Place Setting Cookies

Shared a great ham dinner with family before they head off to Australia tomorrow.  Made these cookies for everyone to have at their place at the table. 

 Also made this very yummy, white chocolate raspberry snowflake cake. Boy was it good!

 May your cookies never crumble!!

Corry

Cristmas Cookies

Well I think I have finished decorating the last of the sugar cookie. My daughter and I had a lot of  of fun baking this year.  I am sure we will have many more fun days decorating cookies. Hope if you got some of our cookies that you enjoyed them!

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Merry Christmas Cookies

Treats I took to the Health Unit where I volunteer at.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Happy 40th Birthday

Went to a surprise Birthday Party for a friend.  I was not sure what to get so I made cookies!

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Merry Christmas!

Are you on the naughty or nice list at the North Pole?? My daughter and I had some spare time in amongst the Christmas bustle so we made North Pole cookies.

Oh no....the snowmen are melting! These were great fun to make with my daughter as well. SNOWBALL FIGHT!

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

The Birds Of McAllister

 As you may or may not know, I belong to a group of ladies who all exercise at the Port Coquitlam Curves fitness studio. Our nickname is "The Birds Of McAllister" and as a group we fund raise throughout the year for different charities.

Each spring we collect food and toiletries which the group then donates to a local transition house.  This year we challenged the Port Alberni Curves to collect more than us. As an added incentive the losers would have to pose for a "tastefully"  nude calendar. All proceeds from the sale of the calendar would be donated to  charity!

Well despite collecting 2428 pounds  we lost the challenge, but only by 107lbs. A loss is still a loss, so with the help of Classic White Photography.  our 2012 calendar, featuring " The Birds Of McAllister", was born.

I was a participant in the photo shoot , check out "Mrs November".  So with that in mind, I am putting a call out to all my readers to help sell some calendars. Check out The Birds  for more information about our group and calendar orders.

All proceeds from the sales go to two local charities in our area:  Tri-City Transition House and the Learning Disabilities Association Girls Programs.

We had a calendar launch party at Samz Pub on Nov 13 and sold 54 calandars and raffled off a tray of decorated corset cookies.

Thank you for your support.


May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Benefit Fiesta For Project Somos

I attended Benefit Fiesta fund raiser for Project Somos last week at Heritage Hall in Vancouver.  Project Somos is not only building a Children's Village but is also helping to build a better future for orphaned children of Guatemala.

To help support the effort of this wonderful cause, I baked a batch of  Project Somos logo cookies to sell at the event.  Along with the cookies, I also donated a flower bouquet as one of the raffle prizes. 

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Tea Time

Once a  month I help serve tea to the moms and dads that have a baby in the NICU at the Royal Columbian Hospital. Here are just a few pictures of the cookies I have baked for the teas.

tea pots

ice cream cones

umbrellas

flowers

happy faces

baby bottles

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Sweet Movie Night

 There is nothing sweeter than baking for kids to help kids!  This week I have been making special cookies for an upcoming fundraiser for The Gaby Davis Foundation, which helps families with a child going through cancer.  They have helped over 30 families since setting up the charity in 2007 to honor 7yr old Gabrielle Davis who sadly lost her own battle with cancer. During treatment Gaby knew how fortunate she and her family were to have support from friends and extended family, but also saw how financially difficult life can be on those who don't have help. Gaby witnessed a parent break down in the hospital pharmacy because he could not afford the medication for his child.
I am delighted to be donating cookies that will be sold at their "Finding Nemo - Retro Family Movie Night" being held at Coquitlam River Elementary on November 4th.  Doors open at 6:30pm and movie starts at 7pm.  Be sure to reserve your ticket by calling 604-464-GABY (4229).  DON'T  FORGET  TO BUY A COOKIE at the concession.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Pretty In Pink

As most everyone knows, October is  Breast Cancer Awareness month. In support of this the Curves I go to everyday is sponsoring a "Buy a Cookie for Breast Cancer Awareness" campaign. As you can imagine it did not take much convincing for me to bake the Pink Ribbon Cookies for this worthy cause. 

Pink Ribbon Cookies

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Treats For Terry

My little friend set up a lemonade stand at her school to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.  So I made 280 Terry cookies to give away with her lemonade. She raised $117 that day.  I still had cookies left over so I attended the Terry Fox School  Fundraiser. It was a  Zumba class to raise money for the Foundation.

Terry  Fox  Cookies

Well all the Terry cookies are now gone, Thanks to the Terry Fox High School and the Trail River Run . All in all we had a great time and even managed to raise some money for the Terry Fox Foundation.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

For The Expecting Mommy

I made these very cute cookies for my niece who is expecting her 3rd baby.!

expecting mommy cookies

 
May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Christening Day

Sunday was my Grandson's baptism at St Clare of Assisi Church in Coquitlam and another great excuse to get baking to honor him.  He wore his Dad's and his Oma's christening gown, so the cookies matched him perfectly.

It was a special weekend for a very special baby, who is just as sweet as the cookies I enjoyed baking for him.  Something tells me that I'll be baking a few more for him in the future! Yum!

The cake was made by a yummy bakery in town, but I made the cross.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Baby Shower

Well, I'm usually pretty excited about my cookies, but this weekend the excitement was all about my new Grandson.  We had a baby shower for him and my daughter Lori on Saturday.  Of course I made cookies as favors for all the ladies that came - cute little blue and white onesies.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Feeling The Love

Baking cookies is so much fun, but seeing the joy on those faces covered in cookie crumbs as they enjoy them is even better.  Here are two little friends of mine who were enjoying some of my cookies when I went for a visit the other day.  It's so nice to feel appreciated!

Miss N and her smiley cookie

Master  S and his half eaten smiley cookie

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Smiles By The Bucketload!

Had way too much fun putting together this little bucket of treats for my nephew's little children.  Looking forward to seeing them this weekend and hoping this delivery might just put a smile on their beautiful face! Whatever you're doing this weekend, hope it make you smile too.

bucket of smiles

2 happy children

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Happy 1st Birthday

Ella turn's 1 years old on August 28th.  Made some special treats for her to give to her friends at her party.
 

Quack Quack

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

New Baby Grandson

We are very excited to announce the arrival of our first Grandchild.  Mason TJ Moffat Vandebeek made his big debut on Saturday,  July 30, 2011 at 4:08am, weighing 7lbs 15oz and measuring 20.5 inches.

Mason TJ  Moffat Vandebeek

  Of course Nana (that's me) couldn't let this occasion pass without cookies of some kind.  I had everything ready with pink and blue icing standing by because we didn't know the sex until he arrived.  I guess I can find some other use for that pink icing.  I couldn't wait to start passing these out to everyone I met, and besides they are much better than cigars!!!

For the new family I created a very special cookie cake.  The "cake" itself is made from disposable diapers, which I am sure they will find a use for, and for the decorations I used every baby themed cookie cutter I could find.  Something sweet for the parents to pass out as well.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Sending Summer In A Box

My daughter may be on the other side of our continent these days, but it doesn't mean I can't still spoil her.   Here are some wonderfully summer treats that I just sent her way.   While I can't really claim to have been too inspired by our summer here for these, they are a great reminder of summer spent with my daughters at our cabin, enjoying lots of sun, wearing shorts and flip flops as we smelled the flowers and took a dip in the lake! Ahhh!

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

The Flip Side Of Food!

Inspired by the more summery weather we've finally seen, I baked up a batch of flip flops and have enjoyed sharing these little tastes of summer with my friends. What better way to capture the lazy days of summer than open toes, flowers and ladybugs! Ahh!  The good news is that if the weather lets us down again ( like yesterday-what rain!), then flip flops are also the perfect shoe for water too AND as cookies they still work well with a mug of hot chocolate - I know, where did July just go? Hopefully the sun will be back out again soon though and maybe then I can do sun hats or shades to go with the flip flops!

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Calendar Girls

Had a very busy morning delivering some much needed treats for my friends at Curves.  These ladies helped so much with our charity calendar photo-shoot.  We were photographed for a (very tasteful) nude calendar that is going to be a fundraiser for a local women's shelter. It turned out to be a particularly fun experience thanks to the superb organizing skills of Kim and Elizabeth. Also many thanks to Raylene for doing our hair, Jane for doing the make-up, and  Paige for helping to make sure we looked good. You all made us look and feel beautiful.  And especially thank you to Classic White Photography  for doing our photos.

thank you packages

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Canada Day

A fun day at  St Clare of Assisi Catholic Church to celebrate Canada Day.

1st prize

 

2nd prize

One of our friends in Enderby, BC became a Canadian Citizen at a ceremony in Vernon, BC.  I sent a cookie bouquet for her to enjoy.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Get Well Soon Irene

This flower bouquet brightened  the day of a dear friend.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

DeColores

Be the spark that lights a friends candle.

 

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry

Donation To Canuck Place

During the Canuck run this season I managed to bake and distribute many, many dozen jersey cookies. Along with the jerseys I put together 3 jersey bouquets which were raffled for charity. After the raffles the only thing left was to decide which charity to donate the funds raised. It really wasn’t much of a decision and on Friday I made a trip to Canuck Place to drop off the proceeds. I also had one final batch of the jersey cookies that I took with me for the kids to enjoy. The staff were very appreciative of the donation and were excited when they realized I was the Olympic mitten cookie lady. 
 

Thank you so much to the ladies at Curves on McAllister in Port Coquitlam for their support in the raffles.

May your cookies never crumble!!
Corry