Thursday, December 2, 2010

WINNERS FOR THE GIVE-AWAYS!!!

So, it's the moment you have all been waiting for...our $50.00 winner for submitting a decorated cookie to us is Ruth Dunn of Ruthie's Cookies!!  CONGRATULATIONS  RUTH!!!  Please go pick out your free cookie cutters!!
And...our new blog winner for $25.00 worth of free cutters is The Fancy Lady!  Congratulations to you too!  Please contact us with your cutter choices!!
Thank you all for the fabulous cookies that you have submitted.  I still have many to showcase...so be looking for them to show up here in the next few weeks!  Welcome to all of you new blog members...keep coming back for our future drawings and to view all of the wonderful cookies!!
I leave you with Ruth's anchor cookie that she submitted for the drawing!  She did a terrific job on it, I LOVE the rope detail!  Thank you Ruth for submitting your cookie!!

Friday, November 19, 2010

BEAUTIFUL COOKIES BY MARLYN OF MONTREAL CONFECTIONS!

Marlyn has been a busy little bee of late...decorating many ecrandal designs for us to use on our site.  We are so blessed by all she has done for us!  Here are some of her awesome cookies!  Check out her site at montrealconfections.com
I think you will all very extremely impressed by her cookie art!  Marlyn used our ecrandal Mushroom A, Mushroom B, Hedgehog (my favorite!), Cheep Bird, Bird Cage, Hoot Owl.for these cookies.
Thanks so much Marlyn!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

PIES! BY BRENDA OF BRENSCAKES.COM

I'm sorry I'm not posting as often as I would like to. Don't worry if your cookie photo doesn't show up before the end of the month...you will still be entered into our drawing!  I promise to get you posted on here as soon as I can.  Things get a bit crazy around here this time of year!
Today I have a simply mouth-watering assortment of pie cookies to share with you!  This should get you all in the mood for Thanksgiving dinner!  These pies, using our pie slice cookie cutter, were so marvelously decorated by Brenda of Brenscakes.com
You will want to go check out her site...she does some FANTASTIC looking treats!!  Thank you for sharing Brenda!


Friday, November 12, 2010

BOX OF CRAYONS! By Alyse of BE SWEET TREATS!

Reminder to get your decorated cookies submitted to me before the end of this month to be entered into our $50.00 free cutter drawing!!!  Also if you have joined our blog in OCT-NOV, please let me know so that I can put you into our $25.00 drawing!!  I will try to come up with a list for all of you to see, to make sure I have everyone!
Okay, now that that's said...here is a pack cookie crayons for you all to marvel at!!  My son Asa, really thought these were cool, and I agree!  These were decorated by Alyse of  http://besweettreats.blogspot.com/ 
Alyse used our crayon cookie cutter to make these edible crayolas...perfect for toddlers who are always trying to eat the real ones!  Thank you Alyse for sharing!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

LORD-A-LEAPING BY MARY MATHIS

Okay ladies!  You will be BLOWN AWAY by this cookie!!  Who could even eat such a masterpiece?!!  This is our Lord-a-Leaping by Mary Mathis, she did a spectacular job on him!!  Mary even won first place in a contest on him and she definitely deserved it!  Thank you so much Mary!!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

ROSE OF SHARON COOKIES BY ALISON of alibeesbakeshop.com!

Hello my sweet friends!  Today I want to share with your some delightfully lovely flowers done by Alison of
alibeesbakeshop.com Alison does an spectacular job on her treats, I encourage you to go to her site and check out her work!  Whether it is her wonderful cakes or her beautiful cookies you will be amazed!  For these cookies she used our Rose of Sharon cookie cutter.  Thank you Alison for sharing these with us!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Breast Cancer Awareness Apron by Wendy Tiano

Hi!  I wanted to get this posted this month for Breast Cancer Awareness!  Here is a very creative idea by Wendy Tiano, the Pink Breast Cancer Apron! Wendy used one of our Frilly Apron with inset cutter for this.  Nice job Wendy! Thank you for sharing!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

CLOWN! BY MARYANN ROLLINS

Hi friends!  I hope you all have had lots of opportunities to get your fingers doughy lately.  I have a fun clown cookie to share with you done by someone who isn't afraid to roll up her sleeves and get doughy herself! Maryann Rollins.  Maryann is an extremely talented cookie artist as many of you may have seen her beautiful cookies on Flickr.  She has done a simply wonderful job on this clown using our Clown Head B cookie cutter.
Thanks for sharing this with us Maryann!

Monday, October 18, 2010

ALICE DRESS BY JANEEN OF PAIGE-REESE

Happy Monday everyone!  Here is a lovely dress cookie decorated by the talented Janeen of paige-reese.blogspot.com  .  She used our very popular Alice Party Dress cookie cutter for this precious gown.
Thank you Janeen for sharing your talent with us!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

TREE COOKIES BY JULI OF SWEET CUPCAKES AND TREATS!

Hi everyone!  Here is a simply marvelous plate of  Tree cookies shared with us by a very good customer way down in Australia.  Juli of www.sweetcupcakesandtreats.com.au is so talented her cakes and cookies will blow you away.  You must go check her wonderful site out.  She made these cookies using our new Tree B cookie cutter (I know boring name, I will have to work on changing that one).  Thank you all for looking!

Friday, October 8, 2010

PEEK-A-BOO by Amy Hill

I am happy to finally be able to share with you a sweet cookie!  Amy Hill shared this cute baby with it's ruffled bottom, showing her version of our Peek-a-Boo baby cutter by GeminiRJ!  I am always amazed when I see "people" cookies.  Super job, Amy, thanks for sharing with us!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

SEPTEMBER DRAWING WINNER!

CONGRATULATIONS  TO TAMMYB!!  You were our September WINNER!!  Please let us know what cutter(s) you pick (up to $25.00 value) and we will be sure to get it out to you!

For the rest of you faithful blogger fans...HANG in there, your turn could be coming up in our future drawings.  I am still trying to decide the details on that one!

My computer is fixed, at least for now.  The poor thing grinds and moans and doesn't really like us much but thankfully it works!!!  Thanks to our good friend Don, who helped us get it back up and running again.  So, this means I should be able to post cookie pictures again!  YAY!!  I have some nice ones to share with you!

I'll be back soon!
Jamie

Thursday, September 23, 2010

COMPUTER CRASHED! SEPTEMBER DRAWING DETAILS!!

Hello my dear friends!  I am very saddened to report that our main computer with all of our picture files has crashed!!  We are unable to post pictures of all of the great decorated cookies that I have received this month!!  Thank you to all of you that have given me your pictures...please be patient with us and I will try to post them as soon as I am able!  I am using an older computer that cannot accept downloads right now so I can only send you these sad little messages and cannot send cheer your way with a happy treat pictures!  I will just have to lift my drooping chin up and imagine that my blog is more exciting for now.   For all of you that have been anxiously awaiting my September drawing details.  Don't worry.  I will try to cheer you up with the fact that even though September is almost gone we will be having a drawing.  You all should be happy to know that I am going to enter ALL of  YOU my bloggers into this months drawing.  ONLY THOSE WHO ARE A PART OF OUR BLOG or who join our blog by the end of this month will be entered.  IF you are interested in increasing your chances.  I need you go to our site and pick out your favorite ecrandal cutter shape and come back here and share with me your choice.  I will then enter your name TWICE into our drawing.  Also, if you refer a friend who joins this month I will enter you AGAIN as well as your friend.  But, they have to tell me that you referred them, otherwise I am sadly unaware of your friendship to one another! 
OKAY, that's it for now
Jamie

Thursday, September 9, 2010

AUGUST GIVE-AWAY WINNERS!!

Hello everyone!  We have returned from out trip...did you miss me?? We were gone a bit longer that we expected.  I wanted to say that we were overwhelmed with all of the support you all gave to us by taking advantage of our special while we were gone.  A BIG THANK YOU to you!  Now, to fill all of those orders!!!  Eric will probably not be getting much sleep in the next few weeks-lol!
I suppose you are all anxious to hear the results of our August drawing winners.  Well, I have them!  The winners are... Christina Grey and Amy Hill!  Congratulations!!  Thank you both for your support of our business.  Please go and pick out your cutters and email us so we can get those out to you!
I will try to get a September drawing organized and posted soon.  In the meantime welcome to all of you who are new to our blog!!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

20% OFF OUT OF TOWN SALE & EMBOSSED DRESS BY REBECCA ARMSTRONG

Hi dear friends!  First off I wanted to let you all know in case you have not already received our email, we are leaving Thursday for a family trip and will be gone until possibly the beginning of September!  This of course means we will be unable to fill any orders will we are gone.  However, we are offering a 20% off discount for anyone who doesn't mind waiting until we return to have your order filled, if you place an order while we are gone!  Check out our home page on our website at ecrandal.com for the details and promo code for the sale! We are sorry to have to leave, but with only 2 employees (myself and Eric-heehee), we really have no choice but to shut down.  We will still be able to access our email as well as our blog and facebook, so don't worry we will still be keeping track of all of you and entering you into our drawing.

NOW, for something pretty to share with you.  This is a lovely dress cookie done by Rebecca Armstrong way down in Australia!  I love the embossed detail of this dress! Rebecca  used our Alice party dress  for this!  Enjoy!  Thanks to Rebecca for sharing with us!

Friday, August 6, 2010

AUGUST GIVE-AWAY!!!

This month we have decided to give away 2 prizes!!  Yes, 2 of you will WIN!!!  Rules for entering are the same as last month (see the post at the side for rules).  For those of you that have already become followers on our blog or Facebook fans- REMEMBER...you can get entered just by referring a friend to join us, just make sure they let me know that you referred them!!!  Thanks to all of you for supporting us!!! 

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers by Mary Adams!

Now here are some clever cookies!!  Aren't these perfect for a summer backyard BBQ party!  Mary did a splendid job decorating these...don't you just love the "grill" marks and the sesame seeds.  Mary used our Hot Dog and our Hamburger cutter to cut these summertime treats!  You can also go and check her blog out at sugarcookielady.blogspot.com  Thank you Mary for sharing with us!

Monday, August 2, 2010

JULY GIVE-AWAY WINNER!!

Hello dear friends!  Well, the results are in!  The winner is...JOAN BUHLER!!  Thank you Joan for supporting our family business.  Congratulations!!  Please email us with your selection (up to $25.00) and we will send your order out as soon as it's ready!
Thanks to all of you for your support and participation!  Please check back with us for the details of our August Give-Away!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

BALLET TUTU BY JANEEN DONATI

Hello friends!  Only 2 more days to be entered into the July drawing!!  Tell your friends!

I want to share with you a lovely pink tutu cookie!  This tutu was sweetly decorated by Janeen Donati, I love the embossed detail on the top!  Janeen used our Annie Ballet Tutu cookie cutter! You may check out Janeen's blog at   www.paige-reese.blogspot.com   She has some beautiful confections to show you!  Thank you for sharing this with us Janeen.  Thank you all for taking a look!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Woody Cars by Diane Duff!

It's the last week of July!  This means just a few more days for you to be entered into our July drawing!  I will try to post the winner the 1st of August. 
In the meantime I have a nice cookie shot to share with you.  We have "Woody Cars" wonderfully decorated by Diane Duff.  Diane used our "Just Married" car cookie cutter from the GeminiRJ collection to decorate these clever autos!  Enjoy!  Thank you Diane for sharing with us!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Cheep bird by Tammy Brown

I cannot believe how fast summer is going!  Way too fast.  Why doesn't winter go by as quickly as summer??  Well, I guess we better enjoy what we have left.   I have some darling cookies to show you.  Tammy Brown, from right here in our home state of NC decorated these mini morsels using our CHEEP bird cutter in a custom mini size.  She loves tiny cookies.  They make yummy looking bite size treats!  Thank you Tammy for sharing with us! 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Clowns by Nancy Cavagnaro

I have some super fun cookies to share with you today.  These happy clowns were decorated by the extremely talented Nancy Cavagnaro!  Nancy used our Clown Head with collar cookie cutter.  Thanks so much for sharing these with us Nancy.  Have a fun filled day everyone!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Ice Cream Cones by Lisa Olson (our May give-away winner)

Happy Friday everyone!  Today, I will share with you some very cool cookies...ice cream cones!!   Perfect for summer--they may not be very cold but they do make you think of summer don't they? These delicious ice cream cookies were decorated by Lisa Olson, using the our double scoop ice cream cone cookie cutter.  Lisa was the winner of our May drawing, and this is the cutter design she chose!  She did a great job!  Thank you for sharing with us Lisa.  Good Luck to all of you who have joined us this month for our July drawing!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Mallard Duck by Whimsy Cookie Co.

Hi everyone!  Today I have a cute little duck cookie to share with you!  This yummy treat was decorated by Laurie of Whimsy Cookie Co.  I think she did a fabulous job capturing the essence of the mallard.  Laurie used our mallard cookie cutter  in a custom size. Enjoy!

Friday, July 2, 2010

JULY GIVE-AWAY!!

Hello!  I wanted to post the details for our JULY GIVE-AWAY!  We are going to be giving away free product!  Yay!  Your choice of cutters (up to a $25.00 value), and right now we have some really great prices so you can score more than one cutter!!  Okay, so the rules are:
 1. Become a follower of our blog--leave us a comment here telling us you just become a follower!  You will be entered in our drawing!
2. Go to our Facebook page (ecrandal handmade copper cookie cutters) and "Like" us, leave a comment here or on our Facebook page telling us you have just "liked" us! You will be entered in our drawing.
3.Have a friend become a follower of our blog or "like" our facebook page, have them leave a comment here or on our facebook page telling us that you referred them.  You both will be entered into our drawing.  You will be entered as many times as you have friends give you as a reference!
4. Submit a decorated cookie (using an ecrandal cookie cutter) for us to use on our blog.  You will be entered in our drawing!
5.Order any size order from our website in the month of July and be automatically entered into our drawing!
6. Do one of the above or all of the above and you will be entered each time, for a better chance of winning!
7.Please be sure to leave a way for us to contact you if you win!
8.July comments only will be entered into the drawing.
GOOD LUCK!
P.S...I hope you like our new look.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

GEMINIRJ CUTTERS AVAILABLE ON ECRANDAL!!!

For those of you that are familiar with GeminiRJ from Cake Central and her beautiful cookies you will be excited to hear that we have her cookie cutter designs available through ecrandal!!  She does incredible work as I'm sure you will agree.  We are very proud to feature her on our site!  Check out the low introductory prices that we are selling the cutters at.  I am posting her cookie pictures here today for you all to see just how talented she is!  The following shapes are: Bandana Bird, Howling Coyote, Jack in the BoxOverall Sam, Sunbonnet Sue, Potted Heart, Ticket, Peek-A-Boo Baby, Tie with Collar, Just Married Car, Beach Babe, and North Pole Sign.



New shapes available....low prices!! Another drawing coming up!!!

Hello Everyone!
If you all have not checked out our website lately you might want to!  We have tons of new designs that Eric has been working on available for a LOW introductory price.  Seriously, good prices!  I know we all could use a break right now on our wallet.  Check them out!  I'm sure you will find something you like.  Also, we are having another give away!  I will post the details soon but pretty much the same as last time...bring followers to our blog!!!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Sea Shells by Carole Firstenberger

Today, I have the most stunning sea shell cookies I have ever seen to share with you.  These splashing beauties were marvelously designed by Carole Firstenberger.  I'm sure you will agree they are just too pretty to eat!!  They were made using our Scallop Shell cookie cutter, available on our website at ecrandal.com.
Wishing you all a cool day (it's hot here)! ~Jamie

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

FREE CUTTER WINNER!!

Hello Faithful Followers!  I wanted to let you all know the winner to our free cookie cutter drawing....the WINNER IS: LISA!  You made the following comment on our blog Lisa said... this looks great! very realistic.  This was in regard to  Coastal Cookies Trout cookie post.  Congratulations Lisa!  You may go to our website ecrandal.com and pick out a cutter ($20.00 value or less) and email your choice along with your mailing information to email@ecrandal.com!  We will send out your cutter as soon as possible.  Thank you for your comments and support of our business!!

Monday, May 10, 2010

FREE DRAWING REMINDER!!

Hi everyone!  First of all, I apologize for the delay in getting any other cookie pictures posted for you to see.  I will be working on that soon.  Secondly, I wanted to let you all know that we have just posted a lot of new cookie cutter designs on our site...under the New Shapes-May category.  Go take a look...we have many more coming as well, so please check back frequently! 
Lastly, I wanted to remind you all of our free cookie cutter drawing coming up the end of this month.  All you need to do to be entered is to post a comment on your favorite cookie post here on our blog.  Be sure to check out all of the pictures of cookies from our older posts as well.  You will also be entered if you submit a decorated cookie picture using one of our ecrandal cutters!
Thank you and have a splendid day!
Jamie

Friday, April 23, 2010

Trout by Claudia of Coastal Cookies!

Happy Friday everyone!  I wanted to leave you for the weekend with this incredible Trout fish done by the very talented Claudia of Coastal Cookies!  She did an out-of-this-world amazing job on this fishy!  This was done using our Trout cookie cutter.

I also wanted to let you all know that we are giving away a FREE cookie cutter (your choice-limit $20.00 value).  There are a couple of ways that you can be entered:  1)  Just pick your favorite cookie from this blog and leave a nice comment and as easy as that you will be entered.  ALSO  2) You can direct people to follow our blog here or become a fan on our facebook page and we will enter both of you in our drawing. You can be entered as many times as you refer people~ if they become fans!  Just be sure they send us an email letting us know you referred them email@ecrandal.com or have them leave a comment on our facebook page (ecrandal copper cookie cutters) letting us know that you referred them.  Thank you for helping to make our business GROW!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Fondant Decorating Tutorial by Cindy of Cindysconfections.com!

I have a treat for you  today.  One of our awesome customers has done a special step-by-step cookie decorating tutorial, using fondant and our Life Ring cookie cutter.  Thank you Cindy for taking such great care and precious time to do this for us! You may visit all of her marvelous cookie and cake creations at Cindysconfections.com!
1.  The first step in decorating cookies in fondant is to have everything you need set up ahead of time.  Fondant is the diva of all icings and demands to be dealt with “right now.”  There is no waiting period with fondant and air is the biggest enemy of fondant when you are decorating with it.  In this picture I have from top left the Ecrandal life ring cutter with inset.  Eric did a particularly good job with this cutter.  I made six cookies using a rolled cookie dough (any dough with the word “rolled” in the title will work.)  I used heated and strained peach preserves for my “glue” and to add extra flavor to the cookie.  The cookie is Vanilla flavor, as is the Satin Ice fondant (I chose the nautical theme of red, white and blue for these cookies) so the peach flavor gives a little zing to the cookies.
2.  Using the cutter and the inset, roll out the fondant and cut the fondant to fit the cookie.  The fondant is stretchy so don’t worry if it doesn’t fit exactly when you cut it.  Put the “glue” (strained preserves) on the back of the fondant (NOT on the cookie directly) and match up the fondant to the cookie, using the palette knife to help shape the fondant. 
3.  Your cookie should now look something like this.
4.  Get all the base cookies done first before starting on the detail work.
5.  Roll small logs of fondant in contrasting colors and cut about 1 inch lengths.  Lightly brush the preserve glue on the back and flatten onto the cookie with your finger.  Use the palette knife to straighten the contrasting logs and round the edges. 
6.  When the cookies are done, find a great piece of scrapbooking paper for a background and have fun with it!!  Bon Voyage!!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Music Notes by Diane Duff

Hi!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend filled with plenty of sunshine.  I LOVE springtime in North Carolina!  Today, I have some very creative musical cookies to share with you.   I love the artistic spin that Diane Duff has put on these music notes.  She used our Music Note, Music Notes, Treble Clef, and Bass Clef cutters to cut out these yummy melody's.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Princess Hats by Cindy Taylor

When you wish upon a star-makes no difference who you are?  Well, okay so maybe it does take more than a wish to be able to decorate like this.  At least I know I fall very short no matter how hard I wish.  These royal hats are perfect for your little princess's sweet tooth.  Magically decorated by Cindy Taylor using our Princess Hat cookie cutter.  Thank you Cindy for sharing with us!  Even if we don't get to taste them.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Heart Bouqet and Candy by Pam of Cookie Crazie


Good morning friends!  Today I have some yummy love cookies to share with you. Don't they make you want to eat them?  Pam of Cookie Crazie always does the most incredible work. I love to look at her blog  Cookiecrazie.blogspot.com.  These were done using our Heart Bouquet and Hard Candy cookie cutters!  Have a loving day!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Owls by Coastal Cookies!

Happy Day! Today, I have for you a collection a darling owls.  I LOVE owls right now and wished I was capable as Claudia in doing such a talented job of decorating them.  This feathered fellow we have named "Night" owl and he is available along with his noisy cousin "Hoot" owl.  Check them out!  Also, be sure to go and check Coastal Cookies site out and see all the marvelous cookies she has.