Luke and I baked cookies in the morning , and we managed to send them all home with people so there are no more in the house to tempt me . I started work on a little Italian piece , which I ' m hoping will turn out nice . It will just be in acrylics , because I see very little point in trotting out the homemade inks and paints for a blank , no matter how pretty . We 'll save the nice materials for the commissions , where they will be fully appreciated .

Question: Why did Luke and the writer bake cookies ?
Answer: They are saving nice materials for the commissions .They were about to start work on an Italian piece .They wanted to do something nice for people .They did n't want temptation in the house .