Mother’s Day Treats…

Hello ladies!
Homeschooling has blessed me with many friends. One of which has her own bakery. Since November, I’ve been taking decorating classes. Well, I missed the first one, and took my first one before Christmas.

If you live in the DFW-Area, please “like” the Tiny Kitchen Cakery on FaceBook. She is taking the summer off for classes, etc. but has promised to start up in the Fall. Also, her husband is a wounded Vet. Please keep them in your prayers. The Gary Sinise Foundation is righting a wrong for them and they are getting a new home, back out in McKinney (bummer for Ft. Worth). Lovely people. Sigh.

On behalf of Mother’s Day, though mine has passed, I took a couple decorating classes – FOR ME! Yep! Last week, I took two classes. One was my third cookie decorating class, where we did these sweet Mother’s Day cookies. Never mind the imperfections, it’s two hours with women, decorating cookies. And whilst my husband travels, I need time with people other than my child. The cool thing was that when I got home, our neighbors were out with their new baby girl and I got to share cookies with others…. oh, and my son as well.

Two days later, I went back to her home for a cupcake decorating class. I was literally hyperventilating at the thought of doing these flowers. And it was so much fun. Ok – not as easy as cookies, for real…. but – fun, none-the-less.

The white ones are mums (don’t judge, it was my first try). The light pink are peonies. The darker pink are roses.

Fashioning them into a bouquet was a hoot and a half. Oh my goodness. First the cake part was soft. Second, the toothpicks were hard to get into the foam. Third, we had to poke holes in the bottom of the wrappers… and the wrappers came loose (note the peony on the left). Sigh. Mental note, if I had to do it again, I’d have used a paper piercer. Great tool for poking.

Lastly, we added “greenery” onto the bouquet. Um, as you can see from the errant wrapper peony, it also served to disguise mistakes. YAY!

Listen, you really should take a few classes. If not from Megan @ Tiny Kitchen Cakery, from someone near you. With the right teacher, it can be so fulfilling/rewarding.

That evening, I took these to my friend Kelly’s house. Her family loved them… flaws and all.

I want to take this time to wish all of my friends who are mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, etc… Happy Mother’s Day! I look to Mary for guidance as I know many of you do. May we all strive to be more like her in our mothering and daily lives.

Blessings,

4 thoughts on “Mother’s Day Treats…”

Oh my gosh, love it. I remember when you shared this on fb. So let me get this straight You put some foam in the bowl ( you'd buy it at Michael's for craafty=ish projects?)And the assemble the cupcakes into the foam sticking toothpicks all the way from the cupcake into the foam? ANd then cover up all mistakes with that green icing.I like it.Did I get that right? I'm trying it for the next gathering!! Perfect bouquet look!Thanks Em.The cookies look amazing too!xoxoxoHappy Mother's Day to you too Em! I will see you before then on fb and the blogs though. xoxoxoxoxo

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Emily, these are absolutely gorgeous and they look delicious too! What an incredibly fun creative outlet! I think I would like doing this ALOT! 🙂 That's so wonderful you shared these yummy gifts with your neighbor too! Awesome! Have a blessed Mother' Day!

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Yes, You got it. You know the small beach pails that are metal… that with a styrofoam ball in it. Icing on the ball, toothpicks on the ball, and cupcakes slid onto the cupcakes. But there is a method. <3Fun stuff. I like decorating the cookies better….

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