When it comes to coffee, I usually need 3 cups before noon just to get through the rest of the day. (And that’s just me on the weekends, chilling on the couch, waiting for the laundry to finish.) As for teachers, I don’t know how they do it. I imagine it’s with a lot more coffee and pure willpower to fuel them through those hectic school days.

Besides tacos, nacho cookies have to be one of my top favorite puns. That’s why I figured it would be the perfect design as teacher gifts for back-to-school. In addition to being a cute and funny play on words, these nacho cookies are pretty simple to make. They just require just a few decorating steps to complete. Below, I’ll show you how.

July is usually a time for enjoying the lazy days of summer– eating outdoors, swimming at the lake, watching summer movie blockbusters, etc. But around here, we’re readying the shop for the busy fall holiday season. No complaints from us though! We are excited to show you what we have planned, starting with these fun back-to-school designs and puns.

If there’s an opportunity for me to play with layers and dimension, I usually take it. Case in point, this wavy flag cookie set. Simple and quick to decorate, this patriotic gift set is also quite easy put together. The slightly overlapping cookies give the illusion of a flag waving in the wind. I’ll go over a few suggested packaging ideas at the end of this post, but first here’s a quick tutorial of how I decorated this wavy flag cookie set for the 4th of July.

Seeing all the patriotic bunting banners on display for Memorial Day gave me a thought for the 4th of July. “Could I turn a bunting banner into a cookie?” With all those pleats and folds, I wasn’t sure. I needed a way to recreate the impression of folded fabric with royal icing, while keeping it relatively easy to execute. But I think I did it. Here’s a fun, patriotic, and relatively easy bunting cookie platter design perfect for your next 4th of July get-together.

As the school year ends and the days get longer and hotter, nothing says “summer” like the approach of the 4th of July. I’m really excited to debut the newest collection of 4th of July cookie cutters and designs just added to the shop. There’s a mix of everything: minis, small cookie sets, and platters!