Posts by didi5

thanks for your replies. I think I'm going to practice on some extra cake that I have. I would really like to use RI because it would be so much faster than gumpaste. We'll see what happens.

I'm in the process of trying to make a rose for this weekend's cake. You guys make such wonderful roses! I tried making one tonight following the Wilton method ( I only have those cutters) and my rose is really a hopeless case. I...

IMBC is Italian Meringue Buttercream. It's made of eggwhites, all butter and sugar. I mean I could leave it outside for up to 8 hours but I wouldn't take a chance for it overnight. I would rather wait until the reception for it to...

I'm making a wedding cake this weekend that is covered in fondant and would have royal icing swirly details on it. I need to have it refrigerated as much as possible because I use IMBC. I was planning on covering the cake with fondant,...

Oh lala! What a wonderful space! Just super jealous here. How big is the whole place? Did the studio part came with the nice wood floor or did you have to add it? I think the wood floor really adds warmth to the room, love it! So...

Thanks for sharing! I've been dreaming of a program like this!

I also don't hate my job but things are rather slow at work lately that I think to myself why am I wasting my day here where I could be doing a bazillion things with my cake orders?! Sometimes it would be stressful at work and I would...

Quote:Originally Posted by midialjoje It has been getting easier to feel comfortable charging what these might really be worth--especially now seeing the philosophy here about giving options based on budget. That makes so much sense. ...

Like some of the others here, I also give my clients different alternatives. I too, also lost prospective clients due to price. I then started giving them choices and I'm more likely to keep them. I give them a choice between the...

Quote:Originally Posted by PootchiWOW! isn't it hard to find a good insurance company.... It's even hard to find a broker that'll explain all of that to me... I've called lots of insurance companies: they don't insure that kind of...