More Penguin Poses

These are the same penguin cookies, but we were trying to be creative about staging them.

This silver platter was a gift from our wedding. It's from Wendell August, a store that makes amazing handcrafted metal gifts.

The groom taking his role as cake tester very seriously.

The bride wondering how she's going to fit into that tiny gown. Might have to hit the penguin gym a little harder.

It's a Penguin Wedding

Every Sunday and Wednesday, I tutor a high school freshman named Krysta. It's always an interesting few hours listening to her thoughts on life, Justin Beiber, stories about the high school musical, track practice, and more Justin Beiber while we're working on her geometry and chemistry...Oh to be young again.

Every so often, I'll bring Krysta and her family a few cookies. The cookies have been very well received. About a month ago, Krysta's dad inquired about me making penguins cookies. Krysta's stepmom was planning a bridal shower and apparently the bride-to-be loves penguins, specifically blue penguins. I'll be making 10 dozen wedding penguins this week. These were my practice cookies from a few weeks ago. The penguin cookie cutters were from Copper Gifts and Wilton's tub of 50 animal cutters.

Red, White, and Blue Wedding

Joann ordered cookies for the Cookie Table at her daughter Sarah's wedding. Cookie Tables are tradition in Western PA and Ohio Valley region where the bride's female relative bake cookies to be served at the wedding reception. Sarah and her fiance Jon, an officer in the U.S. Army were having a Red, White and Blue themed wedding. I made 14 dozen cookies for the wedding reception and another dozen cookie favors for the bridal party. The cookies were an interesting mix of patriotic hearts and stars; autumn pumpkins, leaves and acorns; dairy cows, barns and red tractors. Jon's family owned one of the oldest dairy farms in the area established in 1847.

After the wedding, Joann called to thank me for the cookies. I was pleased and proud to hear that although there were 14 trays of cookies leftover there wasn't a cutout cookie in sight.

Happily Ever After

We were blessed to be a part of Tim and Marya's wedding in August. They had a beautiful ceremony on the beach. Afterwards we celebrated at the Flander's Hotel in Ocean City, NJ.

Congratulations Tim and Marya!

May you have many happy years as husband and wife!

Marya's dress was lovely with lace details

These dress cookies are just a mix of different dress styles

Tim looked quite debonair in his tux