I have four wonderful children who are growing up way too fast.  I have always been an avid dessert eater baker from as far back as I can remember.  You know how children are always having parties in school for all the major (and not so major) holidays?  Well, one Valentine's Day, they were going to have a party.  I wanted to send them to school with something different, so I looked on the internet and found Cake Pops.  I decided to make heart cake pops and saw Bakerella's bride and groom pops (www.bakerella.com). The boys' teacher was getting married over the Valentine's Day weekend, so I had to make them.  Mind you, I only made one of each, because I had all these heart pops to make.  My other children wanted to bring heart pops too even though their higher grades did not have big parties.  The heart pops and the bride and groom pops were a big hit!  And, I was hooked on making all things cake poppy.  Until…

I saw the cookie decorating that was going on all around me. How could I miss out on this!  I love cookies.  And, the icing can’t fall off a flat surface, right?  I could never get the hang of piping on that spherical cake pop surface.  So I devoured all of the tutorials I could find on cookie decorating before I actually decorated one cookie.  Once I started a whole new world was opened up. It is definitely a labor of love.  Now, for any special (or not so special) occasion, I am the one with the decorated cookies to share.