Hi people,

I am still a newbie and got an idea that we could make a list of what "how to" articles we want. Maybe some of the "older" decoratos can help us or CC makes those articles (with photos ofcourse).

So I start:

- how to make fondant/marzipan people (like wedding coulpe)
- how to make different kinds of decoration with tips (others than you see in Wilton's site)
- how to make different kinds of flowers

well...lets start with these...


Jenni

Great IDEA!!

i'd love to know all 3 of those...

You know, that's a very interesting topic - the one about piping designs and shapes that are NOT Wilton-based. I am big on piping - I love it. But I had to go outside the Wilton information (and supplies) to find 00 tip to pipe tiny lace points.

I have learned one thing I can share about the tiny lace piping...cover your newly-made royal icing with a damp towel and let sit 30 minutes before you begin - and strain the thin-consistency icing through a very fine sieve - or pantyhose to remove any particles.

I would really like hearing from others who have developed a 'trick' or a special flower from piping with a tip that we can't learn from Wilton.

I hope a lot of the icing-artists (and they're here, believe me) contribute to this thread.

What a super topic!

Oh!!! The list is endless! Tops for me is gumpase flowers and figures.

It must be pretty time-consuming to add tutorials. I submitted one about 6 weeks ago on airbrushing but it hasn't appeared yet. Maybe it just wasn't any good!!

There are lots of resources on line and in print for molding figures. Fire up your Google and search. (Search for polyclay resources too.)