Toodles 2012...you have been great!

 

 

So....2012 is coming to an end..and 2013 is upon us.

 

Is it just me, or did this year just

fly by?

 

 

I mean really....it seemed like just yesterday,

I was celebrating Valentines day?

 

I think time moves faster as you get older.

 

I remember when I was younger,

 

Summer Vacation lasted FOREVER,

now...you blink and it is over!

 

And the period of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas,

 

oh my...they say it was 4 weeks this year,

personally...I think it was 4 days...but whatever!

 

 

I baked and decorated TONS of cookies this year.

 

Not a lot compared to some of the great cookiers out there,

 

but all of these cookies were done while

working a full time job.

 

And...I only have 3 hours each night to work on cookies,

because my lovely son, Collin, closes the kitchen and cookie room at

9 pm...SHARP from Sunday-Thursday.

 

He is STRICT

Friday and Saturday I can work late into the night, or till early in the morning,

but other then those two night..

 

HE SHUTS ME DOWN!

 

No matter how many cookies I have to do, or

how far behind I am.....9 PM....no exceptions!

 

 

So....no matter how the volume of cookies coming out of my

kitchen compares to others,

 

I am pretty proud of what I can do in a limited

amount of time!

 

So...I put together some collages of some of my

favorite cookies of 2012 for you

 

 

Lets take a look, shall we?

 

 



 

So, there you have it

 

my 2012 in cookies!

 

I would like to be able to tell you that great and wonderful

things are in store next year for The Cookie Puzzle,

but that would be a lie.

 

I plan on keep doing what I am doing....

 

simple cookies

 

simple blog

 

simple person

 

it does not take much to make this gal happy!

 

Hopefully though

 

I will post more

 

push my self more

 

maybe do a tutorial here and there

 

but mostly...I just want to be true to me

 

and hopefully that is good enough to make

a few people happy,

that would make me happy!

 

Wishing you a Happy and Blessed

2013

 

 

until next time,

 

Hugs

Kim

Pumpkin Cookies...on different backgrounds

Sorry I have been MIA for so long!

I know I promised that I would post more, and

here it is the 21st of the month, and this is

my second post this month.

Ugg....sorry about that!

I had plans on posting last week

but, well, life happened

and

Cookies happened

and on Monday

well

Monday was an emotional, humbling, and surprising day

I PROMISE, I will tell you all about it in my next post, this week

Pinkie Swear!

So...in the mean time, I will share with you

some simple pumpkin cookies I did!

I was planning on just posting a few pictures,

But, while I was editing the pictures, I noticed something

I often take like 800 pictures of my cookies...and change the background, and angle

around, praying that I might get just a few decent looking pictures,

Well...this time,

the stars were aligned, and I got several good pictures,

Well

Good for MY pictures.

And I wanted to show you how changing the background

or angle of your pictures, your cookies can look totally different.

Wanna See?

Ok.

Same cookie, same background, different angle!

Same cookies, same angle, different background!

Same cookies, same background, different angle, and zoomed!

Same cookie, same angle, different background!

How about a side by side comparison?

Kinda cool right?

I think so!

So what did I learn about this?

Well...take 8 million pictures, thanks to a digital camera, you can do that,  and

you are bound to get at least a few good pictures.

Scrapbook paper, makes great backgrounds!  You can find it in solid colors,

patterns, pictures that look real (see the leaves, wood, and hay...they look like I laid

my cookies in the leaves!)

Move around, take pictures from several angles...it is fun

and again, different angles, can give you a totally different look!

And..have fun...this is not rocket science...they are pictures

of COOKIES!

Until next time!

Hugs

Kim