If that's not really his name, I'm sorry.  I was serious when I said that I've never played.  I let my son pick the next to be posted, and he chose yellow, because he thought we should save the best {red bird} for last.  So, yellow it is.


For this little guy, I used a Hershey Kiss cutter I got from Hobby Lobby over Valentine's Day...if you don't have that one, just use a balloon and lop of the bottom or you can even hand cut if you'd like.



To make Angry Yellow Bird you will need:
  • Black piping consistency frosting for outlining
  • Ivory, white, black, red, yellow and orange flood consistency RI {I forgot to include ivory in the photo}

To begin, I outlined the shape of yellow bird in black

After giving the outline at least thirty minutes to dry, I used ivory to add the tummy area, white for eyes, and filled in the head feathers and dotted the eyes with black.


When I am working on a character cookie, I usually leave my laptop open beside me so I can look at the picture while I work.  You can also use your mobile phone, OR, print out the image.  Regardless, I find it REALLY helps to have an image to refer to.

Let this dry for another 30 minutes, and then fill the rest of the cookie with yellow flood icing.


At this point the cookie needs to dry for 4-5 hours.

Finally, I added the facial details.  I used black icing to outline the area where I planned on putting the beak, and red flood icing for angry red eyebrows. 


Then after allowing the beak outline to dry for a bit, I filled it with orange. 


When that was completely dry, I used a black food color pen to outline the eyes and fix his beak. See how it ran together a little bit?  All it takes is a swipe with a black marker and problem solved.

Tada!  Angry yellow bird. 

Just in case you missed the how-to on Angry Green Pig, you can check it out {HERE}.





J is for Jamye.  That's my mom.  Today is her birthday.

She gets smarter with age.  When I was 17, she was pretty dumb, but she's really learned a lot since then.  Funny the difference ten or twelve years makes ;)

All joking aside, as a kid, I really gave my parents a hard time.  Especially mom.  I knew everything, and I was pretty merciless.

Now that I am walking in her shoes, I understand a lot of the reasons behind the things she did, and I see a lot of her in myself.

She is a thinker, and she likes to stay busy like me.  But instead of cookies, Mom knits.

I guess knitting-themed cookies might be getting a little old, but this is where I always end up when I make cookies for her.  I just add to the theme with every batch.

She tried teaching me to knit, but I never really caught on, unless icing counts =)


Without even realizing it, I made the same cookies for her birthday as another set I'd made for her, down to the COLORS! The only difference is that these are tiny, REALLY tiny.

The largest cookie is no bigger than two inches.


Can you guess what cutters I used to make them?

Mom also likes to write.  She's really good at it.  She has a blog called Knitrageous.  See where I get it from?  =)

As the years pass I am more and more aware of how much I really need my mom, and I am so glad to have the one I do.  She's been a good to me, even when I didn't deserve it..

If you would like to learn a quick and easy way to make a cutter like I used for the "j" cookies above, head on over to Tatertots and Jello where I am giving a tutorial on how to make cookie cutters with easily available, everyday items.  I hope you enjoy!

I love you mom, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!