Orders!

Last week, I received my first 2 orders :)  It was so much fun!  I sure hope they enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed making them.  I did have a lot more anxiety over them this time though knowing that someone was paying me for them.  I wanted them to be perfect, but I'm obviously still new at this, so they didn't turn out perfect which was disappointing.  However, for only being my 5th & 6th batch to ever make, I think they turned out pretty good.

The first order was for a former coworker of mine.  She wanted some Easter eggs for her student teacher's last day.  She didn't have any specific design she wanted, so I found these that I thought were beautiful, and I wanted to attempt them.  I thought they looked elegantly simple, but they were not as simple to make as I had thought.  The scrolls/curves were much more difficult to do with the icing than I had anticipated.  However, as long as you didn't look too closely, I thought they turned out really pretty.

I also received an order from my hubby's Aunt.  She needed some cookies for a pasta party that she was hosting for her daughter's school soccer team that had made it to playoffs.  I decided to attempt some soccer balls, and some letter C cookies (the school's name begins with a C).  The soccer balls were a little difficult at first, but I got better with each one.  I also figured out a way to make it much easier and more exact the next time (whenever that may be!).  In my tiredness the next morning, I forgot to take pictures of the cookies plated, so all I have are the ones of them drying right after I finished.  Oh well, at least I have those! :)

I'm hoping to make some Easter cookies in the next day or so as well, so hopefully I will be posting some more pictures soon :)