A Musical Celebration

with brother, cousins and Grandma Carol

 Spring has arrived and in our family that means someone is graduating.  The honoree this year is Chiann, a girl who enjoys time spent with family and friends.  .  .

and loves riding horses.  .  .

.  .  . but High School was all about the Music!

Every Graduate experiences the thrill of marching down the aisle to "Pomp and Circumstance," so I thought I would present it in cookie form.  Since I have no musical training I relied on my husband's guidance to help me with the musical notes.  Although he was a great mentor, I still made a mistake that I did not detect until I was packing the cookies.  Fortunately, I have adopted the philosophy that it is "just a cookie". . . packed them up and said "oh well."   Knowing Chiann, she will just smile and give me a hug when I show her the error!

Marching band, choir, piano and flute were the center of Chiann's extracurricular activities.  The hat was created from a jelly bean cutter and the choir robe was originally an angel.  In addition, I added a graduation cap to a cake cutter to create a unique centerpiece cookie for the collection.

Graduation caps, diplomas and musical minis completed the collection.

  Love, hugs, and cookies for a special girl on her special day!  

Chiann and Marlena-BFFs

Logan's 16th Birthday

  "A few of my favorite things" was the theme I chose for the cookies I made for my great-nephew's sixteenth birthday.  Musical notes, a piano, basketballs, baseballs. . .

A big thank you to Harry Potter for providing Logan with the joy of reading at a young age
and a nod to Game of Thrones, a current favorite book series.

A few math problems for the math team member.  Of course I needed a little help from my friend, Joan , a former math teacher, to create the math problems for me.

 

Logan is a big fan of video games and I know nothing about them!  I created a template for the designs and used my imagination for the placement of the buttons.

Since AP European History is Logan's current favorite class, I had to include something "really old."  I opted for the Roman Colosseum because he will be visiting Rome in a few weeks on a trip provided by the Make a Wish Foundation.  This cookie is proof to all of my friends that cookie decorating does not mean that I have any hidden artistic talent.  Hopefully, it will help Logan truly appreciate all the magnificent works of art that he will see during his trip.




Finally, some very special cookies that were wrapped separately for Logan to open privately.  His party invitation asked guests to write a recollection of a special memory of Logan.  I opted to write about heroes because the strength, courage and humor that Logan displayed during his battle with cancer has made him one of my special heroes.

 


Happy Birthday to a very special guy!

May your future be filled with good health, happiness, love, success and adventures as exciting as the ones in your books.