Spring JOY Decorated Cookie Collection

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Spring……what joy it brings.

Continuing on my quest of creating cookie themes promoting what is true, pure, right, lovely, & excellent (Phillipians 4:8), here is the Spring JOY collection.

It was really fun to pick out aspects of spring that bring such joy. Don’t you just love the idea of new life, flowers, growth, and gorgeous colors after the winter?

As we enter into this new season of life…..
HAPPY SPRING!
💗💜💛💚💙

Spring Joy Heart Trio Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Spring Joy Wooden Sign Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Spring JOY Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Hummingbird Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

Bird Nest Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Spring into Flowers Decorated Cookie Collection

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As I started planning my springtime cookie collections, I was drawn as usual to making a ton of flower cookies. There's something so bright and cheery about spring......and I believe it is the beautiful flowers seen all around. 

Here's some flower cookies (and more!) to help you continue to enjoy the season.

🌸💐🌿🌺🌼☀️🌷

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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.

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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