It's FINISHED!!

Once again, a HUGE learning curve on the whole process. Many mistakes made, but a TON of information gained. At this point I know that I am going to completely trash the one I began for Charlie and start over. It will be well worth it.

Three days of summer-in-Michigan's sub tropical humidity really took it's toll on this whole project. The cookies did not take well to it at all, and (since I live in a house with only zone air conditioning, and the kitchen is NOT a zone) there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I tried to keep them as dry as I could, but with not much success. So some of the cookies just collapsed and died. I could find no information on the web about how to fix a broken cookie so I came up with this solution: trace the shape of the cookie cutter on a piece of card stock (or a piece of photo paper or a recipe card), cut it out, slather it with Royal Icing, then stick the cookie to it. A bad fix, but a fix, none the less.

I am going to try Michelle Bommarito's cookie recipe next time, since she is a Michigan chef and must have learned to deal compensate for this problem.

I found a neat tissue set at Meijer that had the same colors as the bouquet - in polka dots. Gut it into squares, scrunched the, then wired them up. Nice result. A bunch of curly ribbon and I am ready to take it to the party to see how it is received. I am REALLY ready to give it away and move on!!