CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, August 14, 2015

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

I know......it's weird. 

My son came upstairs yesterday, looked at my cookies, and said, "Mom.....it's August!"

Yes, I'm doing Christmas cookies in August.

Yes, it is CRAZIE.

I've got to keep the image going for the name. haha

Having a blast!

This week it was shabby chic.....next week it will be country primitive Christmas.

It helps me feel cooler in this crazy hot weather. :)

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Instagram photos for this week:

My son-in-law is a lover of baseball....

Someone loves red velvet......you know who you are. :)

Knowing I can get these kinds of effects with edible clay makes me so happy and excited!
Happy Sunday to all. :)

Happy Tuesday!

Remembering the letter-coded back-to-school cookies from last year.....
#tbt #throwback

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... August 7, 2015

Old School Cookie Collection

What is it about back-to-school theme that is so very very fun?

I remember when I would go to purchase all the supplies for my kids
before we started back to homeschool each year.
It's that same kind of giddy feeling.
It must have to do with a "new beginning"......all fresh and clean.

This year seemed like a good time to take on a more vintage feel for the back-to-school cookies.
And that is how the Old School Cookie Collection was born.

Here's to an awesome year of learning!

Hopscotch Cookie (Tutorial)

Clock Cookie (Tutorial) 

 Lunch Box Cookies (Tutorial) 

(S-C-H-O-O-L = Alphabet Block XL cutters)

Old School Cookie Collection

Hopscotch Cookie (Tutorial)
Clock Cookie (Tutorial) 
Lunch Box Cookies (Tutorial) 
Old School Cookie Collection

Lunch Box Cookies (Tutorial)

A lunch box has been on my "cookie bucket list" for a couple of years.
When I saw a photo of a classic front view lunchbox, I knew it was time to attempt it.


You'll need a wide rectangle cookie for this project.

Outline and flood the cookie with the color of your choice.
If desired, add a pattern while it is still wet.

After it has dried for at least 30 minutes, add a gray line across the top to represent the lid.

Dry for another 30 minutes or so, and then add the outer latch and the handle attachments.

(see photo below)

Once the latch has dried for about 30 minutes,

add first the bottom part of the inner latch, and then the top part of the inner latch,

with dry time in between.

Roll out some white edible clay and freeze it for about 1 hour.

Cut out a long rectangular handle for the lunch box.

Using the end of a scribe, imprint the handle with small tick marks as shown below.

Allow the cookie and handle to dry overnight separately.

Make a mixture of silver pearl dust and vodka (or almond extract).

Paint the latch and handle attachments on the lunchbox.

Brush the bottom side of the edible clay handle with corn syrup ("glue")
before laying it atop the handle attachments on the lunch box cookie.

Add some gray brackets around the handle as shown below to make it appear to be attached.

A cute addition to the Old School Cookie Collection. :)

Old School Cookie Collection

Hopscotch Cookie (Tutorial)
Clock Cookie (Tutorial) 
Lunch Box Cookies (Tutorial) 
Old School Cookie Collection