These presidential nominee cookie gift boxes can be ordered on our shop page here.
Curly Girl Collective cookies given out at their Curl Crush: A Speed Hair Event for Your Kinks + Coils in December.
We want to send a huge thanks to our December SGBC purchasers and supporters!
With the new year comes a new SGBC partner. For the month of January, TMB will be collaborating with Dress for Success to kick off their 15th anniversary! Dress for Success is an international nonprofit that provides “interview suits, confidence boosts and career development to women in low income cities”. This very influential organization has partnered with Bobbi Brown, Dressbarn and The Echo Design Group just to name a few. We are excited and honored that we will be joining their great list of partners.
The Dress For Success boxes are available now until January 31st on our shop page. The box will have 15 hand iced sugar cookies, selling for $30.00 a box, with $3.00 per box sold being donated to Dress for Success Worldwide..
To learn more about our January partner, visit their website here and tweet to them @DFSWorldwide. Want to keep up with the most recent news about our collaboration? Use hashtag #SGBC to see all of the latest tweets!
More about the Signature Gift Box Collaboration:
SGBC is a collaboration of fearless minds and ideas between connectors and mavens paired with the skilled hand painted designs of founder and owner Crystal Horton. The SGBC will consist of cookies that fully represent the brand and personalities of our selected partners. 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the charity of their choice.
A few weeks ago my sister hosted a holiday cookie decorating party for my niece and her friends Ilse and Nairobi. The super aunt that I am, I had to be apart of the festivities. My cookie decorating level is slightly advanced for 2-3 years, so I gave the girls blank cookies, royal icing, sprinkles and let them go to town!
Focused and intense cookie decorating happening.
That’s my niece Ms. Violet in the middle.
After decorating the cookies I knew the girls would want to eat them right away without letting them dry. The planner I am was prepared with pre-decorated cookies.
Enjoying the tastiness of TMB.
Large 6″x8″ portait cookie of Staci, Jaron, 80 and Fifi, the “Saint Family”.
Every holiday season we come up with new snowflake designs. I think these are our best thus far!
Our winter wonderland snowflakes can be purchase here.
Thank you to our supporters from our first Signature Gift Box Collaboration in October!
We are excited to announce that our current partner is with blogger Kitty Bradshaw. Kitty Bradshaw is popular lifestyle blogger hailing from Los Angeles, California who current lives in New York City. With her 16 years in the business, the self-proclaimed “neighbor (hood) journalist”, Kitty has become a household name, reporting on everything from fashion to food trucks and everything in between. Using her blog as a platform, Kitty allows her readers to join her as she explores the juggle that is New York City.
Kitty Bradshaw’s box is available for purchase today through December 30th on our shop page. The box will have 18 hand iced sugar cookies, selling for $30.00 a box, with 10% of the sales going to the Lower Eastside Service Center.
To learn more about our December partner visit her website here and tweet her @kittybradshaw. Want to keep up with the most recent news about our collaboration? Use hashtag #SGBC to see all of the latest tweets!
More about the Signature Gift Box Collaboration:
SGBC is a collaboration of fearless minds and ideas between connectors and mavens paired with the skilled hand painted designs of founder and owner Crystal Horton. The SGBC will consist of cookies that fully represent the brand and personalities of our selected partners. 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the charity of their choice.
iPhone cooking and food app cookies…let’s eat!
Mini animal cookies as a two year olds birthday gift. Adorable!
Extra large sparkly Hello Kitty cookie given as a Jr. Bridesmaid gift.
If you have noticed our tweets, Tasty Morsels Bakery has new project! Starting today we are launching our Signature Gift Box Collaboration. SGBC is a collaboration of fearless minds and ideas between connectors and mavens paired with the skilled hand painted designs of founder and owner Crystal Horton. The SGBC will consist of cookies that fully represent the brand and personalities of our selected partners. 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the charity of their choice.
We are excited to have Nina Chanel Abney as our first partner. Nina Chanel is a talented painter from Chicago, IL who has made New York her home. Like TMB founder, Crystal, Nina Chanel also got her MFA at Parsons School of Design. Throughout her career, Nina Chanel’s works of art have been shown and collected all over the world. She has also received press from notable publications such as The New York Times and W magazine. We are extremely excited to have Nina Chanel on board for SGBC. Nina Chanel has chosen The Children’s Art Carnival as her charity of choice.
The Signature Gift box Collaboration: Nina Chanel is available for purchase now through November 1st on our shop page, which includes 18 cookies hand painted cookies per box, selling for $30.00 a piece.
To learn more about our October partner visit her website here http://www.ninachanel.com/and tweet to her @ninachanel!
Logo cookies for Fajr Muhammad of Stylish Thought. So HAUTE!
Yesterday my family and I celebrated my mom’s 51st Birthday with a very special Ice Cream Cake created especially for her. Yellow Cake with French Vanilla Ice Cream, Cream Cheese Frosting coated in Toffee Crumbs. Everything was made from scratch, even the ice cream! This was my first time tacking an Ice Cream Cake, it turned out perfectly and Momma Horton loved it. Mission accomplished.
Custom cookies for in-store events at Bulgari’s flagship locations to promote Matthew Williamson’s handbags for Bulgari!
Recent logo cookies for Ivanka Trump’s jewelry tradeshow event in Las Vegas.
True Blood 4 premiere is tonight and I am bringing these Fairy Fruit cookie with me!
On an episode of Top Chef Jimmy Fallon was using The Freeloader Fork to snag food from neighboring plates. I knew I had to have one! I keep my fork in my purse and break it out at inappropriate moments.
I want to find a way to keep the Barbie sized cookies we made for Z!NK magazine May 2011 design issue. I came up with the idea of preserving, mounting and displaying cookies in a shadow box. Here are some basic instructions:
First, let the cookies dry out for a month to get rid of as much oil as possible. Then coat the front and back of the cookies with a few layers of matte spray varnish.
After the cookies have completely dried sprayed the back of the cookies with a hi-tack spray adhesive and mounted the cookies to your background. Dry flat for 24 hours. Place in shadow box and hang for display.
Final Product!
Last Wednesday night Z!NK Magazine celebrated their 9th Anniversary at Tenjune with DJ performances by Steve Aoki and DJ Sinatra. We made Z!NK’s cover of their May issue featuring Kid Cudi cookies as favors for the guest. We also made a custom Kid Cudi Cookie that we presented to him at the party!
A week ago TMB had an amazing photo shoot with photographer Rayon Richards, makeup by Leora Edut, and styling collaboration between myself and DeLonzo Rhodes (whom I dragged out of retirement for this shoot). We rocked it!!! Below are a few behind the scene photos.
Inspired by the incredibly successful (and fun) #cupcakechat, this chat is a chance for cookie bakers, bloggers, and lovers to get together and talk about everyone’s favorite treat! Whether cookies are your business or your guilty pleasure, come discuss your best cookies tips and techniques. Join us for our first #cookie chat June 5th, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST.
Angry Birds, the new game obsession from kids to adults. I will admit I have been seen playing a game or two on the subway. Don’t judge me!
These images are from April but better last than never!
For Easter I made my niece Ms.Violet blue marshmallows in the shapes that remind me of spring.
She ate two large bunnies and said she wanted to save the rest for school.
Last week I received my custom hot pink tie from Rachel Park Designs. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out! I cannot wait to wear it in my upcoming photo shoot. A few weeks back I went shopping with the designer to hand pick the perfect fabric for my custom tie. I knew the tie would look great but I am amazed by her craftsmanship. For information on ordering your own custom tie click here.
May 2011 Issue of Z!NK Magazine.
We are extremely excited to be apart of celebrating Z!NK Magazine’s 9th Birthday in their May Design Issue. Our two page spread consist of nine couture cookies replicating top fashion designer’s runway looks, such as Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
You can pick up their May issue at your local Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com and numerous magazine specialty stores.
My little niece Violet turn two this pass Sunday and her birthday was centered around her favorite bedtime companion Minnie Mouse.
These are the custom Minnie Mouse Cupcakes we created for her.
And this is Violet and Ilse discovering the cupcakes. Yes, Violet is dipping her carrot into the frosting!
Timeless and effortless as their clothing Diane von Furstenberg has created the same with their new home collection consisting of bedding and tabletop settings.
Organic shapes with contoured stems create a shining 5-piece set in gold is ideal for day-to-night dining. Gorgeous!
Please join us tomorrow for Bakesale for Japan at Brooklyn Flea. We are donating these beautiful cherry blossom cookies below.
Brooklyn Flea located at 176 Lafayette Avenue between Clermont & Vanderbilt Avenue.
This past Sunday I spent the afternoon with stylist Ni’ma Ford and photographer Todd Sines on set to shoot TMB cookies for Z!NK Magazine’s Design issue coming out in May. Here is a sneak peek:
I can not wait to see the final two page spread!
Teen Vogue’s Lauren Frankfort wrote a blog post on yours truly “Cookie Queen: Tasty Morsels Founder Crystal Horton Infuses Style Into Sweets”. Check it out here!
Last week I paid a visit to Nina Chanel Abney’s new art studio. I spent my time there taking about business, picking her head about her creative process, reminiscing about graduate school, and the random things in her studio like a piano (which I did not know she played) and an Atari.
Nina is currently working on a new body of work for a solo show taking place later this year. Although I could not take pictures of her artwork in progress I took a few of her studio.
Within the next few weeks I plan on inviting Nina to my studio so she can see where the magic happens and make some cookies.
Little Tucker!
This weekend I watched my niece Ms. Violet while my sister was out of town. I planned out everything. What we were going to do from playing in the park to going to the Children’s Museum of Art. But baking by far was her favorite activity!
Flouring the surface and prepping the cookie dough to be rolled out.
Rolling out the dough and cutting out bunnies, flowers and baby chicks.
Our finished product!
This was a great bonding experience for us. There is nothing better that to show someone you love something that means so much to you. Growing up my mom cooked every meal and baked at least once a week. It’s those memories it the kitchen that have stuck with me over the years.
Next time I will show Ms. Violet how to ice cookies!
My last vist to the MoMA with my mom; an avid art lover we stumbled upon the Counter Space exhibit.
Here are some of my favorite works:
Tom Wesselmann
Still Life 30
Mixed-Media
Kitchen Gagets
James Rosenquist
Oil on Canvas
1980
Donald Brun
Heathly and Good With Butter
1951
Daniel Spoerri
Kichkas Breakfast-I
1960
Exhibit closes March 14 , so go check it out!
Planned Parenthood birth control cookies…one of my favorite designs.
This Rocks Ring, Rectangular Quarts Crystal is my favorite thing of the day. Check out more of Holly Luttrell’s gorgeous designs at Edward Owl!