Sugar Cookies - Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I've been busy with turkeys, pumpkins and leaves!

Even some black and white cookies for the kids to color.

And some in red, white, and blue to send to a Marine overseas as part of Operation Cookie Takeover.

And a few turkey platters for the big day.

I'm thankful to all that support my cookie business.  Thank you!

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Race Car Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Race Cars

These cookies were for a little boy turning 6.  He loves Hot Wheels and requested flames on the cars.  I hope he enjoyed them!

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Wedding Monogram Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Monograms

These monogram cookies were for a wedding.  The "G" is for the couple's new last name.

I've made this design several times now and not just for weddings, but for birthdays also.

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Brush Embroidered Heart Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Brush Embroidered Flowers on Hearts

The flowers on these hearts were painted on with royal icing using a technique called "brushed embroidery".  It gives these cookies a classic and romantic feel.  Perfect for a wedding!

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Baby Boy Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Sugar Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing for a Baby Boy Shower

Welcome little man!

Onesies, decorated with cute little bow ties and mini bottles to welcome a sweet baby boy.

Decorated sugar cookies available for purchase through my website.

Minnie Mouse Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Mouse Hats and Bows

These Minnie inspired cookies were for a little girl's birthday.

The polka dotted bows on the oval cookies were transfers.  I love that they're kind of over-sized for the cookie below.  Very girly.

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Garden First Birthday Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Frogs, Lady Bugs, Monograms, and Caterpillars

These cookies were for a first birthday - a garden theme.  The colors matched the invitation.  I kinda like the red and blue ladybugs!

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Crab and Beer Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Crabs and Beer Mugs

What a fun theme for a bridal shower!

Girly crabs with eyelashes and pink cheeks and mugs of frothy beer.

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Pumpkin Birthday Cookies

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing for a First Birthday

These pumpkin cookies were made to celebrate the first birthday of twins - a baby boy and girl.  I think that this design proves that simple works!

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Washington, DC Cookies

Washington, DC Monument and Building Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

This was the year of the DC cookies!  I'd say that my two most popular cookie designs for weddings are crabs and these cookies - DC monuments!  I don't know how many times I made these for spring and fall weddings.  I actually stopped taking photos of them every single time.

You can see the White House, Capitol, and Washington Monument.  I also make the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials.

Aren't these cookie tags beautiful?  Meghann from Blank Canvas Creative designs all of the tags for my customers.  I'm blown away every time I see them!

Oh, and here are some cherry blossoms to go with the buildings.  I love it when they choose to include the cherry blossoms!

Cookies are available for order through my website.

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing for a German-Themed Wedding

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Monograms, Edelweiss and Lebkuchenherz

These cookies were something completely different for me.

The bride wanted cookies resembling Lebkuchenherz (gingerbread hearts), a traditional German cookie associated with Oktoberfest.

No flooding of the entire cookie with royal icing.  Just piped details on top of the plain cookie.

I don't usually make chocolate cookies but we thought that the darker color would show off the icing better and closer resemble the traditional gingerbread coloring.

The whole cookie collection - Edelweiss, the personalized hearts and monograms.

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Orioles and Yankees Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees

The Orioles had quite a season!  I wish it had ended differently, but it was still exciting!

These cookies were made for a baseball loving couple's wedding.

I don't sell cookies based on copyrighted/trademarked designs, so these aren't for sale.  There are always other coordinating designs that we can come up with.  Cookies may be purchased through my website.

Eyeball Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing - Bloodshot Eyes

You would think that these cookies were for Halloween, wouldn't you?  Nope.  They were made as a gift to someone about to undergo cataract surgery.  The bloodshot look was requested.  :)

The cookies were packed into a canning jar and shipped off. They look pretty funny staring out of the jar!  I love that the sender and the recipient must have quite a sense of humor.

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Cookie Decorating Demonstration

Cookie Decorating Demo in Frederick, MD

I had the pleasure of doing a cookie demo at D'Accord Boutique in Frederick.  It was so much fun!  I had a nice little audience coming and going through the shop.  And what a cute shop it is!  If you're ever in downtown Frederick or in Sherperdstown, WV, you have to stop by.  They sell the most beautiful treasures from France - gorgeous table linens, pottery, kitchen items.....and Ann Clark cookie cutters!  These are the Christmas cutters I used for the demo.....

And here I am demonstrating how to flood cookies with royal icing.....

After two hours, here's what I had completed.....

I would love to do more demos!