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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Puffy Stitched Heart Decorated Cookies

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I've had a photo saved from several years back of little fabric hearts that have been stuffed to make them "puffy" and then stitched around the edges. I've attempted numerous times to emulate them, but this time, I think I finally nailed it. 

I've done my best to incorporate thickened glaze into my list of favored mediums. It really does hit the spot for certain designs that just don't work any other way. If you add lots of powdered sugar to glaze icing, it eventually becomes something you can mold in your hands. It's still sticky, but doable.

I'm so glad it worked for these puffy hearts. The moldability provided a way to make the stitch holes right after putting the glaze on the cookie. It gave exactly the effect I was going for! 👍

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Valentines Gift Tag Decorated Cookies

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My love for gift tag cookies has not waned a bit in the last year. I believe I have done them for nearly every season and occasion. haha I just can't get enough of them. The best part of the idea is that it is extremely versatile and customizable.

Here's my favorite gift tag cutters:

• Pam's Gift Tags by Creative Cookier
• Tag Cookie Cutter by CookieCuttersDesign
• Tea Bag with hole cutout by That'sANiceCookieCutter

Trust me......once you start making them, they seem to sneak into every cookie collection. ;)

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Oval LOVE Valentines Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Patterned Lacy Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Stacked Hearts Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Lacy Heart Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Rustic Weathered Wood Ombre Heart Decorated Cookie

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This idea came when I saw a photo of a rustic ombre heart with vintage paint across the wood surface. So I guess it's a combination of ombre, wood plank, and peeling paint. 😳

Add impressed lines across the cookie dough before baking. 
Paint the cooled cookie surface in white food color gel.
Using thickened glaze, spread random amounts across the planks to give it that rustic look.

A fairly simple technique for a very trendy design... 💗

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Heart Patchwork Quilt Decorated Cookie Collection

If you've been around this blog for any length of time, you know how much I love quilts.....and how I love to incorporate them in my cookie sets.

This one didn't require any special cutters or patterns. I just took nine square cookies and imprinted hearts within them before baking to create a 3D illusion.

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The decorating process was fun because I kept the cookies together the entire time and decorated them all at once. I even have a video to prove it. :)

It was super fun to make a simple, yet effective quilt pattern... made with tons of love. 

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