How Cute Can a Cookie Be?

How Cute Can a Cookie Be?

January 14th, 2010 @ 12:23 pm by Mrs. Pug
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Pretty damn cute, as far as I’ve seen. We wanted to do edible favors so that people would be more likely to take/eat them–plus my sister and I wanted to do something a little homemade for the wedding. We’ve decided on little lavender and lime shortbread cookies that we are going to stack in cellophane bags, and tie up with a ribbon. Cute, huh?

Well, I did have what I thought was a cute idea until, in what seems to be a constant rule whenever I click on over to marthastewartweddings.com, Martha Stewart and her minions showed me what “cute” really looks like. To compensate for my feelings of lameness, I darted some feisty commentary back at the screen. That’ll show her!

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(First off, I’m not icing cookies with letters on them. I am also NOT twisting and tying TWO ends of cellophane when one end will do)

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(So I just have to buy little $5 boxes, line them with edge-punched tissue, make around 12 cookies per person, and tie each box with string? So easy!!!!)

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(Hmm, if *only* I can get our cookies to be lopsided *just so*)

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(This is actually more what I was thinking in terms of the actual cookie bags, but mine will just be slapped down on a table—there will be no tiers involved.)

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(Um, no.)

Fine Martha minions, you win (if any of you take up these cute packaging ideas I salute you! I’m just too lazy to do that kind of thing).

Anyway, speaking of favors, I also decided that it would be efficient to have the cookies double as escort cards by attaching tags with people’s names and their table numbers. Here are some examples of edible escort cards.

How Cute Can a Cookie Be? : wedding favors 7c90a6c7577b37293d0729babab8f4a4 M

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If this all works out, hopefully I will be showing you pictures of the final product after the wedding.

What were your escort cards like? Would you eat lavender and lime shortbread cookies? (Hint: the correct answer is “Yes!!!”)

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32 Responses to “How Cute Can a Cookie Be?”

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

Lavender and lime? I would totally try them!

1/14/10 @ 12:26 pm (reply)

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Ms. Library (message) 1,251 posts, Bumble bee

Um, I would totally eat those! I am in love with lime. And that’s right! Stick it to Martha! (Her people do most of the work and come up with the ideas anyways… I guess doing only a little of the work under her name is her “good thing.”)

1/14/10 @ 12:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

(Read: SEND ME COOKIES)

1/14/10 @ 12:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Cheeseburger (message) 1,020 posts, Bumble bee

I personally will eat ANY cookies Great ideas!

1/14/10 @ 12:30 pm (reply)

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Goldilocks1107 (message) 2,602 posts, Sugar bee

Martha can totally be a confidence killer!
“Hey, look at the super cute thing I made!”
“Oh, well, I just saw something like that on Martha. Yours is nice too.”
*pout*

1/14/10 @ 12:30 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,844 posts, Bee Keeper

Yum, that sounds good! Don’t let Martha kill your DIY confidence! I know you can make them pretty with minimal effort.

1/14/10 @ 12:41 pm (reply)

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fancygirl (message) 230 posts, Helper bee

Love the idea! We’re doing cookies too - but unfortunately, I do not have the skills to bake them! As for lavender and lime - are we talking flavors and/or colors, b/c either way - yes!

1/14/10 @ 12:47 pm (reply)

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chelseamorning (message) 2,252 posts, Buzzing bee

These are beautiful, but those lopsided cookies are probably glued together to keep them that way. Food advertising seldom featues actual food! Even less reason to be pressured into this difficult, if gorgeous, favor-making.

1/14/10 @ 12:48 pm (reply)

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3pugmama (message) 152 posts, Blushing bee

oh, yes, not only will the cookies look good, they’ll taste so good we’ll have the beginnings of a fabulous cookie empire which will rival that of martha’s, and make us rich and famous and pretty… wait, we were talking about your wedding, weren’t we.

1/14/10 @ 1:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Pencils (message) 1,027 posts, Bumble bee

Oh how I LOL’d at this:
(Hmm, if *only* I can get our cookies to be lopsided *just so*)
well done, pug, well done. screw “perfection”- we’re doing cookies too and i’ll be happy with their unplanned imperfection

1/14/10 @ 1:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Um, I’d totally eat those cookies! I mean, if you’re worried about whether or not people will like them, you could always send me some and I can test them out for you. I’m willing to make that sacrifice for you.

1/14/10 @ 1:02 pm (reply)

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iggies (message) 518 posts, Busy bee

we’re going to do cookies too. my fiance’s step-mom is an amazing baker! we’re going to include our two favorite cookies (snickerdoodles and raspberry thumbprints). i still have to figure out how we’re going to make them escort cards though…

1/14/10 @ 1:22 pm (reply)

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redherring (message) 1,976 posts, Buzzing bee

I’m uncertain about the lavender, but I would probably steal lime cookies from the other guests. Like amanda.lynn mentioned - if you need someone to test them, I will *totally* throw myself on that grenade.

1/14/10 @ 1:22 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,295 posts, Bee Keeper

if its a cookie that doesn’t have coconut involved, it’ll be eaten by yours truly!

and i have those whoopie pie ones as an inspiration picture too!

1/14/10 @ 1:26 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bear Cub (message) 1,566 posts, Bumble bee

YES! I can haz??

1/14/10 @ 1:38 pm (reply)

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galacticpony (message) 315 posts, Helper bee

shortbread is BOMB

1/14/10 @ 1:42 pm (reply)

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Miss Parfait (message) 1,755 posts, Buzzing bee

I was just showing those Martha cookie cakes to my BFF last night! We totally wanna recreate them. : )

1/14/10 @ 2:16 pm (reply)

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Cole B (message) 1,364 posts, Bumble bee

I think lavender & lime shortbread cookies sound delish!

1/14/10 @ 3:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Guinea Pig (message) 1,377 posts, Bumble bee

Lavender and lime?? Sign me up! I would love those, and now really want to try them… I think your packaging will look awesome - especially because no one really cares how nicely it’s packaged, people are more like “COooookies!! Om nom nom”. Or at least, some people. Okay fine, me!

1/14/10 @ 3:32 pm (reply)

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