I didn't know they were so dang expensive! What's the difference between these and say a stencil for your walls...which I pretty much thought they were??????

I think they're a thinner type of stencil material, but I could be wrong.

the ones for cakes are made of food safe materials. The others are not.. It depends on how you feel about this as to which one you use. I have actually used both before

Not to start a food safe war or anything, but basically if I were ok using wall stencils on cakes for friends and family, I should start hunting around at Home Depot?

yep, i use ones from the craft store!

i make my own w/ the expression and clear vinyl ... i think it's cheaper than buying stencil material, but i could be wrong ...

I use the ones from the craft store all the time. I do wash them first very well in a mild bleach solution and try not to leave them against the side of the cake too long, I try to work quickly. If you google vinyl and food safe issues, most say as long as there is not prolonged contact with food, then it is safe. (I also use vinyl from the fabric store to roll my fondant on, again, I just don't leave fondant on the vinyl very long) I don't think a few minutes is prolonged contact

I can't see how anything you have against the cake long enough to stencil would poison anyone, but thats me lol

I just bought one for my brothers wedding cost me 20.00. Some of the stencils we looked at started at 8.00. Of course the one we picked was the most expensive.

The stencil I purchased from GSA was for my new DIL's cake and it was $79.00 -- Ouch!!!! Its the one in my avatar.

Edited to add: I looked at 4 different website/stores and they were all the same price.