Christmas 2010 cookies

Okay, so this was my "aha" moment with decorating cookies.  I had read a lot of blogs about cookie decorating and watched some how-to videos on the web and finally figured out that I was using royal icing that was WAY too thin.  These cookies were some of the first that I was really proud of...

Here are some chocolate mini cupcakes I made with royal icing snowflake toppers.  They weren't quite as cute as I wanted, but considering how busy I am at Christmas time, they came out pretty good.  These snowflakes were super delicate, though - I think I ended up making twice as many as I used b/c half of them broke as I picked them up.  Next time, I would spend a little more time on them and make the fosting a little more pale blue.

Hayden's 3rd Birthday (May 2010)

So here are some pictures from Hayden's 3rd birthday.  It was my first attempt at fondant cupcake toppers and I thought they turned out pretty well.  I also made some Oreo pops (chocolate-covered Oreos) and some cookies that went with the monkey theme of the party.  Note, I was still pretty terrible at decorating cookies, and the hot weather wasn't helping.

Banana Cupcakes

Monkey Cupcakes

Oreo Pops

Cookies - Monkeys, Palm Trees, & Bananas

Hayden's 2nd Birthday (May 2009)

So this was way back in 2009.  It was my first try at cookie decorating and considering how terrible I was at it then, it turned out pretty well.  And Hayden loved it, so that's all that really mattered.

Hayden's 2nd Birthday - Cookie Train

Close up of the cookie train

Every party needs cupcakes