Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join Julia as she welcomes Lolly's Home Kitchen owner and Headline Sponsor Lauren Anderson to the sixth Sponsor Spotlight and Q&A session of Julia's 2026 competition season! Lauren offers Cookie Camp (a cookie-decorating course for beginners), Royal Kitchen Crew (an all-access pass to nearly 100 cookie classes, for all skill levels), Dough Makers Kit (a guide for making money with decorated cookies), and a host of standalone tutorials, recipes, and tools on her site, https://lollyshomekitchen.com. It's a veritable treasure trove of cookie decorating insights and wisdom! Julia couldn't have been more thrilled to meet Lauren (for the first time, as hard as that may be to believe!) and to showcase her business in this interview. During this 40+-minute chat, Julia and Lauren cover the following topics:
(1) Overview of Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ 2026 and the benefits of entering, including huge prizes - $32,000 USD is the official final tally! Woo hoo! (Julia);
(2) Review of how Lolly's Home Kitchen came about (as a form of therapy for Lauren) and how it has grown into the cookie empire that it is today, focused on giving others the skills to grow and thrive in cookie decorating! (Lauren); and
(3) Q&A (questions posed by Lauren to Julia), which address what's special about this competition; what distinguishes a good entry from a winning one, and more (Lauren and Julia).
At the end of the video, Julia shares Lauren's incredible prize contribution to this year's competition - gift certificates to both Cookie Camp and Royal Kitchen Crew valued at over $3,000 USD. Julia is so very grateful for Lauren's generous support of her final cookie art competition, and for having had the pleasure to get to know Lauren in this interview!
NOTES:
(1) Learn more about Lolly's Home Kitchen here: https://lollyshomekitchen.com.
(2) Rules for the 2026 Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ posted to Cookie Connection, the competition’s home base, under the official "Competition Overview" on February 20, along with a link to registration on Eventbrite! Julia can't wait to see your entries, but please read the "Competition Overview" in its entirety before you get started: cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/julia-m-usher-s-cookie-art-competition-5th-and-final-virtual-edition-2026-competition-overview.
(3) Entries are due on May 31, 2026, so there’s still ample time to create!
(4) This video was recorded live and has not been edited, so please ignore Julia's "um"s and other blunders along the way.
Join Julia as she welcomes Lolly's Home Kitchen owner and Headline Sponsor Lauren Anderson to the sixth Sponsor Spotlight and Q&A session of Julia's 2026 competition season! Lauren offers Cookie Camp (a cookie-decorating course for beginners), Royal Kitchen Crew (an all-access pass to nearly 100 cookie classes, for all skill levels), Dough Makers Kit (a guide for making money with decorated cookies), and a host of standalone tutorials, recipes, and tools on her site, https://lollyshomekitchen.com. It's a veritable treasure trove of cookie decorating insights and wisdom! Julia couldn't have been more thrilled to meet Lauren (for the first time, as hard as that may be to believe!) and to showcase her business in this interview. During this 40+-minute chat, Julia and Lauren cover the following topics:
(1) Overview of Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ 2026 and the benefits of entering, including huge prizes - $32,000 USD is the official final tally! Woo hoo! (Julia);
(2) Review of how Lolly's Home Kitchen came about (as a form of therapy for Lauren) and how it has grown into the cookie empire that it is today, focused on giving others the skills to grow and thrive in cookie decorating! (Lauren); and
(3) Q&A (questions posed by Lauren to Julia), which address what's special about this competition; what distinguishes a good entry from a winning one, and more (Lauren and Julia).
At the end of the video, Julia shares Lauren's incredible prize contribution to this year's competition - gift certificates to both Cookie Camp and Royal Kitchen Crew valued at over $3,000 USD. Julia is so very grateful for Lauren's generous support of her final cookie art competition, and for having had the pleasure to get to know Lauren in this interview!
NOTES:
(1) Learn more about Lolly's Home Kitchen here: https://lollyshomekitchen.com.
(2) Rules for the 2026 Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ posted to Cookie Connection, the competition’s home base, under the official "Competition Overview" on February 20, along with a link to registration on Eventbrite! Julia can't wait to see your entries, but please read the "Competition Overview" in its entirety before you get started: cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/julia-m-usher-s-cookie-art-competition-5th-and-final-virtual-edition-2026-competition-overview.
(3) Entries are due on May 31, 2026, so there’s still ample time to create!
(4) This video was recorded live and has not been edited, so please ignore Julia's "um"s and other blunders along the way.
