Here are two of Julia’s fancy filigree cookie boxes, up close and personal! She used SugarVeil products in three ways on them. Can you spot all of the ways? If not, check out her YouTube video where she explains every
As always, Julia likes to make multiple variations of the same project, mostly to test herself, but also to demonstrate the versatility of her tutorials. For this dome-lidded variation of her filigree boxes, Julia iced the sides with royal icing
In this filigree cookie box variation, Julia skipped the icing on the sides, and went directly to applying the SugarVeil lace. She also “toned down” the lid – literally – by dispensing with the 3-D dome (shown elsewhere in this
Made and photographed in one of Julia’s international classes in Israel, this box gets its rich texture from the use of masked stencils and intricate piping. Also of special note is the small monogrammed cookie “window” set behind the larger
A staple in cookie decorating, the royal icing rose can be tricky for beginners to master. But Julia will move you quickly down the learning curve with this in-depth YouTube video tutorial. Before you know it, you’ll be making roses
It’s amazing how impactful a simple technique like wet-on-wet marbling can be, but these daisies and leaves are a case in point. All of the marbled patterns on the petals and leaves were created by laying wet icing on top
Wondering if it’s a wedding cake?! Well, it’s not. It’s nearly 100-percent cookie – and a fun alternative to traditional bridal fare. The added plus is that it has little to no royal icing on it, so no messy color
Julia adorned this tiered cookie cake with a cascade of molded cookie flowers. Why go with anything else when cookies are so darn versatile? Curious to know more about this cake (errr, cookie)? See this video, where Julia addresses the
The large and very striking flowers on this contoured cookie cake are un-iced cookies, easily made by baking tinted dough in silicone molds. (The smaller pink roses were piped with royal icing, and the leaves were cut from thin sheets
From top to bottom, Julia’s contoured wedding cake cookie looks phenomenal. Even the plate on which it sits is a decorated cookie designed (of course) to complement the cake! For more information about this project, see this video, where Julia
Props to the sanding sugar for keeping Julia’s 3-D decoupage Easter cookie standing upright. And what an elegant presentation in a fancy champagne glass! But . . . there are other equally polished ways to present this cookie. Just scroll
Elsewhere in this gallery, you saw Julia’s 3-D decoupage Easter eggs laying down and perched upright in sugar. For this project variation, Julia went all out and propped the egg up on its very own cookie pedestal made with two
A wonderful Easter gift or favor, especially when filled with Easter candy! These eggs can be decorated and presented in so many ways – here, they’re decked with rubber-stamped fondant appliqués and set laying down on coordinating plates, but they
Julia’s cast sugar panorama eggs also look especially striking stood on end in glasses filled with sanding sugar! For all the details, check out Julia’s video tutorial.
Here’s a closer look at Julia’s fancy cast sugar egg decorated with rubber-stamped fondant appliqués and frosting sheet trims. For the step-by-step how-to, see Julia’s video tutorial.
Check out this closer view of one of Julia’s whimsical cast sugar eggs! All of the flowers and leaves are punched wafer paper and frosting sheet pieces that were painstakingly applied, one by one, with corn syrup. (Piping gel would
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