When I was a young child, my mother and grandmother would get together and make Mexican sugar cookies. It was mostly for Christmas but they'd make them for other special occasions too. I remember my mother having a whole drawer of aluminum cookie cutters that they'd use to cut out the cookies.
My mom hasn't made sugar cookies in years. So a couple of weeks ago I showed her my cookie cutter collection and told her I'd love to have hers someday. She brought over a few but said she didn't know what happened to the rest of them. I figured she's already given them to someone else or she's not ready to part with them yet. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1_2uYwUuDT7YzIIK36UmRny8lv2kxsrpOmB0RVvX1MRsfG-mCXiyoHtEy7m7yH9rFBcD71f0wYePK0-TqAOxUa9Zbh1oCaCjFa98ZH2BepWv9g8m6q9DFentRZMAalqvunucuBZYxdY/s400/021.jpg)
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So only a handful of these belonged to my mother. She mostly owned the copper color ones.
The one in the back with the worn out wooden handle belonged to my grandmother.
I started out keeping my cookie cutters in a small jar but through the years as my collection's grown, so has the jar. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3539E9r4r7bpnhIVigKM_HyK_aNtWQakZFKH5ZYJLxibbMYNhjtcbL2gGPLE8OnUGQPMJ4TA3GUiOOeG5veXsdzJbgkXFcisMG3gnbdSOjSE969qudMNO0MXsFaSn9bduwDLaQf6gnw/s400/015.jpg)
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This is where I keep them now along with a few plastic ones. In a 2 gallon glass jar. There's plenty of room for all my cookie cutters plus a little extra room for growth.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh___AH-L01t3opF7dw8qCZaIp9zVzERoHI_qmXRvHLFjSMgrNCE_1ti0y5hR44_-AnyscBVJs6zWTX-sCry80AqrRIf99ae0_YJ0XpVguMjVD0C5kJa2TYXcgzUC7Jvgqe_G5AVzm3fsI/s400/005.jpg)
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I love having these in my kitchen where I can look at them everyday. They're too pretty to just be kept in a drawer. It's important to surround yourself with the things that you love.
Do you collect cookie cutters? If not, what do you collect? Would love to hear from you!
Yes, I do collect cutters. I used mine on my Valentine Mantel this year. They wanted to escape from the kitchen For awhile. I like the covered jar idea. I usually put mine in a basket and have to keep washing the dust off. come over and check out Softly Gleaming and my mantel.
ReplyDeleteYes, I collect cookie cutters. You can them on my blog alwaysacollector.com.
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