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Woo hoo! I've got a special Spotlight for you today - a recap of the CookieCon 2018 Sugar Show, which concluded with much fanfare only a couple of days ago! As you may or may not know, CookieCon is the largest cookie-only convention in the United States...

Here's a look at some of the open decorating on Saturday, the last day of CookieCon 2018...

Our days at CookieCon have been full of hands-on activities and demonstrations by some pretty awesome cookiers. Needless to say, this newbie is exhausted...

Hurricane Florence tried to scare my CookieCon travel companion and me into staying home. No way was she going to stop us! We stocked our pantries and left instructions for our families before we hit the road for our 10-hour drive...

Take a walk through the vendors and classes on Day Two of CookieCon 2018...

Here's a peek at what happened on Day One of CookieCon 2018, starting with the first-ever CookieCon showpiece and...

While CookieCon 2018 opening remarks are still an hour away, people are everywhere. They are chatting, trading, and giving things away. Ann Clark and two of her employees are handing out cookie cutters...

It's still blazing hot here in Missouri, but my new garden is showing the telltale signs that fall is just around the corner: the bright colors have faded, and lush petals have given way to a carpet of texture, punctuated with fuzzy grasses and...

Today at CookieCon, I took one all-day class from Shirlyn Leong (aka Cookies Art by Shirlyn), and we decorated one cookie! In the morning, she taught us...

Remember that anxiety and excitement as a child while waiting for Christmas morning? That's me right now! Thank goodness for the CookieCon Attendees Facebook Group. Only those fellow cookiers understand...

My cookies for the Sugar Show are made and now I’ve started to pull everything together for CookieCon. In the photo above, you can see my cookie containers, my carry-on that I bought at the first CookieCon, and my backpack...

Hello! I sincerely hope everyone in the US is enjoying the long Labor Day weekend, and that others elsewhere are finding some time to chill out as well. I too am trying my darnedest to get in a little downtime before the fall sugar show season kicks in next weekend...