One of my good friends, Robin, wanted to surprise her mom for her birthday and asked for a little help. Robin’s currently living in Europe for school/work, so she asked me to do a cookie bouquet to deliver to her mom on her birthday. Isn’t that sweet? Her idea was to make a bouquet that represents all of the places her mom visited this past year– the rest was up for grabs.
While strolling around my local crafts store for the supplies, I stumbled across an airplane cookie cutter and knew it was perfect for the bouquet. Although, it did look like a fish without any decoration. It was hard trying to figure out how to decorate it so you could tell it was a plane.
That’s the one I was the most proud of. All done with a toothpick because my piping bag was NOT cooperating that night. I need to invest in a good quality one.
Then, once the cookies are dry, I wrapped them up individually.
Next, I assembled it all together. This particular bouquet had cupcake pops and decorated sugar cookies. I’m really sad that my American flag stripes were droopy. I decorated it while holding it perpendicular to the floor because it was easier to make stripes that way and gravity kinda took over. Ugh. I did this bouquet at 4:30AM in the morning, so I didn’t have time to make another batch of cookies and start again. 🙁
And there you go! There’s the completed product. I included a personalized note from Robin, too, and tied it all together with some ribbon. I liked the idea of leaving the bag opened for this one, kind of like a bouquet of roses. For the recipe, I used my no fail sugar cookie recipe with royal icing, as posted before here.
Robin’s dad was in on the surprise and waited for my arrival so I wouldn’t have to ring the doorbell. I walked in and the birthday girl was SO surprised! Best part ever was that it was the perfect timing— Robin was actually skyping (video chatting) with her mom, so Robin witnessed the whole delivery and surprise. I gotta say, there’s nothing better than seeing someone’s face light up!
Note to self: Do not take a 4 dozen cookie order and a bouquet order on the same night that a 2,000 word essay is due. You’ll become nocturnal. (totally worth it to see those smiles, though!)
As for the Martha Stewart status, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone that has donated! Keep an eye on the mail and the one marked from “kim” isn’t spam, so don’t throw it out! It’s a little thank you for your kindness. I’ve gotten $160 from donations, which is AMAZING! Not quite enough for a plane ticket, but with the cookie delivery fundraiser that I’m doing tomorrow night (ahhh i have to bake 24 DOZEN cookies tonight..), it’s enough to make my trip come true! Everything’s been booked and I cannot be any more excited. Actually, I lied, I can. My boyfriend is coming with me since I was able to bring a guest to the show! He’s never been to NY so his excuse for going is to celebrate our 2 year anniversary.
And WHOA MAMA, who knew there were so many haters? They even followed me over to my formspring to ask their nasty questions. All I gotta say is, please, for everyone’s sake, eat a cookie or two. There’s no reason why anyone should be so miserable.. especially on a food blog! Can’t we all just hold hands and sing Kumbaya?
Thanks to everyone else for the support! Seriously. I’ve never felt so much love from my fellow blog readers.
