I kind of channeled Martha Stewart on this project, but the results were amazing so I could really careless if an "Anonymous" person starts commenting about how it's lame.
Anyway, I posted a few weeks ago that I wanted to do this and not many people responded with an interest to help out. I even said on Twitter that if anyone donated, I would list your name and Twitter name so the boys would know it was from you as well. Major, major, major, MAJOR thanks to
@QueenNeesee for going half with me on shipping! You're awesome!
A more detailed explanation on how to do this process can be found
here, so if you'd like to do it for yourself or for the upcoming holiday season, definitely check it out. It's relatively simple, just time consuming.
I started off with a metal tin purchased from Michael's (or any craft store).
Then I lightly sanded it with some sandpaper. If you're using a cookie tin that has decorations on it, you have to sand the crap out of it. But since this was just plain old metal, I only had to do it enough to take the "shine" off.
Then I painted it black.
On white cardstock, I printed out a one way street sign, measured it to fit the lid, and glued it using Mod Podge, then covered the whole tin in the Mod Podge to seal the paint and to prevent it from chipping (and it makes it look all nice and shiney).
As for the cookies ... that was actually the hard part. I had it mind to make these awesome vegan chocolate chip cookies for
Young Sky. I tracked down the vegan butter substitute (hard to find) and bought some non-dairy chocolate chips (if you're wondering, Ghiradelli makes non-dairy chocolate chips, so those
are vegan). But then I messed up and grabbed the wrong egg "substitute." I thought it was what I needed, but I didn't see the words "egg product" on the carton until I had already poured in one egg. Fantastic.
I'm not stupid, though. In my defense those letters were really tiny.
End result, I still have some pretty awesome chocolate chip cookies made with soy butter. And you can't even taste the difference.
So I put Sky's cookies on hold and made
Chance and
Peter's chocolate sugar cookies, sandwiched together with melted Cadbury chocolate in the middle. Even with the chocolate overload, those are easily in the top ten best things I've ever tasted.
Saturday morning, I had to get up early and do a take two on Sky's cookies and mail these babies out before the post office closed. Went to the grocery store, got the
right kind of egg substitute I needed, drove home, got two blocks away before realizing ... I forgot the chocolate chips.
Which is why Sky will be receiving vegan sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon and sugar. And they're yummy (I had to try one, because what if it was bad and I sent it out?). I put all the cookies in ziploc bags to keep them fresh.
And then the final project, with cookies inside:
I included a note to
One Way as well, telling them that even though we have sent gifts to other idols before, that nothing handmade/painted has come from myself and my blog readers. I even wrote (the
2PM boxers were a big hit). So imagine if Chance gets to talk with
Junsu about these awesome cookies a fan sent (what if Junsu eats one?!) and hey, she also gave him some boxers before? What's that about?
I think I'm on my way to becoming a K-Pop male idol household name. Hey, as long as they love me and don't fear me, I'm good.
Once again, thanks to
@QueenNeesee for helping out! And to Chance, Peter, and Young Sky, if you are reading this (because I wrote the blog URL on the letter), thanks for being amazing and for giving me an excuse to channel Martha Stewart!
TKPA
