If you haven't already heard the exciting news, our very own site contributor @Aproned Artist won the Cookie Award at the American Cake Awards this past weekend! Congratulations, Samantha! As a judge of this competition, I can state firsthand that all of the finalists' work was beyond impressive, so Samantha should be especially proud of earning this designation.
I am also incredibly grateful to Samantha for lending her expertise so generously to this site for so many years. If you haven't yet checked out her amazing tutorials here on Cookie Connection, you should! She shares all of the ins and outs of the cookie projects that earned her this award.
Congratulations again, Samantha, on this wonderful recognition! A huge round of applause! 
And, everyone else, stay tuned because we have another impressive tutorial from Samantha in the queue; it should post in the next week or so!
