"This really is the ULTIMATE cookie book. Whimsical, elegant, colorful, and creative!! What more could you ask for? You will not be disappointed.”

Colette Peters

Celebrity Cake Decorator; Owner, Colette's Cakes

Spring It On!

Here in Missouri, we usually go from winter to summer in the blink of an eye, but this year we’ve had an especially long spring! {Insert huge smile.} The ever-so-gradual warm-up has given me lots of time to appreciate the various messengers of the season - the downy chicks on our farm, the ungainly sprouts of first grass, the butterflies investigating our budding viburnum and lilacs . . . With nature shouting out all around me, it’s no wonder it’s factored heavily into my recent cookie designs. Yours too, I suspect!

But, alas, the temp took an abrupt upward turn today. {Insert huge grimace.} I want spring to last! And so, in an attempt to prove false that old adage “all good things must come to an end,” I’ve decided to launch another cookie link-up. This one celebrates spring, with the theme “Spring it On” - a call to each of us to dwell longer in my favorite season.

Remember, any decorated cookie is fine to post in my link-ups, as long as the cookie fits the theme, it’s your work, and you’re willing to share it. If you’re new to linking up, read these posting instructions to learn more about why these collections exist (just for fun and inspiration; no prizes) and how they operate. To get us started, I’ve posted a few cookies from my recent springtime cookie decorating class at Meramec Vineyards.

And so . . . what are you waiting for?! Spring it on!

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Live sweetly, as I say,

Julia M. Usher