3-D Mrs. Claus Cookie

Merry Christmas! The accompanying video tutorial has been posted under the Videos area; I've also embedded it below:

When it comes to pricing something this intricate.. where do you begin?

Wow! This is amazing! My 9-year old daughter just saw it and said it is so beautiful and looks like a cartoon..

Kristine posted:

When it comes to pricing something this intricate.. where do you begin?

 

I haven't priced it because I don't sell my cookies, but the pricing principles I'd use are the same as always - compute total costs (including all of your time as labor), and then mark up to cover overhead costs and to make a decent profit. Since there aren't really too many market comparables for something like this, I would probably skip the step of asking if it's reasonably priced relative to my competition, and just use the cost-based pricing with no market check. We have a number of great articles about pricing on this site, under the Business of Cookies section of the Blog, that you might want to check out.

carouselselsel posted:

Wow! This is amazing! My 9-year old daughter just saw it and said it is so beautiful and looks like a cartoon..

Thanks so much - glad it brought your daughter some Christmas delight! 

Oh my goodness! It looks like a music box! This is amazing.  I cannnot even imagine how you accomplished this. I scrolled down and found your video. Love it !

Julia M. Usher posted:

Merry Christmas! The accompanying video tutorial has been posted under the Videos area; I've also embedded it below:

So Fun to watch! I can see Santa already. 

So incredibly creative Julia!! Just love all of the detail

So creative and so beautiful, as always!  This is such a showpiece  Will you save this cookie? 

LOVE the video Julia!! Thank you once again for your clear explanation of each step in the process of creating a design with such detail . Your ideas and flawless execution continue to amaze me!! ♥

Fabulously fun 

Amazing!!! So creative, magical 

Evelindecora posted:

Amazing!!! So creative, magical 

Thanks!

Sweet Prodigy posted:

So creative and so beautiful, as always!  This is such a showpiece  Will you save this cookie? 

Thanks! I may only because I may be teaching it very soon. I tend to throw out most everything (if it's too old to be eaten) because I just don't have the storage space.

Teri Pringle Wood posted:

Fabulously fun 

Thanks so much, Teri!

Cookies Fantastique by Carol posted:

LOVE the video Julia!! Thank you once again for your clear explanation of each step in the process of creating a design with such detail . Your ideas and flawless execution continue to amaze me!! ♥

Aww, thanks so much. 

Great design Julia! Congrats

Julia M. Usher posted:

Sweet Prodigy posted:

So creative and so beautiful, as always!  This is such a showpiece  Will you save this cookie? 

Thanks! I may only because I may be teaching it very soon. I tend to throw out most everything (if it's too old to be eaten) because I just don't have the storage space.

I think I could only eat the practice pieces or the mistakes.  Can you not sell, donate or give them away? I'll bet there are thousands of cookie lovers who would love to own a Julia M. Usher original.

Sweet Prodigy posted:

Julia M. Usher posted:

Sweet Prodigy posted:

So creative and so beautiful, as always!  This is such a showpiece  Will you save this cookie? 

Thanks! I may only because I may be teaching it very soon. I tend to throw out most everything (if it's too old to be eaten) because I just don't have the storage space.

I think I could only eat the practice pieces or the mistakes.  Can you not sell, donate or give them away? I'll bet there are thousands of cookie lovers who would love to own a Julia M. Usher original.

You can't donate handled food here (it's been handled a fair bit by the time the shoot is done); I suppose I could sell them but that's just one more thing I would have to do, and I don't want to give people the impression I am baking for sale again. I closed that business now almost 10 years ago, and I don't want to risk inching back into it for a number of reasons. 

Lovely, Julia, awesome!!

Love it and loved the video!

  Amazing!!!

Muy bonita, excelente trabajo, felicidades!

Excellent as always