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First, my apologies to our featured artist, Bożena Aleksandrow, who has the patience of Job. I featured her fabulous Easter cookies back in April and, due to various work disturbances, I am just getting to her Cookier Close-up interview now. On the bright side...

First, one of the important updates! In case you didn't catch last week's post, the entry submission deadline for this year's competition has moved to October 15, 2022. I've had some unforeseen...

These lavender cookies were inspired, in their entirety, by a video I shot last year while mesmerized by a butterfly moving from sprig to sprig on a lavender bush. When I replayed the video...

It's that nebulous cookie season between summer and autumn when we don't know quite which cookies we should be making! Doubt me? Read on to see this week's hot list, where the cookies range from summery sea scenes to babies bundled in fall swaddling clothes, with every theme in between...

Hi, entrants and soon-to-be entrants! Just a very quick, but VERY IMPORTANT update! Due to some unforeseen - but not serious - personal issues that will prevent me from overseeing the judging process at the original time, I have extended the competition due date by one month to October 15, 2022 (5 pm CDT)...

You may still be lingering poolside, or perhaps just starting the summer wind-down and prep for back to school, but the internet is telling us it's already time for Halloween cookies! Say it isn't so?! Just take a look at...

If you were involved with Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ last year, then these faces will be very familiar to you. Yes, my 2021 judging team will remain intact for 2022 for the very simple reason that my judges are experts in what they do and the judging process. Plus, I trust them implicitly with doing your entries justice - I know in my heart of hearts that they will deliver the most thorough and fair evaluations imaginable! If you're not familiar with these folks, it is...

Hi, all! I'm still in Maine on vacation, tending to some stonework that's being done for me, and also working on digital design boards to help visualize renovated rooms in need of furnishings. In between all of this designing, I took a...

Still hesitating to register? Take it from Claudia Prati, the 2021 2-D Cookie winner and first-ever Kerry Vincent Best in Show Award winner: Don't...

Hello, all! I'm on vacation this week through next Sunday, so I'm going to keep this post short and sweet - and I mean that! Without further ado (I told you so), I present the cookies that topped our hot list this week. They include...

I wasn’t trying to pick favorites when I made a cookie inspired by one of my dogs. But ever since, my daughter has been campaigning for our cat to get a cookie of his own. I’m not surprised; they have always had a special bond. We’ve had our cat since my daughter was little, and they’ve been an inseparable pair. While the décor in her room...

First, thanks to everyone who watched judge Laura Saporiti and me live on Facebook on July 25! You all had some great questions about my cookie art competition. If you missed the live, don't fret! You can . . .