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.
Jessie says
awww soo cute!! i’m sure robin’s mom loved it! such a good idea!
Jena says
I’m so glad you can go!
Yeah, forget about the haters… they’re just jealous they weren’t invited. 😛
Hope you have a blast~
KelGirl says
some people are so rude– I can’t believe that you got so many negative comments! I, too, am a full time (doctoral) student and I understand the whole “do what you need, not what you want” mantra with money! Just today I was telling my dad how I currently consider OLD NAVY to be my couture clothing and am happy with that, because I know some day I will be able to afford more and be able to help out the people who help me! I actually felt bad that I didn’t have even $5 to donate– I hope you will forgive me!!! 🙂
ajcabuang04 says
Hey Kim!
Love your blog. I found it randomly a month ago and love everything you have on it. I started my blog about 2 or 3 months ago and loving every minute of writing for it. Can you check it out and send me some feed back? 😀 It’s http://ajscookingsecrets.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
Oh, and I’m glad you get to go to NY! That’s going to be a lot of fun. And def. forget about the haters. Believe me, I’ve had my share of them. They’re not worth your time. Good Luck on your fundraiser!
Twinkle says
Hi Kim! I’m so happy that you’re able to go! So excited for you =) Haters to the left! haha
Those cookies are cute! Have fun baking 24 dozen cookies!
smalltownoven says
Oh I’m so happy to hear that you’re going and that the boyfriend’s coming with! The bouquet is adorable and I’m sure it was mighty tasty although if I were Robin’s mom I’d probably not want to eat the lovely gift.
Jasmine says
Those are so cute. Congratulations to you and have fun in NY. 🙂
hannah! says
that looks phenomenal! (:
cookies and cups says
24 dozen?!? holy butter!
good luck and great that you are getting the funds that you need 🙂
Sarah B @ Bake + Bike says
This is the best cookie bouquet ever!!!
I love the airplane cookies and the cupcake pops look so dainty and cute.
Eileen says
That cookie bouquet is so adorable! It looked great really yummy too. Congratulations on getting to go to NY to the Martha Stewart show! Have fun!
Kristen says
Looks awesome!!! Great job