Hi, all! As I will be away next week on my first (and only) vacation of the year and will be trying desperately not to work, I wanted to alert you early to three upcoming stencil sales...
At the start of 2018, I never imagined that the year would be more cookie-rich than 2017 . . . but I somehow managed to trot the globe from Japan to the Dominican Republic; attend a record number of trade shows (which, for me, was four); judge four cookie competitions; keep Cookie Connection going; and launch (and retire . . .) a new airbrush system...
Admittedly, it feels a little premature to be posting Christmas and Hanukkah cookies when the mercury climbed to 93°F today! But, I know how we cookiers are - it's almost never too soon to start planning ahead for the year's biggest cookie holidays...
It's still blazing hot here in Missouri, but my new garden is showing the telltale signs that fall is just around the corner: the bright colors have faded, and lush petals have given way to a carpet of texture, punctuated with fuzzy grasses and...
I bet you're thinking, "EEK! How is it possible we're already talking about Halloween cookies?! Wasn't it just January?!" Yes, fall cookie deadlines are definitely creeping up on us, but please put aside any fear...
Your kids may still be lolling about and enjoying their summer leisure, but, soon enough, they'll be stocking up on school supplies, and you'll be struggling to roust them out of bed to get to the bus stop on time! I'd also wager that you'll be...
Even though summer doesn't officially start until June 21, I've "seas"ed the new season with this month's nautical-themed release! As always, I'll show you my new stencils and how they work, but I'm also going to share an extra summery flourish...
The last several months leading up to this release have been a lot like the road trip my family took each summer to get to our vacation spot in Maine. Every few minutes, a chorus of kids would ring out from the back seat, asking my Dad, "Are we there yet?!"...
If you saw the following photo from my recent teaching trip to the Dominican Republic, you might think it's what inspired this month's stencil release...
My April stencil release is here, and, as I promised last month, it takes the cake! But don't get me wrong . . . I don't mean this in any self-congratulatory kind of way - I mean this quite literally...
Hello, everyone! My monthly stencil release is here! As always, I'm working about two months ahead with stencils specially tailored to Mother's Day this time! Among other things, I've got...
Hey, all! I've got a fun treat for you that came about thanks to two people: (1) Kathy Andersen, who recently started a forum post about different methods for transferring images onto cookies, and (2) Peter Moeykens, author of the Camera Lucida iOS app...
Hi, everyone! Here are my newest stencils, freshly arriving on my partner Confection Couture Stencils' site today! And, as an extra bonus, it looks like spring may also be coming with them - it's almost 60°F here in St. Louis today...
Hi, everyone! Happy 2018! We're fresh from ringing in the New Year, but I'm already releasing spring and Easter sets for you! I know, I know, I feel like I'm living in some kind of time warp...
Hi, everyone! Did you notice that I didn't use Prettier Plaques in this blog post title?! Well, that's because I'm introducing a NEW Julia-branded stencil series this month called Dynamic Duos...
