Jesus praying in the garden stained glass cookie

Yes, this took me a while to do.

I wanted to do something special for holy week - 

no bunnies or chicks or eggs in this post.

Just a quiet reminder of what Easter means.

I have been wanting to make a stained glass cookie for a while now.

It was a pretty intense process - I sketched the design with a food marker, did an outline in black, flooded in all my colors, re outlined all the black "lead" lines, and then went back in with a tiny paintbrush and added some food coloring in places to give it more variation in the "glass".  

This is not the type of cookie I would like to make by the dozens!

Wishing all my readers a very blessed holy week!


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Catholic cookies

I reconnected with an old friend on Facebook the other day.  She is one of the dearest people on the face of the earth - someone who will drop everything to help a friend in need.  A woman of great faith, and the epitome of a 

PRAYER WARRIOR.  

She is the real deal.

Like me, she is also the mother of five.  She has five girls and one boy, and I have four boys and one girl - we are a sisterhood; 

THE MOTHERS OF FIVE.  

Kind of a sorority where the hazing is daily life  :)

When Sue told me that two of her kids have celiac disease, I knew I needed to make some gluten free cookies for her.  And because she is also one of the most devoted Catholic's I have ever known, I decided to make the designs speak to her faith.  

So many beautiful symbols that I'm not sure my icing does justice to.

The letters IHS are an acronym for Jesus.

Much love my friend!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Dr. Seuss character we all love to hate.

Really, who could be mean to little Cindy Lou Who?

I have to say, my favorite character  was the Grinch's poor dog Max.

Someone call PETA!

I swear, I know exactly how his head feels...

Oh what a DIRTY SCOUNDREL that Grinch is - until....he finally sees the light.

"Maybe Christmas" he thought, "doesn't come from a store.  Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more".

                                    AND IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS,

 I would like to invite you to learn more about Be the Match.  Right now 10,000 people are in need of a bone marrow transplant, and only half recieve them.  A few years ago my nephew Nathan was diagnosed with leukemia. Despite having a large family of potential donors, none were a match.

 It was then that I became accutely aware of the need for anonymous donors.  Three years ago this month, my sweet, intelligent, and hilariously funny nephew lost his battle.  I registered as a donor in honor of Nate and all of the incredibly brave individuals who are in the fight of their lives.  To learn more about registering, visit Be the Match and see how you can help.

Here is to letting our hearts grow three sizes this Christmas!