Monkey Business

Okay I was excited to do the owls because they were for a dear friend, but I also had another set of cookies to do this weekend, and I was excited to do them because they were MONKEYS. And if you've looked around here a bit you know we have a little bit of a "thing" for monkeys in our house. These are a totally different gear from the owls and toadstools , and I was actually quite nervous because they were totally freehand, but I am admittedly quite satisfied with the results.

These were done for my friend's mother in law. She sent me the invitation via email. Isn't it cute? And they wanted something to give out as a favor. So I was very brave...

And freehand piped the monkey. With a little less detail, but I'm not going to lie I'm kind of in love. And I have to admit he wasn't all the complicated to do. The head, head body and ears are just circles... then i added the light tan parts, then the diaper, then the arms legs and tail, then the face (i meant to add a belly button, but totally forgot), then the diaper pins and polkies and there he was!

And since the big cookies were for favors, I did some small circles with the same colors and different patterns to put out during the shower.

And then put the monkeys in cute little swirly bags with blue and brown ribbon.