Valentine's Owl cookies

How cute are these? Other than their jacked up eyes. I should NOT have done them first. Or I could have outlined them.

Everyone seemed to go crazy over owls a while back and I just didn't see the excitement until I made these owl cookies back in October. Then I just loved owls too.

Had to even buy the babies some cute owl jammies.

Well here are some Valentine's Day Owls.

My teenage daughter Miss B and I decided instead of giving out Valentine's cards this year, she would give out Valentine's cookies to all her friends. Isn't that a cute idea?.....although now I've gotta make all the cookies.

And when Miss B decided this.....my three year old Miss P decided she was going to need some for her dance class......FYI there is NO dance class. She pretends to have a class all the time and orders cookies from me. Too funny huh?

Maybe when she gets older she will remember actually being in dancing school and I won't have to actually bring her to one. What do you think? Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Now I'm getting the oven heated up for cookies for an imaginary class. Something simple.....maybe imaginary cookies? Just kidding, I couldn't do that to her.

Do your kids do silly things like have imaginary classes? Please tell me she's normal....five kids and this is the first one who has an imaginary something.

You could also make owl cookies with a heart cutter like Sweet Sugarbelle did here and just do them in red and white or pink and white.

Love Letter Cookies

I love writing letters. Traditional letters.....you know the ones with pen and paper.

No Emails or text.

A REAL letter. 

Maybe it's the military wife in me. After two deployments I'm a letter writing PRO!

It was the ONLY good thing during the deployment. I wrote my husband every day.

There was just something about buying all the pretty stationery. And lets not forget to spray it with some perfume. 

Last but not least, it was sealed with a lipstick kiss or some sort of sticker.

So when making Valentine's day cookies I just had to make a little envelope with a heart on it. Too cute right?

Well they were quite easy too.

You'll need:

rectangle cookies

white royal icing

red royal icing

#2 tip

First outline cookie

 Next fill two opposite sections and let dry a few hours.

Then fill top section and allow to dry several hours. Then fill bottom section.

 Let dry a few hours

After cookie is dry pipe details and allow to dry about an hour.

Then outline a heart

Fill heart with red flood icing.

If you want to leave heart as just an outline then do heart before the detail on the envelope. 

Mine was an afterthought so the detail was already piped. 

Valentine Heart Cookies

Ok......let's talk about spiders. Yes SPIDERS.  I'm so afraid of spiders it isn't funny.

I'm constantly looking out for those eight legged creatures.

Well last night I'm in the shower getting ready to wash my hair and  I give the shower a look over for spiders......a few times.

 NONE.....this is always a GREAT thing.

Then it comes time to pick up my scrunchy body washy thingie.....you know what I'm talking about,  and you have some crazy name for it too.

ANYWAY, it occurs to me that a big spider could be nestled up in that sucker somewhere.

NO WORRIES.....it was spider free.

However, I'm becoming more aware that I've got a spider problem. I swear it must have taken me fifteen more minutes to take a shower because of my mad spider search.

No, Seriously I lost fifteen whole minutes of my dull life looking for spiders when I could have used that fifteen minutes to cookie.....or finally fold that laundry. But I did my search anyway......as always.

And yes......I shake out the towel before using it. There could be one of those nasty things in their hiding...waiting to pounce on me.

I've got major issues. I admit it. That's the first step right?

I NEED HELP.

Alrighty, lets get on with the cookies. That's really what you're here for and not to hear me babble about my psychological issues.

So happy sweet love thoughts right?

Thoughts of Love, Hearts, roses.....Valentine's Day cookies.

I Heart U cookies

Oh My Goodness......Skyrim is the DEVIL.  Seriously.

For those of you who know about the video game called Skyrim, you know it is addicting and your husband, like mine is glued to the sofa playing that darn game he got for Christmas.

I asked my husband to take the blow up Santa down like four days ago. First he said it was a bit wet and needed to dry out because it was deflated and it had rained. UMMMMMM that was four days ago now.

Please get off the sofa!

I did say please. I really meant MOVE NOW!

But no.....he sat, staring at his 70 in 3d tv playing that dumb game! My Santa is still going strong in the front yard. Maybe he can stay there until next year? A little tacky yard decoration won't hurt....will it?

Then my husband thinks he's slick when he asks me to sit and watch him play because.......wait for it.....wait for it......so I can make Skyrim cookies. He goes on to say I can make swords, helmets, and ......I cut him off at helmets. He's a bit delusional.

At least I have my cookies....right?

Well I still love him but no Skyrim cookies for him. Nope, he will get valentines cookies.

I love you cookies is all he will get. I had to make these to remind me that yes I love you honey......
even though I'm sick of seeing you play that game.

These were so easy to make. A beginner can make these easily.

First outline letters in pink royal icing using a #2 tip. Let dry about 30 minutes.

Next fill letters with pink 20 second royal icing and allow to dry for a few hours.

Outline heart with red royal icing and let dry 30 min.

Then fill red heart with red 20 second icing. Allow to dry over night.

When letters are dry you can leave as shown here or you can add some stripes or dots as shown at top of post.