How ever much you feel like your time is worth.
Good question haven't made one to charge but they are very time consuming. I'm guessing maybe $5-6 dollars a rose????!!!! Wow is that cheap or too much?
Well, the ones that you can get from catalogs are pretty pricey when you see how big they are (not very). I can make the quick roses pretty fast, but it would depend on how fast it takes you to make them. Figure out how many you can make per hour, then go from there. If you get faster it just means that you'll be getting paid more for the skill that you've developed. 
just because I'm slow and can't produce more then 2 an hr.
stop laughing 
Pricey to buy them? No way. I buy them for about 90 cents and sell them for $3.50. I gave up making flower years ago, unless it's a particular flower that's hard to get. I had to make Bird of Paradise a few months ago.
Where do you buy them for 90 cents?! I have never tried buying them before, but I don't enjoy making them.
just because I'm slow and can't produce more then 2 an hr.
stop laughing Thanks friend
Ha ha, I couldn't resist! If you hadn't written the "stop laughing" part I wouldn't have said anything, though 
I know a couple of different prices have been mentioned here, but no one has mentioned what size flowers you are talking about. That could make a big difference in price. How big are the .90 roses you charge 3.50 for? How big are the roses you are talking about charging 5-6 for? Just wondering - I was thinking this as I was reading the posts and saying to myself that one could be a 1-2" rose and one could be a 4" or so! lol Just curious!
Leah, you mentioned that you buy a lot of white ones at one time....may I ask how you color them?
You can airbrush them, dust with petal dust or grated chalk, paint with icing color mixed with vodka, or dip into icing color mixed with vodka. If you're coloring homemade ones, obviously before you would paint or dip them you want to be sure they're totally dry so they hold their shape.
Leah, you mentioned that you buy a lot of white ones at one time....may I ask how you color them?
You can airbrush them, dust with petal dust or grated chalk, paint with icing color mixed with vodka, or dip into icing color mixed with vodka. If you're coloring homemade ones, obviously before you would paint or dip them you want to be sure they're totally dry so they hold their shape.
Thanks!!
Not meaning to hijack the your thread OP, but when some of you other posters say you are quite fast, how many can you do in an hour? I'm still on two....I'd love to know how many people can churn out! I'm on about those with individual petals, not the ribbon roses. Thanks
I can do about 6 with the individual petals per hour, and probably around 10-12 of the quick roses. I have to have my little assembly line set up, though.
I can do about 6 with the individual petals per hour, and probably around 10-12 of the quick roses. I have to have my little assembly line set up, though.
..what's the "quick rose"...??....would you share? 'Would love to do these well but can't seem to make them...mine come out beyond horrible....
This a fantastic tutorial which I found online, it demonstrates the rose using the quick rose cutters:
http://cakesbyfrancesca.com.au/videos/rosetutorial.wmv
This lady is a cakecentral member, so I hope she doesn't mind me posting this link
I buy them too. Time is money. They're still handmade. They still look awesome.
Do you also get them from the same place posted above?
I can do about 6 with the individual petals per hour, and probably around 10-12 of the quick roses. I have to have my little assembly line set up, though.
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Heee hee, I am a rose machine. Ironically, I get tired of cakes with white roses on them, but don't we all? I like the individual petal ones more, but the quick ones are passable for most purposes, so I use those the most. Because I'm lazy.
Good deal leah_s , thanks for sharing. I would not charge for each flower, just more per serving for a cake with a lot of flowers.
I'm working on a cake that needs 50 roses and I've gotten it down to a science...yup, individual petals (don't have the rose kit) and they are about an inch to two inches across. I can make about 12 in an hour. I decided to make them rather than buy then because this cake is a gift and I wanted to save some money and work on learning how to make gumpaste roses myself. I'm sure I'd pay for them for something that requires several times more of these flowers like a wedding cake.
Not meaning to hijack the your thread OP, but when some of you other posters say you are quite fast, how many can you do in an hour? I'm still on two....I'd love to know how many people can churn out! I'm on about those with individual petals, not the ribbon roses. Thanks
I do mine in stages. I will do a few dozen of just the middle petals, put them off to the side, then the next day do the next row of petals etc. I always keep a bunch on hand, not per order. So I can churn out a few dozen in about two hours of total work. They are easier to do if you have the first layer dry.
I also buy them online from Caljava and wholesalesugarflowers if I have a last minute order and dont have time to make them. I never used avalon but have seen them at shows. They dont post prices, and havent had time to call them. SO dont know if they are cheaper or not, but wholesalesugarflowers is pretty cheap!
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