Bing's rough day Give-away & Cookies explained!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!

Winner of the book, Cookie Craft is STEPHANIE!

Please send me your street address and I

will mail your book Monday morning!

Greetings Spring Blog-Hoppers! It's day Five and you know what

that means! It means it's Cindy's turn to delight you over at her

blog, Skip to my Lou. Doesn't just hearing, Skip to My Lou make you

smile? It sure makes Me smile! And, it takes me right back to the first grade

when I skipped practically Everywhere I went! If you ask me, there needs to be

more Skip in our steps. So slip on your Mary Jane's and skip on over to Cindy's blog!

Before we talk about Bing's rough day Give-away and I share with you a little more

about the Easter cookies I created for my turn at our Spring blog-hop, allow me to Thank

all of you for the Wonderful comments/words of encouragement you left on yesterday's

post. My family, and all of my friends know that I picked up creating Sugar cookies as

a hobby last year to, (cope) keep myself busy, (busier) after our sweet boy left college

to become an Army Airborne Ranger. I find that creating and decorating baked goods

somehow Quiets my mind and allows me the control I need over those scary

thoughts that creep in when I'm not going 100MPH. Therefore, hearing that you

enjoy the things I create while in my own little Therapy-zone was a true bonus!

Now... On we go!

What you see here is a Typical morning in the life of our Bing-kitty...

Compared to the cat that lives in the concrete drainage Ditch pipe down the

street, Bing's days are pretty comfy and care-free. The only thing Bing doesn't

tolerate well is strangers. He loathes strangers... He growls any time a vehicle stops

near our home. He growls at the UPS truck, the mail truck and the guy that comes to

mow the neighbor's lawn, across the street! Honestly, the monthly monitoring fee

we pay to ADT is a complete waste because it's Bing who alerts us to any strangers

coming in, or that come around the house. Bingee is the Best guard-cat, ever!

So because we know this about Bing, we do our very best not to upset him. However,

sometimes it just can't be helped. And today was one of those times... You see, we

decided to replace the carpeting we had installed in the Master bedroom when

we bought the house a few years ago with hardwood floors. Which meant we

had to Vacate everything from the room to allow stranger-installers in!

And... That didn't go well. This is Bing this morning... Guarding his carpet,

and the bedroom door. And Growling at the installers. If ever there was a more

fitting caption for a photo, I think, Hell No, We Won't Go! is it for this one!

So because poor Bing spent most of his day crouched behind the dryer, and you've

been patient in allowing me to tell you his story of woe, you Deserve a give-away! And,

because this post is about to get down to some serious Cookie decorating business,

I can't think of a better book to offer you than, Cookie Craft, authored by Valerie

Peterson and Janice Fryer. I ordered three copies last year after I discovered Bridget's

blog, went Crazy for her cookies, became inspired and then felt terrible about the

way I peppered her with How-to questions. So I sent her a copy, (like she needed

it, right!? Ha!) and I kept two for myself. Why two? Because I was sure I would

spill or splatter something on one and wanted a clean copy for my Cookbook

library. But now that it's been a year and my copy is still so perfectly clean, I

am ready to part with my spare! Even if you are a cookie decorating Pro,

there is something you'll discover that's either new or that Inspires you

toward improving your own techniques. What I learned flipping through it

again this week as I created Wedding favor cookies is how to properly apply

pearl Disco-dust, (luster dust) to my cookies to make them sparkle, shine and

frankly, make them look like a satin wedding dress! So if you would like to Add

this book to your library, take a look at the Following photos of my cookies

and leave a comment Telling me which is your favorite cutter and cookie

If you were with me yesterday and read THIS, then you already know that

my Spring Blog-hop give-away was sponsored by the fine people at

CopperGifts.com. And, you know that Beth, the owner of

CopperGifts.com not only sent me a Decorating set for my

give-away, she also very Generously sent me the order I

placed for Easter cookie cutters without charging me!

Opening my order packages from CopperGifts.com is always like

unwrapping Christmas presents. But Free? Well, that's just crazy-Fun!

Especially when things I hadn't thought of ordering were added to my

order - Such as these icing eyes! Oh, yes! CopperGifts.com not only

offers us the Best, American made, hand-crafted copper cookie cutters

ever... They carry every other thing necessary to create Amazing decorated

cookies, cakes, cupcakes or whatever! Icing eyes.. Who knew? This totally

solves all of my piped eyeball issues! You want blue eyes or another color?

They have them! And, how cute are those Hopping bunnies I ordered?

Now before this Easter cookie cutter order I placed, I ordered

wedding cookie cutters last month to create some possible Favor

cookies for a wedding planner I know who thinks her bride

might like to invite them to her reception!

And I have to tell you... One of the many reasons I love copper cookie

cutters from CopperGifts.com is that they are perfect. They are heavy,

evenly weighted, comfortable and best of all, they create Sharp outlines!

And, I mean Sharp! THIS dress cutter could be a sweet-16 cookie too!

So even with Minimal decoration, you get what you're after!

The full Skirt on this cookie cutter allows for a

monogram or name to be Written on it too!

These icing flowers are also from CopperGifts.com, and while

they disclaim that they can't guarantee you'll receive your

icing shapes intact, the way they package ensures that you will!

See my pearl Disco-dust application here? I love

it! I loved the way it made my Dresses look so

much, I used it on my Easter lambs too!

Here's something else I love! This is the cookie

I created using the Fish decorating set

The possibilities with this are Endless!

Now for the Easter cutter cookies! I received so many

e-mails yesterday asking me which CopperGifts.com

cutters I used. So let me tell you... This one is here

This is the sheep cookie I created using This cutter. I call

all sheep Q-tips. I just love, love, wooly sheep!

Someone in Texas will see this Q-tip show up

in their mailbox very soon... Will it be you?

For this darling Bunny I used THIS cutter, and for the egg, use THIS

Soft, sweet. Edible!

No yolks!

I almost skipped the Sanding sugar on my carrots...

But then I went for it!

I ordered this Big Bunny cutter because

it makes the perfect Gift-size cookie!

This is Brandon's bunny... Pure white. Like my Ranger's heart

Most of you know I want to have Chickens in a bad way. You also

know I crave a perfect yard and my sleep. Well, my husband says

that despite what Martha tells me, I cannot have all three. Martha

has staff, he reminds me. And I, don't, he also reminds me. So this

sweet chick is the closest I'll get to having Chickens in my yard!

No easter cookie Collection would

be complete without THIS carrot!

So do tell... Which was your Favorite CopperGifts.com cutter? Don't

forget to let me know for a chance to Win! Contest ends Saturday at noon,

EST so that winner may receive it before Easter. US Residents only,

please! Check back Saturday evening for the announcement of winner