Most folks leave simple chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies for Santa, but not Julia! She went the extra mile on this Christmas and put Santa himself on his cookies! Using vintage Santa images as her guide, Julia drew those likenesses
Julia liked the iconic Santa images on her Christmas cookies so much that she decided to turn them into gift tags for her Christmas presents. How’s that for working her Santa motif to the max?! She simply printed out photos
Julia’s Santa motif didn’t stop at the door. No, it extended onto her porch where it’s not uncommon for guests to gather even into winter. (Missouri, where Julia lives, can often be unseasonably warm.) There, Santa (in pillow form) was
For Christmas 2012, Julia dressed up her porch for her guests with classic wreaths and garlands, but, oh no, she didn’t stop there. She always insists on embedding some elements of surprise into her party design. So in keeping with
Yet another unexpected feature of Julia’s Christmas party design! A vintage mailbox turned on end to make a vase for fresh evergreens! Flanking one of Julia’s front porch doors, it conveyed warm season’s greetings to all of her holiday guests.
And here’s that chocolate wreath again, up close and personal. BTW, that ribbon is made with Julia’s modeling chocolate and then airbrushed with bronze luster spray to give it that sensational sheen. For all the project details, take a look at her
Let’s focus on the right ornament cookie since ones similar to that on the left were shown elsewhere in this gallery. What’s important to note is just how versatile SugarVeil products can be. Though originally developed to make edible cake
As you can see from this up-close-and-personal view of Julia’s embossed ornament cookie, piping with SugarVeil Confectionery Icing (the same material used to make edible cake lace) has a couple of advantages relative to piping with royal icing. First, the
Most decorators use silicone molds to shape fondant or chocolate, but Julia uses them more often to texture cookies. (And she’s kind of manic about them – she molds cookies a lot!) For instance, every element on this napkin ring,
Julia’s woodland box cookie might be all shut up here, but it still screams “wonderful” loudly and clearly. The dome-shaped lid with franken-cookied handle defies gravity; the molded floral elements cleverly conceal a seam; and the embossed wood texture is
That’s right! This cauldron might trick you into thinking it’s the real thing, but it’s actually a treat – all cookie and icing with candy inside! In doubt? The domes are cookies dipped in black icing; the logs are embossed
This cookie cauldron has the added benefit of another treat – Halloween candy inside! Scattered royal icing eyeballs make the cauldron potion all the more spook-tacular! To get the step-by-step how-to, check out Julia’s YouTube video.
Don’t you love these whimsical floral cupcake toppers?! Leave to to Julia to use edible lace – in this case, the SugarVeil brand – in a new and unexpected way. Here, she spread multiple colors of SugarVeil Confectionery Icing into
Not at all! Despite its detail, this 3-D castle cookie is completely attainable even for beginners. “But how can that be?,” you ask. Well, part of the reason is because this project calls for very little piping. The sides of
Let’s get a wee bit closer to Julia’s 3-D castle cookie so you can better appreciate its craftsmanship. Interested in making it yourself? Good news! Julia has two videos to guide you along the way. The first video explains how
The details of Julia’s 3-D castle cookie deserve an even closer look – and some explanation – don’t you think?! Okay then . . . The drawbridge and door are royal icing transfers; the flags and windows are tinted wafer
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