Winnie the Pooh, Honey, Honey Bees and Beehive Cookies

An early view of this week's market cookies!

Hockey Jersey Cookies

Created for an advertising campaign, these cookies will soon be on display in Bradford.  Let me know when you see them!

Monogram Cookies

These piped monogram cookies (SHC = Sweet Handmade Cookies) were created for an advertising campaign coming soon!

1st Birthday Cookies

Happy first birthday to Jack!!

Treefrog Logo Cookies

Treefrog Web Design recently outgrew their old location and moved to a bright new spot on Davis Drive in Newmarket.  I was asked to create cookies with their logo to celebrate their new "lily pad".

400 cookies to be precise!!  Congrats Treefrog on your continued success!

Baby Shower Bib Cookies

Unsure whether the baby will be a boy or girl, yellow and green were the colours selected for these baby shower bib cookies.  Each cookie came individually wrapped and was closed with a ribbon and a tag that read - "thank you for coming!"

Promposal Cookies

I can't think of a better way to ask someone to prom than with Sweet Handmade promposal cookies!!

Beautiful Decorated Cookies

One of the best parts of my chosen profession is the wonderful people I get to meet and getting to be a little part of some great celebrations.  Since meeting Deb I have done a number of cookie orders for her and recently she asked if I could create something special for her group of friends that get together monthly for dinner.  Their get-togethers started when their kids played hockey together and the friendships have lasted and lasted.  They call themselves the Hockey Moms Organization and this time together would be their 100th!  I was so impressed with these strong friend bonds that I was thrilled to create these cookies for her.

Mother's Day Cookies

Happy Mother's Day!

Autism Fundraiser Cookies

These cookies were made for a local Autism fundraiser - Zumba for Autism, with proceeds going to Kerry's Place.  A great event for a great cause!!

Iron Man Mask Cookies

Iron Man, a fictional superhero, has been around since 1963, and he really hit the "big time" when he starred in his own movie in 2008.  His "cookie-fied" mask doesn't provide much protection, but is yummy and fun!

Pittsburgh Penquins' Sidney Crosby Hockey Jersey Cookies

Sidney Crosby is Jayce's idol, so Crosby hockey jersey cookies were the perfect addition for the loot bag for all of his friends at his 8th birthday party!  I "girl-ified" a couple of the cookies for the girls in attendance too.

Running Shoe Cookies

For the second year in a row, a local running group was celebrating their success with a little help from Sweet Handmade.  A perfect addition to their festivities, these running shoe cookies will certainly bring them luck in their upcoming events!

19th Birthday Queen's University Cookies

With her daughter celebrating her 19th birthday at Queen's University during exam time, Johanna arranged for something special from home - Sweet Handmade cookies always made the grade!!  

Basketball, Football, Baseball and Golf Cookies

With a sporty birthday theme, these basketball, football, baseball and golf cookies were perfect for Frank Anthony's birthday party!  Happy birthday!

Piping Bag Stages

With the ability to flood an average of 10 cookies per piping bag and sometimes creating 300+ cookies per week, I fill a lot of icing bags.  I have noticed the bag is always one of three stages.

Stage 1 - the "Hand Cramp".  A newly filled bag; the fuller the bag, the more painful the hand cramp.   I am constantly resisting the urge to overfill the bag in an attempt to get more cookies iced.

Stage 2 - the "Sweet Spot".  Oh, my favourite!!  I can just fold the top over and the squeeze is delightful.  It does not last nearly as long as I would like!

Stage 3 - the "Done Already?"  Almost time to refill the bag.  The question becomes - can I get one more cookie out of the bag?  Sometimes it is like squeezing the last of the toothpaste out of the tube. And if I start icing a cookie, I have to finish it, otherwise the icing looks terrible, so there is a real knack to knowing when to throw in the towel.  At least I know the Sweet Spot will be back with the next bag!

Baby Announcement Cookies

My friend planned to announce her pregnancy at her family's Easter celebrations.  She wanted Sweet Handmade cookies to help make the announcement!  What an exciting time for my friends Marcio and Amanda!

Skull Cookies

It was the end of the week and I just had two orders left to finish, these skull cookies and yesterday's posted Harley-Davidson cookies.  I looked around and laughed nervously - how did this happen?  My kitchen is usually filled with cheerfully happy cookies, flowers and elephants and snowmen!  These two cookie orders at the same time?  I kept looking from one design to the other and I kept imagining motorcycle gangs!  I am happy to report that the cookies went to individual and friendly homes.

Harley-Davidson Logo Cookies for a 40th Birthday Party

These Harley-Davidson logo cookies were created for a gentleman who is passionate about everything Harley-Davidson!

My Friday Fix - Easter eggs

I am posting my Friday fix on Thursday because of the long weekend!  I have two eggs options - colourful eggs and robin's blue eggs.  They are 8 for $20 and have just 9 boxes available.  I also have one box of 6 robin's blue eggs for $15 and one box of 4 colourful eggs for $10.  Please contact me immediately to claim your box.  Pickup is tomorrow from 12 until 6 pm.

Pet Valu Fundraising Cookies

I love being a part of the Bradford Pet Valu fundraising month and sold my (human) cookies for the second year in a row this past Saturday.  I am happy to say I helped to raise $172 for local charities.  Thanks to everyone who made a special trip out to purchase my delicious cookies!

17th Birthday Cookies

Happy 17th birthday Ansel!

Triathlon Cookies

Celebrating a second year of triathlon training with these two styles of triathlon cookies!

The team came for brunch after a recent Saturday morning run.  I offered lots of healthy food choices and these cookies.  It was a lot of fun!!

Good luck to all my fellow athletes in your upcoming events.

Bradford Hawks Hockey Jersey Cookies

Another set of hockey jersey cookies for local boys and girls.  Unlike the usual Bradford Bulldog jerseys, today's cookies were created for the Bradford Hawks!

17th Birthday Cookies - part 2

Here is the other half of the birthday set (I posted the first half last Wednesday).  The theme was birthday and hockey, so in addition to the cupcakes, I also made hockey jerseys and skates.  Love this set - happy birthday Connor and Garrett!

17th Birthday Cookies

These cookies were half of a set to celebrate 17 years!  Look for the other half to be posted next week.

Hockey Jersey Cookies

Hockey season is winding to a close and it is time for year end parties!  My customized hockey jersey cookies are the perfect addition as these were for a local Bradford Bulldogs team.

One Direction Cookies

Reflecting back to my youth, I would say my first celebrity crush was John Schneider - he played Bo Duke on the television show the Dukes of Hazzard.  His posters hung on my bedroom walls and Friday nights were all about the show.

John Schneider as Bo Duke

My first musical crush was Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.  John Schneider's posters came down and Mick's posters went up.

Mick Jagger back in the early 1980s

But my biggest famous person crush was without a doubt John Taylor from the British band Duran Duran.  I was completely nuts about the entire band, but the bassist was, in my opinion, absolute perfection - that accent, those broad shoulders (that could have been the 1980's shoulder pads), his fashion sense, his swagger and all those sexy videos!

John Taylor, 1980s

Duran Duran - even today their music lifts my spirits and brings me back to my teenage years

Recently, another British band has a lot of females swooning.  One Direction, a group of good-looking young men, has Kristyna all worked up and her friend CJ wanted to surprise her with custom One Direction cookies!  It was my pleasure of course, especially since the very talented Sweet Sugar Belle had created a fun tutorial that I used as inspiration!  Kristyna's special love is band member Niall and we even managed to convince her he loved her back by creating the centerpiece cookie with his and her initials (yes, any of you die-hard One Direction fans know I messed up his initials, but fixed them before delivery!!)

So, who was your biggest celebrity crush?

TBT - Triathlon Cookies

My husband and I are members of a triathlon training program.  There are no an actual events in my near future, but I do love the social aspect and the training in the pool and on the bike.  I made these cookies last year to share with my fellow trainees and have made them many times since for customers, some travelling as far as Florida to be consumed by hard working athletes!  Read my original post with the story of my fear of the water and how I overcame it here.

Toopy and Binoo Cookies

 It is hard to believe Mya just turned 3!  It seems like only yesterday I made her 1st birthday cake!  Mya loves Toopy and Binoo and these cookies fit the bill for her special day.  Happy birthday sweet Mya!

Construction Cookies

Carla's little guy turned 2 this past weekend and just like last year, his birthday party featured Sweet Handmade cookies!  Sock monkeys were the theme last year and this year the theme was construction!  I love these cookies and hope it was a great day! Check out last year's cookies here!

My Friday Fix - Spring Flowers

This week's "fix" serves two purposes - it satisfies a craving for cookies and for spring!  Despite the calendar telling us spring is here, Mother Nature seems to have other plans for us with snow and freezing rain in the forecast tonight!  Today's cookies are 8 for $20.  There is one box of 4 available for $10.  Contact me to claim your box and arrange pick-up.

TBT - Baby Shower Cookies with an Elephant Theme

For today's Throwback Thursday, here is a darling baby shower cookie made to match the baby blue, grey and teal colour theme.  Original design by Sweetface Cookie Boutique.

Scooby Doo Cookies

Finding common ground when it comes to movies and television shows has never been easy in our family.  We all have diversely different tastes.  Sure, when the girls were really little my husband and I happily cuddled up and watched Franklin or Sesame Street with them.  But as they got older, the shows got sappier and way too girly.  However, a couple of years ago we found common ground in Scooby Doo and for a number of months we spent Friday nights together on the couch watching Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne (aka "those meddling kids") solving mysteries.  For my husband it was a trip back to his childhood, for the girls it was about the silliness and for me it was just nice to spend time together.  Recently I got a phone call from a gentleman in Florida.  He was looking to send a gift to his friend and his friend's nephew in Toronto.  Originally the plan was for Maple Leaf hockey jerseys, but for a number of reasons plans changed and instead we decided on a Scooby Doo set.  I was more than thrilled to comply and love how they turned out!!  What is your favourite childhood cartoon?

John Deere Tractor Cookies

To celebrate a John Deere tractor themed birthday, I created these cute cookies!

Birthday Cookies

This adorable set was created for siblings, one turning 23 and the other turning 12!  I loved how it turned out with a great mix of both masculine and feminine colours.

Luck of the Irish St. Patrick's Day Cookies

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day - these lucky shamrocks and gold coins (the ones found at the end of the rainbow, I am sure!) aim to please.

When four local boys set out with teammates from Ontario and New York to Switzerland, Italy and France to play hockey as Team North America, they wanted to bring along some Sweet Handmade hockey jersey cookies complete with their unique logo.  Four dozen cookies made the trip across the pond where they are playing right now!  I hope they are having a fabulous time!

Make-up Cookies

From one beautiful woman to another - Suzanne and Nicole are life-long friends and are both lovers of my cookies!  A set of make-up inspired cookies was the perfect gift for Nicole's birthday!

My Friday Fix - Dreaming of Warm Weather Flowers

My Friday Fix this week is for all of us who don't get to go south for March break.  We may be stuck in Ontario's cold and snow (more snow expected this weekend), but we get to enjoy these sweet Hibiscus flower cookies.  They make a great gift if you are visiting friends!  Pick up your box of 6 for $20.  Pickup is today from 6 until 9 and tomorrow morning.  Very limited quantities are available.

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!