Welcome to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #22 where, this month, we switch gears from edible lace to edible paper! I only began experimenting with wafer paper this past year, so I still have a lot to learn myself...
Great news! With this post, I’m launching the first in a series of in-depth Close-ups with CookieCon 2017 instructors! Over the next several months, in between Close-ups with our monthly site artists, of course, I’ll be interviewing all those teachers who haven’t been featured here before...
Wow! The coming Easter holiday has certainly made you all even more prolific than you usually are! Given the wealth of bunnies and eggs still hitting the home page feeds (they started earlier than St. Patrick's Day), it's remarkable...
By the time you all read this, I will hopefully be lying on a beach, cerveza in hand, but at this moment, as I write this Spotlight, I can see and think of nothing but lace! As ever, I am extremely impressed...
Spring is in the air! Can you feel it? Flowers and trees are coming to life again, and everywhere you look the colors are changing from brown to bright green...
Well, all reports from CookieCon 2017 say that it was the best CookieCon ever, and from the looks of the Sugar Show winners, I'd say those reports are right...
Yes, it's mid-March (my, how time flies!) and once again the occasion for the grand reveal of my latest Prettier Plaques stencils. If you haven't yet heard about my new line, introduced at the end of 2016 and designed in partnership with Stencil Ease, you can read all about it here...
I have a thing for benches. I especially like those in parks in spring and fall, and those along rivers. The idea for this project developed around this white little bench...
Today I spent the morning decorating my mystery shape, learning from others, and talking to vendors. I will not bore you with my cookie. The problem with trying something different is that...
Well, I thought spring had sprung here in St. Louis . . . As recently as yesterday, the thermometer was hovering around 70 degrees, and the daffodils and magnolias, so weighty with blooms, were straining their branches and stems...
Between classes and shopping at CookieCon, I have been on the go all day! I decided to write about today's (Friday's) classes, but because of technical difficulties...
Since I spoke so much about pre-CookieCon classes yesterday, I decided to focus today's post on some of the other event kick-off activities happening at CookieCon...
Today I'm going to talk about my two pre-CookieCon classes and the people I met along the way. This morning I took Arty McGoo's "Steampunk" class, and in the afternoon I attended Autumn Carpenter's "Modern Metallic Easter Egg Cookies" class...
Tomorrow morning, my friend and I drive to Salt Lake City for CookieCon 2017. This will be my fourth CookieCon, and, as I look back, I think about what has followed me through the years and how I have grown as a cookie decorator...
I know, I know - we're all waiting with bated breath for the start of CookieCon 2017, the cookie event of the year! Even those staying home are on pins and needles, hoping that those going will report back - and frequently...
