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 want to be able to stay home with my kids more rather than having to find a second job. I would also like some snow. =)
Oh my! I cannot believe the comments on here! It’s unreal!
Totally serious though, all I have been talking about wanting this Christmas was Cookie Craft! Would DIE if I won! Fingers crossed, holding my breath, and jumping up and down until the winner is announced!
I want to go home, spend time with my mom, snuggle with my dog, and ride my horse. I also really really want to bake some fun Christmas things because there is nothing like listening to Christmas carols and covering the kitchen in flour and sugar…something I totally miss out on when I live in a dorm at college!
For Christmas I just want something handmade from my kids. I just love having things around me that they made, it reminds me how lucky I am to have such wonderful kids!
I would love to get lasik eye surgery. I am dependant on my glasses and it would be oh so nice to roll over at night to see what time it is without having to put them on.
I also have a 1 year old and a 2 year old and for somereason they cant stop grabbing them and pulling them off my face. so they are all bent to heck and smudged with fingerprints.
Merry Christmas! For Christmas I would like a food proccesser!
This Christmas I want my family and I to be able to keep our house.
This give away is adorable!! :)
I really want some time away from school to relax, and recharge for the next year!
I want a day to myself for Christmas.
All I want for Christmas is my 4 month old to get this front tooth in! LOL She’s a good “teether” although I am sure she would love it to come through as well!
My wish for Christmas is that my husband comes home safely, we get to move back into our house close to our friends and family and don’t lose it to foreclosure.
This is the first year I haven’t come up with a list of “stuff” I want… and it feels good
I want a puppy! A fluffy one!
All I want for Christmas is to have time to BAKE, BAKE, BAKE!!! I want to make it all; fudge, cookies galore, cupcakes, etc. And of course I aspire to be as creative as you.
(I’m not even close!) ;)
I want my boyfriend to propose to me! We have talked about getting married, but we still need to go ring shopping before he pops the question.
As a second request if that didn’t work out, I would love a piano. (Hey, it’s a wish, right– I can always hope!)
Hi, all I want for Christmas is my hubbie to find a job. We are getting closer!
I would love to make cookies like those… they are so… pretty. And they seem to be really tasty, Yummy…
=)
All I want for Christmas is to see my Dad and brother.
Love those cookies!
I would like a relaxing holiday with my family and to feel rested after it all..ha! ….would love some new lenses for my camera !
Spending time with family, time for relaxing, good food.
I just want to enjoy my family. And also a little bit of relaxation as the kids will not be on the go with school activities.
I want to find out if my child is a boy or a girl. My husband and I find out on Monday hopefully, it’s our first!
I want a podcasting microphone and my very own website.
A silicone baking mat would be amazing. And maybe some time.
I want my kitchen to magically clean itself (everytime) after I’m done cooking and baking:)
Peace on Earth, the troops to come home, healthy kids, joy and rest for my husband and my mom to live forever. Is that too much to ask??
this christmas, i want a new Nikon D3000 to take pictures of my friends, family and my new baked goodies with it! :)
i’m moving to a small island in the Bahamas and i will keep myself busy baking all these wonderful cookies…..
I want to spend a week with my family and friends!
I want an elliptical trainer for Christmas! Time to get in shape :)
Just to be able to be with family. Maybe a very nice camera or a new coat.
I love your blog and the photos and basically everything! I want to spend some time with my family. I want to play those silly family games like charades or bingo… we just sold our Wii and PS2 and started getting back to the basics. Merry Christmas!!
All I want for Christmas is love and a family of my own to bake for.
I want to spend more time whit my family!
Love u guys!
a new food processor….seriously.
I want a real kitchen! My husband is in the military and we live overseas in an Italian apartment, with a tiny, dark, awkward kitchen. I love cooking and baking, especially for other people, but I haven’t been able to do much because our kitchen is small with very little counter space, a small sink that can barely wash our biggest pot (and I’ve mixed cupcakes in the living room with a hand mixer before, due to lack of outlets). I know I missed the deadline for this contest, but I thought I’d be a good sport and play along anyways! Love from Italy!
Your fellow Georgia girl, Synthesia <3
Hope I’m not too late! All I want for Christmas is to spend time with my college freshman, dh and lovely daughter! Oh, and to spend time with them in the Bahamas!
this is the best give away! This is what I want for Christmas…I love baking! Please random selector, pick me!
I have the Rebel XSi and find it absolutely fantastic! Of course, I could do with more advanced lenses, but Canon is a brilliant company for cameras.
I want a new lens for my camera. I could really use a macro lens…. Dreaming.
iPod touch…so my kid will keep busy while we’re out running errands.
I’ll be 8 months pregnant come Christmas and I would love to sleep on my belly. That would be the best Christmas present :)
I want a Cooks Illustrated cookbook or a camera!
I want a cupcake shaped cake tester!
I really want my husband to finally find a job. That’s all. Also would really love this book!
What I want is to win something…especially a Christmas cookie book with cupcake cutters ;-) My youngest daughter is nicknamed Cupcake so she would love them just as much as me. Although she really wants a kitten from Santa!
I want the Christmas cookie book! I’ve been meaning to get one and never remember at the book store.
A digital SLR and a cute boy! ;)
I Think a Big screen Tv would be nice… but having family around is more important, of course..
I want baking stuff for Christmas!!! Especially the goodies you are giving away! And the cookies look delicious! I want to eat one right now!
For Christmas, I am hoping to not go completely insane as we move to a new house! Also, I’m hoping for new slippers :) lol
I want new carpet. I NEED new carpet. And i want it.
My Family all together…..that would be so nice!!
All I want for christmas is ………you!
Time with my family. Escape from the snow. Someone warm to hold onto.
Oh…and some red galoshes. :)
i want to be able to get everyone in my life everything on their lists and it not bankrupt me!!!!
Your cookies look great!
For Christmas? Safe travels to see family.
Christmas with the Family, and New Years with the Freinds!
i want a camara!!!
by the way cutest cookies ever!!
What I really, really want is time. But, since I’m certain that you can’t buy time, I would love a new Kitchenaid Pro 600 mixer. I’ve been really good this year, so it should arrive soon!
Have a merry, merry one!
A sparkly stocking fulled with goodies. :)
I’d love a gift certificate for a day at the spa :)
The best gift I could have this Christmas is my Dad (who has passed away) back. I would love just one more family holiday with him. Just one more hug, one more chance to tell him I love him, and to hear his laugh. Just one more…
Ooh! I’d love to kit out my kitchen with some new things for baking… I could definitely use a couple cookie sheets, muffin pans and cake platters. A kitchen-aid mixer wouldn’t go astray either! ;)
For this Christmas, I would like to spend time in the kitchen w/ my little daughter and show her how much fun baking is for the first time. With Xmas songs playing in the background. Oh and some piece and quiet.
I would like a day at the spa. Some pampering would be smashing.
I want a boyfriend!! Haha, but a pair of True Religion jeans are good too =)
I would love it if we were blessed with the ability to adopt a baby this year (still waiting for a match!)! And I would love a new camera…Canon 5dMKII!
I want a thermapen superfast thermometer!
It’s not 7pm on the West coast yet – does that count???
This is the best giveaway EVER!!! THIS is what I want for Christmas! Pretty please include me!
I want a potato peeler that works, and some good books, and some time with myself and a manicurist.
All I want for Christmas is love.
I want a happy Christmas with my family.
Baking cookies with my little kids!
I want to spend more time my husband and daughter. Also would like my new home to be finished in time for Christmas! :)
I love your cookies!
Would it be cheesy to say that for Christmas I want to win this? Cause I really do!
I was SO happy to see that you got to amend your post and add pictures! YAY for friends with cameras. But boo that I missed the stocking give-away deadline by 30 minutes! I dooooooo love that cupcake cookie cutter.
For Christmas, I’m really hoping to locate my card reader, since my card wit vacation pictures is in the card reader, and loads of cakes I’m made this fall. If it can’t be found, I just want a new camera…
I want a new camera too!! I can’t take decent shots of my treats with the crappy one I have now!! I NEED it!!! lol…well I want peace and all that jazz too..hehe…..
I love for the Lord to bring me a husband this christmas :) and I’d love to have my loans paid off and be debt free :)
I love, love this giveaway! I want so much to spend time with my family, extended and close, with all of the nieces and nephews playing (quietly, if possible). I would also just love a trip for two to the beach. Oh, and to ever once be able to bake those cute cookies! Beautiful!
I want a warm and happy Christmas with my family!
Baking cookies with my 3 little ones!
I love your blog and yummy recipes!
Thanks for sharing with us!
Claudia
I want money to buy a truck or van…or better yet someone just give me the truck/van…I want to be the first Cupcake Truck of Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach). Having the skill/talent is only a tiny piece of the starting your own baking business puzzle.
Am I too late? I want this giveaway for Christmas :D
I want a trip to Greece with all of my closest friends! :)
OMG! I love the cupcake cutter. Even if I don’t win this, I am so getting me one of those.
What I want for Christmas is…a cute and loving boyfriend, lol. Also I want my cake business to really take off and my dad’s new business to be successful.
Dear Santa,
I want less drama in my life… but if that won’t fit on the sleigh, I’d like a new mixer.
I want a horse… and enough hay to feed it for a year.
Just to spend time with family & friends … and an IPOD.
:)
I want a cuisinart food processor……………totally boring but very useful and practical.
I want to have a weekend away with my husband. No kids allowed.
I want to adopt an older shelter cat. :)
I want to spend time with my family, I want to make a perfect gingerbread house and I want a Nintendo Wii or DSi, or a plain ordinary hermit crab.
I so want a washer and dryer, but I’ll settle for world peace.
I want to get a cheap plane ticket so that my son and I can go home and see my Mom, my best friend and his best friend, my God-daughter : )
Bummer I missed the drawing by 28 mins. :o(
I want to move to the Maldives! :) Or I’d settle with a trip there, too. Bring on the sunblock and umbrella drinks!
I am hopeing to have some spare moments to do up some Red Velvet Cake Balls to share with family and friends. They look very easy to make. My cup of tea.
I’d love to get a new camera although I’m getting baby fever and would love one of those!
What I want for Christmas is a brand new van. :D And a cupcake shaped cookie cutter ;)
I have all I need and want – so more of the same, I guess!
If wishes were horses, and Pegasus did fly, I’d wish to bring my grandmother back. This marks the 6th year without her.
I want VS slippers, Juicy sweats, anything from J. crew, and earrings.
Could you forward this to my husband?!?
I would like to have a relaxing, safe drive up to the family….and a job. Need a job to pay for the presents. =)
snowshoes and fun with family
I want my daughter to have the best Christmas ever. She will be away in Colorado and skiing for the first time.
I want to have time with my family. I’ve been super busy with work and not able to spend as much time with them as I’d like.
I want an iPod touch!!
I want those cookie cutters! I have hundreds of cutters, but not those. I even spent an hour in Crate & Barrel last weekend, but I didn’t see them. The cookies are absolutely adorable!
Argh!! I always miss the dead line like by 10 mins. I love this blog!!! I want a second bowl for my kitchen aide. Wouldn’t it be great to be starting on the next batch while the first one is still in progress?
Those cookies are adorable!
I’d love to have a relaxing Christmas with all my family!
For Christmas this year, I would love a job where I can use my new degree in Elementary Education but if I can’t get a job I’d love to pass my days as a stay at home wife by making beautiful sugar cookies in the shape of cupcakes. I love cupcakes. See my blog title.
Is it too late? If not I would love to win something from one of these contest that I keep entering!!
I can’t wait to see how happy my husband will be this Christmas. We found his daughter earlier this year. He hadn’t seen her in 34 years. We not only have his daughter but a son in law and two wonderful grandchildren. We just love her and her family so much! I can’t wait until we can all share in the joys of the holidays together!
Thanks for the contest, and this christmas I want of course a great christmas for my daughter and a new lense for my dlsr. Hopefully santa is feeling generous this year
Your cookies are so cute!!! What I want for Christmas is to spend time with my family, with good food and good fun and maybe play a few board games and then a little time to scrapbook as I really miss doing it but I have a very active 2 year old and a very active 1 year old who is well on her way to becoming just like her older sister!!! Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!!! Take care and Have Fun!!! Janelle
A kiss under the mistletoe from my boyfriend!
I want to have an extended family that cares as much about us as we do about them :(
I want a Bosch mixer!
All I want is to see the happy faces of my kids on Christmas morning as all 7 throw open their gifts and laugh and have fun together all day on Christmas- I think it would be too much to ask for them to act like that every day of the year.
i’m not on the east coast AND i’m still @work! doesn’t that count? :) i want a fun filled chiristmas morning with my nephew & niece (a gift i already know i’m receiving!).
I would love it if my husband would surprise me with a Christmas gift he picked out himself. He always just says go buy yourself something.
I want those cute things you are giving away to make some more cute things to give away! :)
A marc jacobs bag, or a cozy sweater from my favourite store :)
A marc jacobs bag, or a cozy sweater from my favourite store :)
World Peace!
…And a new sweater.
I want to be awesomely talented at all the things I love to do… Photography, baking, being a mommy… And I’d LOVE to have the money to afford all the fancy things to use in these pursuits!
I think all I wanted this year was a waffle maker. Okay, I’m not too fond of eggos
I love the cookies.
I love your website! I too love to bake. I have raised 5 kids and every year we baked and decorated cookies. I now have 5 more foster kids, little girls and am starting the cookie tradition with them! I have the Christmas Cookie book and am anxious to get their first one!
Well I have 1 in 6462 chance of being selected to win the blog cookies.
I think yoour cookie decorating is pretty fantastic…oh to be as good as you. Maybe Santa could leave be some pixie dust and make me as talented as you; You my dear asre soooo talented.
I have a pretty nice camera but this year I would like a 55-250 IS Zoom Lens and of coarse my family close by so I can take loads of pictures of them.
I want time with my sweet husband and lovable kids.
I want a pony!!!!
I job, but I’d settle for a food processor. Bet I could make those cute cookies without a food processor though :-D
A new winter coat and warm comfy boots! : )
for christmas I just want to enjoy the wonderful day with my hubby.
I want new hardwood floors for my downstairs : )
all i hope to get for christmas is to have a great time with my family. last christmas i was living out of state and i missed everyone a lot and it’ll be great to spend the holidays together again :)
All I want for Christmas is for my baby boy to get his two front teeth! He has been teething like crazy for months (he’s nearly 10 months old) and still nothing…I just can’t wait to see those pearly whites!
I would like a cool ‘bakerella’ camera like your’s! Not the broken one of course :)
Hmmm….this year I would like to have my baking business take off so I can quit my desk job!
For the most part, I just want good food and good memories with my family.
gifts around the christmas tree, dinners with familly, and kids around the house :) i wish me some kitchenaid :D
I want a job for my husband! It has been 10 months since he was laid off.
I would LOVE to win this for Christmas!
I want a KitchenAid, but I know I won’t get it. A girl can always wish though, right?
I want a ticket to mexico to visit my family! … and a kitchen-aid red mixer :)
I already have what I would want for Christmas and much more. So my Christmas wish is for others, that the cold may find shelter, the hungry may eat and that the world may find acceptance and peace. Merry Christmas!
Cute Boots!!!!
Oma just passed away yesterday so my wish is for everyone to have a happy holiday season and to remember all the wonderful times they had with Oma (grandma).
a laptop and anything for my kitchen…these would be awesome!
I wanting more baking and cooking things. I move in march to a big city far from home to attend one of the top baking schools in the state. and currently only have mixing bowls :(
All I want for Christmas is to spend the day with my wonderful family. My sister is coming with her family. This will be our first Christmas together since I was married 17 years ago.
T.
All I want for Christmas is for the Hubby to find a new job.
For Christmas, I want custom orders for our rhinestone apparel business…gotta keep the hubby busy and happy!!
Having all the kids home for Christmas and enjoying each other
For Christmas I would like some time to myself. A new baby and homeschooling our two elementary aged kiddos leaves little “me-time.” If I got my wish I would curl up with a good book! I’m loving the fun busy-ness of Christmas crafts and Christmas baking, but some alone time would be so appreciated! Very cute post, Bakerella! I love visiting! Thanks for your creativity.
i want a tabletop chocolate temper(er) and a giftcard to bakeitpretty.com..and have my family eat my experimental baked goods this holiday.
Did I make it on time? I hope for a nice snowy christmas!
I want a scheduled day to myself at home.
WILLPOWER!
I want my friends and family to be happy and healthy in the next year.
I want everyone in my house to stay healthy oh and I REALLY want the new NOOK so I can download books and read, read, read!
For Christmas, I want to be happy and loved. Loved by everyone, but most of all, I want to love myself and a possible career change (from design to culinary!) that I’m contemplating!
For Christmas, I’d like a new hand mixer. It would come in handy when I just need to make up some frosting. Sometimes the big mixer is just that . . . too big.
i want a personal chef to make me yummy meals everyday!
I really wish I could ig Kitchen aid mixer…But the hubby not gonna be able to give me this yeaR!! maybe i will get this little set instead!
I wish that my almost-2 year old little girl “gets” Christmas this year…
I also hope to make cookies that don’t look like my almost-2 year old made them ;-)
GREAT blog-
Nora
I just want a good nights sleep. Kids have been sick-y and struggling through the night. Other than that- maybe a cricut?!
I would truly love for someone to pay for my tuition so I wouldn’t have to, but in lieu of that your very cute stuffed stocking will be perfect. I would have even more goodies to make terrific cookies with to share with everyone.
Surprise would be really nice! And sweet surprise even better!!!
I want a new camera because ole clumsy here dropped hers recently and really goobered up the thing! Please, Santa?
I just want to hang out with my family and play Scrabble and eat layered bean dip and tortilla chips!
I want a new house! Some jewelry would be nice or some perfume. But most importantly, I want my husband to get a job!
I would love to spend Christmas with my whole family. And as a bonus a side of these adorable cookie cutters.
I would love tickets (and a passport) to fly to Germany to meet my newest set of twin godchildren! :) Born yesterday and already so loved <3
I want my kids to have a wonderful Christmas. Last year my husband had just been laid off and needless to say we did not have a very good Christmas, let alone next 6 months. So I am just wanting everyone to enjoy their presents and be together
As random as it sounds I really want a Tardis USB hub, I’m a fan of the show Doctor Who and it looks pretty sweet….almost as sweet as those cupcake cookies ;)
All I want for Christmas is some relaxing time away from my dorm room and books!
I want this morning sickness to go away! And I want to see my son’s face full of amazement and wonder as he wakes up on Christmas to see that Santa has come.
I’d like some peace & quiet :)
All I want for Christmas is to see my kids faces light up Christmas morning when they wake up to see that Santa came!
A new Coach purse would be great too :)
I want to finish getting my kitchen re-modeled:)
Thanks, Bakerella!
I want my husband to get a new job. He’s had several interviews and needs that final happy call. That would make Christmas wonderful!
I hope I’m not too late….This Xmas I just want my mom and sister to come visit me.
a Kitchen aid stand mixer…though I know I’m not getting it! :) Still wishin..
i look forward to 2010…and being able to get home in time to have dinner with my family!
I just bought a house so I’m asking for all sorts of stuff but my fave request is iced tea glasses from Ballard Designs.
i want a good job for christmas. yahoo!
I want to get back together with Adam.
Mine is a bit mushy.
Due to the recession, my husband had to move to a different city to work – about a 4 hour drive away. In the winter, the roads are so bad I dare not go, so we only get to see each other over the weekend, with a couple weeks between visits. It’s been 6 months now, and we’re newlyweds.
So for Christmas, I want my husband to find a job back home, so he can come home again. I want my husband back for Christmas.
These cookies look divine…and, hey, the piping looks pretty good!! All I want for Christmas is to be with my boyfriend and my family, together, all in one city. After a year of long distance dating into our 3rd year together (we do see each other every 3 months or so), maybe IF I can make some cookies like this, he’ll remember, or better yet, figure out what he’s missing. One can hope, right??
Hi Bakerella!!
I’m hoping for a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer this Christmas….. and I think Santa (a.k.a my amazing boyfriend!!) may have just come to the party with one…..I’m very excited. And of course I just want to spend the day sharing good food and drink with my awesome family – it will be nice because I wasn’t at home for last Christmas!!
my camera broke also so i really hope for a new camera!!
I want my boyfriend to put together my bookshelves, repaint my furniture and my walls, and fix everything around here that is broken!
And something from Tiffany’s!
I would love to get a set of plain, crisp white porcelain dishes this Christmas. Oh, and I would love to win this giveaway!
Very cute cookies! We just built a new house so for Christmas I want things for the new house. Those cutters would be great too!
I want a nice house with enough space to actually have a Christmas tree bigger than 2 ft tall.
I want to be at home with my family and someone else do the cooking.
I will do the baking!
Too Cute!! All I want this year is a great time with my husband and his family. Merry Christmas!
I want to spend the day with my sweety :)~
For Christmas I would like my house to be cleaned, my lesson plans to be finished and my body to get some sleep. :) I’m hanging on ’til the 19th!
Love your site. I’m here most days for inspiration and a smile. Thanks!
I love all the cute cookie stuff! I pray that this Christmas is consumed with gratitude, it is so easy to get caught up in all the “frenzy”! That is not what Christmas is all about! Thanks for the great blog!
I would love-love-love this prize!
We have some property that needs to sell, then I can buy a new camera!