For the Love of Cookies

Florals, Summer

EMBROIDERY SUNFLOWER COOKIES

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August 9, 2022

I am beyond excited about these cookies! Huge thank you to Haniela for her very detailed tutorial on Patreon – this one available only for her supporters. If you are serious about cookie decorating, consider joining that crowd. Totally worth it. Many techniques were involved, and you need to be…
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Florals

FLORALS

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August 6, 2022

Spring and Summer, time to celebrate color, flowers, being outside and allowing the beauty of the universe to inspire us. I share with you cookies made in the past few weeks, using several different techniques, but all with flowers in mind. I start with my favorite, following as closely as…
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Valentine’s Day

COLORFUL HEARTS

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August 3, 2022

Every once in a while someone sends me pictures of decorated cookies they love and tell me I should make them. Some are totally out of my skill level, so I just reply with a very gentle “are you out of your mind?”, and move on…. But not too long…
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Animals

FOR THE LOVE OF HORSES

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July 30, 2022

Marlyn is back inspiring me, I had this tutorial bookmarked for a while and finally gave it a go a couple of weeks ago. The cookie cutter (available at amazon.com), shaped as the head of a horse, is a little tricky as far as decorating goes, but as usual, Marlyn…
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Summer

SUMMERTIME, DECORATING IS EASY…

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July 27, 2022

Today I share a series of cookies inspired by my favorite season… I suggest you invest in two great colors: Americolor Watermelon, and ProGel Strawberry. You can approximate those tones making some magic with reds, pinks, corals, but I love those shades straight from the bottle. I used them to…
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Miscellaneous, Valentine’s Day

QUEEN OF HEARTS

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July 23, 2022

These cookies were featured in one of my favorite baking cookbooks, Sprinkle Bakes: Dessert Recipes to Inspire your Inner Artist. The title says it all. The book if full of incredibly creative ideas, I love it, and highly recommend you get a copy. All things considered, these are not hard…
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Abstract Patterns & Zentangles, Florals

A TRILOGY OF SUGARPRISM

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July 20, 2022

Today I share three different ways to decorate cookies using Sugarprism, starting from the simplest version… DESIGN #1 – YELLOW FLOWERS For these cookies, my inspiration were flowers I saw in my walking-jogging route. Intense orange, with a reddish center. I iced the 8 petal flower shape with orange, and…
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Custom Designed, Florals

SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE

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July 17, 2022

Another design using piped Royal icing coupled with painting, this time I used Sugarprism. Similar to what I shared recentl (click here), this version relied on a stencil air-brushed with gold as starting point… The surface was iced and fully set (color used for the base was Artisan Accents Azure…
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Animals, Summer

SUNNY SUMMER DAYS

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July 13, 2022

Here I am to share the outcome of yet another super fun online class taught by Amy, from Seriously Sweet on Davis St. If you like color, if you like all things Summer, this set will have your name written all over it… To join Amy’s Facebook group and be…
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Spring

CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE

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July 9, 2022

This is a very simple project, two colors of icing to flood a plaque-shaped cookie, then four additional colors needed in very small amounts, to pipe the details. I added a gold air-brushed border, but that step is optional, the cookies will look ok without the border. But as you…
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