A couple weeks ago, my hubby earned a trip through his work to tropical paradise. You know, heaven. We decided to go a few days earlier than the company function and we had a fantastic time. No to do lists. No cookie orders. No business paperwork. No timelines. Yes, a little slice of heaven. As soon as we got home, I made fun cookies. I love to make fun cookies. Ones that are just crowding room in my head. I had a lot of fun with these.
You can purchase the Hawaii cookie cutters HERE
I had already made Blanca the Hula Girl which I just love available here
and I have already made the hibiscus flower (I use this one often) which I also love, available here
to make the hibiscus, I flood the bottom layer and while it is still wet, I also outline the middle part
and then fill the middle part - remember this all wet on wet (don't let the bottom layer dry yet)
then while it's wet, use a toothpick to drag out areas of the middle section
then after the cookie fully dries, outline the sections and around the edge of the flower and add sanding sugar (optional) and then add the yellow section of the hibiscus flower
and wa-la :-)
Coconut drink is necessary in Hawaii, available here
Hang Loose Hand, this might be my new favorite. Available here
Palm Tree with wide leaves and a bended trunk, available here
Flamingo, available here
Pineapple, available here
Sun available here
Sunscreen Bottle available here
Hawaiian Shirt made from my bowling shirt cookie cutter available here
Hula Dress made from my wedding dress cookie cutter available here
Swim Trunks available here
Bathing Suit available here
Sandal with Sides available here
Wave available here
Aloha Word available here
Oval available here
Aloha Sign from the Birthday Sign cookie cutter. The cookie cutter is 8 blocks long, but I just used a knife and cut off 3 of the blocks before baking to make it a 5-letter word. Cookie cutter available here
My favorite thing to do in Hawaii was to go snorkeling. We went on a big snorkeling adventure, but it turned out that the best snorkeling was right in the lagoon at the hotel! I pieced together this short video for Abigail to see grandma snorkeling with sea turtles.
After all the graduation cookies I've been working on the last few weeks, I'm already ready for another vacation!
Hawaii blog background for today:
I love all of the cookies, but I think I like the shaka sign (hang loose) the best:) Abigail gets cuter every time I see her!
ReplyDeleteI also LOVED snorkeling, and was so excited when the sea turtles showed up!
Thanks Sue. Swimming with the sea turtles was DEFINITELY my favorite part of vacation! :-)
DeleteHi Cristin, adorable as always, will be my next purchase (I already have the cutters Spa in Madrid, are beautiful, I love). Good luck in this new stage, kisses from Madrid (Spain).
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I'm glad you are having fun with your spa cookie cutters Rosa! I had fun with this Hawaiian set too. I always love to hear from you! I hope you'll share pictures of your spa cookies on my Facebook page at Cristin's Cookies! Have an awesome day today!
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