That's right! Burlap is still a hot trend in the home decorating and wedding industries. What we used to call "gunny" back in the day (because gunny sacks were made from this material) has sure come a long way in the last...
[EDITOR'S NOTE: While I'm terribly sad that Kari Arroyo ,aka Dear Yankee Girl ,has retired from our amazing team of contributors, I'm thrilled to introduce our newest tutorial writer through this debut post! You probably know her as Sugar Pearls Cakes & Bakes , the maker of those magnificent multi-technique cookies (say that three times fast!) that have wowed us all on this site. (Remember that stenciled honeycomb set? And the crazy quilt-style gingerbread...
Well, in case you hadn't noticed, it's 2015, and that means I've almost completed a year's worth of these tutorials! So to celebrate, I'm going to do things a little differently today. You might notice there aren't many photos . . . that's...
[EDITOR'S NOTE: It is with hugely mixed feelings that I announce that this post will be the last in our beloved Dear Yankee Girl series. I'm sad, because Kari is just about the best tutorial writer I could have ever imagined, so she will be greatly missed! (A gross understatement.) But I am happy, because Kari wanted to clear the decks to pursue some new and different things - which, knowing Kari, can only be great stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing where she takes her cookie...
Well no one's ordered any autumn cookies from me this year, and I do love a collection of pumpkins and gourds. I always have a few in the window where I work. I particularly love the quirkily shaped, knobbly gourds, both beautiful and funny! Though...
I’ve found a new love! Wafer paper. I played around with it a bit on my Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #5 cookie set and then again on my Day of the Dead cookie. Since I got some questions about how I made these floral accents, I...
Alas, National Cookie Month is drawing to a close in a few short days. I hope you've had your fill of cookies and cookie tutorials over these last few weeks. But if not, no worries . . . there's still time for cookie sustenance! This week, in the last...
Yep, we're still celebrating National Cookie Month, and today we're doing it with more of my fellow YouTubers' favorite cookie videos! In last week's installment of our film fest , we savored the simple life - homemade chocolate chip cookies,...
I have been asked how I make some of my more elaborate cookie sets. You know, those sets with all the flowers? Wait. You’re right. Pretty much ALL of my cookie sets have flowers . . . but you guys don't mind, right? So, a set like this....
So, as I alluded to in last week's post , we've got some fun stuff for you on Cookie Connection during this special National Cookie Month! Today, I present the first week of our National Cookie Month Film Festival, sort of a "Best of...
Pamoda Vanderwert of Sugar Pearls Cakes and Bakes certainly has my attention lately! She has posted many great clips here on Cookie Connection , from cookie collages to puzzle-like designs, but most recently it seems she’s got a mixed media...
I had always intended to do a tutorial on my Halloween spiders for you all, but I just didn't fancy repeating the same cookies. So I set to thinking how I could change things a bit, and do something different. Well, for a start, I wanted to have a bit...
After I posted my Minnie cookie set, I got a lot of questions about how I made her. It happens to be a technique that is fairly easy and I use quite a bit. The technique - which to be honest with you, I’m having trouble thinking of a cool name...
The entire Hidden in the Garden cookie set by Fernwood Cookie had me mesmerized. Seriously. I studied these four cookies for a long time and instantly knew Kerri Roy, the woman behind the cookies, would be my next How DID You Do That? ...
You know what’s all the rage right now? Stencils. And why is everyone talking about stencils? Cause they are so cool. Yes, so cool. Even if you don’t have an airbrush. (Insert cheers and clapping!) First of all – where did this...
