Okay… finally, the post from last weekend. My camera never did wake up by the way. But I did manage to get all the photos off using a friend’s card reader. Yay! Unfortunately, no built in card readers on my printer or computer… Boo!
And, I would have posted this last night, but I spent the evening at Pioneer Woman’s book signing in Atlanta. Fun! Fun! More on that soon. Thankfully, I did have a working camera with me for that. A brand new Canon Digital Rebel XSi that I borrowed. It’s nice having generous friends. But, I kinda wish I hadn’t started using it. I might not be able to give it back. Bigger screen, More megapixels. And I’ve convinced myself the photo quality is far superior. It is. I know it is. Maybe my camera will be unfixable. Is that a word?
Anyway, here’s the goods or goodies from last weekend.
It’s coming up on Christmas, so I wanted to make some decorated sugar cookies. But I didn’t really want to make traditional Christmas shapes. So instead, I used a cute little cupcake cutter I recently bought. I also went with a less than traditional color scheme and chocolate sugar cookies to help make the colors pop.
I love sugar cookies. Too bad I love them more than they love me. I’m still trying to perfect my piping. I will not give up. I will have non-lumpy lines one day.
These were two of the better ones.
These … not so much. But squint and they’ll look better.
See …… Okay, I’m kidding. I kid. These are the good ones. Well, the better ones anyway.
It helps to plan ahead when you work with royal icing. Draw out the colors you want for borders and the colors you want to fill with in advance.
The cookie recipe is from the book, Cookie Craft. Get a copy if you have any desire to learn how to make these kind of decorated cookies. It’s jam-packed with tips and tricks.
Or maybe you’ll win this.
Yes, the original Cookie Craft came out with a mini Cookie Craft Christmas book.
Also with recipes, ideas, and tips. It’s very cute. And small, which you know I like.
You’ll also get this cute 2-piece cupcake cookie cutter set. Love it!
And some cupcake stencils. You can use these on cookies, too.
A cupcake-shaped cake tester. This totally unnecessary utensil was too cute to pass up.
And so were these mini spatulas. I bought all the goodies (except for the cookie book I picked up at the bookstore) from Crate & Barrel if you want to look them up. I like finding cute things. Hope you like them, too.
And it all comes stuffed in a sparkly stocking.
Enter to win it all.
- Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what you want this Christmas. Big or small. Silly or Serious. Let’s share.
- Me first… I want to spend time with all my family. Laughing. Hugging. Eating. And I want to take lots of pictures of them with my brand new, big, shiny camera. Yeah, that sounds good.
- Deadline to enter is
Wednesday, December 9 at 7:00 pm ET.TIME’S UP! - Winner selected at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening on this post.
Good luck.
Winner.
We have a winner. And it’s a high number this time.
#5935 – YAY CAROLINE! Hope you like the stocking full of stuff and hope you get that immersion blender, too.
And everyone else that entered. Thank you for sharing your Christmas wishes. I’ve smiled and cried multiple times reading through them. Some really important ones out there. I hope you get them granted. Hugs to you all.
I would love a night without screaming children so I can just sit and relax. Of course having my husband there with me to share in the quite time as well.
I want a new cookie sheet! I’m still using the one I got for our wedding ten years ago and it’s in a sad state! Thanks for the chance to win. :)
For Christmas I would love 24 hours all to my self to watch movies and drink champagne!
Thanks, Bakerella.
ohh!!.. I want so many things… but I think what I want the most is to give my daughter a present… I dont have that much money… so I hope I can save a little bit more and give her something….
I want some good bubble bath.
For Christmas I’d love to be as talented at baking as you are! lol
I really want to spend time my family and a NEW car… Anything shiny and that can carry around a lot of cupcakes!
Btw: Happy Holidays Bakerella!
I want to be able to find a job with cake decorating and to get a shiny ring from my boyfriend soon. I would also love those cookie cutters…So cute!!!!
I want a stand mixer so that baking cookies (and everything else) will be so much easier to do… and guess what?!?! That’s exactly what I am getting!!!!
I want to make it through the holidays without having a breakdown. :) I want a pretty kitchen too.
I want to spend some time with my family and hopefully pass all my exams!!! :]
i want to more time with my daughter which means I want the organization fairy to com visit me.
I would love to be able to get together with my family for a white Christmas
what do I wish for this Christmas? I wish for better health for a friend’s husband, who is really ill. It’s been a hard slog for the family and I hope 2010 is a better year for them.
Thanks
My baby sister & her hubby have been trying to get pregnant. I hope it happens soon! They’re a great Aunt & Uncle to my four kids, and I know they’ll be great parents one day.
Your cupcake cookies are adorable! This is probably going to sound corny, but I really want Christmas to feel easy and magical this year — not so project focused — I want it to be as fun for me as it is for my children.
First Grandbaby finally here! Oh she’s cute – such a little dear. We all called her ‘cupcake’ while we’ve waited for her birth.
I can just see her little hands using the cupcake cutter set. While Grama takes the cute pictures of our litte “Bakerella”.
I have the original Cookie Craft on my Christmas list! I have it from the library right now and love it.
Your cupcake cookies are awesome!
I want a brand new xbox 360.
i want snow and lots and lots of sleep!!
What I want for Christmas – No one asks me that anymore. I feel old. So BIG & small wish list: Big – I want a trip to Paris. Yup, a trip to indulge in cheese & chocolate. Small – I want a love poem from my husband – a heartfelt written poem telling me he loves me despite it all — despite the stresses of this season!
For Christmas I want a full night’s rest!!! With a 3 month old (plus a 2 year old and a 5 year old) I dont remember the last time I slept ‘like a baby” —ha
To finally get my job. I went to school for 4 years, and I want to make a difference to our future through teaching!
Other than that, I am truly blessed!
Jennifer
I love cupcakes! These are SO cute! For Christmas I want a nice long relaxing break with my husband
For Christmas I want to sleep in, bake mounds of cookies without having to clean up afterwards and eat all I want without gaining a pound. Too much?? ♥
I want to pass all my finals!!!
I would also like a nice pair of boots. and a new camera might be nice!
I want a brand new winter coat.
I want a new lens for my Nikon!
I want a little more sanity… do you think that will be hard to wrap?? I’ll tell my husband to put it in a gift sack.
I’d love for my husband to find employment. Beyond that, I want a new set of flannel jammies :)
I want a new pair of Danskos!!
Kelly
I would love an embroidery machine!
I would like my to-do list completed! I would also love some cupcakes and frosted sugar cookies! Yum!
Every year I want the same thing – to spend quality time with my wonderful husband and two adorable little doggies. As long as we are all together, I’m happy.
Now, if some wine and egg nog (and cookies, of course) make their way into my day…then I’ll just have to deal :)
Happy Holidays!
Having been inspired by all the wonderful pictures on this site, I’m gifting myself this year with a Canon Rebel T1i.
I want a yellow KitchenAid Mixer. I want it really, really bad.
What do I want for Christmas?
I really have not thought about it……
I have it….to get rid of my kidneystone, and
finally become health and happy again!
With Me
Love your blog!!!!
I want the complete Frost/Nixon interviews. Not the movie Frost/Nixon, I already own that. The actual interview tapes. I am so fascinated by Nixon that it is ridiculous!
I want to find the perfect cowboy under my tree this christmas or just fun time with the family.
This Christmas I want to spend some time in the snow. Living in Texas is making me miss my Midwestern roots.
I want a new job! :)
I wanted a rain coat, and I got one from my mother-in-law!
My real Christmas wish, though, is a full-time job.
I want a nano 5G (:
I want the 10lbs I gained this year to bugger off :) And maybe a new set of cotton sheets for my bed! Either is fine!
AHHH Finally back to recipe land. Our computer was sick, yes, it decided to grab a virus and we were without for a month. Can you imagine no Bakerella for that amount of time??? For Christmas, I would love to have cash donated or anything animals can use to a local animal shelter. You would not believe how many people are so nasty to our little 4 legged friends. People,,,they have feelings and hearts too!
All I want is my hubby & little baby girl home in soft pj’s and just enjoying each other and watching averi on her first christmas.
I want a black Wrangler jacket.
some warm winter boots
a dutch oven!
I want a steady job! Haha, or seasons 1 & 2 of Pushing Daisies…either one ^_^
I am seriously hoping for a router and throw some sand paper in my stocking please! I got a Cricut for my last birthday and could stop asking the neighbors to router boards for me every other day if I had my own! Drool Drool.
For Christmas, I want a new kidney for my dad and a new raincoat!
i really want a kitchen aid mixer!
Hoping for a Le Creuset oval french oven!
I want a digital camera for Christmas!
Small and I want it to last for weeks! Too bad I only have a day and a half off from work- I tell ya, these cookie cutters could really make the season bright!
all i want for christmas is to survive the holidays and actually enjoy myself. to get everything done before the last minute would be divine!!
I’d like a stress-free holiday.
More realistically, I’d like some new merrells and rainboots.
I just want to relax and enjoy my family.
this year for christmas i want to be able to pay off my credit card balances that were incurred due to the holiday season! lol i want smiles on my kids faces, and i want them to show gratitude for the gifts they get and the greatest gift of the season, which was is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
hmmm…. winning this contest would be nice =)
I just want to be with family this Christmas.
Oh, and a pony. I would also like a pony.
I am wishing for a new camera, but I don’t think I will get it since my husband bought me tickets to Bon Jovi in July 2010.
What a great giveaway! I really want a new camera, but I also want to find a home for one of my foster dogs :)
I want for my Mom to see my sisters & brother and her sisters & brothers for the holiday season. Our family is so scattered around the states and she is so alone for them. My wish is to help her be so very Happy for the Holidays. Thank You, Kristina
OMIGOSH… I WANT TO EE SANTA!!!
I want continued good health for my family & friends.
In reality I would love for every little stray dog or animal to have a warm home for christmas :( but as for me I would LOVE to have some cashmere slippers! a little bit of a splurge for a college kid but would be amazing! Cute cupcake cookies by the way!!
I would really like a new IPod, because my old one is near death from overuse, and I’d like to be prepared when it stops working
I’d just like to have my whole family home for Christmas!!!
OMIGOSH… I WANT TO SEE SANTA!!!
I want a ps3!
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I would like a new front door. It would be the perfect end to a year of stressful remodeling.
Oops- I didn’t put down what I would like for Christmas!
I want all of my family home- safe and sound! Other than that I would really, really enjoy a white Christmas! :)
I want pretty home decor items!
I think that your cookies look fabulous. I want my sister well. She has been diagnosed with a rare cancer, so I need her around for a long time. Other than that…a Kindle, but it’s way down the list in the budget this year!
i really wanna win this contest!!
Hmm….I think I want a kitten. :3
My birthday was yesterday and I was hoping for one but did not get one…maybe I’ll get lucky for Christmas!
I would love more time (and energy) to cook for my family.
i want a new coach purse, ooh and also a cute puppy too.
i know atleast i can wish. :)
I want some new baking gear and plenty of free time to enjoy it.
an iphone!
*SWOON* You made “cup-cookies” I love them. This year for Christmas I’m hoping to spend a little extra time visiting my hometown and my family! But I wouldn’t mind a 25 lb bag of sugar… you can never have too much sugar!!!
I want to spend Christmas day in my jammies, curled up on the couch with hubby. Hmmm, family obligations won’t let it happen :(
I LOVE this set!
I just want to have a relaxing break visiting family!
All I want for Chrismas is 30 minutes to spend soaking in a tub…with bubbles!
All I want for Christmas is to go home to my parents house, spend time with them, my siblings and my boyfriend’s family; to eat yummy food and play in the snow.
I cannot wait!
The one and only thing I want for Christmas is for the adoption of my niece to go through so we don’t have to worry anymore. It would be a true blessing to my husband and I. Merry Christmas everyone!!
I want a brand new XSi to be waiting under the tree for me too!
I want a Cuisinart food processor, but would be happy with a pair of jeans that fits! ;-)
For Christmas I want to just chill out with my family and play, eat & enjoy the true meaning of the season!
i’d certainly love to see my family across the country. and have a big get together for christmas!
I would like my move back to Oregon to be good, and enjoys some great family time with everyone. As far as being selfish, I would like a new camera, I too also love the Rebel, and want one some day.
Those look so delicious an fun. Also, I want to know what everyone else wants for Christmas! To make buying things easier :P
I want my 2 year old to say “mom” :)
My best gift would be that my husband and I would completely recover from recent surgeries!
I want to spend time with my family. That is a given. But if I could have anything at all it would be for my hubby to fix our fence so we can get a dog. That is my Christmas wish this year. Happy Holidays to everyone!
I just want to it to snow!
I want what you want….and a new set of everyday dishes. :)
I really want relationships that are genuine, real, without any pretenses or ulterior motives…and a Bowflex tread climber! :)
I really want a real cash register. Not a toy one!
My Christmas wish is for snow! I use to live in Michigan and we always had white Christmases filled with hot chocolate and cookies, spending time with family (and I mean all the family, which is quite a big one at that!). It will be my first Christmas really and truly away from my family since I got married and moved to California. It’s time to start our own family traditions, although I know for a fact he already seconds the cookie idea : ). It has always snowed on Christmas no matter were I’ve been so for Christmas some snow would really make me feel like all my family is all right here. And some cookies wouldn’t hurt : )
A very nice pair of shoes. I am standing most of the day (preschool teacher) and it would be wonderful to have good pair of shoes. Comfort and class :) Oh and a new shredding blade for my food processor. Beautiful cookies btw!
A vacation!:)
An iPod Touch!
I want the new B&N nook, but they are sold out until mid January
I would like peace within in my divided family. That would make my Christmas the best. Thank you for the giveaway.
koinonia572001@yahoo.com
Perfect cookies. I would like to eat one.
For Christmas I want to see my parents (haven’t seen them since July) and to travel with my husband. Usually, between christmas and new year’s eve we travel to San Antonio or Houston, I hope this year is not exception :)
I so want a little iron clock for my bathroom. I have everything I’ll ever need or want, but a little clock would be nice. ;)
I would love to have my whole family together for Christmas. My daughter lives in CO and my son in FL. Hoping they can make it this year.
I want a job :)
I would like to have all my debt paid off! LOL
I would love to get for Christmas a book of memories that my kids have of growing up in my home and then what the grandkids love most about coming to Nana and Papa’s house.
I want a mom
I want to spend a relaxing day with my family playing our new Rockband game!! Also I am hoping Santa will bring me a Kindle in my sock. Thanks for the cookie decorating inspiration!
I would love to win this very cute give-a-way for Christmas!
For christmas, I want my little girl to get excited!! And for my husband not to have to work
(baby girl got her own play stand mixer from santa.. shhh dont tell!)
I want for my life to continue to be as great as it already is, or maybe even better. ;)
Merry Christmas!
I don’t have a lot I want or need, my kids could sure give you a list a mile long though!!!! As long as my kids are healthy thats all I could ever want.
I can’t think of a better prize to win for my daughters!
They LOVE to bake! My oldest is 11 and wants to be a patisserie chef when she grows up! Thank you for the opportunity to win and for inspiring my family on a regular basis! :)
I want to survive the 12 hour car ride to Grandma and Grandpa’s house – with 2 kids and 3 dogs!
I want a new camera so I can take pictures as good as yours!
I want to start the planning for our wedding next Fall…. it feels like it will never get here!
I would like a boyfriend for christmas? Is that too much to ask for? :-)
In all seriousness (meh, who needs its) I would like a food processor. I need one badly.
I want to relax and revel in time with my husband and kids.
I would love to win this contest…and spend more time with my family this holiday season.
Thanks for you site…I enjoy everything you post and sometimes find myself laughing out loud.
i would love a vacation to get away from work for a while!! :)
My wish for this Christmas is to spend time with family and friends eating something yummy from Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook. Oh, and if that could be done with out my children fighting with eachother, that would be fabulous too!
I want to play in the snow and smell evergreen trees, not evergreen candles. On the practical side I also want a new handmixer.
I’d like to be able to take a few days off, catch up on sleep, watch cheesy Christmas movies and be with my family!
I want to be happy
I want a puppy with a big red bow for Christmas!! love this giveaway!
Love the mini gingerbread man :)
For Christmas, I want some time to finally paint my apartment! Woooooooohoo.
I just want to spend time with the people I love. I have more fun watching people open gifts I’ve given them than gifts I get =)
Haha… this is what I really want, well, more what I dream to get but knowing for a fact that I won’t get one for years to come. Ok, I want a new and improved diamond ring from my husband. heehee…. my friend just got engaged and she got a big chunky rock and I am extremely jealous. Yup, I am a material girl. =)
I want my husband to have a good Christmas. He’s a doc and has to work 80hr weeks this whole month. So being the loving husband that he is he bought the kids and I ticket to my parents so we would still have a good time.
What I’d really love for Christmas is a new house – one with central heating! Since that is highly unlikely I’ll settle for an electric blanket & some more jumpers :o)
I asked Santa for Ugg slippers-a luxury I wouldn’t by myself!
I love going on a walk in the cold and crisp winter woods, then coming back, pink-nosed, for mince pies and whisky in front of a roaring log fire.
I want a new computer!
For Christmas I’d like to continue in my mental recovery from my breakdown this summer. I’d like to be able to work again, and earn money to pay off my debts. I’d like to not fight so much with my mother.
And a second Wii remote/nunchuck wouldn’t go awry. *grin*
I want someone to remodel my townhouse for me!! But, failing that, a 42″ LCD tv would be acceptable.
I’d love some new pots and pans or additional camera lenses but no matter what gifts I get, spending the holidays with my wonderful family will be the best gift of all. I’m so excited!
All I want for Christmas this year is…a trip to Mexico! I am dying for some sunshine.. but hey spending quality time with my husband and baby girl will have to do!
I would loooove some new hiking boots and Silpat baking sheets! And lots of time to make christmas cookies and cakes!!
For Christmas I would love to receive a new set of high quality super soft & comfy bedding.
I want a new camera for Christmas. My current one takes blurry pictures, and it’s sad everytime I see a blurry one that would otherwise be super cute!
snowbug2@hotmail.com
I want one of those new Christmas Village bundt pans. Oh, and world peace. Of course.
Ohhhhh, gorgeous cookies! And I simply love the cupcake cookie cutter. :)
What would I like for Christmas? A Dyson vacuum, but I really didn’t even tell my husband that. What I really told him I wanted was a heated throw blanket to keep me warm on the sofa at night while he rubs my feet. ;) The vacuum can wait another year.
Dawn <3
one tiny KitchenAid
I want to spend and entire day with my boyfriend, just the two us. Cooking and talking and just doing nothing. A whole vacation with just him would be wonderful, but I’d settle for a day.
New house with huge kitchen!
Hi, hmmmm I would love to have a lazy christmas day at home with my family. I know it will never come, because we have to goto 4 different houses. But I could wish , huh ! It’s OK … I do get to at least see All of the family, not so bad… really.
LOL.
Merry Christmas.
Mary
Ladefly@aol.com
Hm. What I want for Christmas? Definitely to spend time with my boyfriend and maybe -crosses fingers- sleep over his house until the morning of Christmas when the presents get opened! :D I want to experience that magical feeling everybody talks about during Christmas. OH! And it HAS to snow up in Jersey! :)
I want to have a nice feud free Christmas!! That is all I want!! Come on Santa grant me this one!! Love all of your ideas!!
spending time with my family is the perfect gift…BUT a big fat check from santa would be nice LOL :o)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE
Such cute stuff. Love your cookies.
All I want for Christmas is to enjoy the holidays with my family. The stress of the holidays can be too much. I need to just sit back and enjoy all the food, music and family.
Krista in Calgary
First off….those cookies are adorable! Love them. Myself, I am cut out cookie impaired. But maybe I’ll give it another shot.
For Christmas this year, just looking forward to some family time. Working full-time for the first time in ages and trying to squeeze in family moments is really challenging. (There is of course the remote car start I have asked for for three years…. ;) )
Sorry about the previous post, but I had to say it.
So for Christmas I want a tummy tuck! Flab be gone. But I would be just as happy with a copy of the Julie/Julia movie.
Merry Christmas.
I would love an Ipod touch, they look pretty nifty =)
I definately want a white Christmas! Snow falling Christmas morning just makes it so perfect :)
I already got my gift. My hubby bought me a Kitchenaid stand mixer. He won’t be home this christmas so I got it early…and I’m LOVIN IT!
I want to be surrounded by those I love with lots of good food and good drinks. And for my children to not whine during the eating and drinking.
I want to have a great last Christmas at home before I get married!
All I want for Christmas are a bunch of cute shoes.
I want to have fun with my family and friends, remember what christmas is really about and EAT! I love to eat and I love our crazy christmas foods at my house!
Wishful dream: to have all the entire family home for the holidays…
Otherwise… like you, I would really love a new DSLR!
I want a new house with a huge kitchen!
I want the SUNSHINE to come out and warm us all up for at least one day. It was below zero this morning!
But really, I want a new kitty. Mine is ailing at 20 years old and she’s blind. Poor thing. A new cat might breathe some life into her, but alas, we have a 1-cat rule at my apartment. Still…what are wishes for!?
Merry Christmas to everyone.
I want enough snow for a white Christmas, but not so much that we can’t travel to see our families!
i would like to win :)
I would like both my sons to have wonderful memories of this Christmas. It’s the first Christmas for me in three years that I have not been in a depression, and it’s a big deal for me, and for us. Thanks for the opportunity to win something fun!
I need some new glasses! I stepped on mine, and now I need a new pair!! I would also love to have one of those kitchen aid mixer/scrapers they have out now. Really cool.
i’m not trying to comment twice to double my 1 in 7000 chance to win. But i really don’t know if my first attempt actually posted.
I want to find the perfect name for our baby boy before he arrives at the end of March!
I would like a new lamp for my living room! Your cookies are beautiful!
How cute is this? I love the cookies, they are adorable. You brighten up my day.
love those cupcake cookies. so cute! That little book looks like a must have. I am trying to start a Christmas cookie decorating tradition with my girls, and that book will be awesome.
My uncle is sick, so all I want is for him to be well.
I would love to have someone come clean my house once a month.
Oh my gosh, just when I think you can’t possibly get any cuter, you go and make these! Seriously, I love you, and love, love these cookies. I think I’ll have to get myself these cookie cutters whether I win or not! So aside from these cookie cutters, for Christmas this year I want an iPhone. That’s it!
I want a Keurig personal brewer (coffee maker)!
many laughs with my kids, new memories which make for great stories later on, happiness… and many more recipes to try out!! :)
oh and possibly abs and arms of steel???? maybe??
Well I already got my Christmas gifts… New furniture! But I would really like to sell our property for Christmas, this would really help us out, and start the New Year on a good note. Or one of those cookies will do! Yum!
Ooh, neat!
I want a Kiva gift certificate. I never quite get around to doing the microlending thing, though I keep meaning to.
I would absolutely love it if the University of Alabama won the National Championship! Love you Bakerella!
Having Christmas at my house. Making cookies right now. Would love to win the cookbook so I could add this cupcake cookie to my Christmas cookie list
I want quite a few baking books, and to spend the majority of the time baking :)
For Christmas I would like my luck to turn around.
I wouldn’t turn down a kitten, either :)
Those look great, and yummy. I want to make those!
I would like to go to Cancun with my whole family!
All I want for Christmas this year, are for my husband to be out of pain & to get pregnant! Fingers crossed! :)
I want a wii !
Seriously!? You crack me up!! All those cookies looked like perfection!
I am wanting to be able to make cookies like you! Those are Gorgeous!!!! My cookie baking day with my kiddos is coming up! So a stocking full of amazing gizmos and gadgets and inspiration would be most welcome here!
Christmas and cupcake cookies! What could be better? I too, want to spend oodles of time with my family and I have been simply drooling over the Canon Rebel or the Nikon D60. I wonder if Santa thinks I have been good enough for one of those beauties?
all i want is my kids to have a beautiful xmas !
All I want for Christmas is a pair of knee high gray leather boots.
I want free sky diving lessons. It will be a great kick off the new year … in style
A bigger kitchen with double ovens! :)
Hanging out with family. Discovering Christmas all over again through the eyes of my beautiful children. Christmas can’t get any better than that!!!