I’m not so sure that this will be at all interesting to the ladies out there, but I know two sweaty men that will be pleased as punch that I’m writing about digging ditches.

Are you confused? Have I lost my mind writing about such manly topics, when I clearly have an aversion to all things masculine? Like car cookies, motorcycle cookies, anything plumbing related, or say, ditch digging? I’ve only just this Summer managed to keep my plants alive and I don’t think gardening is as manly as plumbing, but it’s as manly as I want to be.

My Dad was up from Cape Cod a couple of weeks ago and one of the dirty jobs he and Dave worked on was getting electricity out to our sign. So in the Winter when the sun goes down at 4pm we can light up the sign and keep the shop open until 6pm. Exciting right??

That’s my Dad and the ditch, which was loaded with big rocks and evidently was super difficult to work with. (see all my new shrubs?? Hopefully, they’ll grow to be big full bushes…bushes. hehe)

Unfortunately, we had our driveway worked on BEFORE the ditch was dug, but the guys did a really good job raking the “sure pack” over the ditch and you can’t even see it. FYI, they used a tool called a “ditch wich”? They didn’t dig that skinny ditch with teaspoons. But it looks like they may have doesn’t it??

I guess I’ll have to take a picture at night when the light is on. When we get a light.

Feel like eating a nice dinner now??

It’s been a while since I’ve had three burners going at once!

I love this meal. I didn’t follow the recipe exactly, but here is the original.

Start with a nice, fresh salmon fillet (preferably wild caught). I sprinkled some salt, pepper and cumin on the fish and pan roasted it in my cast iron skillet.

I sauteed some garlic and onions, then threw in a pint of cherry tomatoes, which I forgot to halve. I also forgot half the other ingredients for the vinaigrette, but it tasted delicious just the same. (check the recipe link for the proper list of ingredients)

I found a bunch of ingredients in the fridge to toss with the quinoa; local goat cheese, fresh basil, fresh garlic, sherry vinegar, and capers.

Add all that to some quinoa, and…..

you have a tasty, fresh and healthy dinner. It all comes together super quick too, so it’s not as hard as you might think. (if you think it looks hard..)

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Yes, I am alive and yes, it’s been busy in the shop and with cookies. Sadly, it hasn’t been too busy for me to write, I just haven’t really been too motivated to actually put pen to paper. Or fingers to keyboard.

We’ve been working on some new cookies and I don’t know, they haven’t been all that exciting to me, so that may be the cause for my lack of motivation. Dave and I have also been working on some home improvement projects and the house has been a dusty, holy disaster. So that may account for the procrastination as well. Oh, and making all the preparations for the Hoe Down in 3 weeks!!

Daisy is doing really well, she’s been spayed and got her shots and is a natural fit. Except that she’s still working on housebreaking. We’ve thrown out one rug already, it’s challenging. I never thought I’d see the day that Lily would be the well behaved grown up, but it has arrived! I’m trying to get her to help Daisy learn to be a super good dog. (she’s already a good dog, we’re just working on the SUPER part, ie: no peeing on the floor!!)

Anyway, I have been taking pictures of all the crap going on, like interesting meals, and cookies. But for some reason I haven’t been documenting the home improvement stuff. I’ll have all the after pictures, just not so many befores.

So let’s look at some cookies today:

Inspired by a recent custom order and our Hoe Down invitations, we created a Cowboy collection;

Included in this collection there is a horse, cowboy, sheriffs badges, boots, horse shoes and a 10 gallon hat.

We’ve had this collection on our site for a while, but we tweaked the colors on the Sea Creatures collection. I love the green octopus!!

We had a custom order of three different designs for a child’s first birthday. A customized block.

A bunny made to look like the Princess bunny on the invitation.

And a custom bear to round out the bunch. I mixed a custom pink to match the invitation as well. The customer’s bear had a personalized inscription curned on the bears belly that said “Aili is 1″. I don’t know why, but lately it seems people want A LOT of copy on their cookies. I’m not a fan. It’s just too much, and very redundant (IMO). But, you gotta give the people what they want…within reason!

We’ve been making tons of small batches of so many different cookies, which keeps things interesting, but ugh, all that color mixing takes up so much time. A few boxes of Hogs and Kisses the other day. Love this collection. It’s like a piggy version of Hello Kitty!

Peach baby carriages for a shower a couple of weeks ago. Love these kinds of jobs, simple and straightforward.

We added the hat to the “bi-partisan” collection. It was Dave’s idea, and I think it works really well.

I had an order for a 6 inch double layer strawberry cake.

A perfectly simple Birthday inscription.  Plus, strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream is so good!!

We had a fun order for some camping cookies. We made a tent with the flaps open and some fish cookies from our Gone Fishin’ collection. (which may have inspired us to create a fun camping collection for next Summer!!)

I really like these cookies, and I’m not a huge fan of non-girly cookies, but these were fun.

I’ll wrap up today with a super fun baby shower that we “catered” this weekend.

Here’s the cake, a 6 inch double layer square, vanilla cake with chocolate filling and tinted vanilla buttercream.

My favorite, polka dots and beads. (really the only thing I’m good at!)

The favors, green and blue daisies.

The cupcakes had vanilla butter cream, tinted in blue and green with lime green sprinkles and light blue sugar pearls. We made the stand out of foam blocks covered with coordinating paper and ribbons. It took about an hour to cover the blocks. Luckily, we were able to save the foam floral blocks from another party that we did.

Here’s the table set up. Dave and I delivered and set up on Sunday morning. The shower was at the the golf club at Okemo.

So, I will try my very best to be more consistent here and keep you up to date. I’ve got lots of pictures from a recent Swap that I participated in, a delicious salmon dinner that Dave and I had last week, doggies, and the new house stuff. There’s lots of content, I just have to get crackin!!

Hope you all are doing well, and if you follow me on Twitter, sorry, I may be the worlds worst tweeter. No excuses, I’ll get on it..

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We’ve had some interesting requests for custom designs lately.

First up, some Neon Monkeys.

Nope they’re not a new “chillwave” band. (like Neon Indian). Just cookies. Although, if Dave and I ever decide to start an Avant Garde band, we’ll be called the Neon Monkeys. I’m going to play the mixer, the whisk and the smoke detector, while Dave strums the eukelele. It’ll be a scene.

And we could only form an Avant Garde band because neither one of us knows how to play any actual instruments.

All right, that’s the end of your musical lesson for today. (seriously though, you should check out Neon Indian I’m totally digging their music right now)

Ok, back to cookies.

Custom “Eat Me” cookies for an Alice in Wonderland inspired tea party. (love the colors)

Graduation caps.

Corporate custom high top sneaker cookies. I love that they don’t have laces.

Alien faces for a 6th Birthday party.

Penguins to go with the aliens.

More aliens. Can’t get enough of those.

If I ever make these again, I’ll do the beak different.

And I’ve saved the best for last, at least in my opinion.

A client ordered a box of handbags, but I thought that might be a bit boring, so I took the liberty of creating an entire Chanel collection. A classic black Chanel Flap bag, Chanel No 5, classic Chanel ballet flats, and Coco’s signature flower the white camelia.

This is totally my new favorite, although the bag and the shoes are a bit challenging, I love the look of the entire collection and the simplicity of the color scheme. It’s inspired me to re-do our bathroom. Again.

We still have a few more new collections in the works, I’ll be sure to post them as soon as possible. Until then, there’s not much new to report from MoHo. Except that we FINALLY sent out the invites to the Hoe Down and I can’t wait to post pics of the invitations.

Until then, go listen to some Neon Indian!!

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I hope you all had a great weekend! It was super monkey hot here in VT, we even had to go get the AC out of the basement!

Nothing too eventful here, except new cookies:

Our new nautical collection called Ship’s Ahoy featuring a sailboat and a new and improved anchor. I had Dave make me a new cutter and we tweaked the anchor and the life preserver.

Having grown up on Cape Cod, I really like this collection a lot. These are available and ready to ship right now!!

We made some new custom wedding cake cookies for a client.

More nautical cookies for a custom order, this collection has a lobster, crab and  a quahog (click the link if you don’t know what a quahog is!!)

We also came up with some new designs for our Summer Barbecue collection.

We did a little editing and added an apron (inspired by the Chefwear catalog), some barbecue utensils, a chef’s toque and a new ketchup and mustard cookie.

These are available and ready to ship. They’d be a perfect hostess gift for the next party or barbecue you attend.

We’ve got a new take on a Twix bar available in the bake shoppe this week. Delicious shortbread base with home made caramel and a chocolate ganache topping.

And a very sad red velvet cupcake that made me laugh out loud last week. It was just so hot, all the cupcakes were practically melting, and this one finally gave up to the heat of the ovens.

I have more new cookies, but I’ll save those for another day!! If you’re really curious, just go on over to our website and see for yourself!!

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Since we have a super nice deck built by Dave and my Dad last year, we’re trying to enjoy it as much as possible. Given our hectic work schedule, it can be a bit challenging.

On the nights that we get out at a reasonable hour, we love to eat our dinner outside. One night earlier this week we had some super delicious tofu tacos. Really when it comes to tacos for me it’s not so much about the protein, but more about all the accoutrement. You know, really good shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, onions and peppers, jalapeno, fresh tomatoes, and of course avocado, or some mashed avocado with lime, cumin and salt. I could skip the tofu all together, and just forget about chicken, fish or steak, just load up my fresh corn tortilla with a big pile of the above mentioned  accessories.

I know the tofu doesn’t look spectacular, but it really is quite good. I used extra firm tofu, let it sit on lots of layers of paper towels for about an hour, then coat it with a big sprinkle of cumin, chile powder, and salt. Saute it in some oil until it’s browned and then place on paper towels to drain the oil. I made the mistake of leaving it on the paper towels for this picture. I’m not that well thought out.

To drink there’s always some kind of margarita, but my beverage of choice lately is Sangria. I always have a pitcher of it in the fridge. It’s like grown up fruit punch.

And here are my two babies, Casper and Franklin sleeping in Lily’s bed while I wash the cover. They’re nuts and they love dog stink. I don’t know why, but they love to sleep in both of Lily’s beds and they like to sniff her feet. Weird.

She’s a little washed out here, but this was one morning that I was sitting at the door table looking at our pond (which you can’t see, but that’s a rowboat right next to her face.) So green and peaceful.

Then she takes a few steps to the left, and it’s not so peaceful anymore. Our house and bakery are on about 4 acres and it’s lovely and serene, except that we are on a “super highway”. Tons of loud dairy trucks, logging trucks, and the occasional pre-fab house are constantly driving by. But it’s ok, we still love it here.

Everything is so green right now, and on the days that we get the lawn mowed it’s so beautiful to look at and to smell.

And on to another random topic, I think I’ve finished accessorizing the mantel for now. I’m pretty happy with it, but I’m no expert. I happened upon the greens in the vase on a marathon sprint through Ikea one night.

If there are uglier bricks out there let me know. These are horrible. In our basement we have the most beautiful stone fireplace, but it’s about 2 feet from the propane tank. And it’s in the basement. I don’t know why they’d put the gorgeous fireplace in the cellar and the shiteous one in the living room. We’re considering painting it. Anyone have any thoughts on that??

I was hoping to get a professional designers opinion on the living room updates, but the last time she was here I don’t think she noticed anything. Must not be so great.

Anyway, this was a totally random post with absolutely no consistent theme, but it’s stuff we’ve got going on and I thought it would be fun to share.

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Customized champagne bottles for a recent order.

Love these cookies for a new corporate client.

The whole collection. We can create cookies to go with any business, but cocktails our one of our favorites!!

At first I wasn’t so sure about hot pink and turquoise whales, but in the end, I love the color combination.

And, like I’ve said many times, I love the whale cookies. So simple, but so so cute.

Lots of flags for the 4th of July!!

We’ve got lots of new cookies coming up, so be sure to check back. If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you get notified whenever we post something new!!

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Since the 4th of July is over, I think we can have a look at the Blue and Brown baby shower order from last week….

We received an order for a dozen cupcakes and a dozen teddy bear favors for a local baby shower, I decided to make the bears brown with blue details so that they’d coordinate with the cupcakes.

Teddy bears with a big blue bow.

Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with blue sugar pearls and chocolate sprinkles.

I love when everything coordinates.

The teddy bear job inspired me to embellish the cupcakes in the shop with the same sugar pearls and sprinkles. I love how they all look on the tray.

Exciting? Right??

Oh, and you HAVE to go watch this video. Especially if you have a thing for Snoopy.

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I was all ready to just publish a post with some brown and blue cookies and cupcakes, but then I realized that today is the 4th of July! I don’t think Brown and Blue will do today.

Last night we had a little impromptu dinner party on the deck, which seemed like a great idea. Until I realized I had an appointment for several treatments at the salon, had to open the bake shoppe, clean the house and then throw getting ready for guests right on the pile of chores.

It actually worked out really well and everything came together in the end. As it turns out, there is a florist right next to the spa, so I was able to pick up a couple of stems of beautiful blue hydrangea and a few white sprite hydrangea to make two full and low arrangements in canning jars.

I really love flowers in jars, it has such a simple country feel. Plus, you can get a dozen of those jars at Kmart for $1 a piece.

Another bonus, we sold out of cupcakes at 4, so we could focus on getting ready!

I had planned a simple, vegetarian meal with few moving parts so I was able to spend lots of quality time with our guests. AND, I wasn’t running around crazy when everyone arrived. (this is the first time I’ve ever had that happen!)

I had brewed some iced jasmine green tea (which no one drank, because the Lemon Drops were so good), and mixed a big batch of delicious Lemon Drop Martinis. I got those super cute red paper straws for the Hoe Down, but thought they’d be great for the 4th of July too.

The recipe is from Martha Stewart, I garnished each drink with a lemon slice and a few sprigs of Lemon Balm from my herb garden (herb garden meaning the one pot of Lemon Balm!)

For appetizers we served roasted asparagus with lemon and garlic aioli and baguette with slices of avocado, lemon juice and sea salt.

I didn’t get any pictures of dinner, but we had farfalle with home made pesto using a combination of basil from my plant and some from the farmers market. We made a big Ceasar salad with garlic bread from B and L, and a platter of sliced tomatoes with goat cheese, olive oil and capers. Simple, easy and delicious.

I had made three ice cream bases on Friday and started spinning them Friday night. Super creamy and refreshing raspberry, vanilla and blueberry ice cream.

I think the raspberry ice cream is my favorite. And it’s a good thing because I wound up with a TON of it left over!

Happy 4th of July!!!

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I know no one knows what I mean with my title, but seriously, you all should have heard Gilbert Gottfried’s impression of Gary Oldman (talking about The Book of Eli). I’m not a HUGE fan of Gilbert, but sometimes he is just way too funny. And then sometimes he’s just plain annoying.

Anyway, here’s why it’s been like a Western around here:

I searched and searched all over for cowboy boot cookie inspiration, and aside from Bake at 350’s cookies, there was nothing really great. Instead I just used lots of images of actual boots and this is what I came up with.

I made over 50 of them with either red or brown detail and silver spurs.

Then there were the Cowboy cookies that were for a local client. So much work, these took a long time.

Many hours later, the cowboys are all filled and detailed.

Every Cowboy needs a horse.

These are favor sized boots and hats. I love the font we used on the hat.

I also have a super cute horse shoe and a Sheriff’s Badge, but they’re not quite finished yet, so we’ll have to go Western again another day.

In case you were wondering, some of these cookies were for a custom favor order, and some are for our annual Hoe Down in Mo Ho invitations.

I hope the invites inspire a lot of people to accept and RSVP on time!!

Later partners.

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So I’m a day late, you wanna start something??

I didn’t think so. I was busy yesterday getting July cupcake flavors started, we have an awesome miniature Rocky Road Tart, Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Buttercream, Strawberry, and I’m working on a Salted Caramel today. AND I think I’m going to try to make home made Twix bars.

Anyway, on with the show, as you know I can never just pick ONE winner, so there are two runners up who will receive a 4pack sample package which will contain the extras of whatever we’re working on when you get me your addresses.

First Place, winner of a box of custom Snoopy Birthday collection: Jenny Hartin!! Yay! Congratulations, I can send them to you, or you can give me the address of whatever Birthday boy or girl you want me to ship them to.

Second Place: Another Jen, at firrkids.blogspot.com

Third Place: Elizabeth (aka Princess_Beth)

So, you all need to email me your mailing addresses ASAP to laura@adozeneggs.com and if you send it by noon today, I think we’ll be able to ship it out today!!

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