Emmy's Flower-y 1st Birthday Cookie Collection

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Emmy (my second grandchild and first granddaughter) had her first birthday recently. It was a small gathering of family to celebrate, but we celebrated her in a BIG way. She's a precious sweet doll who manages to make everyone smile.

Her mom wanted a pink flower theme to celebrate her birthday. I pulled out all the stops to make the cookies as flower-y and pink as possible. 💗

I had some new tools to try out in the process, so they were fully incorporated into the design.

Both of my grandchildren haven't had refined sugar yet, so for Emmy's birthday, I modified my sugar cookie recipe and made it gluten and sugar free. The cookies turned out great!

Sadly, I attempted to make a "glaze" that was sugar free......but since sugar is the predominate ingredient (powdered sugar and corn syrup), the substitutes were no match at all. I was hugely disappointed. I ended up decorating the cookies with regular sugary glaze and left some of the cookies plain for the grandbabies. In the end, it worked. 

I'm still on a quest to find a way to decorate cookies without the sugar. I'll let you know if I ever conquer that one. 🙃

Happy Birthday my sweet Emmy Lou Who. I love you so much!!!

💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕

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Flower Birthday Cupcake Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Happy Birthday Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Pedestal Birthday Cake with Flowers Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Birthday Bunting Flag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Birthday Banner for Emmaline Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Floral Birthday Bunting YouTube video HERE

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Birthday with SHINE Decorated Cookie Collection

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I love to fit an updated birthday cookie set in between all the seasonal cookies.....just to try out new cutters, techniques and products for one of the most common cookie needs around.....BIRTHDAY! 

For this set, I chose to feature silver with pretty blues and a touch of peach. 

Hopefully this set finds one of you with a birthday close by so you feel the birthday love and enjoy the sentiment. I wish I could send your the cookies through the computer/phone screen. :)

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Finn's Lumberjack First Birthday Decorated Cookie Collection

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It's hard to believe, but my first grandchild has turned one year old already! He was born November 2016 and suddenly one year rapidly went past us, and he turned ONE! Wow.

My Finn (Finnegan Asher) is all boy. And he's super precious. (Spoken by a new grammy....) He was born premature (34 weeks) at 4.1 lbs and things were a bit scary on his birthday. My daughter was in critical condition and they had to deliver Finn in an emergency. But praise God, he has grown and developed well this last year and is all over the place now. You'd never know by looking at him that he was so small when he was born.

I've enjoyed decorating cookies for many many years now......but nothing tops making cookies for my grandbabies. What a joy it is to dive in there and create memorable cookies for their very special days. I count it such a privilege for the opportunity.

Happy Birthday Finn! 🎉🎂🎈  We love you so much. ❤️

[I made lots of YouTube videos of most of the individual cookies presented in this collection. So be sure to click on the links down below to view the videos.]

Lumberjack Cookie Cupcake Picks Blog Post found HERE

Flannel Plaid Shirt Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Logger Truck Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Lumberjack Pancakes Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Lumberjack Lantern Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Log Cabin Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Lumberjack Birthday Tree Slice Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Lumberjack Tree Trunk & Stump Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

Plaid Bear on Wood Background Decorated Cookie YouTube video found HERE

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Navy & Pink Birthday Decorated Cookie Collection

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I wanted to make birthday cookies for a special friend who is sensitive to gluten. Instead of using my grain-free cookie recipe, I decided to try subbing gluten free flour blend for the regular all-purpose flour in the CookieCrazie Sugar Cookie recipe (cup for cup). The cookie dough turned very similar to my regular recipe and they baked up with sharp edges just like normal. YEAH!

This set included several new shapes and I enjoyed using the Sail Away Sprinkle Mix from Sweets & Treats as the color combo for the entire set.

[Note the links when hovering over each photo]

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YouTube MiniCupcake Tutorial Video HERE. Cupcake cutter found HERE and Sprinkles found HERE

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Balloon Decorated Cookie Tutorial Video on YouTube HERE        Balloon Cutters found HERE and HERE

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Happy Birthday Gift Tag Decorated Cookie YouTube Video HERE Happy Birthday Impression Tool found HERE

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Pedestal Cake YouTube video HERE Pedestal Cake Cutter found 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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