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Florals, from two amazing cookie decorators, and a little extra contribution from yours truly… In chronological order, the first floral I made from this group came from Amber’s tutorial in her cookie club (click here). My cookie started from a cupcake shape, I shaved the top and the bottom part to make it look more like a flower pot. The coolest component: the piped violas. I must admit they…

in my sims play, Haniela and Arcade fight sometimes but in general they are doing great!:D

aaand i think i finally decided on their Halloween costumes!

Pysanky Eggs are traditional from Ukraine. A very elaborate art involving dyeing eggs, covering layers of the dyes with beeswax, washing the colors away, building very complex and beautiful images. Recently Haniela shared a tutorial to make several different cookies inspired by the Ukrainian art (click here to watch it), and I attempted to make a few of those. Some were a bit too hard for me, I…

It is so gorgeous outside, with flowers, trees with the brightest new green leaves… let’s try to ignore the fact that severe weather lurks on the horizon quite often in our neck of the woods. That’s Spring in Kansas for you… I share today three cookie designs. One created by Haniela, one of my own, inspired by cookies I see around the Pinterest universe. And finally, a super adorable painted bird…

Lovers of colors, rejoice! These are festive and not that hard to decorate, so grab your Royal icing, pick your colors, and have fun! All you need is to make the cookies using a couple of round shapes, any size you like. Cut the center out with the smaller round to give the classic donut shape. Then pipe the outline with black icing using a tip such as #3, and flood with the background color of…

The Year of the Dragon!  I am celebrating it with a wonderful cookie composition designed and taught by Haniela, and I confess to be absolutely in love with it! I will not lie to you, this is a labor-intensive project, and requires quite a bit of fine line piping but Haniela explains it all in great detail. Check her full tutorial here. I believe the secret is not to rush. Give yourself enough…

Yet another post that centers on Royal icing transfers, yet another post following the one and only Haniela. You can watch her detailed instructions for free on her youtube channel (click here). And speaking of Haniela live, guess who will be there TODAY? I WILL! A little live about making macarons, so if you like to watch it, follow this link at noon, central time. It will be forever on youtube…