Months and months ago, I was contacted by a very sweet girl about making cookie favors for her wedding.   She had asked me to design a birdhouse cookie for her and her fiancee’s consideration.  She had also asked me for some tasting samples to help aid them in thier decision of what bakery to hire for this, their most special of days.   After tasting  the samples and having  fallen in love with the design I’d created, the couple placed their wedding order late last year, 2009.

Fast forward to now, 2010.   Today I was excited to deliver Vanessa and Ben’s wedding cookies.  Their big day is tomorrow and I couldn’t be happier for them.  I’m thrilled and honored to have Kudos Kookies playing a small but important part in their special day.  Here are the cookies that will help them celebrate their union.  Congratulations to Vanessa and Ben!!!  Actually, let me re-word that just a bit… “Kudos” to you Vanessa and Ben!!!

Kind of makes you want to get married all over again, doesn’t it?  Well  maybe not, but you catch my drift.  Best wishes and much love ~

Fondly,  Reneé

Believe it or not, as a very tiny independent cookie company, as much as I wanted to acquire a large and prestigious cookie order, the thought of  it actually happening had me crazy scared and mildly hoping that I’d never have to be too concerned, because it will never happen, right?  Wrong!   450 cookies later, Kudos Kookies goes on to prove we’ve got what it takes to complete and compete with the big dogs, one cookie at a time! 

This particular cookie was designed for a contracting company in Chicago for an employee appreciation day.  They found Kudos Kookies doing an internet search for custom cookies in the Chicago area.  After a few phone calls, sample cookie pictures sent via email and cookie tasting samples mailed to the company for their tasting consideration, the order was placed.  After a short bit of celebrating, a long bit of serious amazement at  how I’d get this all done in the 2 weeks allotted, I got right down to the business of baking, icing and painting cookies.  Baking, icing and painting cookies. And if I forgot to mention, baking, icing and painting cookies

Right here is where I had planned on putting a really cool video of me showing the process of hand painting this particular logo on a cookie.  Take my word for it, it was awesome.  The only problem is, the file was too big (over 3 minutes) from start to finish to paint  this particular logo, on this particular cookie. 450 times worth of this particular logo on this particular cookie.  If by chance you’re interested in viewing this awesome video, you can do so by going to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNa0pnxqJY    Trust me, it is must see TV   Well, on to more pictures then…

 Okay, okay already.  What’s the big deal you ask?  Why such hoopla over one very large cookie order?  Well, to me it’s proof positive that they can be done (with additional orders being filled during the process) and done extremely well.  Now I know I don’t need to fear anymore or question our ability to fill very large orders.  I know our small Kudos Kookies is a quality cookie company that goes above and beyond to make our customers happy.  I couldn’t be more proud and excited for the future.   Bring it!!!

Ok, here goes nothing (and I mean that most literally). I am starting this blog at the encouragement of some of my twitter friends. Apparently they think I have something more to say than my 140 characters on twitter allows. This remains to be seen.

I am however excited at the prospect of joining the TWD cooking group because of my newly acquired blog. But, I must wonder where in the world I will find the time to bake something other than cookies. I must admit, I do indeed love to bake and maybe this will force me to make the time to follow that passion in a capacity other than work.

Thank you twitter friends for making me, once again, step out of my comfort zone and try something completely different. I tend to be the ultimate creature of habit so the friendly shove was much appreciated.

Be patient with me though. I am a slow learner and =’m sure I’ll have questions galore to pummel you all with. Just remember, you asked for it

Fondly yours,
Renee aka Kudos Kookies