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Tag Archives: flowers



royal icing flowers on field-of-grass cupcakes

This is another one of those “whipped up with leftover icing” things. I’m not crazy about my piped designs, for which I blame my kids. Ugh, they always need stuff like dinner and formula. Point being, I really did whip these up. Too quickly. I may revisit the flower thing the next time I have [...]



spring treat roundup from the archives

Geez, I’ve done a lot for Spring in the past few years. Which is funny since I much prefer Winter. I know, I know, I’m the lone person out there for whom this is true. But snow is so dang pretty, I never tire of it. Just wish we actually got some this year. And [...]



flower puzzle cookies

I suppose it’s only fair that if my brother had to work for his birthday cookies, my sister would, too. And I had to make sure my two, young nieces have my sister assemble these flowers before eating them, because she’s good at finding loopholes. For the record, she’s also good at throwing parties, being [...]



painted get well cookies: Eglantine Roses to heal a wound

Those sneaky Victorians sure knew how to circumvent uptight social mores with style. By attributing meaning to flowers (as in, the Language of Flowers, as in, floriography), they could send covert messages to their secret loves via bouquets. How very clever and romantic. I’m taking their cue, but without the secret lover part. These flower [...]



GUEST POST!! Katrina of In Katrina’s Kitchen Brings You Easy Winter Flower Cookies

While I’m off in the hospital having my second daughter, one of my favorite bloggers, Katrina, of In Katrina’s Kitchen, is visiting and sharing with you an easy (aw, she knows me so well, that I prefer ALL my decorated cookies to be “easy”) tutorial for these super pretty winter flower cookies. Be sure to [...]