Cookier Close-up with virago, Our October Site Artist
I’ve been loving our October site art, haven’t you? The colors and textures are so perfectly evocative of fall...
Cookier Close-ups
Cookier Close-up with Noriko Forster (aka mintlemonade), Our September Site Artist
Ta da! I’m back – with another Cookier Close-up! This time, it’s with Noriko Forster, who goes by two cookie names on the internet - mintlemonade and Cookie Crumbs!
Cookier Close-up: August Site Artist Ina Uzzanu, aka Magadiuz
It’s been a true pleasure to have members’ cookie art gracing the site this year – not only is it a beautiful addition, but it also gives me the perfect excuse to get behind the cookies themselves...
Cookier Close-up: Get to Know Our July Site Artists, Laegwen and Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.
Come to think of it, we already know quite a bit about the subjects of this month’s Close-up, Laegwen (aka Leoni Eckart) and Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. (aka Ryoko Hayashi), thanks to the detailed bios they shared with us earlier this month...
Cookier Close-up with emilybaking, Our June Site Artist!
What can I say? Her work is subtle, never overdone, and simply exquisite! Yes, you know who I mean – emilybaking, our honored June site artist for her winning contributions to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #13!
Cookier Close-up: Christine Donnelly, Our May Site Artist
This month, I’m interviewing our May site artist, someone many of you have come to know and love through your involvement in her bimonthly Practice Bakes Perfect challenges. Yes, it’s none other than the woman who works hard to push you to new cookie decorating heights...
Cookier Close-up: Allegra Crea, Our April Site Artists
This month, we speak with April site artists, Allegra Crea, who, for the longest time, I thought was one person! But as it turns out, “Allegra Crea” means “create cheerfully” in Italian and is the online moniker for the cookie decorating duo of Ivana Parisi and Giusi Urso...
Cookier Close-up: Stefania Onano, Our Site Artist for March
Say hello to Stefania Onano of Sweets_by_me in Cagliari, Italy, another of our recent and talented Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #13 honorees! In recognition of her winning March entry, Stefania’s rose cookies are featured in our site’s banner and backdrop...
Cookier Close-up: Marie Elgaard of Lille Kage Hus, Second in Our Featured Site Artists Series
Next up in our site artists series is Marie Elgaard of Lille Kage Hus in Randers, Denmark. Marie, as you may recall, won top honors in Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #13 for the banner and backdrop she designed for the month of February, which are now beautifying our site.
Cookier Close-up: Rebecca Weld of The Cookie Architect, First in Our Featured Site Artists Series
You probably know her from her wonderfully detailed puzzle cookies, or her Blythe girls with their mesmerizing eyes . . . or her meticulously painted matryoshka dolls . . . or her interesting use of perspective...
Cookier Close-up: Bridget Edwards of Bake at 350, Last but Not Least in Our CookieCon 2015 Series
In this month's Close-up, we're back for an in-depth conversation with Bridget Edwards of the popular baking blog Bake at 350 who, as you may recall, chatted with us just prior to CookieCon. Her chat covered a smattering...
Cookier Close-up: Cookiepreneur Dotty Raleigh of Sugar Dot Cookies
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...
Cookier Close-up: 3-D Cookie Artist Susan Carberry of The Cake Cottage
There’s never a dull moment on the CookieCon interview circuit! With a little under two months ‘til the big event and still three instructors to interview, I’m kicking into high gear with Q&A. On August 8, we live-chatted with Dotty of Sugar Dot Cookies, and on September 12, Bridget from Bake at 350 will...
Cookier Close-up: Monica Holbert of Cookie Cowgirl, Illustrator Beyond Compare
Our CookieCon interview series continues this month with none other than Monica Holbert of Cookie Cowgirl, one of the most talented (and most humble) cookie painters I know! We live-chatted with Monica what seems like eons ago (my, how...
Cookier Close-up: Laurie and Jeanette of SugarBliss Cookies, The Airbrushing Queens!
Next up in our CookieCon Speakers Series: Jeanette Durham and Laurie Thompson, the dynamic sister duo behind SugarBliss Cookies, renowned for their expert use of the airbrush! We live-chatted with these ladies a few weeks ago...