Happy Birthday!!

This is a Happy Birthday post for my two sisters.




One whose birthday is actually today!







One whose birthday was on April 12th and I was out of town and couldn't blog.







Remember these pictures ladies???  Oldies but goodies.


I love you both dearly.


For your birthday pleasure I thought I would give you the gift of laughter...




"I get the bathroom first."




"Why did you give me that dirty look?




"Are you really going to wear that?"




"Whatever"




"I was just KIDDING."




"Can't you take a joke?"




"Are you serious?"




"Have you talked to Mom today?"


I bopped around the internet for a witty and heartfelt quote to cut and paste in here but actually the relationship of sisters is not something that can be summarized by a tidy collection of pretty words. 


I think of it like the wind at times...calm...gusty...tough when you are on a bike going up hill into it and awesome when you want to sail.


When I feel my sisters presence I touch on these emotions...


Gratitude


Safety


Acceptance


Unconditional Love


And they love me even if I am afraid of Royal Icing.


And if my sugar cookies blob out and don't keep their shape.


However, I have found a fix for the blob thingie  - check out the recipe for sugar cookies in my recipe link, bookmark it...you won't be sorry.


Unfortunately I had to use up some old cookie dough I had in the freezer for this batch and they were blobs...but a quick fix is to recut the cooled cookie with the cutter to sharpen the shape like I did above!


To be honest I am not very skilled at using royal icing YET, but it is something I really want to master.


I had to make this FAST but FANCY so I used some left over strawberry lavender buttercream (for recipe click HERE) and canned chocolate frosting for the bottom of the cupcake **gasp**.


Then I simply used a wilton 22 open star tip to pipe the drop flowers and a wilton size 3 to pipe the chocolate border. I filled it in using a wilton size 10 open round tip and VIOLA....sprinkled with a little "pixie dust" and add a "cherry" M&M on top...now THAT was Fast...but Fancy.


I wipped out two dozen of these in less than 15 minutes.


Too bad my sisters do not live in Minnesota so instead, the church carnival will get the labors of my love today!


Love you guys!! xoxoxo

Also, Happy Birthday to a dear lady who has the most beautiful blog called The Tablescaper. Check it out by clicking HERE!


~ This is my life in a cupcake cookie to celebrate my two sisters who continue to get older each and every year! HAHAHAHA!!