I had so much fun with the dimension and the subtle shading of his face. It wasn’t until I got to pipe on those eyebrows at last, that I realized he looks just like Count Olaf from Lemony Snicket! Well, I became very fond of John Q. during my cookying of him and learned quite a bit about him. After reading about his life I think of him more like a grumpy looking grandpa, or the reformed Ebenezer.
I won’t give you a history lesson and there will be no quiz at the end, but I will give you some interesting facts about him:
- He was the eldest son of the former President John Adams.
- He was one of America’s greatest diplomats {in his pre-presidential years} formulating, among other things, what became the Monroe Doctrine}.
- He was anti-slavery and continued his fight against slavery in his post-presidential years.
- He was fluent in French, Dutch, and German.
- He was a Harvard graduate.
- Like his father he was aloof, stubborn, and independent in his convictions.
- He was the first president to be photographed.
- He proposed many ideas that were ahead of his time {a network of canals, public land conservation, astronomical observatories, the establishment of a uniform system of weights and measures}.
- He was one of 3 presidents who chose not to attend their successor’s inauguration. His father and Andrew Jackson were the others.
- He believed the Constitution should be used to protect Native Americans and opposed Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act.
- He was arguing on the floor of the House of Representatives when he suddenly collapsed, suffering a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
- He died two days later. His last words: “This is the last of earth. I am content.”
1) George Washington by Sarah of Sweet Surrender Cookie Co.
2) John Adams by Nicole of Life’s a Batch
4) James Madison by Georganne of LilaLoa
5) James Monroe by Anne of Flour Box Bakery
6) John Quincy Adams by Liz of Arty McGoo,
7. Andrew Jackson by Tiffany of TheRedCooky
8) Martin Van Buren by Jill of Jill FCS – Funky Cookie Studio
9) William Henry Harrison by Christina of Sweet C’s Bake Shop
10) John Tyler by Kim of The Cookie Puzzle
11) James Polk by Debbie of D&T Designs
12) Zachery Taylor by Stephanie of Ellies Bites
13) Millard Fillmore by Melissa of Simply Sweets by Honeybee
14) Franklin Pierce by Kris of So Cute Cookies
15) James Buchanan by Lene of Not Your Everyday Cookie
16) Abraham Lincoln by Debbie of Sweet Creations by Debbie
19) Rutherford B. Hayes by Heather of Twins Plus One Goodies
20) James A. Garfield by Teresa of Sugar T’s Cookies
21) Chester Arthur by Alyse of B.E. Sweet Treats
22) Grover Cleveland by Kimberly of Barefoot N Baking
23) Benjamin Harrison by Laurie of Cookie Bliss
24) Grover Cleveland by Kimberly of Barefoot N Baking
25) William McKinley by Susan of Sweet Williams Cookies
26) Theodore Roosevelt by Heather of SugarNosh Treats
28) Woodrow Wilson by Cheryl of The Sugared Apron
29) Warren G. Harding by Shannon of Artfully Delicious Cookies
30) Calvin Coolidge by Stephanie of Ice My Biscuit
31) Herbert Hover by Fumie of A+Kake sweets
33) Harry S Truman by Kim of Sugar Rush Custom Cookies
34) Dwight Eisenhower by Monica of Cookie Cowgirl
35) John F. Kennedy by CeCe of The Tactical Bakery
36) Lyndon B. Johnson by Jennifer of One Kookie Cookie
37) Richard Nixon by Jackie of iBakery
39) Jimmy Carter by Jennifer of One Kookie Cookie
40) Ronald Reagan by Melissa of The Baked Equation
41) George Bush Sr. by Penny of Lucky Penny Cookies
42) Bill Clinton by Laurie of Cookie Bliss
44) Barack Obama by Teresa of Sugar T’s Cookies,
I loved being part of this project and I cannot say enough about your amazing entry. The dimension, the shading and holy moly those eybrows 😉 I love it!
Gorgeous!!!!
Such beautiful dimension!! I keep wanting to pet my computer screen so I can feel the surface in real life.
Wow Liz this is amazing! The dimension and the color background and all the details. Absolutely amazing. My mom says that John Quincy Adams was my 10th great grandfather. You did a phenomenal job of making him into a cookie!!! All the submissions are incredible!
Yours was by far the best entry!!
I love the dimension in your cookie 🙂 You all did such an amazing job!!
I Like your Liz, amazing
Amazing job! You've got a present in my blog!
Sorry, my blog:
candys-reposteria.blogspot.com
Dang there are some extremely talented people out there. Those don't even look like cookies!