Throwback Thursday - Cruise Ship Cookies

Throwback Thursday!  This great set was made last year for the first time, but has been made many, many times since.  I've made them for people to eat during departure (instead of partaking in a celebratory drink), I've made them for people to surprise/tell their kids about their upcoming vacation and I've made them as thank you gifts.  I still love them as much as I did the first time I made them!

Australia Travel Cookie Set

Emma's family was moving to beautiful Australia and her mom thought goodbye cookies would be a great way to celebrate one last time with her friends.

I made a variety of cookies to represent her loves and travel and her future home, including soccer and basketballs, a stack of luggage, kangaroos and boomerangs.  I hope the cookies helped to make "goodbye" a little sweeter.

Cruise Ship Vacation Cookies

Is cruise travel in your future? These cookies catch the spirit of a relaxing cruise vacation.

And after some doubt about whether to include the life ring cookies, I received confirmation that life rings do not bring up feelings of fear and so they made the set! 

Complete with starfish, shells and silver dollars, thoughts of cruising and beaching fill the mind.

I must say I love the water splashing up in front of this cruise ship - bon voyage!