Love Bird Cookies

Remember what it was like when you first fell in love? When everything was new and exciting.

Remember acting like little love birds. Always holding hands, kissing, using mushy love talk. Yeah, those were the days.

The days before you had to clean his hair out of the sink from his morning shave......before you had to pick up his dirty clothes off the floor.......and before you knew of all his disgusting habits. You remember the days before that right?

Those were the days......

Well my hubby and I are still like love birds.....and he doesn't have any disgusting habits.....he even picks up all his dirty clothes and puts them in the properly sorted laundry baskets.......

AHHHHH YEAH RIGHT!!!! Totally Fantasy.....but it's a good fantasy.

Well this fantasy got me thinking about cookies. Then again, everything has me thinking about cookies.

I bought this paisley cutter from Ecrandal right before Christmas and never got around to using it. I knew when I saw it, I was going to use it for quite a few things. Mainly I wanted it to make birds. So, when I started thinking of love birds I was so excited to use my new cutter.

First roll out your dough and cut out paisley shapes and a heart shapes.
Bake according to your recipe directions.

**TIP: If you want birds facing each other be sure to flip some of the paisley shapes BEFORE baking. Otherwise you have to decorate the back of the cookie. Which isn't the end of the world, but isn't how I wanted to do mine.

 Using pink royal icing and a #2 tip, outline cookie. 

With pink flood icing, fill entire cookie. Let dry overnight.

Outline heart cookie with red royal icing. I just used the bottle of flood icing. About 20 second consistency. I didn't feel like putting it in a bag :)

Then Fill with the red 20 second icing. Let dry overnight.

Add eyes. You could use black candy beads if you're not comfortable piping. 

Then add a dab of royal icing and lay heart on top for wing. Be sure your hearts are completely dry to prevent sticking your finger in them like I did and making a dent.

Allow several hours for icing to dry under the wing.

Football Cookies....

Okay, so this weekends football game had me way too stressed out.

As you all know I'm from New Orleans, so naturally I'm a huge Saints fan.  HUGE.

My husband on the other hand HATES sports. He'll sit down next to me to watch the Saints game, but he'd rather be doing something else.

I know, I know some of you are wishing your husband hated sports so your television would not be consumed with sports all the time.......but trust me mine watches other stupid things that I can't stand to watch, like Mythbusters, How it's Made, oh and not to mention the darn HISTORY channel. Yeah, seriously.

If he wants to learn stuff so bad he can turn on one of my shows. Those are "real world" educational. Things he may actually need to know.

So I took over the television for the one football game. Let me tell you, I would have preferred to watch his stupid stuff......REALLY.

Did you see that game?

I think I had a mini heart attack! Seriously! First they were loosing....then they were winning with only a few minutes left to the game. I was ready to purchase the tickets for the SuperBowl and some plane tickets when.......

TOUCHDOWN for the 49ers.........I was like WHATTHEHELLJUSTHAPPENED?

Really? I didn't know what to say.

I've been really trying not to be a Debbie Downer later and be more of a Positive Patty so trying to think like Patty.........I thanked the New Orleans of Saints for their loss.

It went something like this......

Thank you Saints for not showing up to play football today. You just saved me hundreds of dollars on Superbowl tickets, not to mention airplane tickets, car rental, hotel........That money will be much better spent on a new pair of heels!

It's a win win situation! Right?

Well, I made some football cookies. At least if the game wasn't any good, the cookies were. The cookies are always good. They vanish around here.

These are really easy to make for a beginner.

First roll out your dough and cut out football shapes.

Bake your cookies according to your recipes directions.

Next outline outer edge of cookie, then add a line down the center. It doesn't have to be exactly straight.

Next fill top section ONLY. This will give the cookie definition. I learned this tip from SugarBelle. Go to her blog for some amazing tips! Let the top section dry for a few hours.

Then fill in bottom section. Let dry several hours.

Next add the white details with royal icing and a #2 tip. A #1.5 PME tip would have been better, but since it was dirty and I only own one, I used the #2. Allow that to dry.  

You can add the laces at the top instead of the middle.....I like this way better.

Then enjoy your football cookies at your favorite football game or Superbowl party. Hopefully your team will play better than mine did this past weekend. 

ENJOY!