How to Decorate Mason Jar Cookie Bouquets

hey guys it’s an york’s from the flowerbox and today i’m bringing you a newmason jar kit tutorial we’re going tomake a mason jar a simple leaf and arereally cute Daisy and we’re gonna usethese cookies to let people know we’rethinking of them they’re gonna saythanks Congrats and get well soon in ourown waythis tutorial is paired with our newmason jar kit the kit includes the threeessential cutters and stencils featuredin this video plus a few bonus toolscheck it out on flower box comso let’s cookie it up we’ll start withthe mason jar cookie I’m going to showyou 3 different ways to decorate thiscookie the first way I’m going tooutline the cookie I’m using sky-blueicing and I’m using piping icing with atip number 2[Music]once the cookies outlined I’m going tofill it in with my flood icing this is a10 second flood icing and if you’relooking for a recipe you can find it onfirebox calm notice how generous I amwith the icing I love a nice fulllooking cookie while that icing is stillwet I’m going to go in with my whiteflood icing and add the highlights I dothis especially if I’m not planning toairbrush the mason jar I’ll let that jardry for at least six hours beforestenciling then I’m going to lay thestencil on the top of the cookie and I’mgoing to scrape black stiff icing acrossthe stencil I want to make sure I coverall parts of the stencil before I liftit up and before I left I’m going tojust take one swipe to remove the excessthen I peel back the stencil to revealthe design and it looks super cute we’realmost done with this we’re just gonnaadd some pipe details to the jar tofinish it off[Music]let me show you a second way to do thismason jar if you have an airbrushmachine you can airbrush and highlightthe edges of the cookie this just adds alittle bit of depth and dimension tothat cookie design I’m using the skyblue airbrush color and I’m just goingaround the edge you can build the coloras you go so I make one pass and I’ll goover it again and slowly work my wayinto the center of the jar I like tokeep my airbrush on a low to mediumspeed and I use light pressure on thetrigger[Music]now I’m ready to settle so again I’mputting the stencil on the surface ofthe cookie and scraping the black icingacross I’m making sure I covereverything and then I’m just gonna peelit back to reveal the design a few pipedetails and this one is ready to go thethird option is adding a wet-on-wet stemand this is especially good if you’regoing to prepare this mason jar with theleaf and the flour then stencil add somepipe details and you’re ready to golet’s take a look at the simple leafcookie for this cookie I’m only using asingle icing consistency I have 20second icing in my bag and I’m using thesame icing to outline and flood thisjust makes prep and cleanup a little biteasier i flood half the leaf and letthat dry for about 30 minutes in frontof a fan and then I come back and floodthe other half of the leaf and thatcreates that beautiful dimension linebetween those two sections making itlook like the leaf has a veinnow if you want to take this cookie tothe next level let’s airbrush itI have spring green airbrush color in myairbrush gun and I’m just gonna goaround and highlight the edges just alittle bit and then I’ll also highlightthrough where the vein on the leaf isjust takes a simple cookie and makes itlook really pretty cool[Music]okay we’re almost done with this set thelast cookie we’re gonna do is the Daisyand because sometimes these occasionswhen you want to say get well congratsor thank you can come up pretty quickI’m keeping these cookies nice andsimple so that they can be pulledtogether last minute I’m just outliningthe Daisy with tip number two and I’mgonna flood in this saves a lot of timeversus making each petal individuallyflooded it doesn’t quite have the samedimension but we’re gonna add a pop ofairbrush and make this look reallyspecial[Music]I’ll let that cookie dry in front of thefan for about 30 minutes to an hour andI’m ready to airbrush I have this springgreen color still on my airbrush gun andI’m just gonna add a pop of color to thecenter of the cookieI love the airbrush because it addscolor without having to mix more icing[Music]now I’m ready to add the pedals I’m justgonna loop around the flower[Music]this one’s almost done let’s add ayellow centerI love the simplicity of this cookie setyou can make them exactly when you needthem because they’re not too difficultto pull together you can even make themahead of time and freeze them and thenstencil them as you need them forwhatever occasion pops up that’s all fortoday thanks so much for watching if yourecreate these cookies I would love tosee what you make so be sure to tag atthe firebox shop on Instagram andFacebook also don’t forget to check outthat kit on firebox calm and happydecorating[Music]you