With all the baking TV shows being shown globally, the art of baking and decorating has become a very popular hobby. When you watch beautiful things being being made on TV, pick up a cookie decorating book in a store, or see some beautiful...
According to Mr. Webster: Array (noun) - An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing. (verb) - To display or arrange things in a particular order. But what's a cookie array? To me, a cookie array is a collection of...
What mom doesn't love sugar and spice, and everything nice? Cookies would make the perfect Mothers' Day gift then, right?! Well, I think so judging from the top 10 posts on this week's hot list*. Clearly, they're all cookies, so they've got the...
You've heard the mantra before. It echoes the thought that a structure's location is the most important factor in its value, both now and in the future. And while there is absolute truth to this thought, along my journey I realized...
Well, hello there! I was BLOWN AWAY by how many of you were up to the test and participated in Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #9! Who knew there were so many different ways of piping lettering on cookies? Apparently, you all did, because the...
This Close-up is special not only because it's with the super fabulous cookier-now-author Lisa Snyder of The Bearfoot Baker, but also because it marks the start of our CookieCon 2015 interview series. Over the next several weeks in the...
If you've been making cookies for a while, chances are your friends and family have said on more than one occasion, "You should start a business and sell those! You're so talented, you'd make a fortune!" You then listen to that...
Usually I'm behind the eight ball as far as planning for the next cookie holiday. I mean, just this past Easter, I posted my 3-D decoupaged egg cookies ON Easter! I'm not sure what's gotten into me lately, but I'm almost caught up with my...
Remember this cookie set I posted here recently? Well, since then, I've been asked if I could explain the steps to create it. What a great idea! Let's do a tutorial!
We can all pretty much agree that decorated cookies can be as much about art as they are about being edible. With a blend of painted color and layered elements, the work of Tammy Holmes is no exception. Her creations are worthy of display, in my...
Since we're headed into a transitional cookie period with the next big cookie holidays (Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day) not for another month, it seemed like the right time to mix things up with a "Best of Category" Spotlight. Plus, I imagine most of...
Widely regarded as one of YouTube's favorite cookiers, Hani (aka Haniela's ) has been producing cookie videos for us at the rate of about three per week since January 2013. That's 387-plus videos in total, folks, and speaking from...
Foregoing fancy meals or pulling decorating all-nighters in order to scratch together the change for CookieCon ? Hoping you'll win the lottery so you won't have to go another year without meeting your online cookie friends? Well, hope no...
Even though it snowed two nights ago, we're lucky here in Missouri to have some flowers emerging, bravely taunting our fickle spring weather. I love the bright, sunny pops of color now polka-dotting my yard! Hopefully, you're also...
Today I would like to share with you my thoughts on leasing versus buying commercial property and the reasons behind why I chose to lease preexisting commercial space. I am not sure if it is simply a matter of preference to lease or buy...
