CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, January 10, 2014

It's back!
Cookie Con 2014 is coming soon.
You don't want to miss this....

I'd LOVE to see you there!

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CookieCrazie will be at Cookie'sCool in Genoa, Italy May 1-3, 2014

To check out the information:
Cookie'sCool Website
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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

An interesting week......filled with snow.....being home bound....delays, etc.
But I had lots of time to make some fun snow-related cookies....the important things, you know!

We had near blizzard conditions on Sunday here in Missouri.
With 10" of snow, immediately followed by super cold temps (wind chills minus 30),
it was quite the weather out there.
My first day out was Tuesday......and even then, the roads were passable but a bit scary.

Things are fairly back to normal now (except for the huge piles of snow everywhere).
We're going to have above freezing temps these next several days,
plus some rain.....so I think everything will get washed away soon.

My son, Keith, was finally able to fly out on Tuesday.
It took him all day to finally get out of St. Louis......
and reach his destination in Florida.
Poor guy.....he had to start school early the next morning.

I'm starting to think Valentines Day cookies. :)
This next week......red, pink, and white become the standard. haha

I have blessings beyond measure......and am so thankful. :)

Instagram photos for this week:

After Christmas shopping goodness at JoAnn's.

Happy...Happy...Happy!

One of my weaknesses this holiday season.....my sister brought me her specialties....

biscotti, Italian sesame cookies, and poppyseed thumbprints (not shown).

I ate a few, just because it's only once a year, and then gave the rest away.

They were delicious!!!

(I don't eat grains, so this was beyond decadent for me.)

What to do during a blizzard in January, you ask?

Why.....bake cookies of course!

Outside my house today..... Big snowdrifts from 10" of snow yesterday.

It's -7 degrees with -30 windchill.

Hubby's work is closed.

My son's flight back to college today is canceled this morning.

Everyone's home. :)

I'm still going to attempt to decorate some winter cookies.

Happy BRRRR..... Monday.

We're having a SNOW party this week.

The weather is perfect for it.....

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... January 3, 2013

Build-A-Snowman Cookie Platter (Tutorial)

This "build-a-snowman" idea has been brewing in my mind for months.
My family can tell you.....I would suddenly have an "ah-ha" moment with another element.
It was such fun pulling this project together.

The shapes/cutters used are shown below.
Pipes were cut out using a long rectangle and then cutting out a smaller rectangle to form the pipe.
 There are specific cutters for Carrots. (Cut off the leaf top.)
Hats were done using this cutter.
Mittens and caps are common cutters.
Scarves were made with an awareness ribbon cutter as shown on this post.
Coal pieces came from a rounded square mini cutter. (Any random cutter will do.)
Twigs were a long thing rectangle.
The snowman himself was done with various circle cutters.

For the snowballs, outline and flood the circle in white 10-second glaze and

then cover the still wet glaze in either white sanding sugar or white edible glitter.

(photo below shows edible glitter.....my personal favorite)

Twigs can be made with a long branch in tan glaze, and after it has dried a bit,

add some small extensions.

Not wanting to have to mix up orange glaze, 

I opted to outline and flood the carrots in white glaze and

then paint them the next day with orange food color gel once they had dried overnight.

For coal pieces, outline and flood with black glaze.

Dry overnight.

Paint on swirls of light gray food color gel to give them some dimension.

Pipes were easy.....outline and flood the pipe in black glaze....

leaving a oval with no icing at the top.

The next day, use that same light gray food color gel used for the coal to fill in the oval.

Lots of fun shapes...

Once arranged on a platter, the cookie snowman comes to life. :)

Using a cool box, you can make a Build-A-Snowman cookie gift to give away.

Build-a-Snowman Cookie Platter

Winter Scarf Cookies (Tutorial)
Build-A-Snowman Cookie Platter