Calico Easter egg cookies

I am my own worst critic. 

It isn't too often that I am completely pleased with things I make.  

After I decorate my cookies I hide them away for a few hours and then go back and look at them, hoping that my opinion has changed for the better.  

With that being said, I think these cookies are the prettiest I have ever made.  

That was humble, wasn't it?

They may not be technically perfect, but I adore the colors and old fashioned feeling they have.

They remind me of vintage wallpaper or fabric.

And do you want to know the really crazy part?

I had absolutely no idea where I was going with these.  

I just mixed up some pretty colors and let loose.

I had originally thought I might paint on them with food coloring, but SOMETHING held me back from the paint brushes.

Thank you SOMETHING.

Inspiration is such a funny thing.  

You can't force it - or at least I can't.

It comes to me at unexpected times almost like it has a life of it's own.  

And I am very happy and grateful when it does  :)

I mailed these darlings off to my eldest son Drew, and his wife Genevieve. Drew is in med school and Genevieve is getting her masters/Phd in psychology.  They have been studying their brains out so I thought they could use a sweet treat.  

Drew's birthday is coming up, and I asked him what he wanted as a gift.  I did a double take when I read his email requesting a knot/suture tying practice kit - I had no idea they even made such a thing.  

Shhhhhhh, don't tell him I ordered it!

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