February Creations

I had such a rough time making these cookies :(

I wanted to do one for everyone that was involved in the musical again but kept  having icing issues.

I ended up trimming down my approx. 8 designs to just 2 to ultimately, (mostly) just 1 to work with what I WAS able to do.

I did about 120 of these...

...and just 5 or 6 of these.  This design ended up harder and more time intensive than I was expecting so I  decided to give the few that I was able to do to the adults involved.

There were enough for everyone (including back stage, orchestra, light and sound and all of the cast) to have one.  I took them on Saturday along with a sign asking them to take ONE (I knew last year that people took multiple) and yet Matt said he didn't even get one this time (which was fine for him because he had had plenty of my mess ups)   However, I was sad wondering how many others didn't get one.

I also had trouble packaging them.  The umbrellas were transfers that I guess I didn't attach securely.  When I started bagging them they started snapping off.  I was so frustrated because I didn't want to give away broken cookies and yet I had spent all this time and effort on them.  I literally was considering not giving them to the kids but Andy helped me see an alternative option of delivering them on the cookie sheets.  I was a little worried about them drying out and the kids not being able to take them and save them for later but it definitely seemed like the best option all things considering.

A few days after closing night it was Valentine's Day.

I, along with several other ladies had been helping Laura in the studio all week.

This one is a favorite that I did...

Laura also had me recreate 2 or 3 heart shaped bouquets that had happened accidentally last year.

And then I also loved the colors of this sweet little one...

Oh, and speaking of flowers, I had gone to Smith's to grab some flowers for Matt for closing night.  They had some incredible Astronovas!  So pretty!  I loved putting them in combination with the carns and orange daisies.