Birthdays for my babies!

This summer proved to be a very busy one for us here! Along with getting used to having three little ones in the house, we had two big birthdays to celebrate.  The first was for our 6 year old daughter. She requested a giraffe party. I decided to stick with a simple giraffe print cookie and cake with a couple special cookies for the top. I am so thrilled with how they turned out!

How adorable are those little pink bows?! The cake is covered in homemade marshmallow fondant and buttercream details.

In the months leading up to my 4 year old's birthday we asked several times what she wanted for her birthday. She replied, "cake and candy!"  Love that girl!! She is currently obsessed with rainbows so with a little helpful suggestion we came up with this:

 This is one of my favorite icing techniques.  

I love when something relatively simple turns out so beautiful!

 Check out those cake layers!

 

My rainbow fairy princess!

Christmas in...April?!

It's been a crazy couple of months so I am finally getting a chance to sit down and post some long overdue cookies.  I didn't get a chance to do a lot of baking this season, but the ones I did get done were some of my all time favorites!!

These little cuties were made with a delicious brown sugar and spice cookie recipe from Bake @ 350.

I'm a sucker for Christmas lights - especially the rainbow ones! These cookies are my absolute favorite Christmas cookies of all time!! They are a bit tedious to pipe, but it was worth it!

Thanks for being patient. I had a very good reason to take a little time off and now it's time to go get him out of bed for a little snuggle!