“If I am an advocate for anything, it is to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. It’s a plus for everybody.” ~ Anthony Bourdain
I LOVE challenges that create what I call a "circle of learning." Originally, my intent with this challenge was to introduce more people to all of the wonderful tutorials available (for free!) here on Cookie Connection, and thereby provide people with new cookie decorating techniques and skills. However, through the course of the challenge...
Has everybody seen the latest Cookie Connection tutorial by @Aproned Artist? In it, she shows you, step-by-step-by-tiny step, how to create this spectacular Mother's Day "Breakfast in Bed" cookie...
There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can...
What could be more simple than a circle? Nothing, unless, of course, you are trying to pipe one! Few skills have proven more universally elusive to cookiers than the ability to pipe a perfectly round circle...
It was truly a joy to watch this latest Practice Bakes Perfect challenge unfold! While I wish more people had the time to participate, I think that those who did really embraced the collaborative spirit of this challenge...
Fa la la la la . . . la la la la! Happy holidays, everybody! In the spirit of the holidays, I want to hold a Practice Bakes Perfect virtual cookie swap. This is not your ordinary cookie swap...
Vintage art and items have always been popular, and for good reason. Objects, whether truly vintage or merely vintage in style, tend to evoke deep and fond feelings about the past...
What makes something vintage? For me, it has always been more of an "I-know-it-when-I-see-it" kind of thing. But then I got to thinking: what actual qualities of a thing, when put together, make my brain think, "Yes, that's vintage!"? In this 25th "Silver Anniversary Edition" of Practice Bakes Perfect...
As summer turns to fall (or winter to spring for those of you Down Under), you can definitely feel that change is in the air. Change was also all over Cookie Connection these past several weeks, in the form of...
The inspiration for this challenge was none other than a stroll down to my local beach on the shores of Lake Michigan, where the milkweed is in abundance this time of year and monarch butterflies glide through the warm summer breeze...
Hello! I hope you all are enjoying these lazy days of summer (apologies to those of you in the chilly southern hemisphere), and have had some time to rest, relax, and maybe even make a bunch of cookies just for fun...
I just love this time of year, when spring turns to summer and color is bursting from every corner of creation! And so I thought, "What better time to do a challenge based on the color wheel?!"...
By a show of hands, how many of you have been spending lots of extra time here on Cookie Connection as a respite from all of the crazy news out there these days? Certainly, for me, the most calming thing I can do (next to actually decorating cookies) is to sit in front of my computer...
Welcome to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #22 where, this month, we switch gears from edible lace to edible paper! I only began experimenting with wafer paper this past year, so I still have a lot to learn myself...
