Cast sugar is an ages-old technique, most often used in the making of panorama Easter eggs. Here, Julia applies the same method to create this lovely twist – bottles and urns that have been hollowed out to hold sweets! Want
A combination of decorating media and techniques – from detailed piping to modeling chocolate ribbons and wafer paper leaves – makes this 3-D bridal bouquet cookie extra unique! For assembly details, see this YouTube video by Julia, and to learn
In the early days when Julia started traveling the world to teach, this project was one of her hosts’ favorite picks for class, in part because it demonstrates a lot of techniques. This trio was a redo of bud vases
Pretty fun, eh? These all-cookie cake pedestals are a unique way to display small sweets (heck, even 3-D cookie cakes). Plus, they’re easy to make. Simply outline and flood, stencil, and add frosting sheet trims following the step-by-step instructions in Julia’s
Julia had a lot of fun one Easter playing around in the 3-D cookie domain. She crafted these Easter eggs completely out of cookies and royal icing, from the eggs themselves down to the detailed vignettes inside. For tips on
A remake of the cookie place cards that Julia first made for her book Ultimate Cookies, these vibrant stunners use a combination of stenciling, rubber-stamping, dusting, and royal icing transfer techniques. They also employ the relatively easy sandwiching assembly technique,
Could it be that Julia has a box fetish? Undoubtedly so! These ballerina-topped beauties were made for the 2013 Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show, where Julia was one of two featured main-stage presenters. For basic box assembly details, excluding the
There’s nothing like a personal touch to signal to guests that you care. For this elegant weekend dinner party, Julia borrowed some tricks from her cookie decorating toolkit to stencil edible frosting sheets with each guest’s name. The frosting sheets
You saw Julia’s pink heart box (right) elsewhere in this gallery. But doesn’t it look extra dazzling paired with this white and red box? And, BTW, if you’re ever in doubt about how to decorate your cookies, remember that you
Looking for a romantic way to set your Valentine’s Day table? Julia was too until she came across these vintage perfume bottles in her local antiques mall. She nabbed one per guest, cleaned them thoroughly, and then filled them with
The design variations for Julia’s stacked, stuffable stocking cookies (say that three times fast!) are limitless. Here, you see three more styles ranging from ones dominantly piped with needlepoint patterns (left and right) to another that was mostly stenciled (center).
By now, you’ve probably seen other variations of Julia’s 3-D Christmas ornaments in this gallery! But here, you’ve landed on her very first ones, made at a time when Julia was just beginning to experiment with methods for covering and
Julia’s 3-D Christmas ornament cookies make perfect party favors, especially when filled with edible surprises. In this case, Julia loaded hers will gold-covered chocolate candies to complement the dragées on the ornament sides. But how does one get such delicate
Yes, please do by enjoying this closer view of Julia’s cookie party crackers shown elsewhere in this gallery! These crackers are of the stacked-cookie ilk – meaning several cookie rings were iced together to form each cylinder. Other tips: Food
Yep, these freestanding baskets are pretty much all cookie, except for the delicate fondant handles perched on top. Some of Julia’s very first 3-D cookie designs, these baskets use sandwiching, the simplest of 3-D assembly techniques where two or more
Another take on 3-D cookies, yet again applied to Easter baskets! Here, Julia contoured the basket sides using her special dough-wrapping technique; then she spiffed them up by wrapping them with colorful frosting sheets. For more information about how Julia made
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