Julia made these two cookies with just the background set in her Egg Hunt Dynamic Duos™ stencil release. Remember: Each of her Duos™ releases consists of two sets, one with the pretty pictures and another with frames and messages. Even
Ring in the New Year in the most unexpected way – with these 3-D cookies designed to evoke the geodesic domes that descend on Times Square! Each is comprised of two hemisphere cookies and 40 contoured diamond (or half-diamond) cookies
This blue-and-green spin on Julia’s New Year’s Eve ball drop cookie is as stunning as all of her others, in large part because of her careful planning of the pattern and color interplay. Julia started by icing the diamond cookies,
All of Julia’s New Year’s Eve domes have impressive details, and this one in blue and green is no different. In addition to its carefully stenciled pattern that connects across the entire surface, this dome boasts intricately piped line and
This pink spin on Julia’s New Year’s Eve ball drop cookie is so pleasing – to say the very least. It delights not only because of its mesmerizing patterns, but also because it doubles as party décor! For her party
Here, Julia kept her New Year’s Eve ball drop cookie relatively simple insofar as she stuck to one underlying icing color (white) rather than using multiple colors. (The latter requires much more puzzling together of the pieces to ensure they
Wondering how Julia airbrushed and stenciled the elaborate patterns on this New Year’s Eve ball drop cookie? Yep, the process is a head-scratcher for most! Stenciling on curved cookies is not easy, and Julia did many experiments before she discovered
What technique didn’t Julia use when making this Christmas fireplace vignette?! It’s hard to say, but one thing is certain: while this project is a labor of love, it will certainly teach you a lot about many different decorating methods.
Let’s zoom in now to appreciate the details of the various “accessories” that make up Julia’s Christmas fireplace vignette – like this Christmas tree. It is actually constructed of a series of graduated contoured cookies, though you’d hardly recognize them,
Julia made not one, but two contoured cookie Christmas trees for her holiday fireplace vignette. She started this version like the other tree pictured elsewhere in this gallery: by stacking several contoured hemisphere cookies and covering them with green royal
Here’s a closer look at the trimmings on Julia’s contoured Christmas tree cookie. The combination of mini painted royal icing transfers, dragées, royal icing garlands, and sugar flocking makes for a splendidly festive look! For information about how Julia decorated
It’s often hard to tell the scale of decorative elements simply from photos, so let’s put this candelabra into some perspective. Its top disk is no more than one inch across, and each of the tiny candle liners is less
When making her 3-D Christmas fireplace cookie scene, Julia spared no effort to make it as lifelike as possible. Take Santa’s portrait here, for example. As dainty as it is (about 1 1/2 inches tall), it’s hyper-realistic thanks to Julia’s
Julia overlooked no detail in her Christmas fireplace vignette – including evidence of Santa’s descent down the chimney! She rubber-stamped his footprints onto the airbrushed and stenciled cookie floor and then scattered tinted, baked cookie dough to resemble coal. Fortunately,
Gold glimmers in the background and on the bow of this oversized heart cookie made with Julia’s Chrysanthemum Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets. As much as this glitz could steal the show, Julia has balanced it well with other mixed media
The design elements in Julia’s Chrysanthemum Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets are so romantic that cookies of every shape say Valentine’s Day when decorated with them. Even simple rounds go from ho-hum to swoon-worthy! To learn more or to purchase the
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