Cookie Club - August Theme "back-To-School"
Baking By bonniebakes Updated 6 Aug 2007 , 3:53pm by bonniebakes
Hello fellow cookie makers!
The August 2007 theme is back-to-school!!
Remember, anyone can participate! We love to have new people join in the cookie-making!!
Here are the cookie clubs guidelines":
* You can use any medium to decorate your cookies - fondant, royal icing, butter cream etc. The only stipulation is it has to be a medium used in cookie or cake decorating. Please let us know which medium you used to decorate your cookies and any techniques that you used, the type of cookie, etc..
* The group decided that all pictures must be new pictures (and new cookies). If you have a previous group of cookies already in your album (or in the forum) even if it depicts the theme please no not use it for this cookie club theme. The idea of the monthly theme is to get our creative juices/new ideas flowing and produce something new.
* Please do not post monthly theme cookies to your personal album or the Cookie Gallery until after the monthly theme has expired (the end of the month). It seems to lessen the flow of traffic to this thread if your wonderful creations are posted in the gallery first.
* Please post pictures in this thread. Do not create a separate thread for your pictures). Please post a maximum of 3 pictures per person in this thread for the monthly theme. You may however use graphics programs to create a collage of different pictures/angles (that will count as one photo post).
* The purpose of choosing a monthly theme is to have a central theme for everyone participating to follow in order to allow us an opportunity to be creative, try new things, and learn from each other. Please try to follow the monthly theme.
* Everyone who wishes to has an opportunity to suggest a theme in the monthly suggestion thread, and all themes suggested are considered and commented on by interested members of the community. The theme is chosen at the beginning of each month by Cake_Princess or Bonniebakes (the theme is chosen based on what seems to have the most support for that particular month from the group in the suggestions thread and any PMs Cake_Princess or Bonniebakes receives, not necessarily by an actual vote count) and the new theme is posted near the beginning of the month. If your suggestion wasnt chosen in one particular month, please suggest it again in the future!
* Sometimes the connection to the theme isnt obvious to other people. In your post please let us know why you chose the design you did if the reason is not obvious. (For Example if the theme was Music and you made ghost cookies then let us know the connection. Ghost = Phantom and Phantom of the opera relates to music).
Happy Baking, everyone! I cant wait to see the cookies!!!!
Bonniebakes
i voted for games, so i guess i'll have to get really creative and maybe come up with games to play at school.
ooohhh this could be fun!!!
once again bonnie, thanks for putting this together!!
Oh, goodie! I have a cookie order for the starting of school in two weeks. This is a convenient theme for me for sure.
I'm new to this thread, so I have a question. In the "rules" it says they have to be "new cookies." Does that mean new to ME or new to this site? For example - if someone else has already made a pencil cookie then that isn't what should be posted here? I *think* I understand it to mean that it cannot be cookies I have already done and are in my photos but I wanted to make sure since people are coming here for ideas and not repeat stuff.
Thanks!
I am going to try my hardest to participate this month, I was out of town too much last month.
RitzyFritz, I believe it means not submitting pictures of cookies you did for a previous order or that are already in your photos. Cookies just for this theme or for a future order coming up. 
Okay, thanks Ironbaker. That is what I thought but wanted to be sure. 
Oh, goodie! I have a cookie order for the starting of school in two weeks. This is a convenient theme for me for sure.
I'm new to this thread, so I have a question. In the "rules" it says they have to be "new cookies." Does that mean new to ME or new to this site? For example - if someone else has already made a pencil cookie then that isn't what should be posted here? I *think* I understand it to mean that it cannot be cookies I have already done and are in my photos but I wanted to make sure since people are coming here for ideas and not repeat stuff.
Thanks!
Yep all new cookies nothing that has been submitted to your album on in the forums already.
It's easier to repost pics but much more fun to see new ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
Welcome to the club and we look forward to seeing your cookies.
Oh, goodie! I have a cookie order for the starting of school in two weeks. This is a convenient theme for me for sure.
I'm new to this thread, so I have a question. In the "rules" it says they have to be "new cookies." Does that mean new to ME or new to this site? For example - if someone else has already made a pencil cookie then that isn't what should be posted here? I *think* I understand it to mean that it cannot be cookies I have already done and are in my photos but I wanted to make sure since people are coming here for ideas and not repeat stuff.
Thanks!
Yep all new cookies nothing that has been submitted to your album on in the forums already.
It's easier to repost pics but much more fun to see new ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
Welcome to the club and we look forward to seeing your cookies.
What a nice welcome! Thanks so much!
did we have a school theme before? i was just looking thru my "old" pics and remember posting a lunch box and milk carton.
i'm not sure why else i would have posted those
did we have a school theme before? i was just looking thru my "old" pics and remember posting a lunch box and milk carton.
i'm not sure why else i would have posted those
Gosh, kneadacookie.... I think you're right! Let me check....Yep, in September 2006, our theme was "school."
I'm really sorry everyone. Would you beleive this was the one month that I didn't remember to check the previous themes? As a former teacher, maybe I just had a "mental block" about this theme for the club becuase I do back-to-school cookies every year.
So, fellow cookie makers - what do you think of changing the theme to "Games" since we've already done a school theme????
Please PM me or post to this thread so we can get a consensus of what we should do.
thanks!
(and sorry!!!)
Bonnie
did we have a school theme before? i was just looking thru my "old" pics and remember posting a lunch box and milk carton.
i'm not sure why else i would have posted those
Gosh, kneadacookie.... I think you're right! Let me check....Yep, in September 2006, our theme was "school."
I'm really sorry everyone. Would you beleive this was the one month that I didn't remember to check the previous themes? As a former teacher, maybe I just had a "mental block" about this theme for the club becuase I do back-to-school cookies every year.
So, fellow cookie makers - what do you think of changing the theme to "Games" since we've already done a school theme????
Please PM me or post to this thread so we can get a consensus of what we should do.
thanks!
(and sorry!!!)
Bonnie
LOL... funny I normally check too and I did not check for back to school I did check for bugs tho LOL....
I think we should change the theme to games so we can get some fresh ideas. Thanks kneadacookie for noticing this......
So which is the theme?
I think Bonnie was hoping people would chime in about the switch but so far no one has really had much to say about it. Give her a day or so I am sure she will decide by tomorrow.
did we have a school theme before? i was just looking thru my "old" pics and remember posting a lunch box and milk carton.
i'm not sure why else i would have posted those
Gosh, kneadacookie.... I think you're right! Let me check....Yep, in September 2006, our theme was "school."
I'm really sorry everyone. Would you beleive this was the one month that I didn't remember to check the previous themes? As a former teacher, maybe I just had a "mental block" about this theme for the club becuase I do back-to-school cookies every year.
So, fellow cookie makers - what do you think of changing the theme to "Games" since we've already done a school theme????
Please PM me or post to this thread so we can get a consensus of what we should do.
thanks!
(and sorry!!!)
Bonnie
Games sounds good to me
SORRY!!! i didn't mean to cause any problems, i just wanted to make sure i didn't repost any cookie pics.
kneadacookie - thank you for pointing it out, neither CAke_Princess or I noticed!!
OK everyone, we'll switch the August theme to "games" since we've already done back-to-school.
Sorry for the inconvenience!!!
I'll start a new thread and put a link in this one...
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-4573213.html#4573213
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