Ingredients: Small window box with picket fence Block of plastic foam Green excelsior Baked cookies Plastic wrap Twist ties Floral picks Floral tape Green tissue paper leaves Ribbon - Cut your foam block to fit your box (figure A).
- Cover the sides and top of the foam with the green excelsior (figure B).
- Take a 10-inch square of plastic wrap and set a cookie, upside down, in the center of the square.
- Pull the four sides of the wrap to the center and twist and turn it until it is very tight (figure C).
- Put a twist tie at the base of it and then place a floral pick in the center as close to the base of the cookie as possible (figure D).
- Take floral tape, leaving a four-inch end and pull tight at the base and wrap around the stick several times. Then take the 4-inch piece and wrap around stick. Wrap the tape about 4 inches down and then take 2 or 3 tissue paper leaves and pinch them together at the stem and add to the floral stick (figure E) and wrap tape around them.
- Add more leaves a few inches down.
- Tie a bowl at the top of the floral pick and curl the ribbon ends. You are now ready to arrange the cookies in the foam.
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Cookie Gifts: Lavish Sweet And Savory Treats To Make At Home
Model: 0754805352
Author: Molly Perham
Lorenz Books / Anness Publishing Inc.
Website: www.lorenzbooks.com
Cookies Unlimited
Model: 0060192852
Author: Tom Eckerle
(2000)
HarperCollins
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-207-7000
Fax: 212-207-7145
1001 Cookie Recipes: The Ultimate A-Z Collection Of Bars, Drops, Crescents, Snaps
Model: 1884822355
Author: Greg Gillespie
(1995)
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Black Dog and Laventhal Publishers
New York , NY 10011
Phone: 212-647-9336
Fax: 212-647-9332
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