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It's Giveaway Time on Cookie Connection!

Yes, it's your lucky day. I've finally got the site's first official giveaway ready for any and all interested takers!

 

I'm calling this one The Great Spring Summer Cleaning Giveaway, because I had every intention of doing it in the spring, but cookie decorating derailed me at that time - and thus further cluttered my work space . . .

 

All of my mounting cookie stuff, including things I bought because I couldn't find what I already had, reached a crisis point last week when I desperately needed to de-clutter in order to prep for my upcoming OSSAS demo. (Seriously, I had no counter space left to roll out cookie dough!)

 

I'm a wee bit embarrassed about how much excess I'd amassed (pretty darn wasteful), but I somehow feel less remorseful knowing that it's going to end up in a better, more organized home! Pictured below is just a small subset of what's up for grabs. These items have never been opened or used; they're just duplicates or triplicates of things for which I have no immediate use . . .

 

AlltheStuff

 

As I said, that's not it. I'm also giving away the following (more photo closeups in the attachments):

  •  An assortment of gorgeous candied mini-roses from Crystallized Flower Company;
  • 15 lb container of Henry & Henry Kwik Fluff meringue powder;
  • 1 lb bag of CK Products meringue powder;
  • 20 ounce bag of Ateco meringue powder (Wondering about the meringue powder surplus?! Side-by-side tests of different brands for an upcoming blog post!);
  • Several envelopes of floral and other patterned wafer paper cutouts from Queen of Tarts (similar to this set);
  • Several 1 pound bags of CK Products fine-grained sanding sugar (lavender, pink, yellow, and probably a couple of other colors!);
  • 3 or 4 small containers of The Baker's Kitchen coarse-grained sanding sugar and pastel confetti;
  • Scads of mini pink royal icing roses from Fancy Flours; and
  • La piÈce de rÉsistance - this fabulous, specially handcrafted (I tease!) tiny cookie cutter key chain!

CutterKeyChain

 

I haven't bothered to ring up an exact value on the giveaway, but my best guess is well over $500! (The crystallized flowers alone - there's quite a bunch - retailed for about $100.)

 

And so how do you enter to win? That's easy - just tell me what you most want to learn about cookie decorating in the comments area below, and I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner when I return from vacation on August 13 (5 pm central time). Only one comment per person, and please remember, childhood protection and privacy laws prevent us from publishing personal photos, so please avoid them in your comments and posts. They will be deleted. Note: You must be a Cookie Connection member in order to post and play! Simply join on the home page; it's free! (Signup box is in the upper left.)

 

Have fun, and please help spread the word by clicking any of the share buttons at the end of this post. Thanks!

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  • Some of the Loot: But Wait - There's A Lot More!
  • Closeup of Royal Icing Decorations: From Fancy Flours
  • Closeup of My Personal Stuff: My Video Series and An Unused Notepad
  • Closeup of Cool Plunger Cutters: From PME
  • La Pièce de Résistance: A Quirky Cutter Key Chain!

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Thank you, everyone, for your enthusiasm about this giveaway! After eliminating a few duplicate entries, I counted 261 unique entrants. Whoa!

 

The giveaway is now officially closed, and the random number generator has spoken:

Random Number Draw

 

This makes Lally the lucky winner! (See her winning comment below.)

Winner - Lally

 

Lally, please contact me at sweetlife@juliausher.com with your mailing address, and I'll get your loot out to you this weekend! Congrats!

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  • Random Number Draw: 234 Is The Winning Number
  • Lally Is Our Winner: With Comment #234!

Your designs are so beautiful and look like something you can actually eat. I would love to learn how to customize a design with frosting so that it does not look over worked. Thank you.

Hi fellow cookie attest. I Am a beginner at decorating. Practice - Practice! I learn so much from your blog.  Want to learn more about edible lace! and frozen buttercream decorating. Thank you for your give away.

Hi Julia,

      I just found your site in my search for help and inspiration to take my cookie decorating hobby to the next level.  I would love to learn how to use the air brush that I still haven't gotten the confidence to even open.  I'm so excited to have found your site and look forward to improving my skills.  

Thank you,

Destinee

I would love to learn how to "Guesstimate" how much of each color of icing I will need for a specific project. I am sure that it is something that you eventully get a feel for, but tips would be really helpful 

enhorabuena por tu sorteo espero que me toque...me encanta todo lo que haces...te he conocido a través de mensaje en una galleta, hice cursos con ellas y vi trabajos tuyos...eres maravillosa, me encantaría mejorar los volúmenes en las galletas, un beso enorme 

I am branching out from cake decorating so I have much to learn. I'm cookie obsessed right now and admire all the beautiful fun works if art. Love all of your tutorials. What a fun giveaway.

How to bake the cookie just enough to have it be solid for shipping while still flaky/soft to eat.  I know, its probably impossible but I have these amazing crosses that I make and the last order I shipped arrived 75% BROKEN!  My heart dropped when the client told me!

I hope to learn to stencil on top of royal icing w/o "smashing" and to make 2and3D cookies. And, to perfect my macarons to the point where I can make various shapes, like your hotdog and hamburger macarons.

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