CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, September 26, 2014

 
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Cookie'sCool November 14 - 16, 2014 in Genoa, Italy

CookieCruise 2015 on January 22-26, 2015

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

Awww.....back to the normal routine.

It has been a nice quiet week. :)

I can't say that I've had one like it for more than month now. ;)

I'm decorating cookies using a lot of my custom cutters featured on www.creativecookier.com.

I am having a BLAST! 

It is so fun to carry out what has been formulating in my head.

This week I did lots of pumpkin cookies.

Next week......I'll continue into another fall theme.

That will probably be the last of the autumn cookies for this year.

I've got Thanksgiving cookies to whip up.....and then Christmas!

It's the most wonderful time of the year.....especially for cookies. :)

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Instagram photos for this week:

This week's cookies: Navy & Fuschia Glamor set!

Acorn Cookies from last fall....

Plain 'ole Pumpkin Cookies made with new CookieCrazie Custom Cutters here and here.

With this color palette, how can I not have an awesome week!
Tomorrow is the first day of…. FALL! 

Pumpkin mania is coming along..... 

I'm CRAZIE about how this cookie turned out!
(Please excuse the poor quality of lighting).
At first I thought the cookie would be a castaway, because airbrushing did not go well.
But once I got the edible clay pine cones and acorns on it, I decided I liked the look.

Autumn Quilt Cookies from last fall.....

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CookieCrazie Chatter...... September 19, 2014

Purple Gold and Black Cookie Collection

If you haven't guessed already, purple is one of my favorite colors.

This collection of cookies was right up my alley.......colors, molds, & shapes. 

I loved every decorating second. :)

Here's my CookieCrazie edible glaze molding clay recipe.

These are my favorite silicon mold sites:

 Mold Muse

Stacey Decor

Mastor Molds

Bow Cookie (Tutorial)

 Golden Butterfly Cookie (Tutorial)

My favorites of the set.....

Purple Gold and Black Cookie Collection

Bow Cookie (Tutorial)
Golden Butterfly Cookie (Tutorial) 
Purple Gold and Black Cookie Collection 

Edible Glaze Molding Clay

 Edible Glaze Molding Clay (Recipe)

Cookie Fun with Airbrush and Silicon Molds

"Pop-Up" Flowers on a Cookie (Tutorial) 

Pink, Silver & Black Cookie Collection 

Purple Gold and Black Cookie Collection 

Melon Turquoise Shabby Chic Cookie Collection

Edible Clay: Endless Cookie Decorating Possibilities 

Burlap Plaque Cookies (Tutorial) 

Edible Clay Flowers (Tutorial) 

CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, September 12, 2014

 
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Cookie'sCool November 14 - 16, 2014 in Genoa, Italy

CookieCruise 2015 on January 22-26, 2015

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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I am so glad that I got all the wedding cookies decorated and packaged last week.

That allowed me to relax a bit this week and have a lot less to prepare for the wedding.

Last night, my son arrived from Florida.

Today, my other two sons and my daughter-in-law come in town.

And then the fun really begins!

Tonight is the wedding rehearsal and dinner.

Tomorrow afternoon is the wedding!

My sweet Jill is marrying Joe tomorrow.

It will be a wonderful event.

Next week.....I'll be back at cookies.

 

For now.....I'm basking in the love of being with my whole family.

I'm indeed blessed!

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Instagram photos for this week:

A-P-P-L-E Fun with the Helvetica letter cutters.

 May your Saturday be sunflower-y good.

Favorites from the apple cookie collection.

All of these are CookieCrazie Custom Cutters at www.creativecookier.com! 

Do you remember the Apple tree cookie platter from last week's blog post?
Ginny of Creative Cookier has helped me make a CookieCrazie Custom Cutter set
to facilitate making all the cookies for the platter!
We plan to offer more sets to compliment these cutters in the future.
Hooray!

Wanting to keep my mind on the right things as I prepped for the Ukraine trip.....
I incorporated Philippians 4:8 into the cookie theme. :)
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, 
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

So now you know one of my upcoming cookie themes. ;)
I'm anxious to start decorating with Creative Cookier's new Big Bodacious Alphabet.

Since my daughter's wedding is just two days away.....
I thought I'd flashback to my son's wedding in Dec 2012. 
Wonderful memories.....and to think we are about to make MORE awesome memories 
after Allison's wedding just 3 ½ months ago. 
What a year it is! Lovin' it.

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CookieCrazie Chatter...... September 5, 2014

Golden Butterfly Cookie (Tutorial)

Wow......a single-colored cookie.
If you only knew how hard that is for me. :)
But in this case, making it golden made it worth it.

There are MANY butterfly cookie cutters, so that shouldn't be hard to find.
Here's the one used in this project.

With gold 10-second glaze (only ONE color to mix up!), outline and flood the butterfly wings.

Allow the glaze to dry for about 30 minutes.

Add large round balls of glaze down the center of the butterfly to make the body.

Outline the wings with a 1.5 PME tip.

Add designs to the wings as desired.

Once the cookie has dried overnight, make a mixture of gold luster dust and vodka,

and paint all over the surface of the butterfly.

Beautifully simple.....

Purple Gold and Black Cookie Collection

Bow Cookie (Tutorial)
Golden Butterfly Cookie (Tutorial)

CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, September 5, 2014

 
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Cookie'sCool November 14 - 16, 2014 in Genoa, Italy

CookieCruise 2015 on January 22-26, 2015

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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This Friday finds me back at home and diligently preparing for my daughter's

wedding just one week from tomorrow.

Arriving home from Ukraine and sleeping in my own bed last Friday night was pure bliss.

Then I took an entire day to do laundry, pay bills, and clean off my desk.

On Sunday, it was time to jump back into life and start decorating 200 wedding cookies!

I had to work Labor Day Monday at the hospital......so that took a chunk out of my week.

But some how, I managed to get finish decorating yesterday.

And now all I have to do is package each one of them. :)

Once they are finished.....I plan to start preparing for my family's arrival next week.

I want to decorate the house for fall.......

and prepare some yummy foods ahead so that I can

concentrate on enjoying my family while they are here.

My husband and I are official empty nesters as of last month.

While I was gone in Ukraine......my son moved about 3 hours away.

The house has been pretty quiet now that I'm back.

I miss him a bunch.....but I know the move was a good step for him.

Ginny of Creative Cookier has partnered with me to help raise funds for Ukraine missions.

She is producing CookieCrazie custom cutters.....and donating a part of the sales to my efforts.

In August.....she sold 79 of the CC custom cutters!

How awesome is that? :)

Thanks to all of you that have ordered some of those cutters.

Ginny & I are excited about the substantial impact the cutters sales

could have on next year's Ukraine trip.

I have many ideas rolling in my head for more custom cutters.

Stay tuned for exciting news and tutorials on this new venture. :)

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Instagram photos for this week:

Happy Friday to you!

Here's a happy little panda bear cookie from the past.

Today we start our 24 hour journey from Ukraine to the States.

Can't wait to be h.o.m.e.

Happy Little Acorn Cookies for this fine Saturday.

I'm home from Ukraine safe and sound......

already unpacked and finishing up the second load of laundry.

Home is an awesome place.

Favorites from the melon/turquoise cookie set.....

Have an awesome Sunday!

So it's the day after Labor Day.....
Let's talk FALL!
(I've been trying to wait patiently....but it's been hard.)

Decorating my oldest daughter's wedding cookies for next weekend.
My house is going to sparkle like CRAZIE for quite a while. Ha ha

Throwback to last year's fall leaf cookies.....

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