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This is a photo of me with my mini golden doodle puppy.  Her name is Sunshine and and yes, she lives up to her name!  She brightens everyone's day as we walk along Baxter Boulevard, in Portland, Maine.

Before I started designing custom cookies, I was a wedding photographer for many years;  

Debra Moran Photography. 

 I love everything about weddings, and now I get to stay in the wedding industry by designing beautiful custom wedding cookies for intimate weddings and bridal showers!  

I may not be designing wedding dresses with fabric, but I am with royal icing! Sweet!

I am a native of Portland, Maine, born and raised in this great state.  I love the seasons in Maine and the people.  It's home to me and living and working in a beautiful community with friends and family is the best... plus the lobstah

 is wicked good!

Asking someone to be your bridesmaid is a big deal! 

This bride- to -be wanted individual white cookies with gold writing, featuring the name of each of her bridesmaids.  She then designed and sent a special "will you be my bridesmaid?" box to them all.  Each box held a card asking the question, along with personal items and of course,  this beautiful cookie!  

Each cookie you order from Sparkly Flour is heat-sealed for freshness and safety.  These rainbow cookies were for a child's birthday party at their school. Because they were heat-sealed, germs were not passed, and each child got to enjoy their own individually wrapped cookie, making the cookies even sweeter!

I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan.  When I got asked to make Harry Potter cookies, I jumped at the chance.  My client and her family loved them so much, her son kept a few of the cookies to save forever!  Not sure how you do that, but they knew how!  How fun it was to know my client was just as big a fan as I was!  This was one of my favorite designs to create!

 Jack celebrated his first birthday with Elmo cookies, then graduated to construction vehicles for his second birthday. His mom decided that she wants Sparkly Flour cookies to become a tradition for all his birthday parties!  

This testimonial truly pulled on my heart strings and rest assured February 8th will be reserved for Jack's birthday parties! 

"These cookies from Sparkly Flour mean business! Guests at our private chef and hospitality dinner got a more creative version of my "calling card" as an added treat for the evening.  -Vanessa Santarelli yourmaineconcierge.com