Nothing to do with cookies

Only 8 days until Christmas...can you believe it!! I know I certainly can't. Since Thanksgiving I think everyone has gone into super fast mode.  I think we all just need to stop, slow down and think about the holidays and what they are truly suppose to mean. Thanksgiving is a time of being thankful and grateful for what we have.

Christmas is the season where we are suppose to reflect on the meaning of that little baby boy born in Bethlehem and what He has done for us. No matter what our situation in life may be it is a time where we should be more giving and understanding of our fellow man...and maybe "give" a little more of ourselves. I know I find myself contributing more this year to our local Salvation Army then I have ever before..perhaps it is because this year has been a rather devastating year for some who, because of the economic situation; have lost their homes while others have had their homes destroyed by flood(particularly here in PA)and some just don't have anywhere to live at all. My heart goes out to each of them because it could just as well be me and my family in that same situation. We are fortunate that my husband still has his job, even though I lost mine. We are survivors and with God's help we will continue to be.

I would just like everyone during this holiday season to be just a little more patient and kind to those around us. We don't know their situation and they don't know ours. My mother always said that no matter how bad our situation may be, someone else is in a much worse situation. A little bit of kindness can go a long way folks...if you haven't already done so, dig into your pockets and give an extra dollar to your local organization that may be in need...better yet help a neighbor or friend who may need it but is to proud to ask....remember Jesus came for a reason....let us all "pay it forward".

                 Merry Christmas and See you in the New Year!!!

Awesome giveaway at CookieCrazie!!!!

If you haven't heard or done so go on over to CookieCrazie.blogspot.com for an awesome giveaway. She reached 3000 facebook fans and has wonderful prizes to be given away.  Hurry up and enter...deadline is December 5th!!

Signed up for Pinterest!!

Well, I finally got my invitation from pinterest to sign up so I did!! Let me tell you, there is a lot of inspiration there, not only for cookie decorating but for everything else that you could be interested in.  I have pinned some of my fellow cookiers because they are so good and I won't have to look so far for inspiration. I am still in the process of setting up my boards so who knows how long that will take. I could have quite a few boards by the time I am done!!! If you haven't signed up for pinterest, go for it now.  You can find me at: http://pinterest.com/sugarfairy1/ Come on over and check it out!!!

New Freebie Blog Design...for now!!!

Hi everyone!!!
Hope you like the new look of my blog!!! I was surfing the net on the weekend and came across "LeeLou Blogs".  She has freebie blog templates so I decided to give one a try and voila....what do you think?? I love it...it adds character to this blog, and until I can get some money to have someone design me one this will do for now!!! Free works for me, does it work for you???

Here they are...my first decorated cookies!!!

Here they are folks!!! They are by no means perfect, but I didn't think they turned out to bad!! These are only practice cookies and the family thinks they are good...including my daughter's friends!! Yeah that's right the daughter stole about 10 of them to share with her friends!!!  They even liked them(I guess that's good right)?  Gotta love those teenagers!!! After one of the girls ate the cookies my daughter decides to call me and ask about anything in the cookies being peanuts cause it just so happens the girl is allergic to peanuts...yikes!!! too late if she was(she ate the cookie anyway)...luckily for her there were no peanuts in the sugar cookies or traces of peanuts in anything I used....as my mom always said "Nothing like closing the barn door once the horse escapes!!"  Anyway, they taste good and I still need practice!!!...had a lot of fun making them.

YIKES!!! Just realized my skull and crossbone cookies look more like a ghost body with a skull head........

Here they are..not yet decorated!!

Today was a day in my part of the US that was crappy, weather wise; so I decided that I was going to try out my new Halloween Cutters.  So far, this is what they look like...they are not yet decorated but I thought they turned out fine. The big thing was they didn't burn..cause I think I may have rolled them just a little to thin with the exception of the cauldron which seems to be about the right thickness...now I will either decorate them this evening or tomorrow when no one is at home to disturb me and let's hope they turn out like they should!!!!

New Cookie Cutters..Cookies coming soon!!!!

Well, once again I went to Joann Fabrics and picked me up some cookie cutters.  Most of you probably have these(but they are new to me)..The leaf ones were on sale and the other set I got with my 50% off coupon so I got both sets for under $10.00!!!! Isn't that great....so now, with the new Halloween cutters and my new leaf cutters over the next few weeks I should be pretty busy baking and decorating cookies!!! I will post pictures of all of them as soon as I am done!!!  Thanks for stopping buy and to my fellow cookiers...

"Happy Baking!"

First Set of Seasonal Cutters!!!

Well, I was in Joann Fabrics and they had a 25% off sale on Wilton products and I bought my first set of seasonal cutters for Halloween....I decided I would give these a try and make some for my church rummage and bake sale....we will see how they turn out...I will post the pictures of them when I get them all done...can't wait!!!!

More Cakes

Rainbow Cake-Course 1

Basketweave Cake-Course 2

Present Cake-Course 3

Wedding Cake-Course 4

I know this is my cookie blog, but since I dont have any cookies just yet to show, I thought I would show some of my cakes....these are from the four Wilton Courses that I took before I got hooked on the decorated cookies....actually I plan on doing cakes to..so here goes!

It's not cookies, but I couldn't resist posting it here....

I am so excited!!! Today I went to a cake decorating class and I learned how to make a purse cake!!!  It was so much fun and it really wasn't that hard to do....just a little time consuming.  I had a lot of fun. The instructor(and her husband)were so nice and everyone in the class had a great time!!! This is a new decorating place not to far from where I live and I am so happy that they decided to open a shop in my area.  I know it isn't cookies, but I wanted you all to see it anyway...not to shabby for my first purse cake!!!!

The Sugar Fairy has arrived!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog about my cookie decorating adventures!! I hope to be posting pictures of my cookies very soon...of course; they will be my practice cookies, but none the less; they will be cookies!!!  I can hardly wait...

Sugar Fairy