finished #1 - pacman cookies

 

na na na na na na na na PACMAN!!!

 

 



The happy birthday boy (and his little brother,) gets his cookies ready to take to school

My oldest son turned 9 today - as it was a Saturday, it's been on the cards for a while that he'd have to take something sweet for his school mates.  He was very happy with the end result, but maybe not as excited as I was!!

 

I recently went along to a cookie decorating course run by Linda Van Der Meer of Bubble and Sweet http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.com.au/

If you can get to one of her classes I highy recommmend it.  If not, get your hands on one of her books (you can find it via her blog, I'm only new at linking on blogs, sorry!)

 

I had so much fun learning about decorating basics, that the next week I bought 6 cookie cutters and got straight to work!!

 

When i say these cookies have been on the cards for a while, it's because when I was a little girl, this was the type of thing i'd fantasise about.

 

Not the wedding dress or prince charming - but the cakes I could decorate when I had kids.  Mum had 3 old skool books, all different covers (red, blue & green,) and all had great ideas for decorating cakes inside them.  I still remember the jelly based cakes, as well as the trains, etc.  The more recent decorating books still pay homage to the basic cake decorating shapes, but these cookies are a whole new genre for me!

 

I enjoyed playing with colour, form & shape - and it was a few lessons learnt in regards to cutting depths, as well as making sure you're not caught short with the royal icing (cue icing sugar being made to cover 4 naked cookies, just 4 out of 45!)

 

So that's one project finished - pacman cookies for a 9 year old - yay for me!!

 

Have you finished a project recently?  I'd love to see your blog about it!!

So this whole blog thing isn't new for me....................if any of you are just like me, you get distracted or overwhelmed with how much you have to do - and so you don't

Well that crap stops here - I'm leading by example to get it together and show you that you have more time than you think - and that if I can do it, your excuses are null & void!

So - about me - you might know me as Vicki from in.cube8r brisbane.  I'm a pretty busy girl over there running the pink gallery.  It's been 2.5 years and I'm still very much in love with the concept and what it represents............

But this blog isn't about the shop - if you want to find out about it google in.cube8r brisbane and you'll find me there somewhere!

On top of running the business (small business in a hostile retail environment with a state in the grips of an unknown future due to carbox taxes, job slashing premiers & online being all too easy but still lovin it)......I am also a mum.

My boys (or cavemen as you may have heard me refer to them before!) are 9 & nearly 7 - early years of school, boisterous & smelly, and growing up before my very eyes.  Best I start to make some more time to dedicate to the cuddles they give before I get hit up for the car keys. 

Then there's my husband - 11 years of wedded bliss (not all bliss and not all bad, but that's for another blog!) he sure puts up with alot being the bread winner - i still sometimes wonder why he puts up with me - then I remind myself of how awesome i am and it all comes flooding back!!

BUT THIS IS ABOUT UNFINISHED CRAFT PROJECTS - or UCPs - sometimes also known as UFO's - unfinished objects......

AND I HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF THEM!!

So, if you have a spare 10 minutes every few days, and a sense of humour, as well as no ability to judge me - then I hope you enjoy coming along for the ride!!  It won't always be craft related - I do like to cook & every now and then I venture out into the garden - or on holidays - or onto pinterest.

It'll be a fun ride, and maybe one day it'll generate into something bigger.

In the meantime, it's just me and my UCP's - won't you join me!?!!