Hey, all. Based on the recent feedback on our first birthday giveaway post, we're making some changes, including classifying project tutorials (tutorials designed to make a certain cookie) by level. You can read all about the other changes here...
Hey, all! This week's Saturday Spotlight is taking on a very different shape than the norm (and coming a day early) for a couple of reasons: (A) I'm on "vacation" this weekend, and my husband is likely to wring my neck if I spend any time on the...
It's hard to pinpoint the exact birthday of this (my beloved) site. It launched "softly" into cyberspace in Spring 2013 with different people getting introduced to it at various stages of development. About a month before I announced its birth...
Woo hoo! Our Christmas Countdown Cookie Decorating Challenge is now open for entries. And the $700 in prizes will soon be within reach! Thanks again to Designer Stencils, Fancy Flours, and Karen's Cookies for so generously sponsoring this...
Looking for a convenient way to hone your decorating skills? Then I suggest you check out Craftsy. They have yet to offer a cookie decorating course (despite the fact that I've been working on them ever since declining a class with them a few years...
I don't know about you, but I was teetering on the edge of my seat all week as I watched the votes mount in our first-ever cookie decorating contest. There's no question, the race was neck and neck the entire time for one very simple reason: each...
Hi, all, my site host, Hoop.la, routinely monitors the requests and needs of all of the sites that they support and uses that feedback to determine various platform upgrades. How great of them, right?! Well, last night they announced several new...
Oh, you won't want to miss our next live (text-based) Cookie Chat! Glory of the wildly popular Glorious Treats will be picking up where she left off in an earlier Cookier Close-up, sharing tips about a world of sweet things. Want to...
Did you notice our summer-y new backdrop today?! Since we're well into summer in my neck of the woods, I thought it was time for a little site makeover! So it's hanging topiary globes for now - at least until it's time for the next...
Thanks so much to those who entered Cookie Connection's inaugural cookie decorating contest. And congrats too - all of the entries are amazing and show incredible creativity and skill! If you haven't yet seen these glorious cookies, please...
As you can see, I'm on a site housekeeping kick today! Another quick reminder that Vintage Vacation contest entries are soon due - tomorrow, on July 5, 2013 at 5 pm CDT, to be exact! Please be on time with your submissions, as the...
COMING SOON! Here's a Cookie Connection exclusive event you don't want to miss: a live (text-based) chat with Amber Spiegel of Sweet Ambs!When: Saturday, July 6, 12 noon CDTWhere: Here on Cookie ConnectionWhat: Amber will pick up where she left off in...
Woo hoo! I'm thrilled to announce that Karen Anderson has joined Cookie Connection as a regular featured blogger, with her very own blog category called, "How DID You Do That?" Every few weeks or so, she'll be featuring compelling cookie work...
Well, you asked and we acted! Based on some member suggestions in this forum, I just set up a new Member Meetup forum with areas for more casual cookie chats and to stage tool and other exchanges with members. I also moved the existing Member...
Hi, new and veteran members alike! This post is an important PSA (public service announcement). PLEASE READ IT! I've been seeing a ton of fabulous photos on the site (amazing and inspired work, indeed)! Thank you all for sharing. But I'm...
