This summer I had the great pleasure of watching one of my dearest friends marry the love of her life in a beautiful celebration of love. 

    I love all weddings, but it is so special to see someone you have grown up with walk down the aisle looking radiant; to hear family and friends give heartfelt speeches, voices thick with tenderness and emotion; and to see all the beautiful personal touches that make the day unique to the newlyweds.

    When Jenn and Thomas decided they would like cookies for favours, I was honoured, and excited-- the reception venue of the Main Street Heritage Hall in Vancouver, and the colour palette of ivory, blush pinks, corals, and accents of Tiffany Blue, would set the tone for a gorgeous vintage theme.
I coordinated colours with the stylish stationary created by Bean Cards and Stationary.
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   There were so many other details that tied together the vintage theme, and honoured the bride and groom.  There was a candy buffet with so many delicious treats, a huge slab of wood for guests to sign in lieu of the traditional guest book (the groom has a hobby of making amazing furniture and the 'guest book' wood will no doubt be made into something stunning for the couple's home), and much, much more.  However, as the wine began flowing, and dancing started, my camera skills deteriorated rapidly.  Thank you Jenn and Thomas, for including us in your beautiful, beautiful day! 
                                                                       -Much love, Mika

One of the interesting perks of operating a website is that you can see the stats for your site.  How many visits, which pages are popular, etc.  Because of that, I can see that up to around 200 of you are checking us out EVERY DAY.  And, despite my obvious lack of maintenance on this blog section, many of you come here to see what is new.  So THANK YOU.  For you, I have uploaded some new pictures in the galleries, and am writing this post :)

During this last year, we have been making cookies, but not very many!  We have both been working on our Masters degrees (no, not from Cookie College) and while I have just recently finished, Andrew too will be finishing up in a short time.  What this means is... we now have some time to make cookies again!

It has been interesting to see the changes in the 'cookie industry' since we first began making decorated favours. Decorated cookies, are not a new invention, but their popularity over the past several years has resulted in a plethora of how-to blogs, home-business websites, and a considerable expansion of the 'cookie aisle' at craft shops like Michaels.  It is amazing to me, the wealth of info available now if you decide to make cookie crafting your new hobby (or business!).

As I have said before, cookie-making is not our main gig.  We have gone through many years of post-secondary education to further our professional careers, but have been fortunate to have The Steveston Cookie Company to provide us with so many other valuable and interesting experiences in life, and connections with many wonderful people.  With our cookies, it really is a passion project... not one that we do out of necessity, but out of our own interest.  For that reason, we will always strive to make each order special, and will refrain from blatantly copying designs from Pinterest or elsewhere that we know other cookie artisans have worked so creatively to make.

As always, we thank you so much for your continued interest and support of our business!  Your compliments warm our hearts, and we are honoured when you choose our cookies for all of your special events.

Sincerely,
Mika

"Where did you go??!!?!"

This is the question that we both love and don't love hearing!  We have been getting emails and phone calls ever since the Steveston Farmers Market opened for the summer season wondering why we aren't there.  This is the first time in four years that we haven't been there!  

We LOVE the Steveston Farmers Market and are so grateful for our experiences there that have connected us with wonderful vendors, amazing customers, and loyal fans.  However, with many orders booked before the summer even started, and many other events and weddings in our personal lives, we decided that we would not have time to commit to a season at the market.  

You can imagine it was a bittersweet moment for us, so thank you to those of you who have been calling to order Nam's Classic Chocolate Chip cookies and other delights :)   (Yes, we are still taking orders when we are in town!!)


What have we been doing since we last checked in?  

We've made a bazillion cookies for lots of different orders.... (check for updates on our photo pages and Facebook page!)

We've been growing things at our community garden plot...

We spent 10 glorious days exploring Kauai...

We have experimented with different icing techniques at the request of different customers...

We attended the fabulous Gateway Theatre Cocktail pARTy again this year with our cookies.... and purchased a gorgeous painting by Jill Charuk!

We have been soaking up the summer at our cabin in the gulf islands...  (Look good??  You can join us!  Book a tour with Steveston Eco Tours and we'll send some cookies along with you for your adventure!)

And we have been enjoying our gorgeous Steveston, as always!

Next up before the summer is over:  

Wedding orders (and others), Colorado for a special wedding, and a Yukon adventure!  


Thank you thank you thank you for all your inquiries about our whereabouts, and your orders!!!

-Mika