It's a Cookie Swap!

My friend Erin and her sister Kristi hosted a cookie swap tonight.  What a WONDERFUL way to stock up on some FABULOUS Christmas cookies for all of the holiday entertaining we have coming up.   Here's a sampling of what we got to take home tonight.   

The Reese's peanut butter ones were mine.  Those are MY favorite.

Josie and Mara had a great time decorating a Gingerbread house!  This was an awesome project for the girls.  Thanks again for thinking of them, Erin!

Here are all of the bakers!  What a great turn-out and SUCH a fun party!!!

After a wonderful snack-filled dinner, complete with hot chocolate, Erin and Kristi supplied boxes and festive waxed paper for their guests to take their goodies home and Erin gave us all a Christmas CD of her favorite Christmas tunes and a jar of her homemade jam.  

Honestly, it was so awesome to be so spoiled!!!

Merry Christmas to you all!!!!!

Addy's First Communion

Eloise's big sister, Addy, received her first communion this weekend.  They had a joint celebration for the two girls.  So, I wanted the two cakes to coordinate nicely, but also be different enough to truly capture both of these wonderful milestones.  

I used Wilton tip 12 to make the pull-out dots on the top of the cake.  The little flowers and the cross are made of fondant. 

 I used a cut-out to make the floral imprint on the cross and I like how that turned out.  

My camera setting makes this cake look yellow, but it was really a nice soft white buttercream.

Congratulations and many warm blessings to Addy on this wonderful occasion!