We would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors for supporting such a fun event for cookiers around the world!  Their generosity and support of Cookie-A-Thon is much appreciated by all! 

Listed below are all sponsors and links to help you find them. Click on their business name to visit their website and show them some COOKIE LOVE!

 Bee’s Baked Art Supplies

Creative Cookier

The Colorful Cookie

The Colorful Cookie Club

Cookie Nip

CookieCad

DoughEZ

Icing Images

BRP Box

LorAnn Oils

Truly Mad Plastics

Shore Cake Supply

Sprinkles N Stuff

Stencil Expressions

Summer's Sweet Shoppe

Sweet Sugars

Community Bakers

Digi Dough Designs  

Grafix, Inc

Red Velvet Cookies and Baking Co LLC

Sam’s Cookie Company

Sweet Bite App

Sunflower Designs

*some of these items may be affiliate links... this just means we may receive a small percentage of the sale for sharing the products with our customers. But your price will be the same :0)...

It's that time of year again.... SPRING COOKIE-A-THON 2021!  It is going to be  AMAZING!! I don't know about you, but this is always one of my favorite times of the year. It is such a great time watching all of the outstanding cookie artists who are members of The Colorful Cookie Club come together online to share their cookie decorating tips and skills with us. I love watching and learning from each tutorial. If you are new here or don't know about Cookie-A-Thon, this will give you all the information you're needing to make your Spring Cookie-A-Thon 2021 day EXTRA SWEET! 

When is it? 

Spring Cookie-A-Thon will be held on Saturday, March 13th, and Sunday, March 14th

Where is it? 

The Cookie-A-Thon LIVE tutorials will be shown to you free of charge in the Cookie-A-Thon Facebook group on Saturday, March 13 and Sunday, March 14.

How much do I have to pay to attend?

Spring Cookie-A-Thon 2021 is FREE when you are attending ...

 SIGN UP FOR CHEF TIFFANY'S CLASSES HERE

Chef Tiffany from The Kids Cooking School joined The Colorful Cookie for a Facebook LIVE with a French macaron lesson.

Chef Tiffany is the founder of The Kids Cooking School, a non profit cooking school for kids. Her mission is to teach kids to love cooking with real food. Anything that helps kids learn new things, offers encouragement, and builds their self esteem is a win in my book! I am a former elementary teacher and I love kids so much! 

You all know I love cookies too! One of my favorite cookies is the French macaron, NOT to be confused with the macaroon cookie made with coconut and egg whites(I love those too though!) The French macaron is one of the most delicious cookies on the planet, besides decorated sugar cookies, of course! Macarons are crunchy on the outside and fluffy soft on the inside. To top it off, they are chewy, come in a pair and filled with yummy buttercream! 

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Over the years, I have met tons of amazing people through my Kansas City Cookier Facebook group, The Colorful Cookie Facebook page, my Cookie-A-Thon Facebook group, online teaching in The Colorful Cookie Club, and in person classes and meet ups at CookieCon. It is a fun time to be a cookier! So much information is available to help you learn to decorate cookies!

I have met some of these pages and cookiers listed below in person, some I have met virtually, and some I have never met, but I have purchased from them or follow their helpful blogs or YouTube channel. We all have people who inspire us: blogs, Facebook pages, Instagram pages, and YouTube channels. This is a list I have compiled for you to have so YOU can find them and be inspired by them too. And as a bonus, some of them offer us special coupon codes!

These have been alphabetized and are linked directly to to their websites, Facebook or IG  pages, Facebook group, or YouTube channel. We continually add to this...

Cookiers! The time has finally come! A heat transfer vinyl that is fantastic for cookie stencils! Let me tell you a little bit about this htv, which one you're looking for (it's easy to grab the wrong one) and what's so special about it. Cookier, Oralia Lloyd told me about it and I am going to tell you. Thanks Oralia!

I did a video tutorial to teach Colorful Cookie Club members how to edit photos using multiple ways to design a cookie stencil and also a coordinating cookie cutter from a black and white image. I used a photo of myself to create my stencil. If you want to learn to design cookie stencils and cookie cutters, consider joining us! 

What is this product? 

This heat transfer vinyl is called Thermoflex Plus Frosty Clear Glossy. It is a mouth full, especially when you're trying to say it over and over...

On December 9th, I went LIVE with Katrina from Dots and Bows! What better way to share the Christmas spirit than to participate in her 12 Days of Christmas? We talked about designing a silk screen stencil in Silhouette Studio using Katrina's artwork. 

In this LIVE we covered so many different things that are useful whether you are new to silk screen stencils, need a refresher, or even just looking for some new tricks. We go over uploading an image, tracing, and adding to a stencil frame. We also discuss cutting, weeding, and heat pressing! 

We used Katrina's cute little moose to turn it into a Merry Christmoose stencil. Download the free Merry Christmoose silk screen stencil from this link on Dots and Bows website. It is a silk screen stencil that doesn't require any bridging and can be used as a PYO or a piping guide!

We also discuss different types of silk screen materials that you can use as well. One of the newest and my FAVORITE is the Thermoflex Plus...

When it comes to deciding which type of cookie stencil to use, much of it will come down to personal preference. I want to share what I know about both types of stencils so that you will have the information you need to decide which method will work best for you. Both types of stencils will give you beautiful results but their subtle differences are important to understand. 

What’s the difference between silkscreen stencils and traditional stencils?

• Traditional stencils: These stencils are cut out of a plastic-type material that needs bridging to hold the stencil in place. They are sturdy, easy to use, and easy to store. Because a traditional stencil is thicker, you will use slightly more icing which gives your cookies more dimension. You can learn more about the different types of traditional stencil materials HERE.

What is a bridge?    

Bridges are the little pieces of the stencil material that connect the cut design...

This is part 2 of the What Do You Need to Cut Cookie Stencils? Series!

In the first post of the series, I discussed some of the most important things you need when you decide to start cutting stencils. If you missed it, be sure to check it out here, so you can decide which machine and cutting mats you'd like before you get started.

In this post, we will be discussing traditional stencils materials and tools you can use when cutting your cookie stencils.  Traditional stencils are made from food-grade plastic type materials. There are also a few tools you can grab to help out with your stencil cutting. Although these tools are nice to have, they are not needed to begin! 

Let's start with the traditional stencil materials you'll need.

 1. Food Safe Stencil Materials  

To make traditional cookie stencils(the kind that has images or...