More cookie time

Last evening we joined up with Robin Davis and Ken Kornfield at the Guilford Church and put the finishing touches on the cookie project. The cookies were all baked, and were in bags or on trays. What was left to be done was to arrange them on platters, seal up the platters with plastic wrap, and tie them with green or red ribbon. There were 20 medium platters and 20 large platters. The large platters held twice as many cookies as the mediums: two of each kind of cookie on the medium and four on the large. There were probably twelve kinds of cookies - all baked by Robin and Ellen! Here are the platters:

Medium platter.

Large platter.********************************** My job was to cut ribbons. Green for large and red for medium. Twenty of each. Ellen determined the proper length: enough to wrap around the platter twice and tie in a bow with two nice tails. The ribbon came on a spool, so I matched the end of the guide ribbon up with the end of the spool ribbon, stretched them out together until I got to the end of the guide ribbon, and cut! Here are the cut ribbons:

Ribbons draped over my jacket.******************************* Ken, Robin and Ellen arranged cookies on platters while I cut ribbons. Ken sealed with plastic wrap and Ellen tied all the bows. There was much discussion of pricing. Everything is so much more expensive this year, it was tempting to raise the prices. But we've always seen this bazaar as a service to low-income folks. So I think they went with $10 and $20. A great bargain!

Ellen and Ken arranging cookies

Finished platters.

Quite a sight! ************************************** The rest of the bazaar is quite colorful:

Purses

Robin makes these "Take Heart" refrigerator magnets. I wrote the description.

Knitted tree ornaments

The raffle table- American Girl doll, "Made in Vermont" basket, etc.