Sunday, March 23, 2014

Catching up...

It has been a while, hasn't it?

For those who don't know, I bought my first home at the end of 2013. Most of 2013 was spent looking for that home and I finally found it at the end of October. The past four months I have been experiencing some of the fun that comes with home ownership (shoveling snow! squirrels! shoveling more snow!!) Now that I have more room, I have been inspired to put a little more effort into this business. I got updated business cards and decided to make a different set of cookies every month, just for practice and the experience, and give them away to friends and family. Making cookies is fun; as someone once said to me, icing is my medium, as opposed to pencils or oil paint, though I wouldn't mind getting some time practicing that as well. All in good time.

In January, with the cold and snow still blowing, I thought of warmer weather and created these little guys:
 Then in February, I made cookies for Adeline's baptism...
 and used the remaining icing to make some colorful, if not scientifically correct, dinosaurs:
 This month, I was still thinking of warmer weather (oh snow & cold, you might be overstaying your welcome):
I don't know what I'll do in April; at this point, I am trying to use cookie cutters I haven't yet used, or use them in ways I haven't before (sunflower becomes sun.)  Maybe by August, I'll be making snowflakes in order to beat the heat.