My sister was my first follower.  Blog Follower.  Actually, this is not true. She can’t bother herself to actually “follow” me, but she logs in and checks out my posts when she doesn’t want to grade 8th grade English papers.  Yep, she thinks of my blog when she is avoiding her least favorite school related task.. grading 75 essays of The Other Earth (can’t remember the title, but it has the word “earth in it).

Lately, my sista is dropping subtle hints that I need new  material.  And by subtle I mean she told me I need new {blog} material.  Last week she suggested I start copying the many  ideas on my Pinterest boards.  She really means that I copy something because clearly I don’t have the creativity to think of something on my own.  Of course, this idea isn’t really copying when one compares my version to say anyone else’s idea on Pinterest.  Patience is not my virtue.  And, apparently it is not my sister’s because she is like harassing me with blog suggestions.  I caved.  I  took her not so subtle hints and  I started with this inspiration from The Decorated Cookie.

 

I have made some cute cookies in the past.  I made these tennis ball cookies a few years ago for my daughter’s tennis “team building” party.  I don’t think my cookies made it out of her car.  I think these cookies were the first thing I pinned on Pinterest. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  So this year for my son’s birthday I thought it would be fun to make tennis ball cookies and at a little spin… get it . a little spin?  I wanted to surprise him and have him take them to school on Friday. I was off to a great start when I couldn’t find the circle cookie cutter.  Well like all resourceful women,  I used the next best thing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I baked a few dozen cookies and prepared the icing as I waited for the cookies to cool. I had my cute little icing bottles and outlined the edges in yellow. I learned from Bridget over at Bake at 350 to “pool” the icing inside the center. Well, it pooled all right:

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In the interest of salvaging my tennis ball cookies, while no one was looking, I  dipped the sugar cookie in the puddle:

This is one of the 4547 reasons I am not a trophy wife. I just wish I hadn’t outlined the edges. I think this is the way to frost cookies ladies. Next time I will skip the outline and just pool the icing on a plate.  I will call it “puddle on the plate.” Thanks for the inspiration over the Decorated Cookie. So much for new material….

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