Spring Nesting Decorated Cookie Collection

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Let's jump right into the spring season with all things birds and nesting. 

Yeah for spring...... time to get ready for new life, GREEN things, and pleasant weather.

Happy spring everyone!

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Blue Bird Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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BIrdhouse Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Birds Nest Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Butterfly Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Bird's Nest on a Limb Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Spring Bird's Nest Bunting Decorated Cookie YouTube video HERE

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NEW CookieCrazie Online Decorating Class: Easter Cookies!

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A NEW CookieCrazie Academy Online Class has just been released:

CCA318 Easter Cookie Class

These online classes share with you the CookieCrazie methods of decorating cookies. We'll explore all the different techniques, tips, and products used to create delightful cookies with glaze icing, molded cookie dough, thickened glaze, and edible clay.

This class features Easter cookies decorated from start to finish.

To register for the class, go HERE. 

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Here's May Flowers from April Showers Decorated Cookies

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Remember all those April Shower Decorated Cookies from last month?

Well here are all the May Flowers Decorated Cookies that came from them. :)

(The opening photo shows some flower cookies I gifted to my hostess in Salt Lake City who was God's incredible blessing to me so that I could teach classes at CookieCon2017. Thank you dear, dear Melissa!)

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Aquash Water Brush Spring Decorated Cookies

WaterColor Decorated Cookies

WaterColor Decorated Cookies

WaterColor Decorated Cookies

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Ever since I was in The Painted Box (Angela Nino)'s class at CookieCon2017 I've been itching to do some "watercolor" designs on cookies. The fact that she uses my glaze recipe for her "canvas" means I've got a head start.

Angela was gracious to make a YouTube video about how she creates her "watercolors paints" for cookies. After watching it a few times, I quickly purchased some glass stopper bottles, strainer, glass funnel, half pint mason jars, and some EverClear. 

Angela makes it look super easy. I have no idea what I'm doing when I pick up a paintbrush, so these look like a child painted them. But thankfully, watercolors are pretty forgiving. Even though these are pretty rough.....they were still super fun to create and it just makes me want to practice and improve my technique. :)

Thank you, Angela, for sharing your beautiful art with all of us! 

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Even though this photo was not taken with the cookies featured in this blog post, I wanted you to see the set-up I used to create my watercolored cookies. Angela's YouTube video explains how to make the bottles of color.

Aquash Water Brush Spring Decorated Cookies

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After CookieCon 2017, I was anxious to get home and try The Painted Box (Angela Nino)'s awesome watercolor techniques. But while I was waiting for the supplies to come in to make my watercolors, I remembered that I had an Aquash water brush that I could try out to at least get a feel for the watercolor effect.

This brush is not expensive and it's easy to use. Basically it allows you to fill up the "pen" with water and then load color to the brush and paint on the cookie. (I used it on glaze icing with success.....but I'm not sure you can use it on royal icing the same way.)

Once you're done with a color that is loaded on the brush, you squish the body of the pen to push water up into the brush and "clean out" the brush. (You don't want to actually squish the brush while you're painting on a cookie or you'll have a messy puddle.) Once there is only water coming off the brush, you can move to another color. Pretty cool!

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For these cookies I used airbrush colors since they are already very liquid and not too concentrated. I chose AmeriMist Electric Airbrush colors this time around. It definitely made for a SPRING effect. :)

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