I'll play! I have two pictures to show everyone - the snowflakes on the left were done in December of 2001! I went to a Southern Living Home party and bought this huge copper snowflake cookie cutter. That cutter started it all! It came with a recipe for cut-out cookies which is still what I use today (with a little tweaking). The Halloween cookies on the right were done in October 2002. No bags and tips here...I simply spooned the royal icing on from a bowl and spread it around with an offset spatula. I am sure I did cookies here and there, but I didn't really get into it steady until the fall of 2009 when my oldest started preschool.