The Cookie Puzzle: September 2015

Sep 29, 2015

Party in Your PJs #75

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!

We want to give a huge Thank You to everyone who applied for the co-host spots. We got some wonderful responses and we are so excited to make our link party better. If you applied please keep on eye on your e-mail this week to see if you received an invitation to join us. If you really wanted to apply and didn't get a chance to complete the application, feel free to email me and we will see what we can do. Once again thank you all for your support of our wonderful link party.

October will be here this week, and I need to get my Halloween/Fall blogger game on. I order some Halloween Stencils last week, so I will be making some cute yet simple Halloween cookies soon. Not sure what else I will be doing, but I have been so inspired by all the links this past week...so many fun idea!

I hope you all had a wonderful week...are you ready to party?

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Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

3. Please no Spam ( Spammers will be deleted without warning)
4. If you pin to the Pinterest Board, please link to the Party in Your PJs Party also, the party runs from 7 pm Tuesdays-Midnight Saturday (Central Time)

5. Finally have fun and share this group board with blog friends and followers! The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board? Follow our Party in Your PJs board and comment on this post with your Pinterest name or email Bree at bumblebreeblog@gmail.com or Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

I am in love with the shape and simplicity of this

Copper Pipe Fall Wreath from Lindi

at Love Create Celebrate!

How cute is this Coastal Autumn Wreath
from Beverly and Gloria at
Across the Blvd? Really, pumpkins AND seashells...what is
not to love

I have developed a deep love for Greek Yogurt lately, and these

Lemon Blueberry Greet Yogurt Muffins from

Jenna at 24 Cottonwood Lane, will be making

an appearance at my home very soon!

How to paint kitchen cabinets to create a durable smooth finish - kitchen cabinet painting tips including deglosser, spraying, prep, and clear coat. How to prevent yellowing and chipping of paint.

Thinking of painting your kitchen cabinets?

Rachel of Craving Some Creativity shares some

awesome Tips on Painting Old Kitchen Cabinets

Make sure you head over to bumblebreeblog to see her features, we each pick our own features.

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

Ok...let's party!

Rules
-Link to post, not your home page
-Link to something YOU made, wrote or thought
-No Etsy or Business Pages
-Link Parties, Roundups and Giveaways welcome
- Don't Link and Run! Please visit other links, make friends, learn something new, leave a comment, we all love comments
-If you were featured, grab a"Featured" button, found in the right side bar
-Consider adding our Party button to your Party Page or Post (button found on right side bar)

An InLinkz Link-up

Sep 22, 2015

Party in Your PJs #74

Special Opportunity!! Read me!

Now that I have you attention. There are some awesome things in the works for the Party in Your PJs link party. We are hoping to expand the party and are looking for a couple new co-hosts or possibly joining with another small link party . We would love for you to join us. Please apply HERE

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday! Did you read the special announcement above? I hope you did, because I am very excited about it. I love hosting this party, but would love to see it grow....I am looking at this as a little kick in the booty to take this party to the next level!

I hope you all had a wonderful week...are you ready to party?

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Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

5. Finally have fun and share this group board with blog friends and followers! The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board? Follow our Party in Your PJs board and comment on this post with your Pinterest name or email Bree at bumblebreeblog@gmail.com or Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

My heart jumped a little when I saw these

Desert Rain Wire Earrings from Rena

of Jewelry Making Journal. I have super short hair, so

I love long pretty earrings, and these fit the bill perfectly!

Love caramel apples? Then you will want to try this recipe for ooey gooey Caramel Apple Monkey Bread. It makes a great breakfast or dessert.

Do you love Monkey Bread? I DO, and this
Caramel Apple Monkey Bread from
Jennifer at Creativly Homemade makes my
tummy rumble!

Make Ahead Breakfast Quesadillas

I am always looking for ways to get a filling yet easy
breakfast in my tummy before I leave for work, and these
Make Ahead Breakfast Quesadillas from
Susanne at New South Charm fit the bill perfectly!

Debbie at Debbie Dabble made the cutest

Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkins...aren't they so cute?

I simply must make them soon!

Make sure you head over to bumblebreeblog to see her features, we each pick our own features.

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

An InLinkz Link-up

Sep 21, 2015

Quick and Easy Amish Cinnamon Bread ( Link Party Inspired)

I have been hosting a weekly link party, on Tuesday Nights, for over a year, and I get so inspired by the links. I find myself, week after week, wanting to make some of the links, but something always held me back. What? What holds me back? ME!

I have longed for over a year, to makes some of the recipes or crafts that are linked to the weekly party, and then blog about them. BUT...the whole "I don't want to look like I am a "Blog Post Idea Copy Cat". You know those bloggers who totally steal ideas and then don't give credit and pass the idea off as their own? Yeah...I don't want to look like one of those people. Bloggers work hard to put quality content on their blogs.

THEN....I shared my thoughts with my best friends, who happens to be an awesome blogger, Melissa from Simply Sweets by Honeybee, and what she told me, gave me a big ole "slap your head" moment. She said "Isn't that the IDEA of a link party, to INSPIRE other bloggers?" Well...DUH...of course it is. So...that is what I am going to do...share a blog post that is totally and 100% inspired by one of the links from my weekly link party!

So...I give to you...Quick and Easy Amish Cinnamon Bread!

This recipe comes from Mindie from The (mis) Adventures of a Born Again Farm Girl, and it is AMAZING!

I am a big fan of Amish Cinnamon Bread! What I am not a fan of is the typical process of making it. Traditional Amish bread starts with, well, a starter. If you are not familiar with a "starter" type bread, it involves a process, where you make a starter, then over 15-21 days you follow instructions of adding this or that, dividing it up, begging friends to take a bag of "starter" and doing the same thing and like 8 gamillion bags of "stuff" in you kitchen...well,,to put it simply, it is anything but SIMPLE.

BUT...thanks to Mindie...the process has been totally simplified...and you can have delicious Amish Cinnamon Bread anytime...without the hassle....Thanks so much Mindie...it as AMAZING!

If you want some for yourself...make sure you head over to Mindie's blog and get the recipe and try it yourself...maybe even tell her that Kim sent you!

Until next time....

Sep 15, 2015

Party in Your PJs # 73

Special Opportunity!! Read me!

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Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

5. Finally have fun and share this group board with blog friends and followers! The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board? Follow our Party in Your PJs board and comment on this post with your Pinterest name or email Bree at bumblebreeblog@gmail.com or Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

Ok....I know that it is only September, but this
Pool Noodle Jack-O-Lantern from
Noreen at Crafty Journal is just too cute
not to feature..look how cute it is!

Easy Amish Style Cinnamon Bread,

without having to mess with a starter?

Thank you Mindie of Born Again Farmgirl!

How totally adorable is this

Vanity Reading Nook

from Navy Wifey Peters at

USS Crafty?

Pretty sure I want her as my mom!

Claire from Pillar Box Blue is another rock star mom with her
Cork board featuring old toys!

Make sure you head over to bumblebreeblog to see her features, we each pick our own features.

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

An InLinkz Link-up

Sep 8, 2015

Party in Your PJs #72

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!

Did everyone have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend? Mine went way to quick! I guess now that Labor Day is over the Fall Season has officially kicked off...Soon Facebook and Pinterest will be overloaded with all things PUMPKIN...and APPLE and then you will be like "If I see ONE more thing PUMPKIN...I WILL SCREAM" but then you see a Pumpkin Cheesecake with a crumb topping...and you are all like "OOOO that looks good, I will make that". Tell me I am not the only one who does that? Please. Hello? Is anyone there?

I hope you all had a wonderful week...are you ready to party?

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Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

5. Finally have fun and share this group board with blog friends and followers! The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board? Follow our Party in Your PJs board and comment on this post with your Pinterest name or email Bree at bumblebreeblog@gmail.com or Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

Jessica at All She Cooks is KILLING me with these
Chocolate Cream Cheese Croissants!

Look at all the wonderful Silver "Junk" that Penny from
Penny's Vintage Home found...amazing what
people sale thinking it is "junk"!
(people are crazy)

Learn how to make cute Flower Party Favors - great for birthdays, wedding favors, bridal showers, and baby showers. Quick and easy to make! #papercrafting #favors

Learn how to make cute Flower Party Favors - great for birthdays, wedding favors, bridal showers, and baby showers. Quick and easy to make! #papercrafting #favors

I know that Fall is just around the corner, but these
Pretty Flower Party Favors from
Jennifer at Creatively Homemade just make me SMILE!

Fill your home with plump pumpkins using this plush velvet pumpkin tutorial! Fall is just around the corner, get your DIY on with this crafty home decor!

Heather from Sadie Seasongoods shared
these Elegant Plush Velvet Pumpkins, and
I am in love with them....time to shop for some velvet!

Make sure you head over to bumblebreeblog to see her features, we each pick our own features.

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

An InLinkz Link-up

Sep 7, 2015

Deer Hunting Cookies

I am not a hunter at all...I am a cookie decorator...but when a sweet sweet grandma contacting me to make cookies for her grandsons, who love hunting, I was happy to make them for her and them.

Since I have never done this type of set before, she sent me a few ideas and together we put together a pretty neat looking set of cookies, the the boys loved.

Deer Rifles

Camo Shirts

Deer Heads

The Entire Set

Happy Customer and happy boys...and a happy cookie decorator who has never done a hunting theme set of cookies before...what more can you ask for?

Sep 4, 2015

Stuff He Brought Home Vol. 6

Happy Friday!

Welcome to Vol.6 of Stuff He Brought Home!

This is a series I do each week here on the blog, showing you, well, STUFF HE BROUGHT HOME!

He, is Mr. Cookie Puzzle...and he brings home A LOT of stuff...some wicked cool...some odd...some totally unique, and some stuff, like this weeks item, has me scratching my head.

So...it has been a long time since I have done of of these posts... but trust me, it is all my fault..not Mr. Cookie Puzzle's! He has brought home LOTS of STUFF...I just can not get MY act together to take pictures and write post...BLOGGER FAIL!

So...what do we have today?

An Antique Iron...DUH!

Doesn't everyone have one of these?

He picked this up at an auction about a month ago, with lots of other stuff, but

this is wicked cool!

I have a few antique irons, but this one is unique.

As you can see, it opens.

Is that to put hot coals in to warm the iron?

Any ideas?

It is on the smallish size...not as big as my other ones, and since

it is hollow in the middle, it is pretty light weight, but still

heavy enough to work as an iron.

There was even a note inside it!

So..it came from Romania!

There was also a name,but I am not sharing that...privacy and all...sorry!

I will say, I think it might be a little older then the dates listed, I believe the

dates are the dates that the lady lived...so I suspect the iron is older then this.

No matter how old it is...I love it!

Bonus Points for Mr. Cookie Puzzle

So...that is that...What He Brought Home....An Antique Iron!

If you have any information about this piece and want to share, I would love to hear from you.

Until next time....

Sep 1, 2015

Party in Your PJ #71

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!

Ya'll....it is like September! WHAT? Wait...how did that happen? Wasn't it like June last week?
Why does time fly when you get "older"? Remember when you were younger, and Summer Vacation lasted like FOREVER? Now, you go to sleep one night, and you wake up and it is September. Then you get all crazy and realize that you have done no Christmas shopping, because you know that soon, you will see those over achiever people posting on Facebook about how they have their Christmas Shopping done and their Christmas cards are addressed and ready to go in the mail the Monday after Thanksgiving...and well...sorry...I hate those people. Judge if you want...but I am more of a last minute type of person...Planning is sooo overrated...am I right ladies? Now...I am not one of those totally last minute Christmas shoppers...but I would like the temperatures to drop below 90 before I start.

I hope you all had a wonderful week...are you ready to party?

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Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

5. Finally have fun and share this group board with blog friends and followers! The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board? Follow our Party in Your PJs board and comment on this post with your Pinterest name or email Bree at bumblebreeblog@gmail.com or Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

With September here, gardens are nearing their end, and these
Killer Marinated Tomatoes from Linda of
The Best of Long Island and Central Florida
are the perfect way to use up the last of your tomatoes.

Claire of Pillar Box Blue
shared some amazing transformations using
Wallpaper! I love all these ideas, please go check it out,
trash bins, tables, lamp shades, WOW!

French Green Beans with Potatoes and Onions Labeled

French Green Beans with Potatoes and Onions Labeled

Oh my YUM!
These French Green Beans with Red Potatoes and Onions
from Sherry at Olives-n-Okra have my
tummy growling for some!

Laurie from My Husband has too many Hobbies does it again!
These Fall Acorn Ornaments are so cute and
so easy to make! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Make sure you head over to bumblebreeblog to see her features, we each pick our own features.

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

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