Virtual Rainbow Baby Shower for Meaghan Mountford ~ The Decorated Cookie! Marshmallow Baby Pops!!

Marshmallow Baby Pops

Today is a GREAT day!!  

I get to join an amazing group

of talented bloggers to celebrate a Virtual Baby Shower

for someone VERY special to me... 

Meaghan at The Decorated Cookie  

Please bear with the wordy post, but

this gal is pretty darn special. Not just to me

but also to my 8yr old daughter, Sophia Rose. 

  

I "met" Meaghan by way of her gig as the 

Edible Crafts editor when I submitted one of my

very first blog posts to be considered for their site.

 I was shocked when my post was accepted. 

She took a chance on a newbie blogger and even emailed

me some words of support and encouragement. 

It was awesome and I will never forget how that felt! 

From there on I became a huge fan and a friendship blossomed.

One of my VERY favorite things about Meaghan is that the ideas on her blog are often "Mom-on-the-run" and "Kid" friendly. 

You often don't need a bunch of fancy tools or mad

piping skills to create something fun with your kids.

That is more important to me than I can even 

express in words! When life turns hectic and 

Sophia and I need some "girl time".....I often find myself pulling out the edible food writers and some Marshmallows to let the conversation and creativity flow.   

It puts us both at peace and gives us smiles.   

  

When first asked to contribute to this project, I was so honored. As many of you know, Meaghan is known for her love of anything rainbow so the theme was pretty easy.....RAINBOWS!

I had planned to make a rainbow baby blanket cupcake but

Sophia had a different plan. When I told her about the cupcake idea, she insisted I change it because, "MOM! You always say that Meaghan is the decorated MARSHMALLOW Queen - you NEED to make something with a MARSHMALLOW!!"

How can I say no to that logic?

Marshmallow Baby Pops

  

  The assembly was pretty easy. 

I adhered everything w/ a dab or two of corn syrup.

The white spot in the middle of the candy necklace 

piece is a dab of royal icing. 

My candy necklaces did not have purple, so I took one of the

white pieces and colored it with my purple edible writer.

The rest is pretty obvious!

The sprinkles used were Wilton Hearts, Flowers 

and Confetti along with some Royal Icing eyes. 

        

As many of you know and for those of you who don't Meaghan has quite "decorated" medical history.  
So...you see this baby (Miss Violet is GORGEOUS!) 
is truly the pot of gold at the end of a RAINBOW!

    

    I am just so grateful to contribute to this project. 

This might not be the most fancy thing you will ever see, but

it comes from the heart and it reminds me of Meaghan and what

she represents for my daughter and I, the one and only...

DECORATED MARSHMALLOW QUEEN!

We love ya Meaghan!

Congrats on Baby Girl #2! 

All of these other awesome bloggers are also 

participating in the rainbow shower!

1.  Vanilla Bean Baker - Baby's First Christmas
2.  Not Your Momma's Cookie - Rainbow Swaddled Baby Cookies
3.  Crazy for Crust - Rainbow Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
4.  Dollhouse Bake Shoppe - Rainbow Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
5.  Creative Food - Rainbow Pancakes
6.  Hoosier Homemade - Rainbow Jar Cupcakes
7.  Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons - Rainbow Smores Pops
8.  Pink Little Cake - Baby at the End of the Rainbow Cake
9.  Love From the Oven - Rainbow Cake Pop Cupcakes
10. Munchkin Munchies - Rainbow Balloon Cookies
11. The Baked Equation - Rainbow Baby Shower Cookies
12. Sweetology - Marshmallow Baby Pops
13. Sugar Swings - Rainbow Madeleines
14. Pint Sized Baker - Rainbow Meringue Tarts
15. Bird on a Cake - Rainbow Petal Cake
16. Haniela's - Rainbow Centerpiece
17. Miss Candiquik - Marshmallow Baby Bottles

To Wish Upon a Christmas Star......

This special little cookie is for my Mom.

I don't know why but whenever I see this image

at Christmas time, it reminds me of my Mom. 

Royal Icing Piping onto Chocolate Graham Cracker with Sprinkles!

She always taught me to keep my chin up.

A smile on. 

To always live with love. 

Surround myself with compassionate people.

And keep wishing upon a star. 

I love you Mom.   

    

 

Gingerbread Heads ~ Christmas Pinterest Inspiration from Bakerella

In keeping with my plan to try out

some of the fun ideas I have pinned

onto my Christmas Pinterest board

this holiday season, I tried my hand

at Bakerella's Gingerbread Heads.  

Except we used the store bought

premade Gingerbread dough to cut some time.

They were so much fun to make.

And easy for little hands to help out with too. 

Not too much work and tons of 

personality and cuteness!

These were a HUGE hit 

with my daughter and her friends. 

Have a great week! 

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Lumpy Bumpy Stacked Snowmen Cookies ~ A Pinterest Inspired Christmas

Stacked Snowmen Cookies

So I decided that instead of making myself

near NUTS this Christmas season trying to come

up with fun new inventive ideas, I would take some

of the NEAT things I have pinned over the year on my

Christmas pinterest board and bring them to

LIFE - Sweetology style with my trusty

(and pretty cute) kitchen assistant, Sophia Rose. 

I have also made an early New Years Resolution

to try to get better with Royal Icing so I thought these

CUTE stacked snowmen from LilaLoa would

be so cute and easy for us to start with. 

I just love, love, love her blog!

To see her amazing inspiration click above or HERE! 

Well, as you can see ours are super lumpy and bumpy

but ya know what...I LOVE THEM!!!

We had a blast making them.  I added

the heart because making these cookies with

her really warmed my heart. 

Just what Christmas is all about right?    

Not so much perfect edges...

But perfect memories.

Stop back for more pinterest inspired

Christmas creations (oh and a few new ones from me too!)

HUGS

                

Sweets of Christmas Past

GREETINGS!!

I thought I would share some popular

Christmas sweets I have made in the past

to get you in the spirit!  

Wow...I was busy last year!

By far the Grinch Pills and No Bake Reindeer

 were the BIGGEST success. 

 

I can't wait to make some more fun treats

and memories with my family.     

This year, instead of trying to come up with fabulous new ideas I am going to actually TRY some of the ideas I have

Pinned to my Christmas Board on Pinterest.

I will be sure to share the hits and misses - HA!!    

I don't spend enough time blogging

anymore to figure out how to link pictures

to the original post but here are the links!

Easy No Bake Reindeer HERE

Grinch Pills HERE

Rice Krispie Treat Christmas Lights HERE

No Bake Snowman Sled Ride HERE

Vintage Snowman and Snowflake Cookies HERE

North Pole Snickerdoodles  HERE

Mini Cupcakes for Christmas HERE

Christmas Cupcake Topper Ideas HERE and HERE

Ice Cream Cone Santa HERE

Donut Hole Snowman Craft HERE

Nutmeg Log Cookies   HERE

Gingerbread Waffles HERE

Thanks!

Linking up with:

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Home Sweet Home ~ Cupcake Style

There is no place quite like HOME.

James, Sophia and I were able to spend Thanksgiving 
with my most awesome Mom and Dad in Nebraska.

I love them so much.

When I am at home, there is just this hard to explain
sense of security and empowerment I feel. 

I love my life in MN.

By my heart aches leaving NE.

There is just no place like HOME.

    
This is my life in cupcakes today!
Have a great week.
Hug your family.