After a wonderful end of summer trip to Maine, the flurry of getting the kids back to school, and some last minute gardening and room painting, I feel I am finally getting into an autumn state of mind. Halloween items are out in force, so inspiration abounds for creating festive cookies. I’ve got a few ideas […]
If you have school age children who play video games, you have most likely heard of Minecraft. It’s like a digital form of legos in which you can build worlds of whatever your little imagination desires. There are creepers and mods and diamond armor and I have no idea what any of it means, but […]
As much as I torture pride myself with the rigors of particular cookie concepts, sometimes it’s the simplest of cookies that I like best. Straight forward. Easy-ish to frost. Forgiving of air pockets and color bleeding. Modestly sweet with a nice impact. This is the way cookie decorating should be! Daisies are always at the top […]
I try REALLY hard to creating something original when it comes to cookies. Usually I find inspiration in magazines, greeting cards, kids clothing, craft stores…aw heck, just about anywhere something catches my eye. Yes, I am continually influenced by others techniques and dabble with them on occasion, but when I do, I try to do […]
I will be out of the kitchen for the next few days on an annual retreat with my high school BFF’s. I plan on leaving my technology behind {gasp!}, so any messages received I will answer as soon as I return. There are a few great projects I have been working that I am excited […]
Ah, the family summer road trip. Remember being trapped in the back seat of a hot car with your siblings? No one wore seat belts back then, which worked out great to play the Rolling Game we created. At each turn of the car, you hurled your body across the bench to squish the poor […]
Now that my computer is up and running again (HOORAY!), I was able to retrieve a few more patriotic cookie pictures to share for the upcoming weekend. It’s easy to get into the red, white and blue scheme this time of year, and I didn’t want to make a typical flag or star cookie, so […]
Being uber dependent on your computer is a scary thing. No more so do you realize this until you attempt a software update one night and get a spinning wheel of death the next morning when you try and turn it on. Terrifying. My photos! My email! My calendar! Where the heck am I supposed […]
Summer is in full swing here! It’s been hot and sunny and busy. In the two weeks since the kids finished school, we’ve travelled across the state and back, done a major landscape overhaul, and the eldest will be completing his first camp of the season today. Lazy days of summer? It doesn’t seem so, […]
How do these holidays always sneak up on me?! I felt fully prepared when I bought my husband a lounge chair for Father’s Day four weeks ago. I brought it home only to find out it was broken and wouldn’t open up all the way. Back it went, since forgotten, and now I have nothing. Not […]
Melissa Joy Cookies 