Holiday Baking

Better late than never right?  Between moving cities and starting a new career I still had time for a few cookie orders.  I had a lot of fun with these sets and had a chance to put my airbrush to good use. Up first is warm and cozy mitten themed set of cookies.

This set included fuzzy warm mittens, shiny bronze stars, wreaths, trees and a few hand painted winter scene cookies. 

Doesn't this set just make you want to curl up in front of a fire place with a cup of coco for dipping the cookies in?

Now that you are all warm and cozy how about a fun romp out in the snow.  The next set included snowflakes, hand painted winter scenes, and a few trees for good measure.  

The snowflakes were an assortment of airbrushed snowflakes with silver and gold sugar pearls, Sugar sprinkles snowflakes and shiny silver snowflakes.

The hand painted cookies have an airbrushed background with hand painted trees and cottages.

Finally one of my favorite parts of the holiday season...all the greenery.  I love putting up a Christmas tree each year and seeing all the evergreens outside covered in snow.  

I tried to capture the whimsy of the greenery during the holiday season a few different ways.  I did some decorated brush work tree cookies, wreath cookies, brushwork pine cone cookies, holly and a few lacy trees.  My favorite were the lacy trees, I just loved how they turned out.  

Just to round things off here are a few detail shots of the cookies. 

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and a Happy New Year to you all!

Stay Sweet everyone <3

Happy Pi(e) day!

3/14 =3.14 Woooo Happy Pi day everyone, what a wonderful excuse to celebrate a really cool mathematical phenonomnon and EAT PIE.

To celebrate this special day I made Apple Pie Cookies!

They are are in one word, delicious!

The cookies are super easy to make, a little time intensive but totally worth it.


Go to Smitten Kitchen to get a great tutorial on how to make these little bites of goodness!

Love, Weddings and Valentines

So this post covers it all, Love, Weddings and Valentines!

These lovely cookies were made for a wonderful Korean couple that just recently tied the knot!

By the time the shipment reaches them it should be just in time for Valentines day, so I made these cookies with a bit of Valentines flair.

This sweet couple really Loves one another and I wanted a cute way to depict that in my cookies.  I asked each of them to let me know their favorite color, favorite animal and the date of their wedding and the date they first started dating (proposals are not big in Korea or I would have included that date in the cookie mix as well.  

I love you in English and Korea

First Date and Wedding Date

Some Valentines Flair

Congratulations Soon Hong and Su Hee!

Valentines Day Gift Box

I am so excited to share this next goodie with you!

This is my new creation and my new favorite cookie to make!  A gift box made of cookies!  

These lovely boxes can be filled with hand made chocolate truffles, mini cookies or both!  

The top of the box can have a secret message written on the inside like "I love you" "Be Mine" or even "Marry Me"  

This box was made for the wonderful folks with the Ambassadors club to help them raise money for the St. Paul Winter Carnival, thus the mini snowflake cookies inside.  When you order we can work out a special cookie design for you and your loved one. 

When you order let me know what colors and designs you are interested in.  Also let me know if you want truffles, mini cookie or both in the box. 

Boxes run from $40-$60 and are approximately 5.5in by 2.5in

Winter Wonderland Cookies

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.

Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown

He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.

Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

Gingerbread, Maple Spice, and Chocolate Spice cookies with vanilla lemon royal icing.

$30 for 2 (individual orders will be accepted but cookie flavors will be the same)

Comment if you are interested in recipes or tutorials!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!!!

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas Hand Painted Cookies

On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree. 

On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.  

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

Christmas Trees and Santas

This is a set of custom cookies I made for one of my customers.  She requested square hand painted cookies with either Christmas Trees on them or Santa.  I decided to do both.

Ho Ho Ho

The Santa's have luster dust painted on their hats and then a combo of luster dust and petal dust on their beards.

Have you been naugty or nice?

The trees are bordered with a wet application of luster dust and then have a dry brushing of luster dust over the trees

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

How lovely are your branches

I hope my customer has as good of a time eating these cookies as I did making them!

Cinnamon Twist Wreath Bread

 Looking for something special to serve your family over the holidays? How about a lovely wreath filled with cinnamoney suggary goodness!

This wheel of sweet spiciness is topped off with a red fondant bow and glitzy sprinkles.  

If interested in ordering one of these jems to grace your holiday table e-mail me at vanessaslingsb@gmail.com