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.

Painted Background Silhouette Easter Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

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After discovering the neon sign style for cookies, I wanted to transfer that simple, clean look into a pastel spring color setting. I tried by using a white background on the cookies, but it was not the look I was going for. However, when I painted the cookies with bright spring-y colors and used white glaze for the silhouette and detail lines, it matched what I was envisioning.

Just like with the neon sign style, once you get the background painted on, the decorating is super quick and easy.

Using a mixture of bright Americolor gels and vodka (or a clear extract like almond), paint the surface of each cookie completely.

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Allow them to dry for a few hours.

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Using white glaze, add the outlines and detail lines to each cookie.
There are no set rules here, so have fun with this!
P.S. I had to keep reminding myself that simple is better. :)

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Spring Bloom Decorated Cookie Collection

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The change of all the seasons is always such a special time of year,
but after a cold bleak winter, spring is most definitely welcomed.

What better way to celebrate spring than to observe every thing blooming all around!

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Basket of Flowers Decorated Cookie

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Bird Egg Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

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Bird Egg Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

Bird egg cookies are really simple.
I debated on whether or not they were too simple to include in a blog tutorial.
But some of my readers request simple cookies, so here it is.

Use a mini egg cutter like this one to cut the cookies.
Outline and flood the cookies with white glaze.
Allow the cookies to dry overnight.

Rub some blue forget-me-not dust onto random spots of each egg with a cotton swab.
Add speckles to the eggs using Sugarbelle's template markers.
 

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Deer One Valentines Decorated Cookie (Tutorial)

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Ah yes......more homonyms for spreading Valentines Day love.

Here are the two cutters used for this set:

• Baby Deer Cutter

• Fawn Head Cutter

Outline and flood the shapes with tan icing
leaving space to add details with white glaze using wet on wet technique.
(see photos below)

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Using a darker brown glaze, add the nose and hooves.

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Here is the entire Love Ewe Deer One Cookie Collection.

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