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In this class, Andrea Reno will teach you how to combine your knowledge of letters with cookie decorating tools and edible mediums to create beautifully decorated sweet treats.

The class will focus on lettering on cookies, and is not a cookie decorating class, so you can either take some time in advance to prepare your own iced cookies (via provided videos or others available on YouTube), or you can practice on parchment paper during the sessions.

With the acquired skills from this class, you will be able to make gorgeous cookies with messages for your family and friends to enjoy together when lockdown restrictions ease. You will also be able to add this service to your repertoire and collaborate with local cookie or cake artists.

• Already iced (dry icing) cookies in any shape you wish - I will supply registrants with the cookie and icing recipes. Note: Iced cookies are not required to practice. You can letter with the icing on parchment paper.

• The cookie cutters you used

• Extra royal icing, already tinted with your favorite color (I will demonstrate consistencies with white icing but please color yours with your preferred color before starting class)

• Any white paper and graphite pencil

• Parchment or tissue paper

• Tape to keep the parchment paper down on the table

• Small containers with lids such as Glad and Ziploc brand, the ones with blue lids

• Mini metal offset spatula. Wilton or Ateco brand

• Scissors

• Empty, no lid, slim thermos or container. At least 4” in height and 2” wide

• 2 Tall containers with drinking water

• Spoon

• Toothpicks

• Gel food color ( I prefer Americolor brand) your preferred colors

• Dry towel

• Damp towel

• Small disposable piping bags, Wilton brand is ok

• Rubber bands

• Wilton (#1 and #1s) or PME (#1 and #1.5) Piping tips . PME are considerably more expensive but they are the best ones and worth the investment. Have as many as you want. Or one per color but at least 2 of each size.

• Container with extra powder sugar and spoon

• Ceramic plate

• Extras: Bakerpan brand edible markers-fine tip. Edible gold luster dust (4g container), clear vodka, eye dropper, cheap new brush #1, brushes #0 and #1 for painting details.

• If you decide to use gold dust you will need a brush dedicated only for it because you wont be able to clean it completely after.

Andrea Alvarez Reno was born in Honduras, Central America, where she started as a self-taught cake artist. Right after graduating college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Industrial Administration she opened her first cake studio. Four years after opening the business she wanted professional training which led her to obtaining a Certification in Cake Designing at the world renowned "The French Pastry School" in Chicago, where she studied under some of the biggest names in the industry such as Sebastian Cannone, Jacquy Pfeiffer and Nicholas Lodge. A year later, Andrea got engaged and moved to the US for good. In Chicago she has worked as Lead Cake Artist in two of the most prestigious cake studios in the city. She has done cakes for many celebrities and has been on TV shows for The Food Network and the Cooking Channel.

On the calligraphy side she also started as self-taught back in Honduras, ten years ago, after finding a book in her University's bookstore, but has been doing lettering since she can remember. After moving to the U.S., she immediately started taking professional classes with some of the biggest in the industry, such as David Grimes, Yves Letterme, Harvest Crittenden, John Stevens, John Decollibus, Elmo Van-Slingerland and Mike Gold to mention a few, and started expanding her knowledge of letters and discovering new interests like Illumination, Engrossing and Illustration. She is also a self taught painter and illustrator and has had the opportunity of illustrating a book and working with brands like Crayola, Netflix, Cartier and others.

Today , Andrea owns " Andrea Reno Calligraphy & Cakes" and serves the Wedding and Event Industry with confections and calligraphed paper goods but is also in the process of opening a pizza and pastry cafe in downtown Chicago, along with her husband, where she will be selling custom confections.

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