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~

Rocky Horror Picture Show Cookies

I See You Shiver With ANTICI. . . .PATION

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.........

This has to be my all time favorite movie....EVER!

I think it's more because of the memories, then the actual movie itself.

It was years ago when I was fourteen.  My mom and her best friend Cathy decided to take their two daughters (Jennifer and I) to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  Now this is NOT a child's movie, but our mom's were COOL like that.

The movie only played at midnight, so off we went to the midnight showing.

In case you have no clue what the "big hype" about this movie is, I'll explain it's FUN-NESS.  It's an audience participation movie.  I wanted to go the minute mom told me I could throw rice at the wedding scene.....Really mom, throw rice?  Oh, I was so there!

So off we went to get supplies for the movie. We needed rice, newspaper, lighter, water gun, party blowers, and a few other things.

We arrived and waited in line.  There were people dressed up as the movie characters waiting outside.  This was about the most exciting thing that I ever went to.....I lived a dull life....hey, I was fourteen.

After waiting in a very long line, we found seats (no back row for us) and waited for the movie to start.  Apparently the back row was the x-rated row.....we didn't ask.

The movie began and LET THERE BE LIPS......I loved the red lips singing.

Then the group of people dressed as the characters were on the stage under the screen playing the movie.  They acted out the entire move! They shouted out different things all throughout the movie, like name calling Janet, among other things.  For a teenager it was the "coolest" thing we ever went to.

Frank n Furter came down in these heels and it was time to dance.....The Time Warp. (*notice my torn fishnets*)

.....oh how I love the time warp. 

Everyone seemed to get up and do the dance..  Que music.....

It's just a JUMP to the LEFT..... 

and then a STEP to the RIGHT.......

put your Hands on your HIPS.........

you BRING your knees in TIGHT.......

but it's the PELVIC THRUST.....

that really DRIVES you INSANE.

   LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN

After the move was over, we were wet from the rain and full of rice from the wedding.  SERIOUSLY we had rice in our bras, pants, you name it. YES, there was that much rice being thrown.

It's now many, many years later and I still love The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  It will always be one of my favorites and will always be a great memory of my mother and I.

Have you seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

What's you're favorite scene or quote?  Favorite character?

If you haven't been to see this movie, I insist you go see it.....NOT at home on DVD but in the THEATRE as it's meant to be watched.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my cookies. These were so fun for me to make.  Be sure to leave a comment telling me how great they are, because well,  I spend all my time baking and don't get out to see people....so I just need to feel good about myself and know I am loved :)

Oh and before I forget......I'll be having a giveaway soon to celebrate reaching 200 likes on facebook. Be sure to follow my blog so you don't miss any updates or great cookies like these.

~Throw on your heels and get to baking~