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With mixed feelings…

I finished these wedding ring cookies today for Joy…

She’s hosting a bridal shower at Tea and Crumpets,

a delightful little luncheon place in downtown Huntington.

I loved talking with her about her cookies…

how she found out about me,

the cookies she wanted,

how they would be packaged,

and a few details about the event she was hosting…

I totally love these conversations… and

I love delighting people with cookies for their party…

or gift… or wedding…

BUT…

I have decided to quit the cookie biz.

I want to paint.

And I can’t do everything I have to do in my life + cookies + paint.

So, of course, I’ll do the orders I’ve committed to…

and if you’ve talked to me about an order, but

we haven’t finalized the details,

I’ll do those, too…

because I’m such a nice person;)

And, of course, I’ll be completing the cookie classes

that are scheduled,

but I don’t plan to schedule any more.

A huge THANK YOU

to all of my customers, students, and supporters…

I love you all.

Win, Win, Win!!

If you’re like me,

you look for Kim’s daily update on Maggie…

She’s done sooo well!!!

AND so has her mom, Kim:)

But they’re not finished yet…

Several more months of out-of-town trips for treatments…

Kim will be missing work…

and have many extra expenses…

Soooo in order to help them out…

Art for the Soul will be donating 100% …

of all cookie class proceeds to Maggie…

PLUS…

I’m adding a Cookie Decorating 103 class…

I’m going to teach some VERY COOL cookie skills…

like using molds with fondant for cookie embellishments…

It’s fun and makes amazing looking cookies!

Plus I have a fondant recipe that is FABULOUS!

Check out the WORKSHOPS page to get all the info…

And please tell your friends, family, co-workers, church family, neighbors..

Well…just everyone…let’s help Maggie and her family;)

I’m going to school:)

I’m 57 and I’m going back to school…

the truth is…

I’ve been “in school” since I started kindergarten.

After college, I taught school…

and I took about a million hours in graduate classes…

to be a better teacher…

Then, I quit teaching 2 1/2 years ago to be an artist…

You’d think my school days were over…(I did;)…

not hardly…

Because…

I’ve really had to STUDY to learn the different art skills I wanted to know:

making stamped metal jewelry, and cookie and cake art.

Now, I want to be a painter…

So…

In 2015…

I’m going to study painting…

with books, DVD’s, workshops, YouTube videos…

with painters whose work I really love…

like Joyce Hicks.

I’m going back to school…

It’s going to be scary, and difficult, exciting, and boring…

and occasionally when I have a painting that I like…

I’ll show it here:)

FullSizeRender — Click to enlarge. Inspired by a painting by Joyce Hicks

Thanks for following along,

Linda

Gift Certificates and a PayPal button

I love when I figure out how to do something…

that I’ve tried numerous times and can’t get…

Well, I just added a Paypal button to my WORKSHOP page…

to simplify buying a gift certificate…Oh…

And I added buying a gift certificate option for purchasing a cookie class…

But the Paypal button…that had really confused me…

But I got it!!!

New Cookie Decorating Workshops for 2015

I’ve had a ton of requests for Saturday cookie classes, sooo…

I’ve completed by schedule for spring 2015 classes…

and they’re all on Saturday!!

if you are interested,

check out my Workshops page…

btw…if you have already taken my cookie decorating class…

I would LOVE for you to comment on my posts or pages…

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you must click on it’s title…

Thanks!

Linda

Maggie

I would never have dreamed…

that I’d have taught 10 cookie classes this fall…

with 2 more on my calendar for December…

And it all started because Maggie needed support…

for her fight against neuroblastoma.

I’ve had a lot of people ask me about Maggie…

she’s had 5 rounds of chemo…

and undergone surgery to remove the tumor surrounding her adrenal glands…

she still faces a bone marrow transplant and more chemo.

Maggie’s wish, a trip to Disney World, is being granted this month.

She and her parents have been through so much,

and they’re very grateful for all the support from everyone.

Thanks for following along,

Linda

Vinny

Jill and her family are HUGE Marshall fans.

They tail-gate in a green and white motor-home, the Thundering Herd Mobile.

You get the picture;)

She’s ordered my cookies several times,

including a gift set for Vinny Curry…

If you don’t know, Vinny plays defensive end

for the Philadelphia Eagles…

following a successful college football career at Marshall.

Jill and her family are very close to Vinny,

Last weekend they went to Philly to visit him,

watch an Eagles game, and …

Jill being Jill she wanted to take him a gift;)…

She asked me to create a painting from this photo…

I thought it would make a great oil painting…

but I’m not an oil painter…yet…

so I did it in pastels (colored chalk)…

I hope he likes it:)

Thanks for following along,

Linda

A Fall Wedding

Sharon and Roy were high school sweethearts a few years back…

Over 30 years later they reconnected…

rekindled their love and decided to marry.

Sharon is a teacher a Spring Hill Elementary,

and has been there for… a long time…

She and Roy decided that would be a great place for them to marry.

The wedding was yesterday in the gym.

I taught there, too…

so Sharon asked me to create a cake and cupcakes for the reception…

She wanted a painted cake with fall leaves…

and I thought a little chalkboard (made out of royal icing, of course)…

would be the perfect topper…

Thanks for following along,

Linda