Posts by heartsnsync

Looks like stenciling to me, too.

Just very nicely respond and say, "Yes, I can add that but it will be an additional $$. Would you like to pay that additional charge for this upgrade?" In no other business could you call and ask for more product and expect not to pay...

You all gave me some good ideas. I did an estimate on a wedding cake I had for today and was only one hour off my estimate. But give me an occasion cake and I am almost always way off! I am going to implement some of your ideas and...

Thanks for your comments on my perfectionism. I am a perfectionist and I guess some of that is going to have to go the wayside if I am going to do better on time! The cake that I did that prompted the post I have not put in my gallery -...

It is so hard to calculate how long it will take to execute a design when you have never done the design before! I just did a very elaborate birthday cake for a one year old and thought it would take me about 7 hours to complete but it...

You definitely have to have the wire be heavy enough gauge to hold the fondant balls, add tylose to the balls, hook the end of the wire, and when inserting the wire, wet it with fondant/tylose/water "gum glue" and then insert into the...

What the others of you have said regarding what displays and cakes there were at a show being less than stellar was true at the event I attended on Sunday as well. Every single on of the dummies on display were done in royal icing and...

I recently attended a luncheon hosted by a bridal show company that does events in my area twice a year. By the time you add up the cost of the booth, signage, fliers, creating the cake dummies, samples, paying staff to assist, etc. the...

I make roses all three ways: fondant only, fondant and gum paste, and gum paste only. For roses that people can actually eat and enjoy I make fondant only and I actually have a lot of people request these.For fondant only roses I roll...

Tylose added to fondant will not give you the same flexibility and stability that a gum paste does. For some things I do add tylose to fondant but for modeling figures or making figurines I use either a 50/50 gumpaste fondant blend or...