My hope when starting Cookie Connection was that it would not only be a great place for photo sharing and increasing the overall visibility of the cookie community, but also a vehicle for learning and advancing our skills. To that end, the site has scheduled chats, blog posts by our regular contributors, and forums where lots of information is exchanged each day.
But what you may or may not know is: we also have a relatively new Tips, Techniques, and Templates clip set for posting quick photo and video tips, techniques, and templates (natch!) in addition to links to offsite tutorials.
It's in this spirit of expanding our collective cookie wisdom that we're featuring the 10 hottest posts* in that clip set over this past week. Our honorees teach everything from airbrushing to create a pop-art effect to making Lego-themed coloring book cookies. Quite the diversity! So take out your note pads and pencils, and step into student mode for while. There's a lot to be learned here!
#1: Victorian Brush Embroidery by bobbiebakes
#2: Pop Art Valentine Cookies by Mike at Semi Sweet
#3: Oscar-Inspired Fashion Cookies by bobbiebakes
#4: Lego Movie Cookies by Montreal Confections
#5: Idea for Calculating Icing Amount Needed by The Cookie Connoisseur
#6: Baby Reveal Cookies by Liz at Cookies To Go
#7: Shirley Temple's Famous Polka-Dot Dress by My Cookie Clinic
#8: Wood You Be Mine? by Montreal Confections
#9: Lace Valentine Cookie by Montreal Confections
#10: How To Make A Fairy by Patricia at Experimentos Con Azúcar
* As a reminder, a word about how the rankings are determined: The rankings are not at all subjective. In fact, they are determined essentially by you, our members, and the activity (number of views, likes, and comments) you've bestowed on each photo. The site uses a top-secret algorithm that weighs these various factors to determine which photos are trending most quickly (i.e., are the "hottest") over specified periods of time. As such, the hot list at the time of this announcement may look a little different a few hours or a day from now as more photos are added to the site.
So that no one has an unfair advantage in making it onto a hot list, the algorithm is secret even to site administrators. Only our platform developers know the code, which has been exhaustively tested by those developers and Cookie Connection staff.
All photos shown here are the courtesy (and copyright) of the designers listed.
To check out our other hot lists, at any time of day, visit our Hot Spot, also found in the site's main navigation line.
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