Cold Little Heart

This cookie was inspired by a comment my husband made when I finished off the teeny bit of wine that was left in the bottle, which he had apparently planned on drinking himself. When he found the bottle empty, he sighed, “You and your cold little heart.”  We both found this hilarious for a number of reasons. It’s not the type of language my husband normally uses, there were other bottles of wine in the house and my husband is absolutely NOT mistreated.  This has resulted in my husband stalking me with cut out hearts. He cuts them out of the newspaper, junk mail and napkins.  Yesterday, he cut one out of his banana peel.  All of this made me decide to celebrate (and decorate!) my cold little heart.

The cookie is a 6” circle.  I used one of my husband’s cut-out hearts (slightly modified) as a guide for making connection points.

Used a scribe tool to outline the heart then added red dots as connection points.

Then I messed things up.  Rather than piping in thoughtful, intentional lines that follow a pattern, as Christine has showed us repeatedly, I went wild.  There was no rhyme or reason just a bunch, of willy nilly lines.  Fortunately, I quickly realized the error of my ways.  I am attaching a photo as a cautionary tale of what NOT to do.

I was able to scrape off the lines and pipe again in the direction of the actual pattern.  I didn’t take photos but I basically alternated direction with each layer. I used a 1 PME tip for the bottom layers and then switched to a 0 PME for the rest.  I did have line breakage but most were easy to fix.    I lost count of how many layers there are in total but the stack of lines is slightly taller than a half inch.   

I'm pleased with how it worked out.  Seems like my cold little heart isn't such a bad thing after all though my husband has become very protective of open wine bottles.

Lisa!!!! This is awesome!! I love the bright red and your amazing lines, you are perfecting them more and more! Congratulations dear friend!!♥️

@Heather Bruce Sosa posted:

Lisa!!!! This is awesome!! I love the bright red and your amazing lines, you are perfecting them more and more! Congratulations dear friend!!♥️

And what a gorgeous couple you two make!!👏👏♥️♥️

Wow, another awesome string work piece!!!Love it❤️❤️❤️ Congratulations great work 👏

What a hilarious beginning to a well piped heart. Lovely.

My kind of humor!  Great heart!

Love the story behind this cookie! LOL.

Beautiful!!! ❤️

Very nice work 👏

Congratulations for the hard work. In the image "the black small cold heart" seems to be a hole! Very nice visual effect!!

@Heather Bruce Sosa posted:

Lisa!!!! This is awesome!! I love the bright red and your amazing lines, you are perfecting them more and more! Congratulations dear friend!!♥️

Thank you dear Heather. I do feel that I’m getting better but I know I still have a long way to go!

@Heather Bruce Sosa posted:

And what a gorgeous couple you two make!!👏👏♥️♥️

You are so sweet. We’ve been together 26 years and spend aLOT of time together.😂🤣😂

@Petra Florean posted:

Wow, another awesome string work piece!!!Love it❤️❤️❤️ Congratulations great work 👏

Thank you so much Petra!

@Zeena posted:

What a hilarious beginning to a well piped heart. Lovely.

Thank you Zeena. Inspiration comes in all forms doesn’t it?!❤️

@E. Sherwood posted:

My kind of humor!  Great heart!

Thank you. I can’t imagine this life without finding the humor. ❤️🖤❤️🖤💗

Oh Lisa, the story is too sweet!!!! I love this!! And I love your wonderful cold little heart! This red is amazing!! The story is amazing! The stringwork is amazing! All is amazing, dear Lisa!! @LisaF ❤️❤️

@Susana Mattano posted:

Congratulations for the hard work. In the image "the black small cold heart" seems to be a hole! Very nice visual effect!!

Thank you Susana!

@Julia M. Usher posted:

Love the story behind this cookie! LOL.

He’s still stalking me Julia! He drew a black heart on the oatmeal canister!🤣

@Evelindecora posted:

Beautiful!!! ❤️

Thank you dear Evelin❤️

@Icingsugarkeks posted:

Oh Lisa, the story is too sweet!!!! I love this!! And I love your wonderful cold little heart! This red is amazing!! The story is amazing! The stringwork is amazing! All is amazing, dear Lisa!! @LisaF ❤️❤️

You are too kind dear Gabi 😘♥️🍪🍷🖤

@MANUELA CANTÙ posted:

Very nice work 👏

Thanks Manuela.❤️😘

Wow!  how many lines did you make???   Amazing.   Pretty heart!  

@Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. posted:

Wow!  how many lines did you make???   Amazing.   Pretty heart!  

Thanks Ryoko. I have no idea how many lines there were in the end. I wanted to hide all of the black and it just kept needing “one more round”. Eventually Ihad to stop!😂

Your cold, little heart is surrounded by some fantastic hot red stringwork. Sometimes with heart shapes the layers can end up looking less than tidy, but you've managed to keep everything very neat looking. I love the inspiration behind this cookie. It sounds like you have a fun household!

@Sweet Prodigy posted:

Your cold, little heart is surrounded by some fantastic hot red stringwork. Sometimes with heart shapes the layers can end up looking less than tidy, but you've managed to keep everything very neat looking. I love the inspiration behind this cookie. It sounds like you have a fun household!

Thank you Christine. Even though I’ve never actually heard your voice, I heard a voice that was allegedly you after I first piped my random lines. It said something to the effect « “What in the world are you doing?” My answer of “I have absolutely no idea!” Seemed expected. Hence the improvements.😂🤣

So lovely and perfect work! ❤❤❤

How incredibly beautiful Lisa @LisaF!! The lines are perfectly piped. Your work looks flawless. I love your hubby's little valentine hearts that he cut out from different sources...how romantic, especially the banana peel! Love the sense of humor you share. It sounds like you have a precious relationship to last a lifetime...how I cherish my hubby, too, who sees me day in and day out and still loves me (that's quite challenging at times!).  ❤️❤️❤️  Hugs...

@Kanch J posted:

So lovely and perfect work! ❤❤❤

Thank you dear Kanch

@Cookies Fantastique posted:

How incredibly beautiful Lisa @LisaF!! The lines are perfectly piped. Your work looks flawless. I love your hubby's little valentine hearts that he cut out from different sources...how romantic, especially the banana peel! Love the sense of humor you share. It sounds like you have a precious relationship to last a lifetime...how I cherish my hubby, too, who sees me day in and day out and still loves me (that's quite challenging at times!).  ❤️❤️❤️  Hugs...

Thank you so much Carol. Yes, we have a very “intricate “ relationship. The pandemic has pushed us to new levels of codependency however! As they say ..for better or worse...😂🤣😂

Stunning work

@Joanna Manuel posted:

Stunning work

Thank you 😊 😘