Hey, all! I hope everyone is hanging in there and staying healthy through these very difficult times. For this Spotlight, I'm going to once again highlight an underutilized, but richly informative area of the site: our videos! Since many of us are still limiting our time in public spaces, there's no moment like the present to hunker down and invest in online learning. And our videos are a great resource in this regard.
In this week's hot list*, you'll find everything from a recording of a recent Cookie Connection Zoom chat (where participants shared coronavirus-business survival tips) to instructions for recreating one of our recent brush-embroidered Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge entries! Enjoy!
Note: All of the videos are embedded directly on this page. Just click on the big white or black arrow on the image, and the video will play. If the video isn't fully revealing (which may happen, since I edited all to reveal at roughly the same size on this page), click on the pink link in the image title to be taken to the page where you can view the video in its original uploaded size.
#1: Cookiers Helping Cookiers in the Time of COVID-19 with @SugarDotCookies and @Julia M. Usher
#2: Mermaid Tail Brush Embroidery by Dani Matos
#3: Painting with Metallic Copper, Gold, and Silver Dusts by Jill - Custom Cookies by Jill
#4: 3-D Royal Icing Raspberry by PUDING FARM
#5: Handpainted Rose with Brush Embroidery by Dani Matos
#6: Valentine's Day Cookies by Dani Matos
#7: Illuminated Stars Bridal Shower Set by Doshia Freeman
#8: Christmas Star by Ewa Kiszowara MOJE PIERNIKI [EDITOR'S NOTE: This video has been riding high on our charts for a few weeks now! I suspect many Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge entrants are referencing its superb brush embroidery lesson!]
#9: Quilled Spider by iSugarfy (aka swissophie)
And, for our final honoree of the week . . .
#10: Denim Jumper for Back to School by Erica Wilson
And that's a wrap! There's also no time like the present to learn a new skill! If you're not a video-maker, why not try your hand at one or two?! I'd love to see more videos on the site, as I'm sure everyone else here would too! 
Congrats again to this week's honorees, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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