Pinks and neutrals for this cute Christening

 And the matching sweets table

This is how Iana celebrated her first birthday

a little sneak peak into my Xmas:)

A very small sweets table that I put together this Xmas.

Snowflakes, Xmas words, Snow balls, Xmas ornaments, Candy canes, all in red, white and blue.

 

 Paper snowflakes made by yours truly after a great tutorial found on the web here.

 Images found on the web, edited and then printed out

 Xmas ornaments cupcakes

 

fondant decorated Xmas cookies

Easter fondant decorated cookies

This year I decided to try decorating cookies with fondant. I love them. It was easier to work with fondant than royal icing. 

 My daughter helped me a lot, so it's a great Easter craft for you and your kids as well. Give them a try.

 a cute sheep

an adorable hen with dyed eggs, wishing you a Happy Easter!

and a little chick

cookie decorating how to + recipes

I am going to share a cookie decorating tutorial with you. hope it helps you, but please remember I am a novice at this and have not attended any classes or anything. There is probably a much better way out there to be making these.

First you want to make the cookie dough. you can use your own recipe, whichever you like best. I used a basic, simple sugar cookie recipe, no flavors added.
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Cut the dough with the cookie cutter of your choice. I chose ducks and circles.



Bake them in the oven as per your recipe or until you see they are done. you do not want to over do them.


Let them cool down completely before starting to decorate them



I did the peak of the duck first, using decorating crayons from Dr Oetker. They are great for small details. you do not need to prepare royal icing for small things. they are also soooo very affordable.


While this hardened I prepared the royal icing, as this is how I chose to decorate my cookies.
you can make egg white royal icing, but I chose to use Wilton's meringue powder for safety issues.
meringue powder is an egg white substitute. It's egg white powder, and it is free of risk. It did not feel safe using raw egg whites and give them to so many people. You can very well use pasteurized egg whites, but since they are not available here in Romania, I went with the Meringue powder.

The recipe is very simple.

Royal icing

3 tablespoons Meringue powder
~500 gr of confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons of warm water

Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks.

Then you want to do the outline of the cookies. You should add some water to your royal icing so that it won't be so stiff. You do not want it runny though.



Use the color of your choice and do the outline.



Then you need to flood the cookies. For that, you need to add more water to your colored royal icing so that it becomes slightly runny. Too much water will make it more difficult to work with and will spoil your work.



Using a tooth pick you have to extend the icing so that you completely cover your cookie. do not leave any uncovered spots.



Let them dry out really well.I left them over night and the next day, using the crayons I mentioned above, I started adding the details. These crayons are available at supermarkets, are very cheap, come in four colors and I totally love them and recommend them to everyone.



This is how mine looked in the end. Get creative and do what ever you like.
If you want, share your creations here. I will be happy to make another guest posting.



And this is my sweet heart about to be eating her 3D cookie, which she decorated herself.

ducky cookies & decorating details

These were the cookies I have made within the rubber ducky theme, to be given as guest favors.
I'll post later on all the details you need to make these.

I am going to leave you with a few pictures of all the details I have put together for this special party. Nothing fancy, just simple and cute.
I am anxious to hear my friend's impressions, as she was away on a ski trip while I was making and delivering this surprise on her behalf.

my first attempt at decorating cookies!!!

I've been seeing on the web so many gorgeaus decorated cookies and I have always wanted to try making some myself. I looked for receipes and chose a simple one and gave it a try.I love them!!!!! They were delicious!!!! Everybody enjoyed them, especially my not so little one. Actually she is part of the reason why I tryed them out. It gave us something to do together, and she enjoyed it a lot. She was very proud of her cookies and keeps asking me to do another batch.
we'll do it again, that's for sure. These make great party favors, you can also make a bouquet arrangement out of them, so they really are great. And very delicious, mind you!
You can get the recipe for both the cookies and the royal icing as well as "how to" instructions from here, but you can use whatever recipe you like.

Am tot vazut eu pe net biscuiti decorati si am vrut sa ii incerc si eu. Au iesit super buni si foarte aspectuosi.I-am facut impreuna cu Rebeca, si astfel am avut sansa sa facem ceva impreuna. Este foarte mandra de ce a realizat si ma tot intreaba cand mai facem biscuiti.
o sa mai repetam cu siguranta. Sunt o idee foarte buna si originala, la noi, pentru party-uri. ii putem aranja intr-un buchet frumos, sunt super! ... si f f f deliciosi!
Reta pentru biscuiti si glazura precum si tehnica de decorare le puteti lua de aici, dar puteti folosi ce reteta va place.

and now, my little helper/ si acum ajutorul meu