Bridal shower cookies

These tea cup & tea pot cookies were made for a bridal shower.

Unfortunately, they did not make it there intact. They are the only cookies I've ever shipped to break like that!

Luckily, I did figure out what was wrong so that that hopefully won't happen in the future.
I have done most of my baking in the fall, winter, and spring, so the hot and wet summer meant I needed to use more flour in the dough to get it as sturdy as normal. Plus, I now bake cookies that will be shipped a little longer to ensure they will be sturdy for the trip. These were softer, which is tasty, but dangerous for travel.

I was devastated that they broke in transit, but glad to have learned more about properly shipping my cookies.

Brush Embroidery

I finally found a design that I like for the teacup and teapot cookies! I made the flowers with a technique I just learned called brush embroidery.

After looking up how to do brush embroidery, I practiced on a salad plate.

I used thick royal icing and outlined a flower.

Then I dragged a clean paint brush from the edge of the outline towards the center.

After the outside petals are finished, I do the same thing with the inside petals and finish with a dot in the center of the flower.

I think I'm going to be playing around with this style of decorating a lot now. I really like how it turned out!

Excuses & Elephants

It's been awhile since I've updated, but I have an excuse! I've been really, really busy - much busier than normal. I just started a new job last Friday, and the process of getting and beginning the job required several trips across the county, interviews, paperwork, orientation, and a TB test! Finally the paperwork is done and the job has begun.

I should be able to get back to cookie decorating this weekend. Easter is coming up, and I plan to have Easter cookies to hand out to my Sunday school class. Until then, I leave you with a few cookies I worked on before my hiatus.

Recent Cookie Escapades