Corsette Cookies

I was approached by someone recently asking me to help them make cookies for a bachelorette party---classy cookies. Meaning nothing "inappropriate", it wasn't that kind if bachelorette party. Anyway she sent me a few pictures off a Pinterest and i absolutely loved the idea of corset cookies. In my mind: corsets that have to be perfectly symmetrical? No problem.

Two days before i made the cookies i made my royal icing using the Wilton recipe.
I made 3 colors, gray, pink, and white.
To make the gray i used 2 drops of Americolor "Super Black". Then for the pink color i used Americolor "mauve". It's important to make your icing colors at least a day before to let the colors develop. This is especially true for colors such a black, reds, browns, blues etc.

I didn't have enough time to order a cookie cutter online so i simply drew the design on a piece of paper and cut it out. When it came time to cut out the cookies i used a paring knife and carefully removed the cut out piece from the dough.

I baked the cookies until the edges were golden and waited until they were completely cool to begin the decorating process.

To make the base of the corset cookies I piped and flooded with the gray, and pink icing. i added white polka dots to some of the cookies using the "wet on wet" technique i talked about on my Spring Cookies post.

I let the base dry overnight to proceed with what i like to call "detail piping".
These cookies are fun because they are all different and the details can be done really anyway you want. I didn't get many pictures but here is how they turned out =)