Happy What Day?!

Happy Match Day!

That's right.  Happy Match Day!  I know that it is St. Patrick's day too, but this year, dear ol' St. Patty has to share his day with Match Day.  If you're not familiar with Match Day, you must not know many med students, because to a med student, today is a BIG day.  Maybe even bigger than graduation.  Today is the day that all across the country, 4th year med students find out where they will be spending their residency.  It happens every year, the third Thursday of March. 

I happen to have a good friend whose husband's (and hers too!) fate is determined today. 

She asked for cookies to celebrate the occasion.

And I was happy to oblige!

So, to Richard and all the other med students out there -

Luck o' the Irish to ya! 

May your matches come true.

Think cookies.

~Sweet B~

Cute Cookie Crosses

I had the pleasure of doing cookies for Julianne, again!  I made some for her mom and dad when she was born not to long ago, and now I got to make some for her baptism. 

I was excited because I've never done crosses before!

With a middle name of Rose, I had to draw a few on the crosses.

So sweet!  I hope they enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed making them! 

Thanks, Michael and Leslie!

For the Love of Cookies

Before I get to the cookies, I just wanted to tell you about the Valentine's Day present I bought...for myself.  I've been wanting it for quite some time and decided Valentine's Day was the perfect excuse.  It's a t-shirt.  A t-shirt that says "bakelove".  I'm pretty excited about it.  (If you would like to buy one for yourself or someone that loves to bake, you can click here.)  And now on to the sweets...

If you're wondering what my Valentine's looked like this year, here are some pictures for you.  (I never got to have the photo shoot I had hoped for, so forgive me for the snapshots.)

A work-in-progress shot

 My Boxed Dozen

 Individuals for sale at VeryVera

All in all, I made around 32 dozen hearts (that's 384 cookies, if you do the math) of various sizes and designs.  

 I was quite the busy Sweet B.  And I still have my love for cookies...I'll be showing you more love of cookies soon!

This is Not a Football Blog

If you're an Auburn fan, today's a pretty big day.  (They're playing for the national championship tonight.)  Now, if you haven't noticed, I'm a Georgia fan...don't think I've changed my allegiance just because I make football cookies that come in colors other than red and black. 

I made these cookies for Auburn's homecoming back in November.  

The bottom right cookie is fashioned after the tradition of toilet papering Toomer's Corner after a win. 

This was for the one Bama fan that was going to be at the party but refused to eat an Auburn cookie.

So, even though I'm not an Auburn fan, I'll be pulling for the tigers tonight.  SEC all the way!

Cookies on the Auction Block

So, for something new and different, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Junior Leaugue Golf Tournament silent auction.  I thought it would be a fun opportunity to show off several different styles of cookies I do. 

Thanks, Kristen, for asking me to participate!  It was fun!

FINALLY!

So, pretty much my entire holiday season was a blur.  And now that it's a new year, I've got some time to catch up!  Yay!  I'm getting back on the bloggin' wagon.  Here's just a recap of the holiday cookies I did and didn't get to show you...(yes, I know I'm a little behind)...

Selling my holiday cookies at Very Vera (AND working there) kept me pretty busy.  And I'm already working on my Valentine's designs!  But for now, I'm happy blogging...finally!

The Signature Cookie

So, I kind of have a signature cookie, if you haven't noticed.  It's a tile (square).  And it's doodled upon.  In various variations.  These can be used for a variety of occasions.  I think they're fun because they vary in decor. 

(And yes, the redundancy was purposeful, and mainly for self-amusement.)

Back to the cookies...

In my opinion, these are cookies for any occasion!  And of course, I love doing them.  Cookies and doodles.  Two of my favorite things.

So, as always, I'm happy doodling.

Playing With Paisley

I've been wanting to do paisley cookies ever since I started doodling them on this cake (the cake at the very bottom, if you click on the link).  I, also, doodled some on a few Valentine's cookies.  And then - I wanted a paisley cookies cutter.  So, I searched one out and ordered it.  Only to find out that it is actually a fondant cutter and it doesn't have a finished edge, so it kinda hurts to cut out.  Oh, well.  No pain, no gain, right?

But it does have the effect that I wanted!

These were for a beautiful lady's 50th birthday.

 

And I was right.  I love them.

So, when I had a UGA mom ask me about Phi Mu cookies for her daughter, I immediately suggested the paisleys.  Yes, they are my new favorites.

Do you blame me?

Love them.

I have some paisleys in Yellow Jacket colors (against my better Dawg judgement) waiting to be delivered right now, but you'll have to wait to see those.

No matter the colors, I'm happy baking!

Where Were We?

I got distracted and haven't been showing you the cookies that I have done recently.  So, to pick up where we left off...

Here are a few baby cookie orders for a couple of new arrivals!

 With every order, I still try out new designs and doodles. 

 Which is why I always bake a few extra, for those designs that didn't quite turn out like I planned.

I have my favorite doodles that I always do, of course.

With these sweet baby girl cookies, I got to do some big sister cookies, too!

 

The cookie holiday season has begun for me with fun Halloween designs,

so I'm spookily baking along!

To Infinity and Beyond...

Calling all Space Rangers...

and Sherriffs!

They were for a special little sheriff named Cade.

I hope his birthday was more fun that a barrel of monkeys!

Onesie Wonder

Did you see these cookies?  Well, Ella's mom loved them so much that she ordered several dozen to send as "Thank You"s to her doctors and nurses.  She decided she wanted the baby onesies. 

I kept them simple and sweet.

ohmigosh.ohmigosh.ohmigosh.

I love these.

Ella's mom also ordered these to say thanks to the family that dog sat for them while they were in the hospital.  She's so thoughtful!

I hope they all enjoyed their Sweet B's treats!


(And if you've noticed that my pictures haven't been the usual Sweet B quality, I do apologize.  I've been a busy little Sweet B and the photos have been more like snapshots while orders are flying out the door, instead of the dramatic photo shoots that the cookies deserve...)

Congrats with Cookies

I love sending "Congratulations" cookies!  It's so exciting to have something to celebrate and to celebrate with cookies.  I have a customer that ordered a set of "Congrats on your engagement!" cookies for her daughter one week, and a set for her mom the next week!  How fun is that?! 

So, I secretly hope that someone orders Sweet B's cookies to propose. Well, I guess it's not a secret anymore. Maybe one day!

Flowers plus Cookies equals Wedding

I had the pleasure of designing and creating cookies for a simple and sweet wedding in August.  Aaron is the brother of one of my dear friends back home in Columbus, GA.  For his and Sara's wedding, they didn't want a wedding cake, they wanted cookies.  Actually, cookies were the main attraction at the reception.  They had lemon, chocolate chip, Italian wedding, peanut butter...and Sweet B's. 

Here's what the invite looks like and the "cake" topper cookie.  (The picture is with my phone, sorry for the poor quality.)

I also had a few extra tiles so I experimented a little.  Ended up with this and I really liked it.  (Once again, camera phone.)

Here's what the set-up looked like at the reception.

Congrats, Aaron and Sara!  Hope you're loving the married life...and all the left-over cookies!

Color Me Crazy!

More new baby cookies.  I have a few friends that order new baby cookie jars so frequently, they just send me texts that say "Ella, ELH, need by Wednesday.  Yes?"  It's all the same, only the names will change...tee hee.

And of course, I love doing the baby cookies.  I did these purple ones and thought they would look marvelous on my yellow cake plate.

I was right.  But then, I set this cookie on my green charger and it was so cute, I have to share that one too.

Can you tell I love color?  And green happens to be my all time favorite.  You may think that it's teal.  I keep waiting for my teal trend to end, but it's still my go-to color.  I came to a slight breaking point when I pulled out my teal phone to get to my teal wallet out of my teal purse while wearing a teal skirt...um, get that lady to color rehab!!

Anyways, enough about me, what's your favorite color?  And how much do you love seeing that color on a cookie?!

I tend to get excited when I color icing.  I'm doing another new baby jar this week, so I'll be happy coloring (icing, that is)!

It's That Time of Year

This might be my favorite time of year.  The air starts getting that slight, feel-good chill in the mornings.  And it smells like...football.  That's right.  My Saturdays for the next 4 months are dedicated to College Game Day (well, and cookies).  And more specifically - Georgia football.  I love my Dawgs.  Even after last Saturday's disappointment.  Which is why this post didn't come sooner.  I was still bitter.  But I still have hope and love for them!

Back to the cookies, (after all, this is a cookie blog and not a football one) I made cookies for the annual Boarder Bash.  Well, my sister works downtown and they have an annual tail-gate for the annual Boarder Bash.  (For those not familiar, the Boarder Bash happens the Friday night before the Georgia-South Carolina game.  The cheerleaders and mascots from each school have a big block party downtown Augusta.)  I made cookies for the party last year and it was made clear that they were necessary for this year's celebration too.  I was happy to oblige. It's easy to do cookies for something you're passionate about.  And here's the proof...

If we don't put a beatin' on the hogs this week, I might send some of these cookies to Head Coach Mark Richt for inspiration.  I'll let you know how that goes.

Until then, goooo dawgs!

I also link it up these days...