Henna-Inspired Wedding Cookies

I have to admit, I was really excited to work on this order and I really love the final result.  These cookies were requested for a bridal shower in the DC area.  The bride's family is from Bangladesh and several traditions such as henna tattoos were planned for the wedding.

The cookie platter incorporated the color scheme of the shower, hot pink and gold (LOVE), and various henna-inspired designs.  I added a few pops of white in the platter as well to break up all that pink.

All of the gold piping was done in yellow icing and then hand-painted with gold luster dust.  It's labor intensive but worth the extra effort!

The shower favors were a mix of hearts and wedding cakes.  They included the same henna designs and the couple's initials.  My client was kind enough to send some images of the cookies displayed at the shower which you can see on my Facebook page here.  I love seeing my cookies out "in the wild"!  Don't they look beautiful arranged with the other favors?

Before starting these cookies, I scoured the internet looking at various henna designs trying to choose the styles I wanted to use for the cookies.  What's your favorite design?  I think I really like the leaf style in the upper right cookie.  I'm sure there's all sorts of meanings associated that I'm completely ignorant to.  Hopefully they were appropriate for a bridal shower!

Here's a close up of two more of the platter cookies.  These are two of the more traditional wedding designs that I thought would work well as favors for any wedding or shower.

I hope that you all enjoyed these cookies as much as I did making them.  Best wishes Amira and Brian!

*Update 10/4/13*  Now you can buy these henna-inspired favors in our Etsy shop!

Birthday Superheroes!

When we asked my little cousin, Ben, who his favorite superhero was, his answer was "I like all superheroes."  So that's exactly what he got for his 5th birthday this year!

Spiderman, Batman, and Superman were all packaged into a small gift box along with a couple of Marvel comics "POW"-style personalized cookies.

What little boy wouldn't want these cookies for his birthday!?

Happy birthday Ben!!!

Minnie and Mickey Favors

Mickey and Minnie cookies have been very popular around here lately!  I offer two different options for cookie favors.  

These are 4" cookies that have space for personalization:

Minnie Mouse cutters are kind of rare and I've received a lot of questions about where I found this one.  After lots of searching, I found it in this store on eBay and I LOVE it.

I also make smaller 2" Mickey and Minnie cookies:

I don't have a small Minnie cutter, so I hand pieced a little bow on top of my small Mickey cutter for these cookies.  If anyone has a small Minnie cutter I would love to know where you found it!

The King

I had a great time rocking out to "The King" while I created this gift package!  I decided on 2 silhouettes of Elvis, a recreation of his guitar and a few gold stars to complete this set.

All of the cookies were arranged in a 7x10" gift box and sent out to PA for Frances' birthday!

Penn State "THON" Cookies

I've known Sandra pretty much since she was born, so it's crazy to think that she just graduated from Penn State.  Sandra was super involved at PSU, particularly with their annual dance marathon, or "Thon", that raises money for pediatric cancer.

For her graduation celebration, I created cookies based on the "THON" themes for the past 4 years.  I also included a few "FTK" cookies, which stands for "For The Kids".  And of course, no Penn State graduation platter is complete without a few Nittany lions and paw prints!

Congratulations Sandra!  I'm so proud of you and can't believe you're already done college!!