More love, more cookies, more stuff on cookies . . . as a more-is-more person, Julia is a proponent of it all! Here, she loaded a cookie cut with her very own Genie Plaque cookie cutter with several elements from
This romantic cookie was made with two of Julia’s products: her From Paris with Love Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets and the complementary Lara Plaque cookie cutter. Incidentally, this cutter was named after Lara, Julia’s niece, who traveled with Julia and
For favors at her 2021 Valentine’s Day party, Julia gave out artisan chocolates – but that’s not all. She dressed up their plain craft boxes with vintage silk posies and trims to make her guests feel extra loved!
Here’s a closer view of Julia’s 2021 Valentine’s Day party favors. Note how the colors of her modern-day paper and ribbons were carefully selected to complement those in the vintage posies. The palette of bronze, burgundy, and fuchsia is also
You’ve all heard the design expression, “Bring the outside in”. But what about bringing the indoors out? Julia is definitely a fan of the latter too, as her 2021 Christmas porch décor attests! The addition of a blue transferware platter
Of course, no Christmas at Julia’s house is complete without a veritable evergreen forest being brought indoors! In 2021, she decorated the entirety of her Maine house with fresh evergreens (for their fragrance) and then accented them with ribbons and
Julia’s philosophy of fine gift-wrapping: the outside of the box should be as wonderful as what’s inside! These 2021 Christmas presents, topped with stunning vintage costume jewelry, do not disappoint.
Who said Christmas has to be done up in red and green?! Julia loves to play with untraditional palettes, and her 2021 holiday gifts shown here are testament that other colors can be just as festive. Here, the black and
Even everyday table settings should celebrate the season with flair. For Christmas 2021 in Missouri, Julia set her table in festive farmhouse style, using an unexpected combination of ceramic hens (yes, she collects them!), vintage red baubles, potted evergreens, and
Julia kept her Missouri 2021 Christmas gifts unpretentious, and very fitting with her farmhouse theme. Spare craft paper wrappings were simply adorned with a single vintage silk flower.
This cookie design is one of the simplest styles possible with Julia’s Gingerbread Village Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets, as it contains only one house and no message and frame elements. Even so, it’s sweet as can be, situated as it
Of course, one can go all out when using Julia’s Gingerbread Village Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets, as they’re specifically designed to allow for complex layering of elements. Here, Julia has fit nearly an entire gingerbread village on a single plaque
Julia likes to refer to herself as a more-is-more person, as she subscribes to the belief that a wealth of design elements, if properly displayed, can lend depth, dimension, and interest to almost any cookie or cake design. This cookie,
Released in October 2021, Julia’s Reindeer Wrap Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets feature a playful two-layer reindeer pattern similar to ones that Julia has often admired on real gift wrap. Plus, the added bows and gift tags in these sets make
This Christmas cookie, made with Julia’s Reindeer Wrap Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets, establishes a more traditional tone with its classic red and green palette. But it’s far from predictable! It delivers unexpected twists with the dimensional fondant bow and message
Also made with Julia’s Reindeer Wrap Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets, this cookie takes on a completely different personality than some of the others that Julia made in classic Christmas red and green. The introduction of a bold pop of electric
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