Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! My favorite memories of this day are back in elementary school times when I would drag my mom to the local pharmacy so I could pick the BEST tear-off Valentine's Day cards. I wanted Transformers but my mom thought Strawberry Shortcake would be better. Valentine's Day was so simple back then...

Anyhow, to celebrate the day i decided to make sugar cookies w/ royal icing. Now I'm still a newbie when it comes to decorating cookies with royal icing so it's all still a bit of a trial/error period for me... I don't really like the flavor of sugar cookies (for their name they tend to taste either like cardboard or salt) so I opted for a shortbread recipe. I found heart-shaped sprinkles on sale so I shrugged & said "why not?"

shortbread cookies waiting to cool down

all dressed & sprinkled

my royal icing flooding needs some work...