Well, I’ve been here and we’ve been busy, and I’ve been pretty un-inspired to write.
But NOW, I’m sort of inspired. I’ve been extremely frustrated lately, even though traffic in the Bake Shoppe has been super. We didn’t have to throw away one cupcake last week. Sold them all! Which is SO incredibly wonderful, until you have to make more cupcakes, more fillings, more buttercreams, more toppers. Then you have to wash more dishes and get back to icing cookies.
Cookie business has been steady and we’ve been taking in a lot of smaller orders (which I prefer). Still, I’m frustrated. And since Dave is the only one around, he has to be the one that I take it all out on. Because sometimes I’m just bitchy like that.
So let’s see what we’ve been up to:
We’re thinking of adding a cookie or two to our Paris collection so we tried out some gold fleur de lis cookies. I don’t think it’s going to be a good match for the existing designs in that collection. There are some promising ideas that we’ll be working out next week. Stay tuned for that.
This is the collection now.
We also produced some of our new collection for Valentine’s Day, it’s called “Love Stinks”, just like the song, which was my inspiration. (I loved that song back in the day…)
There have been a lot of orders for the Love Stinks skunks. I’m skunked out.
Then there was this order for over 200 panda bear cookies. It was a very black and white week.
So far this week we’ve made some lions. here they are outlined and ready for the thin icing. (most people call it “flood”, we call it “fill”).
The lion all filled and detailed. I added some sanding sugar to the mane to give it some texture and sparkle.
The Hippos are going to the same party.
And last, but not least, the champagne flute cookies. The client sent us one of the invitations so we could replicate the glasses. There’s tons of cookie showing because the cookie would be super fragile had we kept the cookie as thin and delicate as the glasses on the invite. The good part of that is: more cookie to eat!!
Well, I’m still cranky, but at least you all can read something new here.
We did manage to get out to a movie last night and I’ve been watching some really great (and some not so great) tv shows on the lap top. I’ll share and review in another post. Let’s keep this one all about cookies and my moodiness!!
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January 27th, 2010 at 8:02 am
I feel cranky too.
Going to Boston next month. Any thoughts on places I MUST go? Not a ton of extracurricular time, but a little.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Cookies look great, as always! The not-so-great tv shows are awesome too!
January 27th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Your entitled to your crankiness. Glad to see you post! yes, we do wonder where you are?!!
January 27th, 2010 at 8:47 am
I think it is one of those weeks (or two) because frankly, I’m feeling cranky too.
Hands down, the hippo is my favorite. I have an odd liking for the hippo!
January 27th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Kind of short notice but the Fleur de Lis would be perfect for Super Bowl Sunday…even though I’m neutral about the Saints!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Maybe if you tried the Fleur de Lis in blue and gold it would match better but I agree, the design isn’t a home run in itself. Most of your cookies are SO CUTE on their own like the penguins, pandas, ladybugs and boxer shorts. I’ve worked on many a catnip toy that was great in concept but a bomb in execution.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Love the Love Stinks collection! Too cute!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
It must be winter — I feel exactly the same way. I should be used to winter after spending 44 years in Connecticut — but no, it always makes me cranky!
I just wrote my first blog post of the year last night — I have no blogging mojo these days.
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Love, love, love the cute animal cookies — they are fab (the lion is my favorite!)
January 28th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Animal cookies look great!
I totally understand the crankiness.. Its alright I hope the rest of your week is better..
January 28th, 2010 at 1:10 am
free flowing thoughts here……. fleur de lis…. NOLA Saints…Colts… Super Bowl cookies… Cookies & Beer might be a stretch but Football Widows need cookies for the get-togethers they have while the guys are glued to the set. Hmm… maybe the sales window is too short..
Anyway-I think they’re beautiful.
January 28th, 2010 at 1:44 am
It must be that time of the year, too. I can’t seem to get out of a funk. I keep hinting that a Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville machine for Valentine’s Day might help…
I thought the cookies were for the Superbowl, too. How do you get the gold so smooth?? I use lustre dust and vodka, but mine aren’t nearly as glass-like as those.
The Love Stinks cookies are just too darn cute!
January 28th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Me cranky too.
January 28th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Girl I know how it is with the crankiness. I’ve recently been that way, but things are gradually smoothing over. Things will get better. I love your, “love stinks” cookie collection set and the champagne glasses. Just go with the flow of the day and feel better.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
what about a cookie collection for New Orleans? The fleur-de-lis is actually the official state symbol of Louisiana, which I didn’t realize.
Mardi Gras is coming up…
January 28th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Love Stinks is such a cute idea! ♥
January 29th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
OMG! Those PAMA Martinis are IT! Sorry it took me so long to try (my Palma was in Westport).
Karla