Ballerina Bear Birthday Cookie

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This is another cookie donated to auction. I donated the cookie to help the FILM project, an organization that takes photos for families with loved ones suffering from cancer.  The winning bid came from the daughter of my boss and I happened to know the little girls whose birthday this was for which is always an added bonus when designing a cookie. 

Megan is just 3 but already in love with dancing and ballet just like her older sister, and she loves her teddy bears as well so why not combine the two? The dancing ballet bear with her shiny puffy ballet skirt was the perfect image for the center of the cookie, and the pink and yellow theme was perfect for little Megan's personality. Sweet and whimsical was what I wanted to keep the cookie, so, beyond the addition of the glittery number 3's dancing along with the bear, all the detailing is delicate and fun and every element is either glittering with sparkles or adorned with shimmering sugar pearls. The border was created continuing in that same effect, lots of pink, lots of sparkles and lots of fun. Overall this cookie was a lot of fun for me to make for this sweet little girl on her birthday and I was glad to be able to do it for a good cause as well.

Leo's Birthday Cookie

 50th Birthday Cookie

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Working in a cafe I have had a chance to meet many new people. I got the chance to get to know Leo's wife through multiple visits. Our food interests were discussed on multiple occasions and my cookies came up a time or two, so when she planned Leo's 50th birthday party in the cafe she asked me to do a cookie for the occasion. With a list of Leo's favorite things I set to designing the cookie. I wanted to make the scene seem somewhat like a sports locker since his interests seemed to lean that way. A name plated shelf which holds his 'golden' gloves, his necessary tech gadgets, and is tagged with the logo from his beloved bike. 

As interesting as all the elements were once I placed them on the cookie, the biggest visual piece was the 5-0 that was front and center. I needed to find something to make the numbers visually interesting and I got my inspiration from the invite. The stitched pattern that fills the numbers was the backdrop for the digital invitation and went perfectly with the color scheme. In the end, this cookie was focused on the individual elements that make up the central scene. Each one came out exceptionally well and together they created a very striking cookie that Leo and his wife were very happy to have at their party.

Folio Cookie

New Year...Lots of new cookies

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This is my first cookie for a corporate event, and I think it worked out well for everyone. My aunt's good friend from college who works for Folio in Texas was coming into town to pitch their product, marketing in this case, to local company ExactTarget. I was contacted to create a cookie for the meeting that conveyed Folio's approach to the pitch. 

For this cookie I had a lot of back and forth concerning the design which is something I'm not really used to in the beginning design phase, but this is their image on the line and they wanted it to be a correct representation of the direction they wanted the meeting to go. They wanted to have both logos' equally represented and a Facebook 'like' symbol. I submitted a couple of designs and we decided the bold and simple one you see above was the most appropriate. Each logo has some detailing that makes it stand out, but the bold colors and contrasting text bring each equal attention. I gleaned the design of the detail work around the symbols from Folio's presentation materials. Those details help bring it all together and make the rectangular designs work on the round cookie. The border is not simple but not distracting as all good borders should be and frames the important parts of the cookie well. 

 From Folio's end the cookie went over very well and everyone was very happy with the meeting and the cookie.  Unfortunately Folio is based in the South so no repeat business :) I really did enjoy making this cookie and being a part of the presentation and I would love to do more work involving other corporations...I must say, recreating logos is one of my strong suits and a cookie like that makes quite an impression.