UPCOMING EVENTS:

In August, Lily's Cookies is excited to be providing cookies for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Gala event Bluegrass, Black Tie & Beethoven. It should be a fun weekend. If you would like information regarding tickets, contact the festival office at 505.983.2075, ext. 108.

RECENT PRESS:

Artist bakes up sweet works of art by Heather Ray Karam
With the stroke of a paintbrush, artist Christine McCrae turned blank canvases into works of art. But it would be McCrae's fascination with a sweeter medium that led the artist to trade in her paintbrushes for pastry bags. Click here to read the article that came out in the February 11-17, 2005 San Antonio Business Journal

Here's to Happy Eating in 2005 by Karen Harem, Express-News Food Editor January 5, 2005 in the Food Section Click here to read more.

RECENT EVENTS:

Lily's Cookies recently made 600 flower-shaped cookies for the Any Baby Can Style Show and Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Any Baby Can is a wonderful organization that provides services to medically fragile children and their families in the San Antonio area.

Lily's Cookies was pleased to participate in the SAVEUR Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival, "Stars Across Texas Grand Tasting", in Austin, April 7 - 10, 2005. This event featured incredible culinary creations and amazing wines from more than 80 Texas restaurants and vineyards.

In November 2004, LILY'S COOKIES participated in the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center's 10th Annual ARTS and EATS gala, an annual fundraiser which advances the growth and understanding of contemporary art and artists and the curatorial process. Alexa Person and Caroline Trotman designed a booth around the Mexican holiday, El Dia de los Muertos. LILY’S COOKIES served hundreds of brightly decorated, themed cookies and won Best Dessert, Best Booth, Best Food Overall and Grand Prize!

In December 2004, LILY'S COOKIES participated in the San Antonio Children's Museum Ninth Annual Glorious Gingerbread Event. Our 'Hello Kitty' themed gingerbread house won First Place in the Professional Category and also First Place in the Kid's Choice Awards. The house was pre-purchased by the May's Family Foundation to benefit the Children's Museum.

We also recently made 1000 cookies shaped like the Texas flag for the 2004 Cattle Baron's Gala!

ONGOING EVENTS:

LILY'S COOKIES can be seen at "La Merienda" (The Latin Version of High Tea) at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel. This popular event is featured Tuesday through Saturday from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

2003:

LILY'S COOKIES proudly announces its award of first place at San Antonio's Blue Star Arts & Eats competition for 2003! Click here to read more. Lily's cookies also recently won 'Best in Show' at the San Antonio Children's Museum 8th Annual Glorious Gingerbread Event. The gingerbread house depicted the 'old house in Paris' and 'twelve little girls in two straight lines' from Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline stories. Click here to read more.

Give homemade cookies artistic flair By Karen Haram, appearing in the Arizona Daily Star and the SA Express News

She's traded her canvas for rolled-out dough and her palette for icing bags, but Christine McCrae is every bit the artist she's always been. The difference? McCrae now is producing works of art that are as good to eat as they are to look at.

McCrae, owner of Lily's Cookies, makes shortbread cookies in every shape and design. She's limited only by her imagination, which hasn't restricted her thus far. When a client has an idea for a cookie for which she doesn't have a cutter, McCrae simply sketches the design, turns it into a template and starts cutting dough. Click here to read the entire article.

As seen in bRILLIANT Magazine's Little Black Book: Christine McCrae (see brilliantmagazine.com)

San Antonio native. She is a Pepperdine graduate and has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she worked as Director for Alice Adam Ltd., an art gallery specializing in German Expressionist and Bauhaus works on paper. Moved to New York for three years and relocated back to San Antonio after 9/11 to combine her two loves, art and cooking. Started Lily's Cookies, named after her beloved grandmother, creating decorative custom cookies for special occasions. Recently won first place for Dessert at the 2003 Blue Star Arts and Eats and "Best in Show" at the San Antonio Children's Museum 8th Annual Glorious Gingerbread Event.

LILY’S COOKIES would be privileged to serve you at your next special event... and help put a smile on everyone’s face.