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
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
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