A card that is a cookie, that is a card, is a cookie...

I wanted to try something different, have a product that was a little bit unique in the cookie world, (very hard to do, I think EVERYTHING has been done that can be!)
I came up with the idea of a cookie card, basically a rough A5 size sheet of cookie, topped with one large cookie cut out shape and up to 5 minis.

My first one I was pretty happy with.. For my friends 21st Birthday. looking back now, its quite rough, but it was also a bit of a rush job, my bad!

the second one was actually a Christmas card for a little girl, ordered through one of the girls from my Mums group (extended family) The little girl is right into horses, I was sure I had a horse cutter, turned out I didnt!
LOL, oh well, I got there eventually with a bit of creative icing!

I heard that this little girl loved it so much, she didnt want to eat it!

I also did two for valentines day, but alas, again for some strange reason I didnt take any photos! I can't believe I did that!!

This birthday card I had major dramas with! The original one I made, I had all finished right around Christmas, I was leaving to go on holiday in Darwin and had planned to pack this up and post off to the lucky girl that day, but when I picked it up I somehow managed to drop it and break it into a million pieces! Disaster!!! I had no time to make another!!! I messaged my friend who had ordered it and explained the situation, I wouldn't be back until the new year, luckily, she was fine with me doing it when I came back.
So after I came back, I made this one up and posted off, this happened the day before the devastating flooding in Brisbane which of course made all postage deliveries grind to a halt.  2 WEEKS  (!!) and many phone calls to Aus Post later, the Birthday girl FINALLY got her card.

This one has to be my favourite so far, it all just worked!

This is the photo Her Mum posted on my FB page, she chomped straight into it!

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Cookie cards are $14.95, your choice of theme and colour, A5 size cookie sheet topped with a large cookie cutter shape and up to 5 minis!

Christmas 2010

I have been flat out doing Xmas orders! I knew that it could get busy this time of year but I was not expecting it to ramp up as much as it did!
One of my Random give away winners was waiting on this time to use her voucher, pictures below of a sample of what I did for her.

There were a few others too, but silly me forgot to take pictures!

A repeat customer Ordered 50x Snow flake cookies in 5x various colors, they were very cool to make but when I was done I looked at the finished product and thought they looked very plain, so I got out my luster dust and disco dust and had a little play...much better!

One Idea I had for my Xmas range was a gift box of mini biscuits, these proved to be quite popular with around 10 of these going out to customers. I was having a ball playing around with all the different little details I could get on a such a miniature cookie!

Now, I don't have a particular dislike for Fondant, I just think its a bit of a "cheat"! (no offense to those who use it, great things can be done with it!) I also personally just don't like the taste.
But I have these great impression texture mats that work really well on fondant so I thought I would offer it, This is one order I received for the snowflake set.

This customer also ordered some bauble/ornaments with "merry Xmas" on them.

The very last order for Xmas was picked up on Xmas eve morning, I was still bagging and tying ribbon when she arrived to pick them up! how embarrassing! But she was very appreciative and it was done on very short notice too.

I was mighty pleased to see the last order walk out the door, I spent many nights sitting/standing with a piping bag in hand and never got to bed before 2 am the week before Xmas.
I did enjoy the rush, but it was nice for it to be over!