Teacher Appreciation Cookies

I think it goes without saying that good teachers are severely under appreciated.  I was so happy when I had the chance to make cookies for Teacher Appreciation Week.  I hope that they enjoyed them!  These were apple cookies and popcorn cookies with tags attached.  It's easy to change up the theme of cookies with cute tags on favor bags.  Changing the saying would make this perfect for birthdays or movie nights.

Cake Stand Cookies

In my family we have two bursts of birthdays.  One in April and May and one in August and September, I feel like during those months, we have celebration after celebration.  My husband's Grandma recently had her 88th birthday.  She is a beautiful, wonderful woman and we had a lot of fun celebrating her special day.  I make a tray of cookies that are birthday cakes on a cake stand.  I used the basic Wilton wedding cake cutter.

Physician Office Cookies

I'm finally back to cookie-ing after a self-imposed break.  My husband and I welcomed a baby boy to our family in March and I must confess that initially the thought of baking with a newborn and a 2 year old in the house was more than a little intimidating.  However, after about 3 months off, I really missed my oven and mixer, so I'm back.  I'm going to try to keep the blog updated, more for my records than anything.

I started off with cookies for the orthopedic office where my sister-in-law just started working (and where in a case of small world-itis, they took great care of me when I had knee surgery a few years back).  Some scrub tops, stethoscopes, and their logo made the platter.
 

P.S.  Here's the cutie that kept me from baking! ;)