Ballerina dreams.....

Here they are......My ballerina tu tu cookies. This is my first attempt at making ruffles. Aren't these the cutest little girlie cookies?  Pink, ruffles and glitter.....what could be better?

When my two oldest daughters were little I made all of their Halloween costumes.

One year I made them ballerina costumes. They were so excited. We even set up a little photo shoot. It was fun and just something we always did......we played a lot.

This is one of my favorite pictures of them in these costumes.  This picture was taken during a time when they just loved each other so much, and NEVER got into a fight.

Now it's she did this and she did that....typical teenager stuff.  They share a room, which I am sure doesn't help.

When I found this cookie cutter from

Copper Gifts

, I had to get it.  It's item

#2043

 (I altered my cookie before I put it in the oven)

It reminded me so much of my four daughters, who all have a love of dancing....and just being girls.

I've been wanting to try making ruffles on a cookie for a while. This was the perfect opportunity.  It is my first attempt and certainly not perfected yet, but I will continue to practice until it's just the way I want it.....I'm a bit OCD.

~Throw on your heels and get to baking~

Crazy About Owls...

Okay I have to ask......What's the deal with the owl obsession?

Everyone is not cuckoo over cocoa puffs, they're cuckoo over OWLS.

When my daughter signed me up to bring desserts for a class party owls were NOT on my mind.

 I wanted to make cute Halloween cookies.  However, Miss B had other plans.  She wanted owls.....cute girlie owls.

I remembered seeing some owl cookies by one of my favorite cookie makers, 

Sweet Sugarbelle

.  She is always so inspiring.

So.....off to the kitchen I went to make owl cookies, because what Miss B wants, Miss B usually gets.

No, I have not jumped on the owl bandwagon.....sorry I just haven't....not YET anyway.  I just didn't see the "cuteness" that everyone else saw.....UNTIL I made these.

I NEVER admit when I am wrong.  So I'm not going to say I was wrong and owls are cute, just that I make cute cookies....will that work? Yeah, we'll go with that.

To make these cookies you'll need:

royal icing tinted pink, green, turquoise, yellow, black and white

#3 i icing tip

#2 icing tip (for feathers only)

disposable bags

1.  First make eyes on cookie. Let dry. 

Then outline the brown parts of the owl. Let dry 30 min.

  2.  Fill in brown area of owl with flood icing. Let dry 3-4 hours.  If you have bleeding issues with your icing, let it dry a bit longer.

Here's where it gets tricky....because your blogger (me) forgot to take pictures.  So you will have to rely on your imagination. 

3.  Next outline pink area of owl. Let dry 30 min then fill with pink flood icing. 

(imaginary picture here)

let dry 3-4 hours.

4.  add flower bow to owl and orange beak.

5. pipe green scallop design on owl's belly for feathers.

6. pipe owls feet. (three little vertical dashes)

For other cute owl cookies, check out

Sweet Sugarbelle's blog

.

~Throw on your heels and get to baking~