Overview: Who said 3-D cookies can’t be practical as well as impressive?! Not Julia! In this two-part, hands-on class, Julia will show how to elevate your winter holiday tables with an unexpected edible that doubles as a festive napkin ring and place card! Over the two class days, you’ll make one or more napkin ring cookies, and gain experience with a host of innovative cookie decorating techniques (~12!) that work beautifully on any cookie project, either 3-D or 2-D! On the first class day, cookies will be shaped and baked, and long lead-time items that require icing drying time will be made. On the second day, the elements made on the first day will be further embellished and then assembled into these spectacular, tasty, and functional treats!

But that’s not the end of Julia’s class goodies. All students get 10% off a future one-on-one mentoring session with Julia and also the chance to win one of two in-class giveaways ($200 value). Plus, Julia has two extra decorating sessions for VIPs where she’ll cover four more napkin ring decorating techniques and an alternative place card design. Last but not least, if you move fast and sign up on Eventbrite (Julia’s event management platform) by November 21 (5 pm central time), you’ll get special 15%-off early bird pricing.

Skill Level: All levels; Julia will tailor her pace and instruction so that even beginning decorators can follow along.

Prerequisites: Some experience with royal icing is recommended, though not necessary.

What You’ll Learn (12 Techniques; Plus 4 More for VIPs):

  • Embossed cookies
  • Contoured cookies
  • Contoured and airbrushed royal icing transfers (for leaves)
  • Piped dimensional royal icing (for pine cones)
  • Sculpted royal icing putty (for berries)
  • Stamped fondant appliqués (for tag)
  • Sponging
  • Spackling
  • Spraying and airbrush shading
  • Piped beadwork
  • Modeling chocolate ribbons and bows
  • 3-D sandwiched assembly
  • Stenciling on contoured cookies (for VIPs only)
  • Dipping contoured cookies (for VIPs only)
  • Texturing contoured cookies with embossing sheets (for VIPs only)
  • “Enamel” inlay (for VIPs only)

Other Notes: Students must supply their own tools, cookies, and icing if they want to follow along with Julia. Recipe links, prep and supply lists, and a class outline (among other things) will be sent automatically as soon as you register on Eventbrite! If you can’t make the live class, registration also gives you forever-access to the class video recording.

To Register: Simply click on the “REGISTER NOW!” button to be taken to Eventbrite. Please read all of the details there, and remember, if you sign up before November 21 (5 pm CST), you’ll get 15% off either general admission or VIP tickets. The discount will automatically be applied at checkout.

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