Sprinkles from Anne
My blog is like sprinkles on a cookie: A little something extra!
How to Make Quick and Easy Plaid Shamrock and Celtic Knot Cookies
The last few weeks have been super busy. I have been spending much of my time preparing for CookieCon! CookieCon is a huge cookie convention held March 9-11 in Salt Lake City. I'm teaching three pre-event classes and I can't wait! I hope to post updates throughout the week! So...
How to Make a Rainbow Birthday cookie set
I made these cookies for a very special girl. And, you guys, can I tell you these were so much fun to make!! This set features the following Americolor gel pastes: Soft Pink, Bright White, Sky blue, Regal Purple, Leaf Green, Lemon Yellow, and Orange. ALL the cutters are from...
How to Decorate a Mardi Gras Mask
Let the good times roll with these Mardi Gras cookies! Boy do I love cookie sets with just three colors!! It makes everything easier: the planning, the decorating, and the clean up! This set features Violet, Lemon Yellow, and Leaf Green. Check out that new mask shape! Here is...
How to Stencil Valentine Cookies
It's been a super busy week with cookie work and family fun, so the timing of this tutorial is perfect, because these are three QUICK and EASY designs! Quick and easy - my favorite ways to decorate cookies! :) I love using stencils because they create very precise cookies. This video features several...
How to Decorate a LOVE Cookie
It’s the season of love! What better way to show it than with this pink polka-dotted LOVE cookie?! This cutter is one of my favorites! I have used it every Valentine's for as long as I've had it! And now there is a short video tutorial to show how...
How to Decorate a Typewriter Cookie
When I learned how to type in high school...it was on a typewriter! That seems so foreign now. I think the typewriters were replaced the year after I took that class. But it was the most practical class I had in school. The skills I learned from that class I...
How to decorate a Frog Cookie
I love Valentine's Day because it is the holiday that features the most puns...making cookie decorating so much fun! For this week's tutorial I created a cute Valentine Frog. It would be great to give these as class treats with a tag that said 'Valentine, you're TOADally sweet!' I love...
How to Decorate a Unicorn Cookie
Let's kick off 2017 with a magical cookie tutorial -the unicorn! Then starting next week, on to some fun Valentine tutorials! Here is a video tutorial on how to create this design. Use the graphics in the video to learn when to dry icing and what tips to use. Are...
SMART COOKIE - new Craftsy class now available
NEW Online Craftsy class now Available!! Hooray! My NEW online Craftsy class, Smart Cookies, is now available! Smart Cookies is all about navigating the cookie process better, faster and more efficiently! It covers so many topics including: designing cookie sets, creating a cookie timeline, planning for icing, saving time with quick techniques, all while...
Happy Dog Video Tutorial (and Veterinarian cookies!)
Last week, we celebrated my youngest daughter's 5th birthday. Five is a big deal, so I had to make her cookies of course! She loves to play veterinarian and requested Vet cookies and happy dogs and cats for her big day. This was a fun set to create! Check out...
Back to School Cookies with Sugarbelle Cutters!
It's Back to School week in our house. After two Meet the Teacher events...we are ready for another sweet year! I had a blast exploring with my new Sugarbelle cutters to create these fun collections. Can you pick out all the cutters? How about in the set below? Pictured above...
Big Bang Theory Cookies
Friends, this is crazy!!!! Jim Parsons (4-time emmy winner, funny dude, and all-around great guy) has a sweet friend that got to go see a taping of the Big Bang Theory this week. She wanted to bring a sweet treat for the cast and crew...and then THIS happened!!! Thanks,...
Don't Quit Cookies! 10 Tips to Rediscover your Cookie Mojo!
I think it is inevitable that at some point the thing you love stops becoming easy. You're a little BURNT OUT or just tired. At least that is how cookie decorating has been for me this summer. It's like I have cookie block or something. You know what cookie block...
Introducing Sweet Sugarbelle Cutters - The Biggest Thing to Happen to Cookies
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say this just might be the biggest thing to happen to cookies...the new Sweet Sugarbelle line of cutters and decorating tools! And to celebrate, today through Friday, save $5 on your $30 purchase from our online shop! Stock up on these new cutters...
How to Decorate a Bride Cookie Favor
It is wedding cookie season!! To celebrate, we created a new Bride Cookie tutorial! Isn't she so cute?! We made a ton of these a few weeks ago, here come the brides... Check out the video on how to create this cookie using our very own Princess/Peacock cookie cutter!...