Edible place cards, like these made of frosting sheets and royal icing, are cool for the very reason that you can eat them. But they’ve got a few other big pluses: (1) they won’t get mixed up on the tabletop
Here’s proof that Julia’s famous frosting sheet place cards are easy to change up. To decorate these Christmas chargers, she dispensed with her usual white sheets and amped up the concept with bright green instead. Ivory royal icing was then
Julia loves breathing new life into old things. On this Christmas, she refurbished vintage gift tags and turned them into keepsake-quality place cards on her holiday table. To see the simple how-to, check out her YouTube tutorial.
Julia rarely takes a cookie-cutter approach to anything – even when she created these Christmas place cards. She could have easily saved time by making them all identical, but she mixed up the ribbons and backing papers to add more
For one of her first teaching trips to Portugal, Julia recreated her famous heart box cookies using stenciling, rubber-stamping, and dusting, among other techniques. She hopes you’ll fall head over heels for these styles that traveled around the world and
More heart boxes from Julia’s early European tour! The box in the foreground uses the needlepoint technique for all of the intricate detailing in the center. For more information about this technique, take a gander at Julia’s YouTube video tutorial on the
Let’s cozy up to Julia’s needlepoint box for a bit. While needlepoint involves nothing more than outlining and flooding, it is not for the faint of heart. Julia typically pipes about 121 to 169 tiny squares per square inch for
Julia loves the rubber-stamping technique because it’s a quick and easy way to add lavish detail to cookies. Here, it was used to create the beautiful bird that is the focal point of this box. For heart box assembly tips,
That you will be once you catch a glimpse of this variation of Julia’s 3-D heart box cookie! Sans any stenciling, it still stuns with a combination of perfectly smooth icing, an intricately piped lace border, oversized marbled rose cookies,
Another variation of Julia’s famous heart box project! This pink cookie box is especially eye-catching, thanks to the richly detailed stenciling on its outer rim and the custom-printed wafer paper used for the vintage valentine insert. For more information about working with wafer
Not sure you’re ready to take the leap to a fully 3-D heart box cookie? No worries! The lids alone make wonderful Valentine’s Day gifts. For tips about stenciling and rubber-stamping, the primary techniques used on these lids, check out
This perfume bottle-turned-place card made quite the statement on Julia’s Valentine’s Day table. And guests, of course, loved the personalized touch. Want to make some too?! Jump over to Julia’s YouTube channel for all of the instructions.
Aren’t the details on Julia’s perfume bottle place cards just heavenly? Every touch, from the romantic font on the parchment slip to the tiny ruby-red locket, signals that these place cards were crafted from Julia’s heart. In fact, guests loved
Everyone will want to stockpile these treats, what with the attention to detail on top! While their needlepoint effect looks complicated, it’s actually quite easy once you master the basics of outlining (to create the grid) and flooding (to fill it). For more information
Pâte à choux is most often associated with pastry cream-filled puffs and éclairs, but here Julia stuffed her puffs with smoked fish and caviar to ring in the New Year. Julia is also an avid vintage dish collector and pays
As you may have gathered, Julia loves edibles that double as décor – such as these ornaments strung from her chandelier. At her holiday party one Christmas, they provided ambience throughout the evening, and, when it was time for guests
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