cookie cutters

You. Guys. There's a shop on Etsy that sells cookie cutters. Amazing cookie cutters. Letters in different fonts!

Buy them for the type-lovers in your life. (cough cough, hint hint)

Aren't they amazing? I'm sure you love them as much as I do.

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comfort

What is more comforting than a chocolate chip cookie?

I know this is a design blog but hear me out. I'm kind of an expert in chocolate chip cookies. They are my go-to treat for parties, gifts, and general consumption. My life changed when I saw a design mom post on the nuance of the chocolate chip cookie. Adding extra flour has made my usually flat (but extremely tasty) cookies into little works of perfection. I exaggerate but yesterday was cookie baking day (for teacher presents and santa, of course) and they turned out so beautifully. All thanks to a shift in the brown-white sugar ratio and a little extra flour. Perfection.

Also of note, my oven (in my new house which I love!) has a cancel button next to the timer button. More than once I pressed it to turn off the timer and, in fact, turned off the oven. Not that easy to bake cookies when the oven's off. Especially if you don't know it. Suffice it to say an emergency trip to get more butter and chocolate chips and extra hours into the night to work on batch #2 is what really made this endeavor a success.

Please remind me next year that gift cards are the way to go. Except for Santa. He needs chocolate-based fuel for the long night.

Happy Holidays everyone!

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rainbow cake

What?! Did you say rainbow cake?! How fantastically fabulous! I am totally making one some day. And I promise to post about it. In the meantime, I found these photos on Sweetapolita. I love that her daughter drew the decorations on the fondant. How fun!

Yummy and gorgeous! Such a good combination.

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happy day

I thought for sure I would be too busy with a new baby to celebrate Valentine's Day this year. Alas, it appears my second child is attempting to teach me patience.

The flowers are for my daughter - the brighter the better.

The chocolate cookies are for my husband. OK, and they're for me and our unborn baby who, it turns out, seems to have quite a sweet tooth already.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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recipe goodness

I think all recipes should include photos like these. I have so many cookbooks that I don't like to open because they have too many words. Finding recipes online is so easy and when they are presented with such amazing photos they can be very inspirational!

Who wouldn't want a dark chocolate and raspberry muffin? Yum!