I spent sooooo much time on this tree, but it was a great learning experience. The ornaments started out as little dots of royal icing, but then I had to build them up & make them a bit rounder with thick gum glue. I made the tree "layers" with a tool used to make smiles on figures & painted the white snow with white airbrush paint thickened with Tylose. The garland is royal & all the decorations were luster dusted. The star came from a mold I made from a button & has alternating silver & gold points. TFL!