Please Mr. Postman. . .

What a surprise to learn that our cousin had just announced her plans for a wedding within a couple of months!  Heidi is the little sister of our May bride, for whom we created the cupcake tower!   What an exciting/expensive/craze-filled year for the Mom and Dad of these two beautiful girls!  And they couldn't be happier.  Which made it that much more exciting when bride-to-be Heidi asked us to make her some photo cookies for her reception.   The challenge here (and with EVERY batch of cookies, there has to be a challenge...) was that due to scheduling conflicts and work schedules, we weren't going to be able to attend this wedding in Nevada.  That meant we had to ship our hand-decorated cookies.  In boxes made of cardboard.  Through the August summer heat to Fallon, Nevada.  A challenge we were willing to accept.

After several email exchanges of photos, we finally found one with enough resolution and contrast to make a cute photo cookie, worthy of this bride and groom.   Some technical difficulties with our equipment kept me awake a few nights as I realized we had a few more challenges than we anticipated.  Thankfully, the internet is an endless source of information, and a few google searches led us to the solution for our mechanical frustrations.    

The production was now in full gear, but somewhere between cookies number 76 and 142, I lost my cool and just took a big toothy bite!   I couldn't help myself.  Each batch of white chocolate fondant was getting more tempting and the aroma of the almond sugar cookie was intensifying in the warm summer kitchen.  Okay, I suppose I was getting delirious with row after row of smiling faces staring up at me.  Sorry, Heidi.  I lost my head.  Or was it yours?  :-)

Once the cookies were bagged, they were painstakingly packed in layers of bubble wrap and barrels of good wishes, and deposited with the able folks at our trusty post office.   And I learned again how much I really do appreciate a good night's sleep.

Congratulations Heidi and David!  

We were sorry we couldn't join your friends and family to see you on your big day, but we were so happy to learn that the cookies made it without mishap.  

May you and your future family be blessed with years of happy memories together!

from your cousins at XOXO Cookies

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all you moms had a wonderful Mother's Day this weekend.   In celebration of the moms in our lives, XOXO Cookies made some fun photo cookies and delivered them to some special Moms and Grandmoms!   Now we just need to convince them to take a bite.   And thank you again to my own special crew for making my Mother's Day the best yet.   ~ S

Just can't get enough of the X's and O's

May the road rise up to meet you.

I've been looking forward to this day for a long time.... St. Patrick's Day always holds special charm for me.  Corned beef and cabbage and green mashed potatoes are always on the menu, and the crazy Irish tunes I listened to as a kid are still etched in my memory's songbook.  

But this year, we are welcoming some good friends' new baby into the world with an 'after the fact' baby shower!  A "meet and greet" if you will!  Baby Rohan arrived much earlier than expected and Mom missed her baby shower altogether.  But as luck (of the Irish) would have it, that meant that Baby Rohan got to attend his own party, and better yet, all of the guests got to swoon, snuggle, and smother him with kisses!  Quite a treat for us all!    Check out his sweet cherub face on these cookies.   Adorable li'l lad, isn't he?!    Welcome, Rohan!

S.

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rain fall soft upon your fields,

And until we meet again,

May God hold you 

in the palm of His hand. 

xoxo

Happy 30th birthday!

My very good friend celebrated her 30th birthday yesterday with a "I'm Wiggin' out cuz I'm turning 30" party.  Everyone came in crazy wigs or hats to help celebrate out at her family's ranch.  We decided that she needed some sassy cookies to make the night complete!  After we found out she would be wearing a pink wig and a black sweater, we thought the bright pink and green with black would be perfect.  

We enjoyed making these cookies and had even more fun showing them off. Everyone got a kick out of the photo cookies with her face on them and they were the first to go.  We loved making matching shoes and hats for the dresses and we felt like we were playing dress up on the little cookies.  :-)

K.