Grapevine Wreaths

So many times, people say "Oh, I can't eat that cookie because it's so pretty!". You know who DOESN'T say that? KIDS. Especially little kids. They don't look at the fine details that I fussed over. They don't notice the craters, the not-so-even floods, the color bleed. All they see is a tasty treat that they get to eat! 

One of the joys I have is to make cookies for a local daycare. My friend creates elaborate birthday parties for each of her daycare kids. Stepping inside her backdoor, you are transported under the sea with jellyfish floating above you, or deep within the woods with mushroom stools to rest your body upon  And she asks for special cookies to sweeten the day for the children. I put my heart into each one of those sets, like these little sweet grapevine hearts!  ​

Start with a flooded and dried heart. I used Americolor's Ivory- I love the creaminess of it!

Next, pipe some straight lines as the foundation of your wreath. Add more straight lines if you want a fuller wreath. Now add a squiggly piped line, or two.
​Grapevine wreaths are not perfect- neither should grapevine wreath cookies!

Pipe some short lines that cross over your initial lines, all around your wreath.
​These represent the vine rope that holds a real grapevine wreath together. 

Add some lines to "tie" the top of your heart together, some little berries, and you're all done!

These little darlings were part of a woodland fairy cookie collection for the daycare kiddos.
​I know they loved them as much as I did!