Julia M Usher

🍪 COOKIE CONNECTION ALERT: TOP 10 MOST RECENTLY POSTED COOKIES 🍪 Keeping an online community going isn’t just the work of the moderator, owner, or administrator. Nope, it takes a community! And so, tonight, I’m honoring those cookiers who worked the hardest this past week to keep Cookie Connection vibrant and beautiful. In the following two photos, you’ll see the ten most recently posted photos on the site – a beautiful smattering of Mother’s Day, wedding, springtime, and birthday cookies. Congrats to all of this week’s honorees, but especially to Heather Bruce Sosa (aka Nanny's Cookies) for her adorable mother and baby bear cookie that earned the coveted cover spot, just in time for Mother’s Day!

📸 Photos:
1. “Bear Hug” by Heather Bruce Sosa (aka Nanny’s Cookies)
2. Sneak peek at our other nine honorees

🔗 GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ALL TOP 10 MOST RECENTLY POSTED COOKIES: https://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/saturday-spotlight-top-10-most-recently-posted-cookies

🐦 MAY “COOKIE CRAFTING” TUTORIAL BY PATRICIA LONG, NOW ON COOKIE CONNECTION! 🐦 Patricia Long (aka on Instagram) is back with her latest tutorial, which is spot-on for springtime! While her stunning painted bluebird might feel out of reach, it’s absolutely not because Patricia reveals every tip for mastering painting with edible powders, down to the numbers (sizes) and shapes of the brushes she uses. For all of the step-by-step details, check out the link to her free tutorial below, and enjoy!

📸 Photos:
1. "Handpainted Bluebird and Magnolia Branch Cookie", a Cookie Connection “Cookie Crafting” tutorial by Patricia Long (aka Sweet Hello Bakery)
2. Sneak peek of her tutorial’s key steps

🔗 READ THE COMPLETE TUTORIAL ON COOKIE CONNECTION: https://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/cookie-crafting-with-patricia-long-handpainted-bluebird-and-magnolia-branch-cookie

Psst! While you’re there, please join the site for more tutorials like this one, challenges, interviews, and photo inspiration! It’s free!

⭐️ THE DMAs SUPPLEMENT IS HERE! ⭐️Just in case you'd like a closer look into the 2025 D’licious Magazine Awards aka DMAs (where, remember, Cookie Connection won Best Online Community in February!), now you can! Kelly Jane, the wonderful editor of the magazine and also my 2026 competition's exclusive media partner, just released a FREE 100-plus page downloadable DMAs supplement that covers the event in its every glorious detail. I've excerpted the Cookie Connection awards page here for a little sneak preview, but the whole supplement is a truly beautiful celebration of the larger sugar arts community, and I encourage you to download it via the first link below.

Please also consider subscribing to D'licious Magazine (second link), the monthly publication, because it too is absolutely fabulous!

🔗 GET THE FREE SUPPLEMENT: https://www.dlicious-magazine.co.uk/freebies
🔗 SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAGAZINE: https://www.dlicious-magazine.co.uk/subscription

🍪❤️ COOKIE CONNECTION ALERT: TOP 10 COOKIES! ❤️🍪 So sorry – AGAIN - for the belated Saturday Spotlight. This week is the second in a row that I’ve been tardy. My excuse: I’ve been traveling much of the weekend, so I couldn’t get to posting until now. But I assure you, the wait will be worth it, as the top 10 cookies this week are stunning! Whether a masterful 3-D construction or an impeccably piped and detailed creation, each honored cookie is quite otherworldly. Special congrats to LuluBakes for earning this week’s cover spot for her insanely realistic set of turquoise jewelry!

📸 Photos:
1. “Turquoise!” by lulubakes (aka Laura Baker)
2. Sneak peek at our other nine honorees

🔗 GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ALL TOP 10 COOKIES: https://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/belated-saturday-spotlight-top-10-cookies