Look, a Cake!

See, I still do make cakes! LOL  Just kidding :)  I actually have a LOT of cakes coming up soon.  But I also just finished a set of cookies, so I'll be posting those here soon too!

This cake was for our "connection group" from church.  Jay and I are in a group with 2 other couples (will probably grow to another couple or 2) and we have a book we go through.  Its all about growing in our relationship with Christ.  One of the other couples has a son just a week older than our Oliver.  The other couple has the little baby who I made the cookies for his nurse.  (Which, by the way, baby Daniel should be coming home THIS WEEK!!!! Yay!! God is SO GOOD!!!!!)

So here's the cake.  A friend has requested this "Cornelli lace" design for an upcoming cake so I wanted to try it.  I should have taken a picture of the inside of the cake.  It was white with raspberry swirl with raspberry filling..yummmm!

Miracles Happen.

This cookie order was very special to me.  We have a wonderful set of friends at church whose grandson was born very prematurely. (I want to say 25ish weeks?) He was due April 27th and was born January 10th weighing 1 lb 10 oz.  God has used baby Daniel to inspire so many of us.  Daniel is now over 5 lbs and should be coming home soon!!!  Jay and I have also been blessed to become friends with Daniel's parents.  We are now in a small connection group with them through church, along with one other couple.  We are all young parents and the support is wonderful.

Daniel's grandma ordered these cookies to take to Daniel's nurses at the NICU.  After 3 months they have formed some very special bonds with them.  There were 2 dozen "Thank You" cookies and 2 dozen baby cookies.

These were some of my favorites from the set.

teddies :)  look forward to making more of these, they were sweet.

wasn't real happy with the carriages, but I look forward to trying them again sometime.  I might look around for another cutter for this one.

bottles :)  these were so fun to do.

onesies!  In an odd way these reminded me of Easter eggs in regards to the fact that there are endless designs!!

baby duckies

I loved how these rattles turned out!  I wasnt sure about them but they really were a lot of fun.  and of course, the little cookie bites were so fun!

Angie (Daniel's grandma) absolutely loved these cookies and said they could just make her cry.  That made me tear up!  I feel so blessed that God has given me a skill that I can use to help others.

Women's Bible Study

We have an awesome group of women at our church.  Our group is called W.O.W...Women Of Worship.  They are just wonderful, Godly women and I feel blessed to be a part of their circle.  They show God's love in a way that can only be experienced, not described.  So each week during our Bible study I bring cookies :)  I think I'm developing a reputation as the cookie lady!

This week I did a platter of cupcake cookies.  These are always so popular and one of my favorite cookies to make.  This time I wanted to try out some of my new Americolor gel colors and did a set in their "electric" colors.  I really like how they turned out!!

a close-up.  yummy :)

a few more Easter cookies!

Its almost Easter, and as a Christian this day is so exciting for me.  I cant wait for our church's first Easter service.  To make it even more special, Jay and I are getting baptized tomorrow during service.  I was baptized as an infant, but I want to make it my own conscious choice this time.  Dying away from my old self and rising again to live for Christ.  It is going to be awesome!  So while the Easter baskets are so fun, and giving Oliver some of these cookies will be great, we are making sure to stop and remember what Easter is all about.  Hallelujah, He is risen!

These turned out fun, the colors were bright and cheerful. :)

Bunny face 'n booty :)

carrot cookies...I love these for some reason! I get a kick out of making cookies that look like other foods, lol.

Sorry for the poor lighting, these little guys were a very pretty yellow.  I can't wait til Oliver sees the big ducky.  Its HUGE!!

I loved doing these crosses, but had a problem with my dough spreading. Oh well, they are still neat :)

A friend ordered pig cookies for her sons for their baskets.  Carly, I hope they liked them! I thought they turned out cute...I just hope they dont look like pink hippos!

And her sons also like John Deere, so I made these eggs in those colors for them.

A good friend at church ordered these for her 3 girls.  I cant wait to hear their reactions when they see them in their baskets :)

and I had to take a pic of the end result of an Easter platter.  I think it turned out very pretty :)

and if you've made it this far looking at all my Easter creations, heres a little treat for you :)

My precious little Oliver..who got ahold of a coupler and tip of black icing!!  ahhh boy.

Boy was he proud of himself!

and one more, because I think the many pictures I got of my dad and Oliver are precious...

They went for a little walk outside while I finished up some orders.  Oh, this makes my heart happy :)

and I just realized that I forgot to take a pic of the whole bunch of mini-cookies I did. Oh well!  Some are in Oliver's Easter eggs so I'll try to get a pic before he eats them all.  (Some kids get candy in their eggs, some get money...mine gets cookies! anyone surprised??) :-D

Happy Easter everyone!!!!!!!!!

Happy Easter!

You all ready for this? LOTS of Easter cookies!!  (not all in this post...blogger is sloooow with uploads, and, well, Oliver just isnt that patient!)  This week has been insanely busy. It reminded me of how I felt with the wedding cake! God works in mysterious ways though; of all weeks for Jay to experience hardships at work and be at home with us, this was the week for it! And I still have more to go! I still have to decorate a set for a friend and all of Oliver's. So just when you think this post is over...there'll be another one soon :)  Some are probably duplicates of what I've already posted, but hey, with a little one, sometimes I just have to quickly upload so they at least get posted! :)

Bunnies! Funny, when I got this cutter I wasn't thrilled with it but now I'm going to make more because they turned out pretty cute.  I like the simplicity of them.  But I do think I'll put some sanding sugar on their tails next time.

Pretty bunny faces

little bunnies peekin' at ya

pretty butterflies

hey chick! :)

quack, quack, quack!

Lambs, I have some different ideas for next year but I just stuck with this design for now.

stitches...

Baskets...these were really popular so next year I want to get an actual basket cutter instead of using the egg! and maybe do a blue background so that the whole cookie has icing. (maybe thats just my love of icing coming out.) :)

I love polka dots :)

All different designs for Easter eggs! I already cant wait to do them next year.  I have so many ideas in my head, but I was incredibly busy this year and just didnt get time to try them all out.

Some simple butterflies with stitching.

A group shot of some of my faves.

Easter cookies!

I am currently up to my eyeballs in sugar cookies and icing.  Last night I was able to take the time to go to a woman's Bible study at our church and took the ladies some of the Easter cookies.  Here's a quick picture of some of them.  They appreciated them very much, and that made me so happy.

I apologize for the quick post, but its 5:00 and I still have a LOT of decorating to do before my parents come tomorrow! Dad is taking back some of the orders I have for people in Indy, so I need to get moving. :)  Be ready for lots of pics soon!

Hearts and Scrolls

This cake was a lot of fun to do, although I was seeing hearts and dots in my dreams! LOL  This cake had over 100 scroll hearts, which meant 400+ dots as well!  It was WASC with a raspberry filling...YUMMY!  And even better, the lady who ordered it for her mom said today that everyone loved it.  And this lady has a brother in Texas who owns 2 bakeries, so I take that as quite a compliment!!

Sorry for the bad picture, I forgot to take one until it was all boxed up.