Pumpkin Birthday Cookie

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  I LOVE this cookie!!

This was another cookie that I donated to a silent auction fundraiser for a school. I had donated this cookie quite a while ago and figured the winner had forgotten they had purchased it. So, I was quite surprised but glad to be contacted by Graham's mom to make a cookie for his 2nd birthday party.

When she told me that she wanted the cookie to be Halloween themed for a 2 year old's birthday I was excited to be able to create an adorable Halloween version of my birthday cookie design. Plus it was her idea to have the cookie  shaped like a pumpkin which was such a great idea and really made this cookie special. 

I always try to make cookies extra special for little kids by putting plenty of little goodies for them to discover. They always like to see the number they are turning on their birthday so besides the large number 2 in the middle I try and hide some for them and their guests to find. This time I created two friendly bats, two 3D pumpkins, and two number 2's stuck in the spider's webs as well as plenty of cute little spiders crawling around the cookie to find. My  favorite part has to be the spider webs though. I love the way the ones put over the orange sparkles look and the way it helps the spiders stand out as well, but with the addition of some black sprinkles even the ones put right on the cookie stand out and look really fun. But what really makes this cookie fun is its shape. Making it look like a pumpkin made it that much more special and that much more interesting. Overall, I'm very happy with the way it turned out and I know that Graham and his guests loved it to. 

Extreme sports cookie

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When John Henry's mom contacted me for a cookie and later told me he would like it to include anything along the lines of dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, or skateboards, I decided to focus on all the extreme sports and not just one. The problem with that was getting all that those intricate machines on one cookie without making it too complicated. Instead, I chose to do silhouettes of someone riding each machine. I found some really cool graphics online that I translated into icing and I think the overall effect was really successful. Part of the success of the silhouettes is that they are all set against the vibrant orange of the 6 that helps them stand out even more.

The layering of all all the bright colors and the use of a white outline creates an effect that makes the silhouettes pop and enhances the border as well making the whole cookie work together. 

It's always nice when I can make a cookie come together like that especially when in the early phases of the design I wasn't confident that I can pull it off. Luckily, the more cookies I create, the more design techniques I learn to really make a cookie come together and stand out. John Henry and his mom LOVED the cookie and no matter what I think of the design that's the ultimate goal when I make any cookie so I couldn't be happier.