While it may be a bit premature to be thinking about Christmas, it's never too early to start working on Christmas themed miniatures. You always have to start a couple weeks/months ahead to prep for all the extra miniatures you'll be making. This year I decided to make a bunch of holiday themed cookie earrings for my friends and family as their gifts. It's not the price of the gift that matters, it's the thought. I put a lot of love and care into making these, I really hope they like them.
![Christmas-Cookies-WIP1-(W)](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7467/15250091754_a19b62da61_o.jpg)
I first sketched the shape of each cookie (approximately 1 cm tall) on a large flat piece of clay and then individually cut and textured each one. Then took a first pass applying light brown pastel for an all over "baked" effect and followed up with darker brown pastel around the cookie edges.
![Christmas-Cookies-WIP2-(W)](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7538/15686328229_abced89014_o.jpg)
The cookies with frosting on them were created by mixing polymer clay with TLS. Lastly I applied tiny clay decorations to them and baked it.
![Christmas-Cookies-Final3-(W)](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/15250091924_b868ab6306_o.jpg)
![Christmas-Cookies-Final2-(W)](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7525/15684827858_6f01537d6a_o.jpg)
About a week ago I ordered surgical steel earring posts and backings off of eBay. Finally after much anticipation I received the package and superglued the cookies to the flat pad earring posts. I couldn't be happier with the outcome! Hopefully my friends and family like them.
P.S. I'm thinking about possibly making another tutorial. If so, what would you want to see?