Cookie Obsession

Okay - I always need a project in January/February to get through the winter months without going crazy....something to ease the transition between a completely crazy December and a completely crazy February (since Valentine's day and Morgan's birthday are so close together).  So this year's obsession: DECORATED COOKIES!!!  Love these things.  It started when Morgan said she wanted a birthday party at a local circus school.  So I googled circus theme decorations, and came across some awesome circus tent cookies.  And some great thank you cookies - both were on this site. Morgan gave up the circus idea, but the cookies were still on my mind.  So I did a practice run in January, and this week was the real thing.  Of course, I then decided I needed to make Valentine's Day cookies as well (and I may have a plan for the rest of the year - hockey jerseys, St. Patrick's day, Easter, birthdays, gymnastics, Canada Day....you get the idea....).

In my search, my favorite blogs were Bake at 350 and Sweetopia

So this is my first batch:

 

 

 

I have since gone to Home Sense and picked up some cookie cutters. Also spent some time at Michaels for cookie cutters, frosting colour gels, those cute treat bags.  I've also ordered quite a few cookie cutters from CheapCookieCutters.com

 

This week I`m planning to make little Boston Bruins hockey jerseys for Mason`s end-of-year hockey party this weekend.  My plan is to have each of the kids` names and jersey numbers on the cookies.  Stay tuned!