Move Update

I promised to keep you guys up to date on what's going on with my move and when Jaclyn's Cookies will be back up and running, so here's a quick update for you!

My husband and I have settled into an apartment in Charlottesville, VA and are having a great time exploring the new area.  It's much smaller and slower paced than the DC suburb where we moved from, but we're loving it and finding lots of fun things to do and great restaurants to try.

Recently, we made a decision to build a new home in the Charlottesville area, so without further adieu, here is the future site of Jaclyn's Cookies!

As you can see, we still have quite a bit of work to do!

The great news is that the basement will be fully piped for a commercial kitchen which we'll outfit in the future when we have the time and money (that commercial equipment is expensive!).  In the meantime, I plan to license the main kitchen in the home for cookie use.  Gotta love the cottage law in Virginia :)

The not-so-great news is that the home will be completed in Feb/Mar 2013, so we probably won't be accepting orders until late spring 2013.  I know this is a long wait, but in the meantime I'll be working on creating lots of new gift packages and making some changes to the website.  Next post, you'll get to see the new Halloween cookies I've been working on!

Thanks for bearing with me during this down time.  Hopefully we'll be back and better than ever in 2013!

Cute Girls' Birthday Party Favors

As a cookie decorator, I get requests for party favors for just about every theme under the sun.  These were two adorable themes for girls' birthday parties that I did a few months back and I just had to share them!




The zebra print cookies were created for a 60s themed birthday party at the "Groove Lounge".  The party location is covered in animal print, so we went zebra all the way :)




The peace sign cookies were given to each guest as a party favor and the large happy birthday cookie was used as a cake topper.  I love the hot pink accents!

The idea for this little girl's birthday party was based on her favorite Nick Jr show - The Fresh Beat Band.  We decided to do a party favor that looked like a "VIP access" pass and used the color scheme from the show.  I loved how fun and bright they were.

All of the party favors were packaged up and tied with matching ribbons.  The zebra print peace signs were accented with a cute hot pink ribbon.  What kid wouldn't love to take one of these home from a party?!

Barbie and Ken Silhouettes

It's no secret that I LOVE working with bright colors, so these cookies were no exception!  My Americolor electric color gels definitely get the most use of all of my food coloring gels.

I'm still digging through the archives and found the pictures of these cookies.  They were a last minute order for a coed Barbie and Ken themed bridal shower.  As usual, I was happy that I have a KopyKake projector so that I could complete the order quickly!

Overall I thought they were a fun idea and liked how they turned out.  I hope the bride and groom-to-be had a great time at their shower!

Jungle-Themed 1st Birthday Party

Well, once again it's been a while since my last post.  I just got back from an amazing trip to France and Germany for a friend's wedding, so now it's time to get back into cookie mode!

It will be several months before I begin taking orders again, but I have a stash of a few older projects that I'll be posting in the coming weeks.  Hopefully by then I'll have unpacked my cookie supplies and will be able to  get back to decorating!

I made these cookies a while back for a good friend's daughter's first birthday party.  The designs were inspired by a really cute napkin that I unfortunately forgot to photograph :(

This was the final cookie platter:

And here's a close up view:

I love working with bright colors and had a lot of fun playing with the different animal prints on the letter and number cookies.  The party was a huge success and we had lots of fun celebrating with the birthday girl.  Happy birthday Ava!

So Far Behind...

I'm really late in posting these cookies, but I have a good excuse...I swear!

Yup, that's right, FATHER'S DAY.  I'm so far behind that I'm posting pictures of Father's Day cookies...sigh.

Anyway, these are cookies that I made for my Dad for Father's Day.  He had a baby blue VW bug when he was in college, and he still regrets the day he had to sell it :)

His birthday also happens to be the same week, so he also received these fun 60's themed birthday cookies.

I told you I had a good excuse for neglecting my blog and here it is....WE'RE MOVING!!!!

Charlottesville, VA here we come!

The good news is that the move is going to allow me to do what I love full time: bake cookies!  And you know the best part about Virginia?  They have a cottage law!  This means no more silly rules about renting commercial kitchen space like they have in Maryland.  I'll be able to work from home!

The bad news is that I'm not going to be taking orders for the next several months.  We'll be living in a temporary apartment until we find a new house (hopefully one with a big second kitchen!) and I just won't have the time or space or licence to sell cookies.  I'm so sorry for the inconvenience!  I'll still be baking and decorating, so I'll continue to keep up with the blog, although probably not as frequently as before.

I want to take this time to thank my loyal customers in Maryland (and everywhere else)!  It has been an amazing year and a half and I'm so grateful for all of the support that I've received.  I'll still be shipping cookies once I get up and running, so please be patient while I straighten out all of this craziness!  I'll make sure I keep everyone up to date on my progress through the blog!


Thank you all so much for your support!  
~Jaclyn