Butterfly Sugar Cookies

Today I explored making some mini sugar cookies in the shape of butterflies. I used Williams and Sonoma's sugar cookie recipe. I have made royal icing before, but it was always with egg whites. I wanted something edible, and found this royal icing recipe with meringue powder at University of Cookie. My cookies came no where near as beautiful as what they do on cookie sites. Maybe I will try again tomorrow and post a before and after shot of my butterfly sugar cookie creations. I need practice, practice, practice.