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,
Julia works hard to make sure her 3-D cookie designs reveal well from all angles, and this cookie arbor is no exception. The view from the top is utterly divine, blanketed as it is in royal icing climbing roses. For
From its hand-cut fondant slats to its piped canopy of climbing roses, this edible arbor is a treasure trove of rich details. For the complete how-to, see Julia’s arbor assembly video as well as its companion video that shows how
Here’s a closer view of the many varieties of potted plant cookies that grace Julia’s garden arbor vignette. They are fully edible from top to bottom as are the brick path, slate, and moss underneath them. For the complete arbor
There is certainly no shortage of cookie topiaries in Julia’s edible garden arbor scene. But each is distinct – and gorgeous – in its own right, as this pink rose version proves. For info about how to make this topiary
Here’s another stunning topiary cookie from Julia’s garden arbor vignette – this time with red roses and three tiers! For info about how to make this topiary and other elements in Julia’s cookie garden, check out her YouTube video. And for
For this topiary in her edible garden arbor scene, Julia wanted to find a speedy way to simulate a hydrangea shrub without piping a lot of teeny-tiny flowers. Her solution: small royal icing transfers covered with a mixture of blue
Yes, this pretty flower pot is all cookie and royal icing! Julia has definitely perfected the contouring and dipping of cookies, both of which are key techniques used in this project. For info about these techniques and the making of
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