!!

Be sure to pop-over to Living Locurto and poke around! Lots of fun stuff for the holidays!

Fourth of July Cookies!

I have been waiting and waiting to show you these cookies.
WAITING!!!! (I'm not good at waiting) (not even a little)
But I finally said....That's it!!! I'm not waiting anymore!

YAY!!!!!!
Here they are!!!
Happy Summer!!!
Right before Memorial Day I spotted these fabulous printables  by Amy at Living Locurto.

Aren't they Beautiful!

She made them especially for members of her site.

As soon as I saw them I couldn't start mixing colors fast enough.

I was happy and smiling the whole time I made these.

The colors are perfect.

The touch of pale green makes the red even redder.

Love the font.

...and the cute little flowers.

I added a little blue bird of happiness...

'cause they made me happy. (I don't think Amy will mind...)
I hope you like them too!

YAY!!!
(oh my goodness, I'm so happy I don't have to wait anymore...whew!)
Here are some more fun summer cookies to peek at!
Cherry Pie Cookie tutorial
Summer Owl Cookies
Surfboard Cookies
Tennis Cookies

Birthday Birdies and Owl Cookies!

When I moved into my college dorm room many moons ago, (no...I will NOT tell you how many)
I met Sarah.
She was my new roommate and was (is) pretty much perfect.
Super friendly and welcoming. Fun, silly, wicked smart and girlie without being 'mean girlie'.
Completely sensible, but also absolutely the girlfriend you knew  you'd have a great time with all weekend.

Love her.

Plus, she totally introduced me to Joe, who became my super awesome husband.
Because of this I will NOT post the only picture of us I could find.
We are wearing bathrobes and wearing mud masks.



Instead, I will show you the cookies I made for her, for her birthday!

Her Mom wanted to send her some sweet little owls!

I added a loving family tree and some little baby birds  since she has two little birdies of her own.

She let me make them all springtimey and happy.




Which is perfectly appropriate for Sarah.

Because whenever I think of her....

I don't just remember that she is now a wonderful teacher and mom,

and a super brave breast cancer survivor,

but she has always been one of my best examples of who a girlfriend should be.

I wish she lived closer and that we got to see each other often.
But I hope she knows that I think of her all the time,

and always with a smile.



Hope your Birthday was extra Happy!
(Joe says 'Hi' too!)