Steveston Village is full of amazing restaurants, social gathering spots, historic sights, and of course, great shopping.  You will find my hand and face prints on the windows of one shop in particular... The Spotted Frog.  This awesome store features gorgeous, quality furniture, and beautiful, unique home decor that you wont find in the large furniture chains.  The Spotted Frog is also a great place to find gifts with lovely, thoughtfully-chosen items available in all price ranges.  And don't miss the fantastic seasonal displays... currently for Fall huge gnarled branches dripping with gourds and pumpkins descend from the ceilings, looming over gorgeous solid wood tables laden with place settings in warm autumn shades.  At the Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market this Sunday, September 27th, The Steveston Cookie Company booth will feature place settings created by The Spotted Frog Furniture Company.  Gorgeous place settings and beautiful, delicious cookies... your key to adding instant style to any special event.  Hope to see you on the weekend!
Mika
For more info on The Spotted Frog store, check out www.thespottedfrog.ca  
 

The Steveston Cookie Company would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth on Sunday for helping to make our debut a huge success!  We had lots of fun hanging out in the sunshine with other local businesses, and meeting many friendly faces.  We'll be back again in two weeks (Sunday, September 27th), so come see what's new, or come check us out if you didn't get a chance on the 13th.  We'll have lots of fresh Fall and Thanksgiving stock, and we'll be taking orders (with no minimums!!!) for pickup at the October 11th market.  We'll also be showcasing an exciting new display... more news on that coming soon.... stay tuned!
Mika and Andrew

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Wow, where did the summer go?  We have been busy with cookie orders, travel, family and friends, but alas, Labour Day is upon us and it seems another fabulous summer is coming to a close.  The Steveston Cookie Company is very excited about fall however, because we have a soft spot for crisp weather, colourful leaves, and the fresh harvest produce available at local farmers markets.... and in exciting news... The Steveston Cookie Company will be debuting in the Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market this September!  Catch us at the market on September 13, 27, and October 11th.  This will be your chance to purchase some exciting new designer cookies, old favourites, and pre-order any cookie design of your choice with no minimum order when picking up at a future market date.  Check out our new drop-down page under Cookie Designs "Original Steveston Cookies" for some exclusive Steveston Cookie Company designs that we will have available at the market.  We would love to meet you so come by and say hi at the Steveston Farmer's and Artisan's Market!  www.sfam.ca

   

I am fortunate to be a part of a book club of fabulous, fascinating women.  We gather monthly to share our thoughts about a chosen novel over delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine.  For our final meeting before we break for summer, I created a platter of cookies to reflect the novel of the month, Still Alice by Lisa Genova.  As you can see, butterflies were a recurring image throughout the novel, and so what better compliment than blue cookie butterflies to match?  I love this idea (hatched by the host of this month's meeting) of making a book club meeting extra special by adding a personalized touch.  There are millions of possibilities for novel/cookie collaborations.  Here are a few I can imagine would work well:

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

-Mika



 

As the real estate market in Vancouver slowly starts to recover, and as people take advantage of record-low interest rates, you may find yourself invited to some housewarming parties!  Although the host would definitely appreciate the standard bottle of wine that each guest often brings along, these new cookies, a Steveston Cookie Company original design, will surely delight any proud new home-owner.  Packaged individually, and adorable in a carton (house-shaped!) carrying-box, one dozen housewarming cookies can be customized in colour and greeting.  Additionally, you could work with us to create your own housewarming design... and we definitely have a few more ideas up our sleeve! 

-Mika

Beautifully decorated sugar cookies are not a new idea.  I imagine most people have a childhood memory or two of decorating cookies around the holidays.  Back then we used buttery icing and slathered it on with knives... more concerned with maximizing icing ingestion rather than style.  Then Martha Stewart entered our lives and showed us how delicious treats could be made exquisitely into "good things."  I for one, was enthralled. 

Since then, sugar cookies have become just about as ubiquitous as the cupcake and are, I hope, here to stay.  Even Obama seems to be a fan as evidenced by his choice of Canadian souvenir at Byward Market in Ottawa(see our version above!).

As a teen I worked in a bakery and when faced with a blank birthday cake for the first time and strict instructions from my manager to write "Happy Birthday Billy," I handled a piping bag for the first time and humiliated myself with a barely legible squiggle.  I followed up that experience with endless practice, until piping birthday messages in icing became my favourite task at the bakery.  Piping cake messages soon turned into piping designs on gingerbread houses and just about every other cookie I could get my hands on.

At the Steveston Cookie Company, I hope to combine the memories we have of childhood sugar cookies with the beauty and whimsy of exquisite icing designs.  What started out as an idea during a dry university lecture has blossomed into the little cookie company that the SCC is today :) Stay tuned, and watch us grow!

-Mika Livingston