Okay, so hopefully this departure from my normal Saturday Spotlight will be a fun excursion for everyone, including the cookiers featured here! Seeing as the 2016 Cake Masters Cookie Award finalists (pictured below) were just announced this week...
It's been markedly quieter in my neighborhood this week . . . no kids buzzing about on their bikes, no ice cream trucks tempting me with their catchy jingles, no moms puttering about their yards...
Phew! I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to spotlight the crazy-fabulous cookies that topped the hot list* this week. You see, I finally upgraded to a new computer last week, and transitioning from PC to Mac has been a lot harder than I thought...
It's that time of year when many of us cling to the last lazy days of our summer routine while simultaneously longing for the thrill of change signaled by the coming of fall. I'm no exception...
The cookie world never ceases to amaze me. Just when I think it's not possible to find more cookie friends, I find them - and in the farmost corners of the worlds (at least from St. Louis, that is)...
With temperatures consistently topping 90°F, not just back in St. Louis, but also on my cookie trip to Jakarta this week, I must say I am not much in the mood for turning on ovens or generating any unnecessary body heat...
Hello, and welcome to the recap of Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #17 - Stenciled Scenes! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer holidays, and that these long summer days have been filled with friends, family, and, of course, cookies!
I know, I know, it's so easy to get distracted by all of the gorgeous cookies gracing our home page galleries each day, and to forget that there's more to Cookie Connection than just photos...
What a delight it was to return from vacation - nearly two weeks without a cookie in sight - to discover the many magnificent creations posted here on Cookie Connection in that short time!
Have you got a Dad who never expresses a desire for any kind of gift - kind of like the Dad portrayed in one of this week's featured sets? My Dad was that way - selfless, super generous with his kids, never needing or wanting anything from us except our love...
Oh, what a wonderfully active cookie week it's been! I think that mistakenly sent lapsed member email spurred some of you into posting overdrive. Just goes to show that every cloud has a silver lining!
I might as well have entitled this post "Dads Want Cookies Too!", because judging from the sheer number of Fathers' Day cookies posted to this site, Dads have been getting the short end of the cookie stick.
Roses, roses, EVERYWHERE! I don't think I have been surrounded by this many roses since my wedding. In 1993. Seriously, people! You shattered the Practice Bakes Perfect participation record, with a whopping 76 entries for Challenge #16!
Heck, after four straight days of cookie decorating, cookie teaching, and cookie chat in my Ningbo classes, even I wasn't sure I ever wanted to see another cookie again. Especially one of my own designs!
Okay, so it's still Friday, but better early than never, as they say. Okay, maybe no one on this planet has ever used that expression before, but I'm taking the liberty with this Spotlight...
