Happy Halloween!

Day of the Dead Cookies

In Honor of El Dia de Los Muertos, the fam decided to decorate some delicious skull shaped cookies! I couldn't find a skull shaped cutter anywhere in Kansas City, so we made one out of steel flashing. I created the die line and procured the materials, dad helped shape the cutter and the girls and I made the dough and baked the cookies.

Then, Jas and I put the initial frosting layer on. We chose to use royal icing because I really wanted to be able to draw on the cookies rather than pipe the features on. Then, I decorated the cookies using roled fondant for the flowers, edible markers to draw the designs and a little help from my girls!
I think they turned out pretty good!

Originally, I'd planned to serve them as snacks for the Girl Scout meeting because it was to be held on El Dia de Los Muertos, so I created some nice handouts to go with them explaining the holiday with a color-&-cut skull mask on the back for the girls to play with. However, the meeting was moved at the last minute, so the cookies ended up being eaten by us and taken to work!

C'est la vie, no?

Pumpkin Carving Fun

Mae's Pumpkin

Our family has several traditions associated with Halloween. Yet none are as anticipated as The Carving of the Pumpkins! May went with a sort of Jack the Pumpkin King approach, where Miranda stayed with a sort of lost imp kind of pumpkin. Both had lot's of fun and made interesting luminaries for our driveway!

Miranda's Pumpkin

Mae Hard at Work

Pumpkin Massacre (Yes, it's unplugged here!)

Miranda "Changing" her concept

Meat Smoking Madness

Stoking the Fire (Double Exposure)