Variety = FUN!

The best part about making sugar cookies is the variety of orders that we receive. With Mom's collection of over 350 cutters, you can imagine how many possibilities are out there. I was thinking about that this morning as I admired the cute little mermaids in the box waiting to be delivered. Just last week it was shotgun shells and 4-H leaves - all 8 dozen of them! Thursday night I finished up cute stars for a Mom to give her little star student. The only bad part about the variety is that sometimes I find myself conducting trial and errors. For instance the crabs Mom baked up seemed easy enough. Try turning them into Sebastian from The Little Mermaid. It was a challenge. Characters are really the most difficult. I have finally learned that it is best to just make the cookie itself look cute without trying to replicate the character feature by feature. No matter how perfect I make my frosting I can't be sure that it will not "run." Also the cookie cutters alone are so small that there is hardly enough space to fit the face in without looking strange. All in all I was more than pleased with the Sebastians. Their faces crack me up and I will post some pictures later in the day to see what you all think. I love trying new designs and techniques. It makes the work always seem new and fun. The variety is also helping to build our photo gallery quickly!