Julia M. Usher
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Winner Reveal: Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition 2023™
I know, I know, this post has been a long time coming, but it's well worth the wait, I assure you. Though the winners in Julia M. Usher’s 2023 Cookie Art Competition™ were announced at That Takes the Cake Show in Austin, Texas on April 2, they were only...
Wedding Cake and Cake Stand Cookies
Watch-Learn-Create Challenge Feedback: Please Respond by May 10
It's hard to believe that we've already conducted three of our new Watch-Learn-Create Challenges. Thanks again to Manu for spearheading this effort and to our esteemed guests Laura Saporiti and Evelindecora who made master class-level videos (each 1 to 2 hours long) to kick off each challenge. I personally...
Watch-Learn-Create Challenge Tutorial Survey
American Cake Awards: Cookie Award Finalists
Hi, everyone! I wanted to take a moment to share exciting news about some very talented cookiers who we all know and love. As you may have heard, I have had the distinct pleasure of...
Cookier Close-up: Meeting Katuscya Marchioro, Our January Site Artist, at Long Last!
Yes, I’m finally back with another Cookier Close-up, and I’m especially excited about this one with our January 2023 site artist, Katuscya Marchioro, owner of Gina's Cake and Icing Cookies. I know Katuscya only through the brief bio in her recent forum intro and her signature cute-as-can-be doll cookies that she is known for posting to this site. So it’s always a...
Gold Sponsor Shout-Out!
We did it again! Thanks to several amazing sponsors, prizes for the 2023 return-to-in-person edition of Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ are as impressive as ever. In record-breaking time (about half the usual), our sponsors...
Sunday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies
My first daffodils are up here in Missouri – a telltale sign that I not only need to rake up the residual fall leaves 😊, but I also need to get cranking on prep for the onslaught of spring events that starts at the end of March and continues without break through mid-May. Today I took these cheery harbingers of spring seriously and...
The Great Cookie-A-Thon Giveaway!
Hey, all! As you may know, I'm a sponsor of the upcoming Spring Cookie-A-Thon - and a mixer-level sponsor at that! "What the heck is a mixer-level sponsor?", you ask. Good question! In a nutshell, it means...
Saturday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies
Hi, all! I'm busy, busy, busy, prepping for a belated Valentine's Day dinner tomorrow with my mom and husband. So while the fixings for beet soup simmer and the red raspberry mousse gels (yes, every menu item is some shade of red or pink!), I'm going to...
Cookie Competition Q&A Replay with Julia
Hey, all! With one-and-a-half months to cookie competition time, I took to social media today - live (!) - to answer all of your lingering competition questions, and to hopefully nudge a few more of you off the fence. As I mentioned...
Sunday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies
Hi, all! I just returned from a brief trip and am gearing up for a busy work week ahead, so I'll keep this post short and sweet. As you probably suspected, we've got a...
Live Competition Q&A with Julia
Questions about competing in my namesake Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™?! Great - ‘cause I’ve got answers! Join me live on my Facebook page on Friday, February 17 (12 pm CT) to air all of your lingering competition questions...
Saturday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies
Hi, all! Surprise! I'm a little early this time! I'm traveling tomorrow during record-breaking cold temperatures (right now, it's -12°F in Maine, where I'm headed) so I'm expecting the trip to be rather complicated with no guarantee of actually getting there per plan. So rather than...
Saturday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies
Hi, all! I'm finally back with a Saturday Spotlight. I apologize for the many gaps in them, but I still haven't regained control of my life since my mom's move here in November. It's almost as if I have another entire life to manage. Having never had kids, I was definitely not...
Classic Heart Boxes
My Fourth Kitchen Club Release - Classic Heart Box Kits!
Hello, everyone! It's time for a new Julia's Kitchen Club kit - or I should say, "new kits" (plural) since there are essentially three of them this month. Though they were initially designed with Valentine's Day in mind...