I will do just about anything for a prize. I adore free stuff. An otherwise dormant beast is stirred inside me when I hear that word - prize. Big prize or small . . . it doesn't matter. I want to win it. I should be embarrassed to admit this . . . but...
Yes, I arrived after much delay and stress on Tuesday. The airline lost my luggage, and for a while there, I thought I was going to be the one with no clothes and no cookies! But the luggage eventually arrived, as did my cookies via FedEx. (See my...
Have you ever met or even just seen a rock star up close and personal? That feeling of larger-than-life grandeur . . . the sparkle, the glitz, the glamour . . . right before your very eyes?! Well, that's what it felt like when I saw and ultimately met...
Day 1 at CookieCon - and what a full day! I started out this morning in Oakland (California) and then flew to Salt Lake City. The trip was not without incident, as I had left one small box at home - a key component of one of my Sugar Show entries!...
I'm definitely detecting a hint of end-of-summer in the air. Sunny days, but cool air; morning mists that quickly clear; and greens in the garden that are starting to glow brightly, with just a few delicate edges of burnt orange...
Here in Missouri this past week, the weather vascillated between summer and fall, apparently not able to make up its mind. But as of this morn, I can happily declare that all of that wishy-washiness is gone and autumn is definitively here! My black...
The Toolbox Talk series will be a place where different strands of frustration, research, and suggestion come together like colourful yarn, hooked, woven, and sewn into an ever-growing blanket of comfort and understanding!...
So . . . I've got some good news and some bad news. First, for the bad news (for me, anyway): I won't be able to make it to CookieCon this year due to competing events! (If there's one thing I finally accepted in 2015, it's that I can't be in four...
Well, I wouldn't have guessed it, but after a week of being on vacation with nary a cookie in sight, I was overjoyed to return to work (aka Cookie Connection ) on Wednesday, and to be inundated with all of your fabulous creations! I couldn't...
A tasty story - and tutorial! I made this cookie storybook for an adoption shower, but the idea can be adapted to any occasion. Each cookie moves the story forward, and long after the cookies are gone, the book remains! For this...
I know this is supposed to be a tale of opening a storefront bakery, but what if I were to tell you it has really been about a journey of pursuing dreams?! I don't know about you, but my dreams and goals change, a lot. Not because I am an...
Wow! Last month, we had one of the liveliest chats in recent history with Dotty Raleigh of Sugar Dot Cookies, another fabulous CookieCon 2015 instructor. The chat room was buzzing! People came craving solid, practical advice about how to launch...
Hello, and welcome to the latest installment of Practice Bakes Perfect! This time, we are reaching, once again, into our big bag of "cookie Kryptonite," and asking you to face your decorating demons. What fresh hell could I possibly have in store for...
With the #BaketoDefeatALS campaign rapidly coming to a close, I wanted to use our final Spotlight of the month to highlight some notable contributions that posted this past week! But first . . . if you're not familiar with the campaign, it has...
My first days of school seem like only yesterday. Every August of my childhood as I was about to begin my next year of primary school, it was always the same story: like clockwork, my mum would take me to shop for new dresses...
