short and sweet

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

2011-07-17T04:59:00.000-07:00

This week a had another three orders, a baby shower and two little girls parties.

The baby shower was a purple and orange theme very cute!

One of the birthday girls was having a disco theme party so I thought it would be great to have a disco ball on a stick. Turned out pretty good, I think!

The other birthday party was for husbands cousin's daughter who lives in QLD. Mika loves my cupcake cookies and choc chip cookie pops. So I had to make sure she got some especially delivered for her birthday.

Baby Shower Cookies

2011-07-12T02:13:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I made Baby Pram/Heart and Flower Cookies for Liz's Baby Shower. Liz created this beautiful dessert table all pretty in Pink and White theme. Check out her blog www.morrieandmay.blogspot.com.

Handmade Market in Canberra...

2011-06-18T06:22:00.000-07:00

My husband and I went all the way to Canberra for the Handmade market. It was nice to spend quality time with each other the whole three hours and back.

The Handmade Market was fantastic, more then we expected! I couldn't believe how much I sold and was blown away with the great feedback and lovely comments.

I can't wait for the next market on the 1st and 2nd Oct. Yes, we are doing both days! wow that week before is going to be crazy...

Tania McCartney did a great job with taking some really nice pictures of my cookies on the day. Here they are:

A very successful Mathilda's Market

2011-05-30T05:57:00.000-07:00

I had a great Sunday at Mathilda's Market. Met lots of great stall holders and sold lots of cookies. I'm now preparing for Cobbitty Markets this Saturday and Petite Markets on Sunday. Big weekend ahead!

Here are some more pictures from my stall yesterday. I have two NEW additions to my range. The Baby Elephant and the Baby Cupcake. Please make sure you visit me on my new facebook page. I'm also slowly adding pictures onto my Flickr site. Have a sweet day tomorrow....

Mathlidas Market this Sunday!

2011-05-28T07:25:00.000-07:00

Well i'm finally going to sleep now, it's been along few weeks perparing for the Mathildas Market tomorrow. I'm a first timer so very excited to meet all the lovely stall holders and cant wait to see what Lane Cove thinks of my cookies. Make sure you drop in and say hello.

At the market you’ll find unique, stylish and exquisite baby & kids’ goods from some of Australia’s most gifted designers and crafters. All products are either lovingly handmade, or manufactured in limited quantities and just too irresistible to refuse! Stallholders are carefully handpicked to bring shoppers the most divine assortment of clothing, accessories, home wares and toys for the little ones. Most stallholders at Mathilda’s Market don’t have bricks and mortar stores, so you’re sure to find something utterly original there. If you’re looking to stylishly dress your children or decorate their home environment, and want an alternative to mass-produced items, you’ll adore this Market! When & where: Sunday 29th May, 9am to 1pm at St Ignatius College, Riverview. Entry and parking is free. More info at: www.mathildasmarket.com.au

Hope too see you there.....

Mother's Day Cookies

2011-05-24T01:11:00.000-07:00

Well it's be awhile since I last posted some of my creations. Earlier this month I made Mother Day Cookies. These were sold at my Markets and through custom orders. I was really happy with the turn out....If I do say so myself!

Ace of Spades

2011-05-24T00:57:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for my brothers 29th birthday. The cake was a chocolate mud cake with chocolate cream filling. Top with white fondant icing and shortbread cookies shaped in poker chips and Ace cards. Yummo!

Planet Cake Course

2011-04-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

Well after a three day Planet Cake Course I have learnt more things then I could have imagined. From cookies, cupcakes, cake pops and a one tier cake it was the best. Libby the creator of Polka was there for two days to show us her methods of cookie making. Libby also helped us design these fantastic dessert table displays

with everything we created during the course. Mine is below....

It was the first time I had ever made a fondant cake. Linda from Planet cakes was so good to me as I was the newbie to Planet Cake and all the other lovely ladies in the class had attended planet cake courses before.

I was very fortunate to have a one on one lesson with Linda.

I must admit the cake looks great and all the ladies were surprised that I hadn't done courses before. I now have the confidence to do baby shower and christening cakes using the elements which I learnt. However I still have a long way to go with bigger cakes. I will definitely be attending more Planet Cakes courses in the future.

My theme over all the cupcake, cookies, cake pops and cake is Rainbows and Balloons.

My first stall at Petite People Market in Glennmore Park

2011-04-05T23:45:00.000-07:00

Well after all the stressing over the last few weeks I finally have my first Market at Petite People Market on Sunday. It was a great turn out and I sold so many cookies. Thanks to all my NEW customers, I have already recieved 3 orders. Below are pictures of my stall and cookies which I sold on the day.

Lolly Pop Cookies

2011-02-24T22:23:00.000-08:00

We were having a Kitchen Tea Party at work for one of my friends.

I thought I would made some of these lolly pops cookies for her. They were a big hit!

Dora, Boots and Diego

2011-02-24T22:05:00.000-08:00

These three small cakes and cupcakes were for my little nephew Lochie and his cousin's Johnny and Grace. They were all turning 2 and loved Dora and Diego some much. So I put both themes together and made this three tier stand of cupcakes.

The three small cakes on top were chocolate cake dirty iced. The Dora, Boots and Diego figurines on the top of the cakes were made by myself. It was the first time I made figurines. The cupcakes were both vanilla and chocolate flavors.

Rubber Ducky

2011-02-24T21:38:00.000-08:00

These cupcakes were for a boy's baby-shower.

So I thought it would be cool to do a rubber ducky in a bath.

The mother to be loved them.

Licorice Allsorts Cupcakes

2011-02-24T21:20:00.000-08:00

Since I can remember, my dad has always loved Licorice Allsorts.

So for Father Day I decided to make him Licorice Allsorts cupcakes.

I think I got my sweet tooth from my father. He loved them!

Save the Date Cookies

2011-02-24T21:08:00.000-08:00

These Save the Date cookies are great to give out along with your Save the Date invite. This way your guest get something tasty and different at the same time. The cookies are package in cellophane with a satin bow. With your choice of colours.

BEE Mine

2011-02-24T20:34:00.000-08:00

These were a great cookie for Valentine's Day, something different then the

normal RED heart.

Butterfly's

2011-02-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

Milk & Cookies 1st Birthday theme

2011-02-24T20:13:00.000-08:00

These cookies were for a little 1 year olds birthday party. The mum wanted a Milk & Cookie theme. The cookies are made from a shortbread cookie base.

Very yummy, if I must say so myself..

They were a big hit!

Balloon Cookies

2011-02-24T19:57:00.000-08:00

These balloon cookies were one of the first cookies I designed.

They look really cute packed in two's.

Baby Shower Cupcakes - Pink and Blue

2011-02-24T18:42:00.000-08:00

These cupcakes were made for two ladies at work. We hosted a work Baby-shower for them. There were blue and pink themed cupcakes, as the two ladies didn't know the sex of their babies.

The flavor of the cupcakes were chocolate with white chocolate chips. Yummy!

2011-02-22T19:43:00.000-08:00

Hello, Welcome...

I thought I'd give you a little insight to my life. I tried to add all of this to my profile. However being new to blogging I didn't know there was a 1200 letter limit. Oh well.

I come from a very creative family. I have always done some sort of craft, from helping with my mum's business Forvever Beautiful, making cards, door signs, invitations to coordinating events.

I work full time at Unilever as a Visibility Manager for Streets Ice Cream and Lipton Ice Tea. I love my job a lot, it keeps me really busy during the day. However I'm one of those people that need to be doing something all the time to feel like my time is best spent. So doing some sort of craft has always filled up my nights/weekends.

I've been married to Joe for almost 2 1/2 years. It's the best feeling in the world being married to your best friend /soulmate.

The first time I started doing cookies was with my sister from giftscreated.blogspot.com when she asked me to help her with her baby-shower cookies. From there I was hooked!

Not quite sure how much interest I would get I started doing cookies for little events that would come up. To see if anyone would be interested in buying them. Well, the feedback was great and I knew then that I could do this.

I was asked by one of my clients one day if I can do cupcakes. I said "I'm sure I would be able to, let me look into this for you and get back to you asap". I did a few samples and got my number one fan to try (my husband, Joe). He was more then happy to try...hehe. If he said it was good then it has to be. He said it was great! Now I do both Shortbread Cookies and Cupcakes. I'm loving it!

I will post some of my past creations for you to have a look at.