For the Love of Cookies

Fruits and Food, Summer

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS

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July 24, 2025

First you need to slice them… Aren’t those adorable? These were part of a live youtube from Haniela of about one year ago. Check the tutorial here. It involves a background using watercolor technique, which you can apply to countless designs. Then a simple outline that is covered with sanding…
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Animals, Florals

HANI’S WHIMSICAL LADYBUGS

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July 19, 2025

One more time, Haniela takes a humble concept – the Ladybug – and takes it to a totally higher level of cuteness… I am absolutely smitten with these cookies! She demonstrated how to make them in a recent live event on youtube, and you can watch the whole thing (for…
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Summer, Outfits

WATERMELON FUN

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July 14, 2025

Summer has so much cool stuff, and watermelons are definitely a big part of it… Today I share a few designs inspired by this colorful fruit that, in case you haven’t tried yet, also works amazingly well in salads (check out a version here), and in a refreshing sorbet (click…
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Animals, Cookie Flips

LITTLE FISHES

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July 9, 2025

Today I share a few designs circling around these beautiful creatures of the sea. All with a modern flair. A super simple shape, all you need is to embrace bright colors. I used the Electric set from Americolor, my default option when I want the colors to make a statement.…
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Cookie Compositions, Outfits, Special Holidays, Summer

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

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July 4, 2025

A few more cookie designs, starting with the platter above. Cookie cutter set from semisweetdesigns.com . The set includes the stencil, so all you need to do is plan your color scheme. And now, let’s keep the red, white and blue going… They are all quite simple to decorate…. I…
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Special Holidays

COOKIES FOR THE 4th of JULY

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July 2, 2025

Last weekend I took a wonderful online class with Haniela, which was in a zoom format, so we got to interact more efficiently, therefore have considerable amount of fun… We made 5 cookies during the class that lasted a little less than 3 hours. I made two of the flower…
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Animals, Summer

FIREFLIES TO BRIGHTEN OUR SUMMER

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June 28, 2025

Recently Haniela did a live decorating demo using Mason jars, and mentioned that a few years ago she had coupled that shape with fireflies, which is simply brilliant, right? Her design was quite a bit more involved than the ones I made but I am super happy with this set.…
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Animals, Miscellaneous

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS CUTE

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June 24, 2025

No particular technique, shape, or color links these cookies together. But in my mind, they all scream cute. I hope you feel the same way… GOING PLACES The inspiration for these cookies came from some simple drawings I saw on Pinterest. I adapted those to Royal icing, working with different…
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Abstract Patterns & Zentangles, Animals, Miscellaneous

FUN WITH TEXTURE

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June 19, 2025

Leave it to Haniela to make super realistic concrete texture on cookies… Such a cool method, that you can learn reading her blog post that also includes a video (click here). Once you have that background, you can do so many different designs over it, I share a few ideas…
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Cookie Compositions, Florals

FLORAL COMPOSITIONS

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June 15, 2025

Today I share three sets of cookie compositions. The simplest to decorate relies on the good old wet-on-wet technique. And is finalized with black pen. Flood the cookies and immediately add the wet-on-wet portions: stems, leaves and flowers. Once that is fully set, draw the details with a black pen.…
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