I am trying ti decorate and ice sugar cookies for the first time. I have western boots, cactus, longhorn and horse heads. What isthe best way to do this. I saw photos of decorated western cookies on the website and I liked them but was worriedd about the difficulty.

This article should answer most of your questions.
http://www.cakecentral.com/article54-How-To-Bake--Decorate-Cookies.html

Karen has lots of information and recipes on her site:
http://www.karenscookies.net/shop/cookie-decorating-tutorials/info_7.html

Popular cookie recipes:
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HTH!

The best way to do it is pour in your base color. Then do a few drops of another color and run/swirl a tooth pick through it for a ti-dye effect.