I am in Tahoe this week visiting my favorite kids (and escaping the oppressive humidity in Washington, DC). I won’t be back before my nephew’s 5th birthday next month, so I brought him an early birthday treat. Read more…
if you give an artist a cookie…
I recently made cookies for a very special bride-to-be. She and her fiancé are both amazing artists and all-around fantastic human beings. The benefit of making cookies for artists is that they turn cookies into art. Read more…
mystery cookie cutters
I am terrible at identifying cookie cutter shapes. For years, I thought one of my cookie cutters was a tomato shape. Nate flipped it upside down and informed me it was a balloon. Read more…
cherry blossom time
I live in beautiful Washington, DC. Most of the time, my city is known for its partisan gridlock, political corruption, House of Cards-style power struggles, and complete inability to solve both real and manufactured crises. Read more…
reuse, refresh, renew
I had planned to make a Valentine set based on the art of Roy Lichtenstein. But last week, a colleague inspired me to do a bit of blog digging in the archives. It was an interesting trip. So, instead of pop art, I decided to make a whole set based on refreshing prior cookie designs. Read more…
I heart superbowl Sunday.
I love Superbowl Sunday. Superbowl Sunday is the one day of the year that I have all to myself. No lines at the grocery store! No traffic on the roads! And best of all: empty kitchen to bake cookies! Read more…
a lot of cookies.
I try to pace my posts this time of year, but inevitably, I end up doing a Christmas Eve blog dump. Read more…
musical interlude
Wait! Where did all the Christmas cookies go?! A few weeks ago, I got a very special request to send ukulele cookies up to New Hampshire. Read more…
nordic sweater tutorial
I am a big time doodler. I doodle during meetings at work. I doodle during conference calls. I doodle during regular calls. I doodle a lot, and mostly cookie patterns. Read more…
’tis (almost) the season
I got a jump start on holiday cookies this year. Last weekend, I started to make Thanksgiving cookies. I cut out a bunch of circles, intending to revisit the pie cookies I made last year. Read more…
once upon a midnight dreary
I am still playing around with my new airbrush. For my final set of 2014 Halloween cookies, I used it to create a neat antique effect. Read more…
boo!
I have a new cookie toy! My husband gave me an airbrush system for my birthday. I spent the last two weeks playing with it and trying to figure it out. Read more…
cute quickie cookies
Need to make cute cookies in a hurry? Or cookies simple enough to make with kids? Many of the cookies on this blog are time-consuming and complicated. Some are very time-consuming. But today I am sharing a set of cookies that I wouldn’t ordinarily post on the blog: quickie cookies. Read more…
the loons! the loons!
I am in the middle of a very special cookie project. Most of the cookies are in various stages of completion and are not nearly ready to share. However, these wet-on-wet loons, which took less than 20 minutes to make, are a fantastic preview.
baseball birthday
My nephew, Griffin, discovered baseball this summer. His parents brought him to a minor league baseball game late last spring and he was instantly hooked. Read more…
Snickerdoodledoo 