JuliaMUsher's video: Spring Botanical Series: Dogwood Cookie

Hi! I’m back with the second video in my spring botanical series, and I’m making my favorite flowering tree of all – the dogwood. I love the elegant simplicity of the flower and the graceful arc of its ruddy brown-grey branches as it begins to flower each spring. To pay tribute to this fave springtime floral, I hand-pipe every single petal, center, leaf, and branch, and then hand-shape and individually airbrush each piece, before putting all of them together on an airbrushed and stenciled cookie. Indeed, this cookie is a labor of love, much like the snowdrops, which were the first in this series. However, it’s so rewarding to see the dogwood flowers finally take shape, and all of the detailed piping involved is a great way to practice piping techniques! INSPIRED BY MANU'S WATER LILIES: https://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/made-by-manu-royal-icing-water-lily-and-lily-pad-transfers RELATED VIDEOS: How to Make Royal Icing (with Consistency Adjustments): https://tinyurl.com/nx7xhmq MY MOST COMMONLY USED TOOLS: Many are here in my Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/juliamusher OTHER SPECIALTY TOOLS: My “Victorian Trellis" Prettier Plaques™ Background Stencil: https://tinyurl.com/tlcks88 My Stencil of the Month Club: https://tinyurl.com/y23whksb My Entire Stencil Line (which is continually expanding): https://confectioncouturestencils.com/collections/julia-usher-cookie-stencils More Cookie Stencils on the Confection Couture Stencils Site: http://www.confectioncouturestencils.com Stencil Genie (aka Stencil Frame): https://tinyurl.com/ycvs3g3e RELATED RECIPES: Gingerbread Cookie: https://tinyurl.com/z4d82rb Royal Icing: https://tinyurl.com/zx7a9jk COOKIE/ROYAL ICING TRANSFER SHAPES AND SIZES: Cookie: Any cutter between 4 and 5 inches will work well, but the plaque I used in the video (which was custom-made and is, unfortunately, not available for sale) is 4 1/2” W x 4 3/4” L Big petals: 5/8” W x 7/8” L, shaped inside paper towel tube, cut in half Small petals: 1/2” W x 3/4” L, shaped over 7/8”- to 1 3/16”-diameter dowel rods Centers: 3/8” diameter (large); 1/4” diameter (small); piped with Wilton round tip Leaves: 3/4” to 1 3/4” L (about 1/2” to 3/4” W at widest spot), shaped over 1 1/4”- to 1 3/4”-diameter dowel rods Large branches: 4” to 5” L, piped with Wilton round tip Small branches: 1 1/4” to 2” L, piped with Wilton round tip (NOTE: Download my petal and leaf templates here: https://tinyurl.com/wdsea4p.) AIRBRUSH COLORINGS USED: For small petals: Spectrum Flow Baby Pink, Chefmaster Harvest Brown, and AmeriMist Electric Green For big petals: As for small petals, with the addition of AmeriMist Deep Pink at the innermost end of each petal For leaves: AmeriMist Avocado Green and Chefmaster Harvest Brown For centers: AmeriMist Avocado Green and Chefmaster Harvest Brown For buds: AmeriMist Electric Green and Chefmaster Harvest Brown For branches: Chefmaster Harvest Brown and AmeriMist Super Black ROYAL ICING COLORINGS* AND CONSISTENCIES: White: Thick flooding consistency for small and big petals, and “glue” consistency for assembly Light Avocado (AmeriColor): Thick flooding consistency for leaves Gray-Brown (custom blend of Chefmaster Harvest Brown with a touch of AmeriColor Super Black): Thick piping consistency for branches, and super thick putty (or modeling) consistency for buds *I use liqua-gel concentrated colorings to tint royal icing. TO PURCHASE MY STENCILS: https://confectioncouturestencils.com TO JOIN MY STENCIL OF THE MONTH CLUB: https://tinyurl.com/y23whksb TO PURCHASE MY 4-HOUR VIDEO COOKIE DECORATING COURSE, MY BOOKS, OR APP: http://www.juliausher.com/store TO JOIN COOKIE CONNECTION, MY ONLINE COOKIE DECORATING COMMUNITY: http://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/home TO HANG OUT WITH ME ON THE WEB: My site/blog: http://www.juliausher.com Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/j6nm6te Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliamusher/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuliaMUsher Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/juliamusher/ CREDITS: Music by: Kevin MacLeod, http://www.incompetech.com Videography/Editing by: Two5:7North (https://www.two57north.com), Grant and Ashleigh Murphy