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If you're one who explores all the sidebars of this site (as I hope you do!), you're probably wondering what's up with the recent appearance of this photo...

Hi again, everyone! This post is related to the one posted earlier this week about our recent site upgrade. That upgrade changed two things: (1) our member avatars and (2) our forum display and searching capability. This post focuses on the latter...

Hi, all! Hoop.la (my site tech team) recently upgraded the site, making changes primarily in the areas of forums and member avatars. The forum changes are designed to make it easier to find hot (aka trending) forum topics and to search the forums. HOWEVER, I have NOT...

Hi, all! I posted to our forums on this topic earlier today, but, since it's an important matter, I thought I'd post here on the blog as well. I've got some bittersweet news to share. After writing on and off for the site since 2014 (!), the crazy-talented...

Hi, everyone! I'll cut to the chase . . . After much long and very hard deliberation, I've decided to shutter the Cookiers' Choice Awards, at least for the foreseeable future. For five amazing years, we've celebrated the incredible cookie contributions of our community through this awards program...

Hi, all! I'm thrilled to announce that Dotty Raleigh (aka Sugar Dot Cookies) is doing a pilot test of a potential new feature for the site called Sugar Dot Surveys. Basically, the idea is this...

I thought that cute puppy might get your attention! Now that you're here... As you are undoubtedly aware by now, last year the EU passed a strong set of guidelines aimed at protecting individual data privacy rights. These guidelines are called General Data Protection Regulation (aka GDPR)...

Woo hoo! Cookie Connection was featured this week on Craftsy's list of top ten must-follow cookie decorating blogs! (Not familiar with Craftsy?! You should be! It's quite possibly the US's largest online provider of crafting, decorating, and cooking courses.)...

It's always a bittersweet time here on Cookie Connection when contributors come and go. A departure usually signals that someone is moving onto bigger and better things (which is GREAT), but...

Hey, gang! This sale is such a biggie that I decided to post it here to the blog where more people are likely to see it. Craftsy is offering up to 60% off select cake and cookie decorating tools and supplies until March 25, 2018...

As it so happens, our next live chat (Saturday, April 7 at 4 pm central) is super opportune. Lately, we've been getting a larger than usual number of business questions in our forums. They run the spectrum from cottage food law to pricing to time management to...

Hi, all! My site support team, Hoop.la, recently completed a Cookie Connection software upgrade. A number of things were improved that only I, as an admin of the site, can see. But two new features were added...