Happy Valentines Day Decorated Cookie Collection

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Valentines Day is such a fun holiday to decorate cookies..... for multiple reasons. First of all, it is the day to express love, and since cookies do that every day of year, it just makes sense to make cookies for the ones we love and cherish. And then, there is a bazillion ways to decorate heart cookies and the like to customize them to each color combination and style. 

I love choosing a sprinkle mix made by Sweets & Treats and then making a whole slew of cookies to match it. For this set, I used the Sweet Treats mix and added some red into it too. :)

I hope you can feel the love and enjoy the Valentines Day holiday. I'm sending lots of love within this blog post to all of you....

Textured Valentines Heart Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

Heart Patchwork Quilt Decorated Cookie Collection blog post HERE

Oval Love Valentines Gift Tag Decorated Cookie YouTube video HERE

Patterned Lacy Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Cookies YouTube video HERE

Stacked Hearts Valentines Gift Tag Decorated Cookie YouTube video HERE

Lacy Valentine Heart Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

Heart Tree with Sprinkles Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Rustic Peeling Paint Ombre Heart Decorated Cookie blog post HERE

Flower Filled Heart Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube Video HERE

Puffy Stitched Heart Decorated Cookies blog post HERE

Valentines Gift Tag Decorated Cookies blog post HERE

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Pedestal Birthday Cake Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

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I love pedestal cake cookies.....and I found a new favorite cutter to make some cute ones.

Outline and flood the cake portion of the cookie.

Allow the glaze to dry for at least 2 hours and then press this polka dot impression tool into the partially dried glaze.

Another impression design you could use for the cake is to press a scalloped edger into the partially dried glaze in a vertical pattern (see video). [I was unable to find a link to this particular edger, but you could use the edger in SugarBelle's Shapeshifter set.]

Outline and flood the top portion of the cookie (the bow/banner) in the glaze color of your choice.

Outline and flood the pedestal, including scalloped outlines to the rim of the widest part of the pedestal, leaving "see-through" holes. (see video)

Outline and flood a second layer over the banner portion of the top of the cookie. (see photo)

Add tiny lines to represent the poles holding up the banner, and an outline of the scallop on the pedestal to give it a more 3D look.

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Watercolors + Edible Clay Decorated Cookie Collection

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After my first attempt at watercolor decorating, I knew I would have to experiment much more to start to get the hang of it.
For this set, I decided to try watercolors on both dried glaze and on my edible clay recipe.
In addition, I used lots of gold dust to add splashes of beauty to each cookie.
Progress is being made......but it is definitely a work in progress.

Single Banner Cutter found HERE

Deco de Lis Cutter found HERE

Lemonade Cutter found HERE

Sea Shell Molds found HERE

Pear Cutter HERE and Leaf Mold HERE

Pansy Molds HERE

Tulip Cutter HERE

Birthday Cake Decorated Cookie Collection

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It's time to celebrate with CAKE!
Here's a whole set of birthday cookies highlighting the event with sweet fluffy cake.

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Birthday Cake Slice Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

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Favorites from the LilaLoa Cutter Set

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The cool part about this cake celebration is that you don't even need a fork. ;)

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Neon Sign Styled Birthday Decorated Cookies

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I'm loving this neon sign style of cookies.
It's simplicity and whimsical results get me everytime.
Why not use it to celebrate a birthday?

It all began with this set of coffee related cookies shown below.
Check out the link for a tutorial on how to create the style.

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Neon Sign Styled Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

You may or may not be seeing this technique again in future cookie sets..... ;)