Sugar Cookie Work

I have dabbled in a little bit of everything and my latest and favorite has been sugar cookie decorating.  Now the trick to the sugar cookie work is practice, practice, practice!!! I was ready to give up after the first day I tried but kept with it and now I understand the consistencies. I have read blogs about the thickness of the outline icing needing to be like toothpaste, for some reason that didn't register! but after almost a year and a half of working on it I have managed to figure out what that means...In my opinion I think the thickness of the consistency varies on the baker!!!  Also, there are many great recipes out there for the sugar cookies and I have tried many of them!!! Again don't keep trying something that just doesn't work for you ... my favorite way to make sugar cookies is ... betty crocker sugar cookie mix! But it has to be the the small packs from the dollar tree! I really dont know why its different but the dough stays thick and easy to work with, compared to the big bag from a grocery store that gets too soft and impossible to work with. Anyways another great little trick is that once you cut the cookies out, place them in the freezer for 5 minutes then bake them. This will stop the cookies from stretching and will hold their shape!!!!!  This is what I have learned in my short life as a baker. Hope it helps and saves you some headaches. Here are Pictures of some of the cookies I have made! 

FIRST COOKIES EVER!!! 4/25/12

6/22/12

7/4/12

9/24/12

1/30/13

6/22/13
These Minnie ones were made by placing them in the freezer before putting them in the oven! Can you see what a huge difference it made!!

Well the Minnie ones are my latest and favorite, and in my opinion my best work thus far! I have a couple requests for pink dresses, minion and halloween cookies! I will post them and please share your tricks and pictures because I'm just a beginner like you!!!

Dom's Space Themed 5th Birthday Party

Last September my son decided he wanted to do a space themed party! So I looked all over Pinterest and here is what I came up with ! This was before my blog so, here it is ! 

I have been dabbling in the art of sugar cookies  and I am by far no pro but I thought they came out pretty cute and they were really yummy (or so I was told). I tried to make them as cute as possible with my beginner skills and probably not all the tools necessary here is what they came to look like.

These bottom 2 were my favorites. They came out just how I wanted, for the earth one, I let the icing dry a bit and then with my finger I dabbed it, I think it added a little something to it :)

I thought this was a really cute way to display the cupcakes (since we decided not to do a big cake), I found these at a closeout craft sale! 

 Now I like to do a little activity, so I found these ceramic robots on Oriental Trading Co. and purchased enough for all the kids, then I went to the dollar Tree and found the paint and bought enough for the kids. This was a little pricey but I really like the outcome. This is my sons. 

The house was decorated in informational posters, a lot of stuff was bought on Oriental Trading Co. We bought the inflatable solar system, glow in the dark galaxies, it was great! We had different sized rockets (Hobby Lobby) that we shot off throughout the party, a rocket bouncer! It all came together perfectly and my son ran up to us at the end of the day and couldn't stop thanking us for the awesome party, and has been asking to do it again this year !! 

Hope all is well!