Long time no see...

Here are some pictures of cookies and things that I've made over the past year...

Obviously not cookies, but I did make them in my kitchen.

 Last year's turkeys turned out kind of creepy.

Christmas ornaments

 Chocolate salted caramel yumminess
(My baking buddy Britney made this with me. She has the best recipe books!). 

 What my kitchen looked like for most of December last year.

 Teacher gifts

 Audrey's Royal Birthday party

Chicks and bunnies 

 Baby boy shower

Might be my favorite cookies ever.

Beach ball cupcake toppers for D's 6th birthday

 Yia Yia's birthday cake. Audrey was pretty excited about it.

longing for Spring...

Happy Birthday Ursula!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Shabby Chic Christmas

Here are some ideas I'm playing with for Christmas cookies this year. 

I'll be making lots of these and others over the next few weeks!

Tea party

More teacups for my Grandma! 

Crab Favors

These favors were for a wedding in Annapolis, MD.  

Blue crabs are kind of a thing there...

Red, White & Blue

We spent Independence Day celebrating a little friend's birthday, listening to live music, and watching a surprisingly good fireworks show together. My kids loved it and I wish I could've gotten some pictures of their awestruck faces during the show. Baby Ryan liked it too even though he slept through half of it. It was a good time!

I made these cookies using the vanilla version of the chocolate cookies from LiliLoa. They kept their shape beautifully and were amazingly easy to roll out and cut. (and again, no chilling the dough!) Hubby and I both agreed that they didn't taste quite as good as my usual recipe but I don't think anyone else cared and it might just be worth the small sacrifice in flavor. Well, he doesn't think it was worth it, but was he doing any of the work to make them? um, no.  Maybe I'll play with my old recipe and see if I can come up with something in the middle that tastes good but is also easier to work with. We'll see.

Hope everyone had a happy fourth!