Shower Preview

This weekend I had my very first baby shower! It was hosted by my very dear friend Gretchen for my co-workers and it was more than I'd ever hope it would be. I am so so lucky! I will post more on that later, but I wanted to share a post to the cookie favors that were given to the guests, who were also made by a friend, Julia, who has a true gift when it comes to baking. She is such a sweet person. They were adorable (and delicious)! Below is here blog post:

Monday, June 20, 2011

An exciting reason to make cookies!

This past weekend one of my best friends, Gretchen, hosted a baby shower for another friend and co-worker. I was thrilled when she asked me to make cookies for the shower! I just have too much fun decorating cookies and I love any excuse to make them! I was even more excited to make them because I have met Erin, who the shower was for, several times and she is very very nice. It was nice to be able to contribute to her special day a bit even though I wasn't attending the shower.

Gretchen let me know the theme about a month in advance. She basically told me to do whatever I wanted as decor as long as it included zebra print, Tiffany blue, and white flowers. She also told me that she was going for more of a "classy" look than "cute". I typically go the cute route, so it was fun to try and make cookies that were a bit more sophisticated.

Since Gretchen gave me plenty of notice I was able to practice the cookies ahead of time. I wanted them to be perfect for the actual party. J.J. got to take the cookies to work and share them with his co-workers. I thought they were going to ask him if we were expecting! Haha!! I think he just warned everyone that they were practice cookies for a party before they took one. ;-)

The white flowers were my favorite by far!

Picture #2.

Mini Cookies- This picture (as well as the rest) have bad coloring since I took them at night! :-)

Bagging the cookies...

About 1/2 of the cookies ready to go...

I really learned a lot when making these cookies. I had never done a zebra print before and luckily I found some nifty little bottles online that allowed me to more accurately produce that kind of a print on a cookie. I also got to experiment with adding texture to the flowers by using a paintbrush.

All in all, Gretchen said everyone loved the cookies... not only how they looked but also how they tasted. Who cares what they looks like if they taste bad, right? I'm so happy everything turned out well! :-)