Amy Hicks

Amy is the creator of Cookie Snack Attack w/ Seriously Sweet, a free online cookie tutorial group. With 25+ years of experience, she competed on Christmas Cookie Challenge and has been featured in top magazines. She hosts Virginia retreats, teaches at Cookie Con, and is a longtime Cookie-A-Thon instructor. A technique mad scientist, she pushes cookie artistry’s limits.

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Ashley Marquez

Ashley is the owner of Crumbs Cutters and has been decorating cookies for over 10 years! She began as a cake decorator at Baskin Robbins and later used her skills to master cookie decorating. Today, her sugar cookie recipes and cutters are industry favorites.

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Becky Norton

Becky is the owner of 2B's Cookies, specializing in sugar art and high-resolution embossing (featured on Arty McGoo, Icing Images, and Cookie-A-Thon). She competed on Food Network's 2023 Holiday Wars and has received four awards from CookieCon. Her work is also featured in Cake Collaborators Magazine.

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Caitlin Heckenliable

Caitlin is the owner, baker, and creative decorator behind One Heck of a Treat. Decorating sugar cookies is her passion (she even got to compete on Food Network!) She is excited to continue growing her business and sharing her delicious cookie art with the world!

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Celia Strickland

Celia is the designer behind Sweets from the Soul. She began her journey as a creative outlet through her love of baking. She enjoys teaching and sharing her products with other cookiers as they bless the world with beautiful creations of their own.

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Cynthia Raven

Cynthia is a seasoned cookie artist and educator with several years of experience in the world of cookie art. Known for her creativity and passion for cookies.

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Debbie Coughlin

Debbie founded Icing Images in 1999. Considered the expert in the Edible Printing Industry, both Debbie, & Icing Images have won numerous awards for products that exceed industry demands with excellent quality, high value, & the best service.

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Donna Armstrong

Donna has been decorating cookies for 10 years. Previously, she was a decorative painter. One day, she saw some decorated cookies online. She thought, "Wow! I love that!" So the painting stopped and she started a cookie business called, The Flour Garden.

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Elke Hoelzle

Elke is the co-founder of CookieCamp and the President of the Brazilian Society of Cookie Artists, a non-profit organization. A trained culinary professional and YouTuber, her specialty is artistic cookies. She is also a Brazilian Cookie Contest winner.

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Kelli Basher

Kelli loves learning new things and has shared her passion for decorating with others since October 2000. KMB Confections is a home based business creating custom cakes, cookies and cupcakes and also offers decorating classes for adults and children.

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Lauren Jacobs

Lauren, The Cheerful Baker, is the owner of The Cheerful Cutters shop. She invented The Cheerful Box, which is a monthly subscription that aims to nurture aspiring cookiers. With The Cheerful Box, your cookie dreams are just a subscription away!

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Lisel Powell

Lisel has been creating decorated sugar cookies since 2011—one class and she was hooked! Cookies are her artistic happy place, and she is passionate about sharing her love of decorating with others.

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Lynne Barone

Lynne has always loved baking, and after retiring from a career in the corporate world, she created Sweet Lady Cakes, a small home-based business where she spreads happiness one cake—or cookie—at a time.

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Megan Bowers

Megan is an award-winning cookie artist from Woodstock, VA. Over the past six years, she has served as an instructor at CookieCon, Cookie-A-Thon, Cookie Better Workshop, and McGoo U. In 2022, she earned third place in Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition (2D).

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Nancy Westfall
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Nancy is the creator of The Colorful Cookie, The Colorful Cookie Club, Procreate Fast Track Online Course, and the founder/host of Cookie-A-Thon. Nancy has a passion for learning new things and teaching cookiers how to design cookie stencils and cookie cutters. She loves being a part of the cookie community!

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Shelly Nunnally & Wendy Alba

Shelly and Wendy are the co-founders of Cookie Better, where they educate and empower cookiers to develop their talents and businesses. They also offer a monthly subscription called the Bakers' Society, which features new classes every month. They love seeing others succeed!

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Silvia Zolfanelli

Silvia is an Italian baker and the owner of Silvialicious in Austin, TX. A longtime cookie artist, she began experimenting with natural colors in 2021 and now shares her expertise and passion for dye-free baking with others.

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Stacey Barr

Stacey, the Edible Tech Guru and owner of Stacey’s Custom Cakes, wants to help you Up Your Technical Game! An unapologetic lifelong geek, his unique (and sometimes quirky) approach to decorating is inspired by his love of using technology in new ways.

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Susan Moniz

Susan's lifelong love of sweets and the arts orbited each other, ultimately intersecting when themed theater cookies were created for castmates. This organic melding of art and sweets led to the launch of Artesão Cookie Molds.

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Susan Trianos

Susan has been obsessed with all things sugar since she was a young girl. Her career spans over 36 years, beginning with decorating cookies! She has owned her own bakery, worked in R&D, marketing, sales, and teaching within this field.

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Dr. Susie Kemp

Dr. Susie is the baker and creator of Dr. Susie Sweets. She shares “cookie joy” through custom cookies, classes, and digital tools for bakers—including STL cutter files and vibrant edible printer images—to help make every cookie truly unforgettable.

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Tammy Youngerwood

Tammy is the creator of Jerusalem Cake Design, where she crafts cookies, wedding cakes, and other treats from the heart of Jerusalem. She launched JCD over 10 years ago and loves taking on creative baking projects and discovering new challenges.

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Tina Braun

Christina, chef by trade, is the creative mind behind 13 Baking Company, where cakes and cookies become edible works of art. With a passion for learning and pushing creative boundaries, she loves using baking as a canvas for her artistry.

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