Prerequisite: Minimal skills are required, however, this is a fast-paced class therefore, basic outlining and flooding skills are required, and basic airbrush knowledge is encouraged but not required.

Description: Do you struggle with your holiday presales? Are you pulling all-nighters just to finish your orders in time? This class will help you kick off the holiday season with confidence and a plan! This class is a combination of lecture and decorating. You will learn tips and tricks to ace your holiday season, as well as decorate 6 cookies (2 Halloween, 2 Thanksgiving, and 2 Christmas). This class will be a fast-paced jam-packed class! We are not just decorating cookies (with only two colors of icing, how cool!), you will also get a full-blown course on how to be successful in presales. So, have your piping and notes-taking hand ready!

What will you learn to prepare for presales? As an Industrial Engineer, efficiency is my jam! I've had over 12 years of cookie presale experience and want to share all the tips and tricks I have learned throughout the years. We will run through an entire presale timeline going over every step of the process. You will learn what designs are best to make, the basics of pricing your cookies, streamlining packaging, and so much more!

What cookie decorating skills will you learn? The 6 cookies you will make are all made with only white and black icing. This will give you a unique perspective on the different color methods to implement in your cookie designs. We will cover icing transfers, airbrushing, watercolor, dry-dusting, and more!

Pastry Shells is owned by Shelly Nunnally and is located in Atlanta, Georgia. She started making cookies as a side hustle to her Engineering job and turned it into her full-time career, but now helps Cookiers own a successful business through coaching and technical services (and, of course, still makes Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cookies!). She is also one of four members of Cookie Better. She has been in the cookie business since 2010 and loves helping others create successful businesses they can enjoy. She can't wait to teach you!

Join me for a half-day, hands-on cookie decorating class and unleash your creativity as we craft an interactive Mardi Gras Mask cookie masterpiece! I'll guide you through each step, helping you create a stunning and intricately detailed cookie that measures approximately 6x6 inches.

All skill levels are welcome, although basic knowledge of icing consistencies and the ability to outline and flood cookies is recommended. Throughout the class, you'll learn a variety of useful techniques to add to your cookie decorating toolbox. All tools and materials will be provided, but please remember to return them at the end of the class.

Due to time constraints, some elements of the cookie will be pre-prepared, but we'll work together to create the feathers, strings, and intricate color gradients that make this mask truly spectacular. By the end of the class, you'll be comfortable with airbrushing and piping meticulous details, ready to take your cookie decorating skills to the next level.

Please note that each participant will create a unique color scheme for their mask, guided by our instructions. Don't miss out on this incredible experience - join me for "Mardi Gras Mask" and let your creativity shine!

Are you wanting up your cookie game? Maybe learn about some of the many edible products that are out there? Well…. this class is for you! I’ve been playing with and using some of the products that are available and would love to share them with you. This class is packed full of lots of techniques!

My goal for this class is to take the fear out of using all these different products. These techniques can be used for a wide variety of themes and will bring an extra little “pop” to a set of cookies.

We will be learning about and using:

• Edible Images Wafer Paper
• Simi Cakes Isomalt and icing sheets
• Fondant and molds
• Sugar Veil Icing and Lace mats
• Silk Screen Stencils – Sugar Laine Cutters
• Water color painting
• Royal Icing Clay

I can’t wait to meet you and teach you all these fun techniques!

Skill level: All levels are welcome!
***All tools and supplies will be provided***

In this class we will:

• Discuss the different products and how to use them
• Chat about stencils…mylar vs silk
• Talk about the use of water, vodka or Everclear in painting
• Have lots of fun!

Notes:

• All class content is property is Sweet Sugar Laine and is not to be re-shared in “how to” videos, or cannot be re-taught.
• Fun photos and class photos are encouraged and can be shared... just please no “how to” photos
• Colors may vary from photo to actual class cookies

Skill Level: Intermediate with a clear understanding of piping and flooding.
This class is packed full of dimensional techniques all made out of royal icing and cookies. This is a 98% royal icing class so we will be taking a deep dive into learning all of the different ways to achieve different outcomes using royal icing. From sculpting and molding to transfers, flooding, painting and so much more, you will be leaving with new skills and techniques to use on your everyday cookie orders back home!
What techniques will you learn?

• Creating wafer paper brick
• Painting with royal icing
• Making royal icing clay
• Using Isomalt
• Painting with gold
• Making royal icing transfers
• Piping different styles of greenery
• Layering icings for added dimension

Each student will be given everything needed to complete this class including a swag bag with some of my favorite cookie decorating tools and items from my amazing sponsors! I can't wait to see you there!

You will get the opportunity to have hands-on mixing and piping your own floral consistencies to create a BEAUTIFUL 12 inch holiday wreath you can display during Christmas time. You will also walk away with the confidence that you can recreate poinsettias, pinecones and holly leaves on your own at home!

In this class students will learn:

• Hands-on experience with mixing your own royal icing floral and leaf consistencies. This helps to ensure you can be successful with floral projects at home
• For this class there will be 3 floral consistencies to mix
• You will to pipe 4 different floral elements (poinsettias, pinecones, berries, holly) that can be used on your Christmas cookie sets
• I will walk you through how to make large floral/leaf royal icing transfers
• How to incorporate edible ribbon into your cookie sets and how to tie an edible bow
• How to paint a smooth layer of icing onto your cookie for short dry time. This technique comes in clutch for those last minute orders!
• How to place all those royal icing transfers together to create a wreath
• You will have plenty of practice and repetition on three key floral elements used at Christmas time

I will provide a link to a class guidebook to help you be successful during and after Cookie Con. The guidebook will go over the class itself, picture reminders of floral construction, color mixing guide, supply lists, videos on consistency, and frequently asked questions.

You will have access to ask all your burning questions before and after CookieCon via Instagram. A DM thread will be set up to help you reach all your floral goals.

And of course,SWAG!

When you’re finished you will have gained so much knowledge about creating florals at home and have made a GORGEOUS 12 inch floral holiday wreath to show off.

All supplies needed for this class will be provided but will need to be returned at the end of class.

For Intermediate and advanced bakers

Unlock the mysteries of recipe development and flavors by tasting over 50 different cookie recipes. Have you ever wondered if the brand of butter really matters? Or what difference all purpose versus cake flour actually make? You will see and taste how different types of ingredients can affect a cookie. Just one example of one of the dozens of taste comparisons you will make is five different cookies with orange flavor: zest, juice, extract, zest and extract, and powder.

Remove fear of wasting ingredients or mistakes and let me do the work for you! Making, testing, and baking this many variations of cookies would be hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in ingredients. Get every question you’ve ever had about creating your own recipes answered! You will leave with an immeasurable amount of knowledge and the confidence to create your own delicious cookies

In this class we will:

• Taste 56 different cookie recipes, including the ones that helped me win my episode of Christmas Cookie Challenge
• Learn how to create your own recipes
• Discuss how to make substitutions
• Learn how different ingredients affect taste, texture, and bake on a cookie (Ex: salted butter vs unsalted butter vs brown butter vs bronze butter)
• Learn why ratios in recipes matter
• Compare how the least expensive and most expensive ingredients affect a recipe
• Discover what key factors can make your cookies consistent and delicious every time
• Discuss ideas with fellow cookiers
• Ask a Food Network Winner and Core Class Instructor all your questions about your ideas or problems with recipes
• Learn how recipes can help your cookie business generate more income

Each student will receive:

• Over 46 cookie recipes (a $230 value)
• A customized workbook with all important information given in class
• Swag bag with some of my favorite ingredients so you can start creating right away
• Link to a private facebook group where students can continue to ask questions and connect with each other after you are back home and applying the knowledge learned in class

If you took my Core Class in Reno it will be that information dialed up to a 100 with more details and actually tasting the cookies we talk about!

In this class, we will decorate 6 rectangular sugar cookies. And when they are all complete, they will “comb” together to form a beautiful, buzzworthy masterpiece.

Techniques taught in class include:

• stenciling for texture and transfers
• water coloring
• royal icing clay
• large florals
• wafer paper
• edible stamping
• assembly timing
• production timing

By the end of this class you will walk away with 6 beautifully decorated cookies, knowledge on how to assemble and decorate the cookies in a way that is most efficient for times when you want to use these techniques for your orders.

Find the joy and magic in painting as we alleviate the fears and jitters that are common when a paintbrush is in hand. Step by step we will delve into contrasting light, colors, angles, and shadows to create an inviting scene of dimension and depth that you’d like to step into.

Skills taught:
This 3-cookie book set is made with only one cutter and is filled with many different techniques:

• Making and using 3-dimensional icing transfers
• Quick embossing — matte design textures for your Royal icing cookie bases that take literally A FEW MINUTES! No more having to flood your bases first or waiting for impressed parchment to dry. We will do a practice cookie first and then apply it on our book cover.
• Using wafer paper butterflies
• Palette knife texturing
• Working with a silkscreen stencil
• Micro-piping
• Painting skills, tips, and tricks
• Painting gold food powder on chocolate-raspberry TFC Cookie Candy (Molds will be premade.)
• How to make fine moss

A peek into the SWAG:

• Deluxe paint palette ideal for making our cookies
• Your completed book set of 3 cookies in a window box
• Exclusive multi-use book cutter
• Exclusive silkscreen stencil
• The mold for making 3 different locks and a key
• A handy book tool to help in making symmetrical angles and page lines
• A micro spoonula that’s perfect for working with powder colors
• A 10-pack of paintbrushes
• A booklet filled with step-by-step instructions with images, templates, and tips
• Extra RI transfer design templates to add to your future scenes
• Mini mushrooms for your photo props
• A drawstring organza sheer bag to keep all Enchanted Forest supplies in one easy-to-find place
• More swag from other businesses!

Notes:

• All class content that is given is not to be shared, recreated into a how-to video clip, reel, or to be retaught.
• Please no how-to photos or how-to videos taken during the class, but fun photos for social media are encouraged!

Skill Level: All levels are welcome. No experience in painting necessary.

Experience Required: This class is beginner friendly. Basic knowledge of royal icing consistency recommended.

Discover the joys of mixed media cookie decorating in our engaging class, “Where flowers bloom, so does love.”

Uncover the entertaining cookie art of watercolor edible painting, paired with stunning flower embellishment as Carmen guides you through a creative cookie class, that will be for sure fun and full of skill development.

Have fun as we create a cute wedding cookie with wet-on-wet watercolor effect.

You will learn how to mix the colors to blend and flow together, creating beautiful gradients and soft edges.

You will also learn the basics to create puffy letters and the right royal icing consistency to achieve them.

And… who does not love beautiful royal icing flowers to embellish our cookie art? In this class you will pipe some fantastic and unique blooms to add to your repertoire. With more intricate flowers, advanced techniques and colour mixing it will bring a new level of realism to your piping of:
-Beautiful butterfly ranunculus. -Peony buds. -Mini roses buds.

Join us in this fun class full of details and techniques that you can use in your daily cookie creations.

Detail is love and love makes everything bloom!
You will learn how to:

• Bring a plain cookie to a dimensional level.
• Create the easy crackle effect.
• Paint the wet-on-wet water color effect on your cookies.
• Create stunning royal icing flowers that bring a whole new dimension to your cookies!
• How to draw cute faces and transfer them to your cookies.
• And so much more!

All tools and materials will be supplied for classroom use only.

You will also take home:

• You will leave with two loop 8-inch beautiful hand painted and flower bouquet cookies in a take-home cookie box.
• You will receive a digital pictorial (step by step instructions).
• You will also get cookie and royal icing recipes.
• Diploma of completion.
• Many more surprises in a gift bag picked by Carmen specially for you as a thank you for attending her class!

Please note – Photos/Video and audio recording are not allowed during class.

Discover the haunting allure of skeletal beauty in this captivating workshop. Step into a realm where bones and flowers become art forms of mesmerizing elegance. This oversized 3-dimensional cookie features royal icing flowers, pressure piping and haunting bones. This cookie and all details are created by using royal icing only. Each student will leave with their own set of artwork as well as swag from my favorite vendors.

This workshop is full of techniques including:

• Royal Icing flowers
• Creating icing transfers
• Pressure piping with royal icing
• Molding royal icing
• Painting on cookies to create dimension
• Texturizing with parchment paper

All class material, techniques and content are limited to the individual student that purchased the class. It is the intellectual property of Andy Kay’s Cookies and to not be re-taught or shared. This also includes in process photos.

Skill Level: All

Skill level: Intermediate-advanced

CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Unleash your inner vampire as we sink our teeth into the world of cookie decorating! In this thrilling class, you will learn the dark art of transforming undecorated sugar cookies into spine-chilling masterpieces. With our specially crafted stencils, you’ll conjure up intricate designs that will mesmerize even the most immortal of beings. We will unlock the darkest secrets of the mysterious airbrush where you will discover how to add depth, details, and a touch of gothic glamor to your cookies. Whether you’re a seasoned decorator or just a mere mortal looking for a wickedly good time, this ALL DAY, hands-on class is sure to leave you thirsty for more.

CLASS FORMAT:
Live demo, online content, and hands-on decorating

YOU WILL LEARN:

• Decorating with royal icing
• The basics of using an airbrush
• Advanced airbrushing techniques for stenciling, shading and blending colors
• How to layer different decorating techniques (stenciling, airbrushing, royal icing transfers, 3D building) on a single cookie to create detail and dimension
• Tips and tricks on how to create complex designs with precision every time
• Multiple ways to use stencils to achieve unique and professional-looking cookie designs
• The art of creating toothpick roses
• How to work with wafer paper to add delicate details
• How to add interest and finishing details using sprinkles and edible glitter
• Helpful tips on cleaning and caring for your airbrush

CLASS REQUIREMENTS:

• STUDENTS MUST BRING A SMART PHONE OR SMALL TABLET WITH INTERNET CAPABILITIES TO ACCESS ONLINE CONTENT DURING CLASS (Wi-Fi will be provided)
• For this class, students should be proficient with basic skills like piping and flooding. However, no airbrushing or stenciling experience is required. This class is perfect for students that are new to these techniques or for students looking to advance their skills.
• This is an ALL DAY class. If you sign up for this class, please do not sign up for any other class this day.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• A set of 10 cookies that you will decorate from start to finish in class
• A swag bag full of some of our favorite things and supplies you will need for class
• Each student will be given a set of the new Blyss Nightshade stencils to use in class and take home.
• An exclusive access code to download a FREE copy of our fully illustrated, detailed, step by step digital workbook to help you recreate all designs & techniques at home.

Immerse yourself in the moody, intellectual elegance of dark academia as we craft these six delightfully macabre edible works of art. In this advanced, all-day workshop we will capture a brooding aesthetic as we create a collection of macabre artifacts from diaphanous florals and spongy moss, to a fragile bird skull and lush berries.

Each cookie and detail will be taught step by step and all tools necessary will be provided. You will leave class with your very own enchanting clutch full of curiosities (the McGooganizer) including your new favorite tool the McGoo Goo stick, a set of paintbrushes, a hinged food coloring paint palette, and recipes so you can brew up these spellbinding cookie techniques again.

Some of the techniques we will put into practice are:

• painting with food coloring & water
• piping
• brush embroidery
• some crazy wafer paper action
• moss
• transfers
• dimensional flooding
• feathers
• ... and we'll throw in a bit of fondant and sparkle

All are welcome to join this class with an understanding that some techniques may be new and challenging for some, and require more practice than can be obtained in one class. No matter what, you will leave with something enchantingly beautiful. (The skills and techniques used are intermediate - advanced).

This class is "All Day" (8 hours with a break for lunch). I'm so excited to spend the day creating with you!

Unlock the door to your imagination and spend a day in Wonderland!

These playful designs will give you an understanding of what to expect when using different icing consistencies to layer and add dimension. We’ll jump into colors, patterns, and designs to discover how they work together to bring your creative visions to life.

Each whimsical cookie showcases a different background style on a large 6 x 3 ½” cookie canvas. We want to be “curiouser and curiouser” about royal icing and how it works, and we will uncover new ways to create by combining elements. All these techniques are versatile and fun to use for any cookie set.

In this fast-paced, 4-hour class, we will learn how to:

• Use different royal icing consistencies to create layers
• Pipe fine details and line work
• Create realistic wood grain with royal icing
• Paint fondant and gum paste flowers and frames
• Add depth with powdered food colors
• Work with edible lace to enhance the design
• Learn to paint with metallics
• Make royal icing transfers using templates
• Incorporate wafer paper details
• Work with cookie moss to create more texture
• Understand when to use printed details
• Use stencils for texture and design
• Play with scale, pattern, and color

*Be sure to have a workable knowledge of outlining, flooding, and basic decorating techniques. We will jump right into decorating.*

All items for class will be provided! You will take home a box set of your 4 decorated cookies, a swag bag of goodies from my wonderful sponsors and me, a class packet with instructions and templates, access to additional video instructions, and new cookie friends!

So excited for this class and can’t wait to see you there! Don’t be late to our very important date!

Have you ever wanted to paint florals on a cookie but just didn’t know where to start? Watercolor can be very intimidating, especially if you don’t view yourself as a painter. Once you learn the basics, however, you’ll find it isn’t nearly as hard as it looks.

In this class I will help you build a solid watercolor foundation so you can take what you learn and implement it immediately in your regular cookie orders. Together, we will create a watercolor workbook that you can take home and reference for future watercolor projects. You will get to know your watercolor brush and learn the different strokes to build a variety of loose watercolor flowers.

You will also have the opportunity to experiment with different watercolor techniques and gain the knowledge to choose the best option for your needs. (Water vs. Everclear, gel food coloring vs. powder etc.) Along with watercolor, you will learn to pipe a frame with gold royal icing and use a piping tip to create a realistic bow. All skill levels are welcome!

What you will take home: A box of your beautifully painted watercolor cookies, the only watercolor brush you’ll ever need, a watercolor workbook and reference guide, access to online video tutorials for this class, swag from some of my favorite cookie shops and many new cookie friends!

Let me share all of my color secrets with you! In this class we’ll unravel the mystery of the color wheel. There is NO color you can’t mix! We’ll talk about the science of color and learn the art of mixing the perfect shade, with tips specific to mixing icing! You will be making your own color wheel where you’ll mix every shade yourself. We’ll also have a color competition at the end - with prizes!

Students will take home:

• Color wheel, mixed & colored by YOU
• Acrylic color wheel
• Booklet addressing all different shades of color with several types of color wheels!
• CMYK gel set of colors
• Swag bag
• Knowledge that will allow you to never need a color formula again!

⭑If you attended my core class at the 2021 Orlando CookieCon: the general information will be the same, but SO MUCH MORE!

All materials provided

Suited for all skill levels

It’s a Texas BBQ Cookie Class, y’all! In this class, we’ll be making cookie-versions of favorite foods on any good Texas BBQ menu, including sliced smoked brisket (with smoke ring and bark), baked beans, white bread, pickles, onions, and banana pudding. All of the mouth-watering designs are made with royal icing, wafer paper, and a few special ingredients. There are more Texas-sized techniques in this class than you can shake a stick at. Participants should know their way around royal icing and be able to pipe and flood like it’s not their first rodeo.
Class topics include:

• Texturizing royal icing using a variety of methods and tools
• Unique use of wafer paper
• Airbrushing to enhance texture
• Creating royal icing transfers
• Painting with gel colors

Please note: In-process photographs/video taken during class are for personal use only. Distribution or re-teaching of class content is prohibited.

All skill levels are welcome



Too pretty to eat? You can keep them as decoration forever! In this class, you will learn the recipes to make gorgeous keepsake cookies that are delicious but can keep forever. We will use some stunning techniques to create gorgeous keepsake cookies. (Lace design, needlepoint, transparent lace, use of royal icing transfers)

There is no prerequisite for this class, all skill levels are welcome.

Everything you need to complete this project will be included with the class.

Tunde Dugantsi is a Hungarian gingerbread artist and cookie decorating instructor living in the United States. Gingerbread is an ancient tradition that is still flourishing in many European countries. Tunde combines the old traditions of her native country with modern techniques to create beautiful edible art pieces. She shares her art in her cookie decorating books, Youtube videos, live and online classes and her Saveur Blog Award Finalist blog. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky with her husband and three children.

http://www.tundescreations.com/

***This class includes the Simi Silicone Raven Mold to take home! ($35 value)

Join Sidney Galpern, sugar artist and inventor of Simi Isomalt, in this hands-on class creating this hauntingly elegant, gothic inspired window cookie using isomalt & 3D cookies! You will create beautifully hand sculpted candles and climbing vines, suspend images in isomalt, seamlessly incorporate isomalt into your cookies, paint directly onto cookies for different finishes and textures, and so much more! Sidney will be teaching you how to work with isomalt for show stopping, one of a kind candy decorations that you can immediately start incorporating into your own cookie designs.

You will learn:

• How to easily add isomalt into your cookie designs to create the WOW factor
• Casting isomalt into molds
• Pulled & hand sculpted isomalt
• Impressioning and texturing
• Coloring, painting, and shading isomalt and cookies
• Flavoring isomalt
• How to design, print, & suspend edible images inside isomalt + choosing the right paper
• Tricks for combating humidity, stickiness, and cloudiness
• All the tips for creating crystal clear window cookies with no bubbles
• How Sidney bakes cookies inside 3D molds for the greatest detail
• Applying this design to other window cookies
• Storing & sealing isomalt adorned cookies
• Working safely with isomalt

Do you struggle with getting the right consistency when decorating your own cookies at home? Do you wonder how to get that beautiful, shiny, and puffy icing each time you decorate? Do you wonder how to achieve puffy layers of icing on top of one another without having it crater on you? Do you struggle with puffy writing? Having all the cookie tools is not always beneficial if you don’t have the fundamentals of icing consistency and piping. Whether you are brand new to cookies or have been decorating for 10+ years, this class will help you progress towards mastering the essentials of icing consistency and decorating. We will achieve this through decorating a baby themed set of cookies that you can use over and over again for your own custom sets. Classes on icing consistency are the most popular in-person classes I offer in my home as well as at previous CookieCons.
In this class we will:

• Make a batch of icing together in class.
• Allow you to ask all of your icing questions in real time.
• Mix and color four different icings together and get them to the right consistency.
• Mix each other’s icing (you will get to mix and feel my icing while I mix and feel your icing and give you immediate feedback).
• Work with three different icing consistencies.
• Create a puffy bow.
• Practice different piping techniques to help with straight and curved lines.
• Work on perfecting puffy writing.
• Discuss how to maintain puffy icing on top without it cratering.
• Discuss and practice how to maintain separation between different sections of icing.
• Pipe and flood the four different baby themed cookies pictured here.
• Paint with gold metallics.

Whew! Did you catch all of that?! This class is jam packed with a TON of information! You will walk away with 4 beautifully decorated cookies and a deeper understanding of how to color your icing and get it to the right consistency. My goal is that by the end of class, you will have the confidence to go home and create beautiful cookies with each and every order you put out. You will also have the opportunity to ask me all of your burning questions during class that relate to the decorating process in general. At the end of class you will be provided with a box to carry your cookies home in. You will also receive a swag bag full of goodies to help you recreate these cookies at home.

Skill level: rated “E” for everyone

Join us for a dynamic class where you will not only decorate cookies but also discover how to turn your passion into profit! This class is designed to equip you with essential skills and insider tips for minimizing your efforts and boosting your income. In this class, you will discover the secrets to crafting practical, cohesive, and relevant cookies, perfect for sale or teaching.

What you will learn:

• Design best practices
• Classroom management
• Marketing tactics
• Tips to create a fun classroom environment
• Key information for classroom prep
• How-to Cookie Kit guide (local and shipping)

What you will take home and be provided:

• A fun stress-free class
• All of the supplies to decorate 6 cookies
• A full classroom experience
• Instructional how-to guide
• Americolor gel for the set
• Class cookie cutters
• 5 featured flavor cookie recipes
• Piping bags
• Swag from my favorite shops ($100+ value!)

Do not miss out on this opportunity to elevate your cookie decorating game and transform your hobby into a profitable venture. Grab your spot today!

Get ready for fall with this cozy floral class. If you’re hoping to learn or master royal icing flowers, this class is a perfect add on. Join me to decorate this huge 9” book cookie. In this class we’ll spend the class focusing on piping 3-D royal icing flowers. We’ll learn about floral consistency, bagging the floral icing, and what floral tip to use.

In this class we’ll pipe multiple blooms of 5 different floral varieties: Dahlias, Ruffled blooms, Garden roses, Spray roses, and cosmos. We’ll also cover how to adjust and manipulate these same techniques to pipe these blooms for your own cookie sets at home.

While we wait for our flowers to dry, we’ll add details to our book stack (which will be base flooded for you). We’ll add painted texture, pages, and spine details. Then we’ll pipe on puffy leaves and place our flowers.

Here’s an overview of what we’ll cover:

• Making icing consistency for florals: what to look for, troubleshooting, etc
• Sourcing piping tips and other equipment needed for florals
• Creating a piping bag system for florals
• Piping instructions and practice of multiple of each of the variety of flowers
• Adding details to the book cookie
• Piping puffy leaves
• Placing and attaching 3-D florals

You’ll go home with this huge 9” cookie along with multiple extra practice florals. I’ll also be providing a piping guide for each flower and class overview so you can take the skills you learn and apply them to your business at home!

Skill Level: Intermediate
Please make sure you are comfortable with piping and flooding. Previous floral knowledge is not required, but helpful.

There’s something special about decorating for the holidays. Capture the essence of the holiday season with this framed, three-dimensional Christmas display. In my hands-on session, you’ll be implementing traditional designs on convex curves, simulating boughs of greenery, and mimicking live edge woodwork with ease. Mixed media will include royal icing, edible acrylic paint, wafer paper and isomalt to accessorize and adhere elements into a composition you’ll want to feature all year long! Different methods and tools will include:

• Familiarizing yourselves with wafer paper and its properties!
• Introducing simple, edible elements to create a dynamic, realistic looking design.
• Experimenting with decorative applications on a curved surface.
• Exploring mandala patterns and dotting techniques you can use anywhere.
• Practicing your hand at air brushing techniques to achieve unique aesthetics.
• Assembling three-dimensional cookie art into a keepsake or a gift.

All levels of cookiers are welcome for this class, but basic piping skills are recommended.

Burnt Cookies by Murrah
Painted Ladies Pastry

We are sugar cookie sisters with a passion for creative cookie design and sharing our love of cookie art with our community. We invite you to this elegant cookie rendezvous inspired by floral wedding flat lays and a color palette perfect for all seasons. In class we will share our favorite techniques, tips, and tricks as we walk you through each design step by step. Your special occasion cookies will shine with these new valuable and versatile skills. We can’t wait to meet you and decorate together!

What you will learn:

• Piped florals
• Hands-on isomalt sugar gemstones
• Royal icing wax seal stamps
• Painting and dry dusting
• Piping, sculpting, and creating texture with royal icing
• Intricate icing transfers
• Cookie realism

What you will take home:

• A beautiful box of cookies
• A custom handbook with step-by-step illustrated instructions
• Recipes, resources, templates, and color guide
• Swag from our favorite vendors
• New cookie friends

All skill levels are welcome.

Eddie has been a game changer for me and my cookie business along with making intricate designs and cutting the time!! I know Eddie can seem scary but he’s just a wonderful printer and can take your business to another level. Join me in this class geared towards teaching you how to seamlessly use Eddie in your everyday cookie orders, not just logos!

In this class we will:

• start with blank cookies- outline, flood, print & detail the above group of cookies
• learn to find graphics to print that will match your theme
• learn about color profiles and how to match icing colors
• make and print on icing transfers
• gold embossing with Eddie
• learn to make a cookie cutter that will perfectly fit a graphic Eddie will print on in swift (& physically print on the cookie)
• printing on cutters you already have
• adding details on top of prints to make them POP
• this class will be jammed with INFO on how to use Eddie with a MAC* so we will be using the program Swift along with Silhouette Designer Edition and Procreate on an iPad
• This will be both a hands on and very informative class to elevate your cookie skills with Eddie!

Skill level: Students should know how to decorate cookies and be interested in Eddie for a MAC user

Level: Beginner, basic knowledge of consistencies, outlining and flooding required.

Have you ever wanted to design and make your own stencils? Have you been intrigued by “Silkscreen Stencils”? Then this is your class! Join me to learn the basics of Silkscreen Stencil design, construction, and use.

Class will be a mix of lecture and hands-on instruction. You will decorate 6 cookies as shown. Cookies will be pre-flooded as the icing needs to be completely dry.

The first part of the class will be lecture style. I will walk you through the basics of stencil design using Silhouette Studio** design software. We will explore the many features of the program, then use those skills to design cookie stencils. A computer is not required. I will provide a detailed handout that walks through the process step by step.

After lecturing, each student will weed, assemble and press 4 stencils which we will use to decorate the cookies as shown. We will discuss optimal icing consistency as well as tips and techniques to ensure success at home.

It's time to “up your cookie game” by making flawless text, logo, and graphic Stencils to WOW your customers!

Topics of discussion:

• Types of stencils and materials
• Discussion of tools, scrapers, frames etc.
• Tips for achieving proper and consistent stencil placement on cookies.
• Working with multi part stencils.
• Tips for tackling large orders.
• Optimum stenciling icing consistency.
• Discussion on types of base flood that will give you the most success.
• What to look for and avoid in fonts, logos and graphics.
• Opening and working with purchased design files as well as starting from an image file.
• The basic knowledge and skills to use Silhouette Studio design software!

You will go home with:

• 6 decorated cookies by you!
• 1 Double layer stencil
• 2 single layer stencils
• 1 plastic stencil
• Swag Bag
• Comprehensive class handout
• Links to materials and other helpful resources.
• Confidence and practical knowledge to silkscreen at home!

** I will be teaching Silhouette Studio Design Software. The basic edition is a free download. If you are a Cricut user, you can design in Silhouette Studio, export the file, and cut with your Cricut machine, so this class is still for you! All of this as well as the different software editions will be discussed in class.

This hands-on class takes you through the process of using your own hand writing and turning it into modern calligraphy in royal icing. There's no projectors, no tracing paper and no limits. During class, we make the best consistency of royal icing for pressure piping and all recipes are included. The focus of this class is to provide you with everything you need to continue to practice and write at home to perfect your modern calligraphy using royal icing. In addition to writing, you'll also be adding embellished details to your cookie!
Included in this class:

• Cookie and all needed tools, bags, icing, etc.
• Modern Calligraphy Book for Royal Icing
• Embellishments (edible ribbon, edible lace, wafer paper)

Come take your writing to the next level!