Hi there, I'm Carina, owner of Cookies by Carina. I was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California where I live with my husband and our two boys.

 

I am culinary trained from the Culinary Institute of America Grey Stone. In 2005 I got my baking and pastry degree, which led me to work in many popular restaurants and catering companies throughout Sonoma and Napa counties.

 

Cookie parties are a long standing tradition in my family. It started when I would invite my mom and 4 year old nephew over to decorate cookies. I got him a little apron and chefs hat, and let him go at it with alllll the frosting. He loved it! 

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Over the years, there were more and more kids added to the family and the tradition lived on. Every December we gather together, I make a bunch of blank cookies to decorate and everyone sits together and decorates them. 

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What I love most about cookie decorating is that there is no right or wrong way to do it. I provide the children with blank canvases and they use their imaginations from there.