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Spinning in Goodies

December 17, 2009 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 6 Comments

I have been too busy the past few weeks to do much in the way of Spin Cycles– heck I haven’t even been able to keep up with what’s going on in my own life, but this week’s spin was about Christmas Goodies, and I couldn’t pass that up (even though I’m not nearly caught up on blogging my way through Vegas). I love Christmas goodies. Typically I bake butter cookies, cakes and anything else that strikes my interest. While I love a good butter cookie, my favorite thing to bake are Sugar Cookies. And I don’t even like making them (so I cheat and buy ready made dough- don’t hate me people). What I like is the decorating of said sugar cookies. I make stars, candy canes, stockings, trees, ornament balls, and snowmen. And of all those things, all I have ever photographed are the snowmen. Go figure. I’m too behind in life this year to bake treats for the neighbors or send tins to family so these picture cookies will have to do. If I actually get to bake some for myself anytime soon, I’ll blog those for sure!

Minature Frosty
Minature Frosty
sugar cookie
All dressed in red

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Sprite's Keeper says

    December 18, 2009 at 9:39 am

    What am I doing wrong?!?!? Your snowmen look like snowmen! I baked mine and they came out looking like one gigantic oval! Yours are beautiful! You’re linked!

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  2. The Wife says

    December 18, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    We have a tradition every year the husband and I decorate sugar cookies. We usually do it on Christmas Eve. Ours don’t look near as pretty as yours but we have so much fun.

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  3. kyooty says

    December 18, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    You are a very talented decorator.

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  4. Maureen@IslandRoar says

    December 18, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Yeah, those snowmen are so cute. Bet they taste good too!

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  5. dibear says

    December 20, 2009 at 10:27 am

    These snowman cookies are just too cute!

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  6. Stacy (the Random Cool Chick) says

    December 20, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Those look SO CUTE! I think I’m going to have to make some this year! 🙂

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