Blog: Events

Need one of Julia’s foolproof recipes? Some stunning cookie decorating ideas? Or a quick fix on Julia’s latest news and events? Well then, you’re in the right place! Here, you can stay up-to-the-minute current on everything that’s happening in Julia’s kitchen and studio – and in that always-churning mind of hers! IMPORTANT: Julia is still formatting blog entries prior to 2021 to conform to the new site layout. Please don’t be surprised if some back entries look a little wacky, and please be patient as she edits them over time.
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Transformative Transfers Demo

Overview: Join Julia for her first, very special demo at the fabulous Canada’s Baking and Sweets Show! In it, she’ll show you how to transform everyday cookies into magical works of art with innovative, yet easy make-ahead royal icing transfers.

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Advance Your Airbrushing Demo

Overview: If you’ve ever wondered how to get richly layered airbrushed and stenciled cookies sans spotting, underspray, or overspray, then this demo at the wonderful Canada’s Baking and Sweets Show is for you! Julia will provide an A-to-Z intensive look

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D’licious Magazine Awards

Overview: At the end of 2024, Julia was delighted to learn that she was named a finalist for both the Cookie Artist of the Year and People’s Choice Awards in the esteemed D’licious Magazine Awards (DMAs) program. Not one to miss

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Advance Your Airbrushing Demo

Overview: Join Julia at SoFlo Cake & Candy Expo for a one-hour, info-filled demo about airbrush handling and triggering techniques, particularly as applied to multicolor, layered cookie stencil designs. She’ll reveal her tricks for getting into closely spaced areas with several

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3-D Cacti Container Garden

Overview: Yes, they’re cookies – even the cacti and succulents! Everyone – from beginners to advanced decorators – will take away useful lessons from this hands-on class at SoFlo Cake & Candy Expo, as Julia steps through everything from how to

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Do It with Dimension

Overview: Take your cookie decorating to new heights – literally. In this demo at SoFlo Cake & Candy Expo 2023, Julia will design and decorate a dimensional mixed media cookie (or two or three!), perfect for springtime weddings and other

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Tantalizing Textures

Overview: Take your cookie decorating to new heights – literally! In this 45-minute demo, part of That Takes the Cake Show’s special Cookie Track, Julia will design and decorate a dimensional mixed media cookie (or two), perfect for springtime weddings

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3-D Cacti Container Garden – CANCELED

Important Update: Unfortunately, That Takes the Cake Show canceled on January 16 due to COVID, and so this class was also canceled! But there’s good news: Julia has relaunched it in Zoom format on March 19 and 20, 2022. Check out

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Luxe Layers

Overview: Stencils can sometimes lead to cookie-cutter designs, but, in this one-day hands-on class at the International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), Julia demonstrates that stenciled cookies can be just as unpredictable and original as any other type of cookie – plus

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Cookie Decorating Fundamentals

Overview: Take your cookie decorating skills to new levels in this one-day hands-on fundamentals class in Brisbane, Australia at the International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), hosted by the Australian Cake Artists & Decorators Association (ACADA)! In this first course in

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Fantasy & Florals: Stenciled Cookie Set

Overview: Join Julia in Brisbane, Australia at International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), hosted by the Australian Cake Artists & Decorators Association (ACADA), for this second class in her three-part series. Stencils can sometimes lead to cookie-cutter designs, but, in this

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Underwater Ephemera: Mixed Media Cookie Set

Overview: Julia is absolutely thrilled to be returning to the International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), hosted by the Australian Cake Artists & Decorators Association (ACADA), in Brisbane, Australia. (Her trip there in 2022 was a blast!) In this first class

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Beauty Inside & Out: 3-D Cookie Set

Overview: Join Julia in Brisbane, Australia at the International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), hosted by the Australian Cake Artists & Decorators Association (ACADA)! In this final course in her three-class series at ICSA, Julia will guide students through the making

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Mastering 3-D Cookies

Overview: Join Julia in Brisbane, Australia at the International Cake Show Australia (ICSA), hosted by the Australian Cake Artists & Decorators Association (ACADA)! In this last two-day course in her series of three classes at ICSA, Julia will guide students

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Julia’s Cookie Art Competition 2023

After two years of running her annual cookie art competition online due to COVID, Julia returned with her judging team to That Takes the Cake (TTTC) Show in Round Rock, Texas at the end of March 2023. The turnout was

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Cookie Connection Challenge #61

The wonderful Manu Pezzopane once again hosted this 61st Cookie Connection Challenge (the eleventh in Julia’s new-ish Watch-Learn-Create series). Manu has gained the well-deserved reputation of picking the perfect featured guests and topics, and of asking them the perfect questions

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