I’m Lisa He, a cookier, educator, and small business owner. I created my own baking career path (Borderlands Bakery), and I’m dedicated to helping my fellow bakers (and other creative makers!) utilize their talents and passions to create their own businesses in pursuit of a life they are excited to wake up every day for.
I’ve significantly slowed the custom orders I’ve taken on in the last 8 months. Part of me misses it SO MUCH but the pragmatic side knows that it’s not a good way to spend my time due to our current priorities. This year, I’ve limited myself to only taking on certain orders and that keeps me motivated to do good work and give the client a better effort than doing more. Saying “no” gives me chest pain but it will be beneficial in the long run. Lucky to have worked on this one-- we combined gossip girl, a splash of toned down colors and valentine’s day all into one. Bits of gold accents elevate the design and overall it was just such a fun order to work on. Wishing you an absolutely amazing Sunday! BTW-- I used @thesugarart master elites to color all my icing -- colors are true and zero aftertaste even though some colors are very bold. Questions? Leave them for me below 👇👇👇
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Many thanks to all the amazing people who came out this weekend to support @thesweetestmix and myself at our Vday pop up, hosted by @creamysbycaylajordan -- we hope everyone got their fill and see you for Easter!! If you are looking to do a custom order for 2020, my team is taking an incredibly limited amount of orders to keep quality up amongst all the other projects we are in the middle of -- please contact us via the website! For those ordering supplies on the website, all orders over $100 will get a FREE canvas tote in their package! Tipless bags are on sale through the end of the week, so it’s a great time to stock up before we leave for cookie con later this month and will be unable to ship. I leave you today with these beautiful Beauty and the Beast inspired stained glass rose cookies -- Enjoy! As always please leave any questions or comments below and I’ll get back to you! 👇👇👇 .. #borderlandsbakery #sacramento #smallbusiness #sugarcookies #decoratedcookies #buzzfeedfood #buzzfeedtasty #cookiedecorating #royalicing #instafood #instadessert #cookiedecorator #cookieart #beautyandthebeast #stainedglass #stainedglasscookies #cookievideo #cookietutorial #icingvideo #decoratingvideo #pipingvideo #icingdecorations #oddlysatsifying
What do you get when you cross @raedunn and @katespadeny in cookie form? well, I tried and hope I did it justice. These Valentine’s hearts were inspired by @katespadeny heart crossbody purses with a splash of @raedunn style text-- These cuties will be available TODAY from 11-1 @creamysbycaylajordan ice blocks location next to @mendocino_farms_sacramento -- I will be there with @thesweetestmix with a ton of Valentine’s day goodies AND yes we have more macarons this week per your request. Flavors are chocolate cake, raspberry, salted caramel, birthday cake. Sonia, Cayla and I hope to see you today! In addition to the daily cheesecake, Cayla is also offering chocolate covered strawberries! PS-- piping bags are on sale on the website to clear room for new goodies-- stock up now! Colors are all @thesugarart master elite line, cutter is @thesweetdesignsshoppe and dots made by my dot tool :) ... #borderlandsbakery #sacramento #smallbusiness #sugarcookies #decoratedcookies #cookiedecorating #royalicing #instafood #instadessert #cookiedecorator #cookieart #valentinesday #cookieletterboard #letterboard #letterboardcookie #cookiesarethenewchocolate #hearts #raedunn #katespadeny #katespadeinspired #valentinescookies #heartcookies #sactownpopups
These cute sunglasses will be available at our pop up this Sunday from 11-1 @creamysbycaylajordan with @thesweetestmix! Unless if we have extras, this is the last chance to score Valentine’s Day goodies this year from us. Please come and say hi! I will still be giving away canvas totes until supplies last, and Cayla has chocolate covered strawberries! Hope to see you there. -- And-- I’m beginning to create content for my business/lifestyle account @workwithlisahe -- if you’re into the daily grind and are curious about how things run behind the scenes + see more of life, please head on over there and give us a follow!
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These ultra glam kisses are made with a cutter by @cxstencils and covered with edible silver leaf. The cookie base is my double chocolate dough (use a high quality cocoa, it makes a difference). Thank you @mootastictreats for letting me borrow your cutter! I buy my edible silver leaves (and gold!) from Amazon, link in my IG bio, Amazon Shop > section “Being EXTRA”. For the kisses that didn’t have the silver foil, I airbrushed it with @americolor pearl sheen. Pens are food doodler and also from amazon -- These will make an appearance at our last VDay pop up this Sunday Feb. 9 from 11-1 @creamysbycaylajordan with @thesweetestmix - I’ll be working hard restocking macarons and compost cookies for yall! Hope to see you Sunday!
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I saw my friend @dbsweetsandtreats stories that she had a letterboard that said “Cookies are the new chocolate”, and I dropped everything and used the extra 40 minutes I had yesterday to duplicate it in cookie form-- Thank you for the inspo, Dawn! But in my rush it’s obvious the lines are messy, and I literally put my finger through the letterboard border (TWICE.) . But I’m sharing it anyway because this is life! And.. while cookies don’t replace chocolate in my books yet, this message was too fun to pass up. I also included the super *extra* @hersheys kiss cookies I made for my friends that is covered with edible silver leaf-- really like how those turned out. Cutter shops are tagged in the photo, and I’m using @thesugarart master elites to color my white and hot pink. Border of the letterboard is white with golden halo sterling pearl painted over. Swipe up right for a super fun cake mix cookie shot of the new recipe I just released on my blog for strawberry cake mix cookies!! Do you have a favorite Valentine’s Day treat or tradition? Would love to hear below! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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