Since I spoke so much about pre-CookieCon classes yesterday, I decided to focus today's post on some of the other event kick-off activities happening at CookieCon...
Today I'm going to talk about my two pre-CookieCon classes and the people I met along the way. This morning I took Arty McGoo's "Steampunk" class, and in the afternoon I attended Autumn Carpenter's "Modern Metallic Easter Egg Cookies" class...
Tomorrow morning, my friend and I drive to Salt Lake City for CookieCon 2017. This will be my fourth CookieCon, and, as I look back, I think about what has followed me through the years and how I have grown as a cookie decorator...
I know, I know - we're all waiting with bated breath for the start of CookieCon 2017, the cookie event of the year! Even those staying home are on pins and needles, hoping that those going will report back - and frequently...
Yes, it's almost time for the cookie event of the year - Cookie Con! Sadly, I can't make it again this year due to preexisting classes and other commitments. However...
Since 2012, I've had the pleasure of participating, in one way or the other, in the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show (OSSAS), founded by cake artist extraordinaire Kerry Vincent...
Whether you attended CookieCon this year or simply read about the happenings here on Cookie Connection, cookiers near and far have gone through some form of withdrawal since its ending! This month, I hope to ease the withdrawal symptoms...
As I promised last night, I'm back with a belated, but much anticipated Saturday Spotlight: the grand reveal of the 2015 Cake Masters Magazine Cookie Award winner! (Some of you may have already caught the official Cake Masters reveal on...
So as CookieCon was winding down at the end of September, another esteemed sugar show was just ramping up some 1,200 miles away in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yes, it was none other than the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show (aka OSSAS), the brainchild of...
This year's Sugar Show at CookieCon offered the following categories into which cookie entries could be submitted: Back to School, Wildlife, Super Heroes and Comic Books (a nod to Comic-Con, going on the same weekend, across the street...
There is a small part of me (meaning every fiber of my being) that wants to stomp my feet, curl my hands into fists, HISS, levitate, and blow steam from my pores. Everyone, just reflect on that image for a second. It's not because I am home . ....
Saturday was a simply amazing day. I thought it would be hard to top Friday, BUT when I looked through my photos for you all, I realized I had been so busy that I forgot to take pictures of EVERYTHING! Hopefully my fellow CookieCon correspondents...
Day 3 (Friday) at CookieCon was the day of seminars. There were eight pre-defined groups and seven instructors. A schedule was crafted such that each instructor gave her seminar eight times, with a circulating audience. It was a challenge...
I equate the experience of CookieCon and all it offers to Dorothy arriving in Oz and walking out of her fallen house into bright technicolor (minus the dead wicked witch). Until yesterday, I had been living my cookie life back in Kansas (read...
Today (Friday) was class day at CookieCon, and I have been tasked with passing along some of the nuggets of wisdom that each of the instructors shared with us. First up was Nadia of My Little Bakery. Nadia did a demo in real-time of her...
