Here, Julia let the background set in her Chrysanthemum Dynamic Duos™ release do all of the talking. Without any of the sayings from the complementary message and frame set, or any dimensional wafer paper or modeling chocolate elements, these cookies
Julia made this super fancy Christmas cookie box for an all-day hands-on cookie class at Wilton back in 2017. Yes, the Wilton! Julia is most honored to have been one of this esteemed school’s regular teachers over the years. For
Let’s zoom in a bit on the fancy Christmas cookie box that Julia made for her Wilton class back in 2017! With this closer view, you’ll hopefully be able to pinpoint all of the techniques that Julia used on this
Fun fact: A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope, perhaps because of the complex and colorful patterns made by their collective wings. Here, Julia added lifelike dimension to her stenciled kaleidoscope, made with her Thank You set, by airbrushing
Just zooming in here so you can see Julia’s wafer paper butterfly made with the Thank You set from her original Prettier Plaques™ stencil series. She airbrushed the wings in two colors and edged them with gold luster dust extended
Here’s another angle on a cookie trio made with Julia’s Vintage Bon Voyage Prettier Plaques™ set, just because it’s so pretty. To learn more or to purchase, visit Julia’s stencil partner Confection Couture Stencils’ site. For tips for using this
The side view of this cookie made with Julia’s Vintage Bon Voyage Prettier Plaques™ set should leave you with a real appreciation for its dimensionality. Julia worked her magic on it, layering royal icing shards, wafer paper bows, and royal
While Julia’s Vintage Bon Voyage cookies shown here and elsewhere in the gallery might look eclectic as mixed media cookies often do, Julia’s placement of every item was very purposeful. This zoomed-in look at the flower and its surrounding details
Julia was playing with royal icing texture long before it was a thing. Here, she stenciled a partially dry cookie with her Vintage Bon Voyage Prettier Plaques™ set, and then gently pressed the surface to create this crackled effect. And,
Let’s zoom in and luxuriate in all of the detail on this cookie that uses Julia’s Vintage Bon Voyage set and her crackle technique. You can almost feel the texture in the photograph; it’s that rich! To learn more or
Julia wanted to challenge herself with a Herculean piping project (a noble goal, and thus the title of this photo!). So she did, and here’s the glorious result. Each panel of this box took Julia close to two or three
Even under the microscope, the piping on this needlepoint box looks impeccable. But have no fear! The needlepoint technique is nothing more than an extension of outlining and flooding. With icings at the right consistency and a little practice, even
Let’s zoom in on yet another needlepoint box to observe its magnificence. While this iris pattern is more complex than the geometric one pictured elsewhere in this gallery, Julia has a helpful tip for minimizing piping mistakes. Map out the
As always, Julia likes to do multiple riffs on the same project, mostly to demonstrate her projects’ versatility. Here’s a purple version of the tone-on-tone needlepoint boxes shown elsewhere in this gallery. For all of the details to make it,
No matter the color of the box, precise piping is key to making a needlepoint pattern look its best. If your lines aren’t parallel, or the boxes in the grid are of different sizes, watch out; the pattern will end
Let’s walk down this garden path to better take in the arbor’s wonderful details. Some of Julia’s favorite garden features are the embossed brick cookie walkway lined with cookie moss and the double-decker contoured cookie pots. For the complete how-to,
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