HAPPY NEW YEAR AND COOKIE'S BY CINDY'S CONFECTIONS!

Sorry that I was so neglectful over the holidays!  Things get a bit crazy at ecrandal during the Christmas season and I found it difficult to keep up with everything.  Thanks to all of you that sent me your awesome cookie pictures and please be patient with me, I will be posting them soon!! Thanks to those of you that have recently joined out blog!  We are happy to have you!!    I have a couple of elegantly decorated dresses to share with you!  These were decorated by Cindy of cindysconfections.com .   Check out all of Cindy's amazing cake and cookie decorating skills on her site.  Cindy will soon have her own line of cutter designs featured on our site, so check back soon to view them all!!  The dresses were decorated using our Olivia Evening Gown cutter.  This was our daughter Olivia's favorite dress cutter that her Daddy designed, hence the "Olivia" gown. Enjoy!  Thanks for sharing Cindy!

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!!

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!

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!

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!

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!!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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!!

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!

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!!! 

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!

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!

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!