NOLA Summer 2013

Last Wednesday we boarded a plane for New Orleans....sadly we were not in first class like Nancy Pelosi (who really was on our flight!).  It was a rare DC-NOLA flight that wasn't crowded, but I guess August really isn't prime tourist season.  :)

It was a great trip -- we spent most of our time there by the pool and/or eating.  Among other treats, we managed to get snoballs each day.  Just in case those weren't enough sugar, I brought along some cookies.

I came across this great sno-cone cookie tutorial from Bake at 350 just in time for our trip and adapted them to be snoballs in "pails" (aka Chinese food containers, which is how they're served):

And us enjoying the real thing with the nephews:

 

 

I also made crawfish cookies, and some tennis balls and racquets for my mother-in-law who is an avid player.  Those are courtesy of this design from The Decorated Cookie:

 

 

Just for fun, I tried baking cookies on a stick with some mustache cookie cutters.  They turned out sturdier than I expected.  :)

 

 

 

I am really missing our days (and naps!) by the pool.  :)

 



 



Summer Citrus

These cookies are courtesy of a great (and very easy!) tutorial from the Sweetopia blog.

I loved the summery colors and they were so quick to do.  Perfect for a summer bbq.

More fleurs de lis

I ran out of days and time to add fancier details to these fleurs de  lis I did for a dinner party we had a few weeks ago.  Instead, I just decided to add my usual polka dots, but was happy with the way they turned out!

Happy 4th of July

I was so happy to make it to Harbor Springs this summer after having missed being "up north" last summer for the first year ever.  It was even better to be up there for the 4th of July -- so I made some cookies for the parade-watching party.

These firework cookies are the design and tutorial from Sarah of Klickitat Street.

 

 

Thanks to everyone who helped take the great pictures!

The parade goes right down Main Street:

Dad had the nearly 30 year old Honda Spree tuned up so we all took our turns with that, too.

Miss you already, Michigan!

One More Graduation

To celebrate another Georgetown grad!

A Pair of Graduations

May has been very busy with graduation cookies.  I did two big orders, one for a UPenn graduation, and another for Georgetown. 

Up first -- UPenn, including a Philly landmark, and a local bar sign:

 

 

I loved doing these Georgetown cookies -- I'm not going to disclose how many years it's been since I graduated from there.  :)

 



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