I think this looks awesome!! I will be attempting two of these this weekend, My biggest concern for myself is getting them smooth because I dont want to use fondant..

What kind of pan are you using and what kind of icing

Amazing! I love your display also - it looks like its floating. Great work and thanks for the details on how you made this.

This is to cool. How do you get the Luster Dust on the buttercream ? When I brush mine on it mess up the buttercream...Any suggestions?

yes looks like an optic illusion of it floating. very pretty!

The floating look is probably because my dining room light is ball shaped (early '80s vintage)! I let the buttercream crust for a couple hours before I used a clean makeup brush for blush to lightly brush on the dust. I need to learn how to use a sprayer - it would've been more uniform.

Gorgeous! Very festive.

Wonderful work, I love anything with buttercream,A true talent :)