Here’s another cookie that relies on only the background set in Julia’s March 2022 Vintage Bulbs stencil release. Even so, it looks incredibly polished and complete with only three of the six possible background elements on the cookie (one crocus
What a welcoming spring-themed cookie – and tabletop! The cookie was made with both sets in Julia’s March 2022 Vintage Bulbs stencil release and her Genie Plaque cutter. And in lieu of a traditional cloth, Julia lined the table with
We all should stop and do more of that! Decorating cookies is as therapeutic as smelling flowers especially when working with Julia’s Dynamic Duos™ sets. They allow for so many design possibilities that you can’t possibly go wrong. Here, Julia
Wondering how Julia made the very organic edge on this cookie? She deckled it, meaning she tore the cookie dough using a ruler as a guide. This technique is so easy and marries so well with floral and other nature-themed
For this cookie made for The Bake Fest 2021, Julia used solely shades of brown (with a hint of bronze) to demonstrate how interesting a cookie can be with just one color. The molded cookie button, embossed royal icing shard,
Richly textured with a single molded cookie, an embossed royal icing shard, and a modeling chocolate bow, this pink plaque, made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021, is sheer perfection.
Yep, the textured cookies that Julia made in 2021 for The Bake Fest premiere look great in yellow too – or just about any color, for that matter. Here, she dispensed with airbrushing and stenciling on the background and stamped
This stylish cookie, made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021, is a great lesson in royal icing transfers, as it uses three kinds: roses (with a modern flair), embossed (for the shards), and contoured-and-embossed (for the very fun leaves).
Here’s a closer look at the three types of royal icing transfers on the floral heart made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021. A stylized rose, a broken shard embossed with a silicone lace mat, and leaves, both embossed
Here’s a vertical view of Julia’s royal icing poppies, just to give you another look at their lifelike dimensionality. Every petal, pod, leaf, and stem was individually piped, shaped, and then, once dry, placed on the cookie piecework-style to create
In addition to using both regular and contoured royal icing transfers, Julia’s dimensional poppy cookies are a triumph of other techniques. Royal icing “putty” (a term Julia coined to refer to icing so thick it can be hand-modeled) was used
On some of her poppy cookies, Julia managed to slip in yet another technique! She rubber-stamped messages on wafer paper and stuck them behind petals and stems to add more interest – and meaning. (Poppies are a symbol of remembrance,
How often have you seen a set of cookies at a distance, which you thought looked great, only to later discover upon zooming in that the icing consistency wasn’t quite right?! Icing mishaps happen all too often, but Julia’s poppies
Here’s another zoomed-in view of one of Julia’s dimensional poppy cookies, just to assure you that well-piped results can be achieved as long as you work with the right icing consistency. To learn all about the various icing consistencies used
Here’s a vertical view of Julia’s clematis cookies so you can take in their crazy-good dimensionality from another angle. Each of the flower parts was handpiped with royal icing, and many were subsequently shaped to create contoured royal icing transfers
Let’s zoom in now so you can appreciate all of Julia’s incredible clematis details. The white trellis in the background consists of three stenciled royal icing transfers, whereas the open clematis flower is comprised of 17 individually piped and airbrushed
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