The winners of the 4 new cutters are:

yesmakemylunch

My mom is amazing! There for us whenever we need her!!

Samantha B

My mom is one of my best friends. She’s supportive, but let’s me figure things out on my own. She’s there every time I need her. I hope my girls grow up to say the same about me!

vtay 1

Yay new cutters!!!!!!!!! My mom would meet us at the door after school with fabulous homemade treats…I had an idyllic childhood

Eileen Bartsch

I would love to win a set of these. Thanks in advance for the chance to win them. Eileen Bartsch

Elizabeth

These are FABULOUS!!!! I’ll definitely be buying these!!!!

Congratulations to the winners!  We will be emailing all of you shortly. If you don’t see an email and you’re one of the winners, give us a holler at contact at karenscookies dot net. Thanks for reading my blog, and thanks for sticking with me even though I don’t post very often! Cookie decorators are the best! Have a great week!

Michele J
wow! such great sponsors and it sounded like a super event. Definitely going to try and make the next CookieCon!!

Jennifer
Great assortment of goodies! Would love to be lucky enough to win some.

Leigh Ann Shaner
So bummed that I missed it, but will definitely make plans for next year!

Abigail Maartens
Congratulations on a successful Cookie Con! The blogging world has been singing your praises, you must be very proud to have brought all the amazing cookie people together. Would love to receive a bundle of goodies – will help cheer up the grey UK autumn!

Lindy
I would have loved to have gone to CookieCon, maybe next time! It is a long way from Australia, so having it somewhere easy to get to (West Coast) and plenty of notice on the dates would be great The Homespun Christmas Tree is gorgeous and the pixie dust shaker is just a fantastic idea!!

Glenda Zavadil
Happy Birthday, Lorene!
I wasn’t able to attend CookieCon…bummer! What a great group of people gathering together to make cookies!! I can’t wait until I am able to attend!
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Cookie Making!!

Sarah Reyna
how awesome is that. so nice of you to share…thank you…

Natalie Byrd
Didn’t get to come to CookieCon this year:( Hope to make the next one! Happy Birthday Ms. Lorene!

I’ve sent an email to all of the winners so look for that. If you’re on this list and you don’t see an email, email us at contact at karenscookies dot net with your shipping address.

I hope to see lots of you at the next CookieCon! We have scouted out venues, and will have more information about the next one soon, so keep an eye on the web site (www.CookieCon.net). We’ll put updates there as soon as we have some definite information.

Happy Monday!

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Congrats on the $100 Gift Certificate Tatyana!  I’ve already decided that we’ll be having another contest in the future.  We should be getting in a new (and much larger) batch of these cutters in within the next few days!

Thanks so much to all who entered!

Joyce Scott
These are soooooooooooo cool!!! I would love to have these wonderful cutters!
Thanks ever so much!!!~~~~~

Anna
Wow, they are amazing! I would love to win! And thanks for the 15% I´ve just placed a huge order…

Katie B
I, too, would love to win this set!

Lynn
Love them. They’d be a perfect B-day gift for me. If I don’t win, I’ll have to buy them!

Donna B
Definite “must-haves!!!! Love ‘em! Blessings, Donna B.

Emma Gonsalves
These are crazy gorgeous! I see endless possibilities! Pick me! Pick Me!!!

Rachel
You always make things look awesome, Karen! Even with cool cutters like these, you made them awesomer than stuff I thought up before I saw what you did with them.

Esther
Gorgeous piping work, Karen….don’t sell yourself short! And I absolutely adore these new cutters!

Madri
So excited about these cutters!!!

Michele Posey
Oh I would love to have these!

Congratulations everybody! I will send emails to all of you shortly. If you don’t see my email, send me a quick email to contact at karenscookies dot net with your mailing address and we’ll get them sent right out.

Thanks to all for reading and commenting! I loved reading everybody’s comments and appreciate your kindness! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Thanks to everybody who entered!! Wowee! It was a definite Karen’s Cookie Blog record for the number of entries. We had a large influx of entries from our friends in Spain who were sent by Bea Trigo from El Rincon de Bea, a longtime friend to Karen’s Cookies.  Bienvenidos! Thank you for all of your enthusiasm and kindness. Unfortunately there can only be one winner… this time. I’ll definitely do this same type of giveaway again soon. I didn’t realize what a hit the basic shapes would be! I’ll give more away soon.  But for now…

We have a winner! The winner of the 9 sets of basic shapes cookie cutters is Marilena. She said:

Wowwwwwwwwwwww!!! Fantastic giveaway!!!! Love ALL cutters!!!! Thanks!!! Saludos desde Mallorca, en Españaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

I’m so glad you’re excited about the cutters, Marilena! Have fun with them! I sent you an email, so watch for that. If you don’t see my email, you can email me at contact at karenscookies dot net with your shipping address. Congratulations!!

Now a couple of questions asked within the comments of my last post:

First, several of you asked if the cookies are weak at the seams when you piece them together. I have found them to be very sturdy using my recipe. In fact, I baked a couple and broke them on purpose. I gently bent them to see where they would break– if they would break along the seams or somewhere else, and neither one broke at the seams. They each broke somewhere else. I haven’t had any break accidentally either. My recipe does spread a little bit, so I think that might help to fuse the pieces together. If your recipe doesn’t spread at all, you might have more trouble, but I’m not sure. You may just have to experiment a little and see what happens.

Another question asked was if you have to do anything to stick the pieces together before baking. You don’t. Sometimes I’ll rub them a little at the seam, just to make sure they are flush and even, but that’s all I do. No need to dampen the seams with water or anything like that. Just place them on your cookie sheet and bake. I do pat them down gently with a spatula right after they come out of the oven to make sure they’re nice and flat.

I hope that answered your questions about piecing together cookies. Please let me know in the comments of this post if you have any other questions about it.

Thanks again to all who entered the giveaway!  I always enjoy reading your comments!

Here are the winners of the oval cookie cutter sets:

Melody James
I LOVE your cookies! They are so cute! And what great ideas you come up with for these basic cutters! I wish I had half your creativity! Adorable!

Christine
I think those are cute Karen! I especially like the pumpkin with the candy inside and those spiders holding the candy are are so cute! My Grandson’s 1st birthday is Saturday the 29th, so we are doing a Halloween themed party! Planning on making the cute little mummies, pumpkins and candy corn cookies for the party bags and I am going to attempt the “great pumpkin” cake (using a bundt pan) for his 1st birthday cake, can’t wait to see the orange frosting all over him! LOL Again, that’s for sharing and have fun getting your little ones ready for Halloween!

Glenda
This blog makes me want to bake! I’d love to try some of these ideas!!!!

Sandy
WOW…gotta try those

Kenni
Those pumpkins and monster faces are too cute! I also love that you cut up the oval to make candy corn.

Congratulations everybody!  I’ve sent you all emails, so look for that. If you don’t see an email, you can write to me at contact at karenscookies dot net with your mailing address.

Look at me all on the ball for announcing the winners. Woo hoo!

Thanks to all who entered to win the Rectangle Cookie Cutter Set! I enjoyed reading your ideas and your sweet comments about my cookies. Thank you so much!

Here are the winners:

Missy

I would try all the designs you did. Love the candy bars and the little tricker treaters.

Gisele Oakes

They are all totally adorable! Wish I had the patience to do cookies like that!

Heather D.

These are so creative! I love thinking outside of the box…or rectangle!

Congratulations, ladies! Have fun with your rectangles! I’ve sent all of you an email, so you can just respond to that email with your mailing address and we’ll get them sent right out. If you don’t see an email, you can write to me at contact at karenscookies dot net.

I have another little giveaway coming up later today, so stay tuned.

We have some winners! The winners of the Wilton Witch Set cookie cutters are:

Isabel:

I love it!! thanks a lot from Spain,

Jen:

Those look like fun. For the cauldrons what about having it bubble over in electric green bubbles with luster dust? It could be a spooky brew!

Emily:

I think I say this about all of your cookies but these really are some of my favorites. Have so much fun at cookie camp!

Congratulations to all the winners! I have sent you all emails, so check your box, or send your mailing address to contact at karenscookies dot net.

A Cookie Camp recap coming up…

We have some winners! Thanks to all who entered. It sounds like there are a lot of Hello Kitty fans out there.  As always, I wish I could send a set to everyone who entered.  But since I can’t, I used our friend Random.org to choose the five winners. And they are…

Judy R

I would love to win these cutters. My best friend Lisa and my granddaughter Skylar both LOVE Hello Kitty.

Michelle Ly at Cookie Counter

My little baby cousin LOVES Hello Kitty!!! She is already collecting things and she is only 3! I am sure she would love some of these cookies!! So adorable!

Linda

Yes Please I’d like to be entered !!!!

Nan

The cookies are so cute! Love Hello Kitty!!

Donna

These are adorable……love the many styles you gave to Hello Kitty.

Congratulations!! I’ve sent all of you emails, so just respond to the email with your mailing address or email me at contact at karenscookies dot net, and we’ll get your cutters sent right out.

Another giveaway coming right up…

Oh, and a few of you asked about doing a tutorial on these. I really hope to do that soon. I learned a few tricks while doing these that I’d love to pass on to you. Hopefully I can get that done soon. Keep bugging me about it if you don’t see it up in the next couple of weeks.

But first, here are the winners of the Wilton Summer Cookie Cutters:

Brenda

This year was a lazy, hazy days of summer. Here in Texas we spent the summer trying to stay COOL. Glad you are back, we missed you

Jenn J

Did a little baking…using some supplies I order from y’all Enjoyed the time outdoors, grilling, hanging out with friends. Glad you’re back and glad to year you enjoyed your summer like I did!

Beth

I spent most of my summer baking and decorating cookies lol!

Thanks for the great contest!

Julieanna

Sounds like you had a great summer!!! I worked and gardened all summer. Loved the gardening!!!!!Great to see your posts.

Carmen

So excited to see your post again, Karen! This summer was the most exciting one for us (as parents) – my boys have gotten over the fear of water finally, and spent a lot of time in our friend’s pool. I was jumping up and down with joy seeing them so eager to get into the water instead screaming and crying their hearts out! lol…

Congratulations ladies! I’ve sent all of you emails, so look for that, or email me your address to contact at karenscookies dot net.

Sounds like everybody had a good summer. I was so happy to hear from all of you, and enjoyed reading your comments!  Thank you for welcoming me back (and sorry I disappeared again! I’ll get the hang of this blog thing sooner or later!)  Look for another post and giveaway SOON!