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Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Sweet Roses

"That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell taste as sweet." - Shakespeare (sort of)


I've been playing with my vanilla cookie recipe, trying to get it just right - my husband and I don't like the traditional buttery sugar cookies. So I had a whole batch of cookies, in random shapes, sitting there, just begging to be iced, I just wasn't sure what to do with them. Then I got out my trays, the ones I always do my decorating on, and inspiration struck.


Don't you just love the colours, and the polka dots?

I started off with lots of wet-on-wet polka dot bases, most of which I didn't end up using (who knew how hard it would be to do polka dots in straight lines?) then moved on to some paisleys, I love paisleys. 


But when I got to the flower shaped cookies, they just weren't looking right, so I decided to ignore the daisy shape and do a rose instead. They looked great! Before I knew it, there were roses on almost all of my cookies!



I guess I had some of Arty McGoo's recent cookies in the back of my mind, because some of mine definitely resemble hers - thanks Liz!


Click here for a tutorial on icing your own rose cookies.




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16 comments:

  1. Elaine9 May 2012 at 18:02

    Those paisley ones are amazing. How long does it take you to ice one cookie?? So talented.

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    1. Elaine9 May 2012 at 18:14

      Thanks so much Elaine xx
      Hard to say, because I do a little on one, then set it aside to harden, work on a few others, then go back for the next layer. Probably around 2-7 minutes each, depending on how detailed they are. I am getting faster and faster though, my first few cookies took much longer, and didn't look very good!

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  2. Janet9 May 2012 at 18:03

    Love the colors! Your cookies are so pretty, looking forward to the tutorial.

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    1. Elaine9 May 2012 at 18:16

      Thanks Janet! They are great colours, aren't they? The tutorial will hopefully be up tomorrow.

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  3. Helen11 May 2012 at 13:03

    Oh wow! The roses look even better with the blue as well. What a lovely set of cookies.

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    1. Elaine11 May 2012 at 19:44

      Thank you Helen, they were fun to make.

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  4. Donna11 May 2012 at 13:38

    These are amazing!

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  5. Glory/ Glorious Treats5 August 2012 at 21:21

    OOh, I love the colors and different desigins!! So pretty! And I love the cute polka-dot trays too!

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    1. Elaine19 October 2012 at 22:27

      Oh, wow, thanks Glory! I can't believe you've commented on my blog, I'm a big fan of yours xx

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  6. Liz @ Arty McGoo17 April 2013 at 20:19

    I just stumbled across these and "gasp!" They are breathtaking! Beautiful designs and what a palette! Great eye.

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    1. Elaine18 April 2013 at 09:11

      Oh, Thank you so much Liz! You are such an inspiration to me, I just LOVE your cookies, you are an amazing artist x

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  7. Unknown21 June 2013 at 21:26

    These are very pretty! I love the colors!

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  8. debbie pond12 February 2015 at 21:57

    These are beautiful!!!

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