Fondant Shells...how Do I Know What Color To Shade Them??
Decorating By Kiddiekakes Updated 22 Feb 2007 , 1:40am by paolacaracas
Okay...so I have all my fondant shells ready for my cake.They are white!!! How do I know what colors to shade them to make them look real?Do I dust them all with Superpearl after?What would look nicer an all Ice Blue shell cake or a natural cake with different color shells in browns etc..
Laurel 
Sometimes I marble my chocolate or fondant with just a little brown color and then mold my shells. But since your's are already done, I would dust with a little (very little) brown just around some edges and then dust over that with super pearl. I have also dusted with the a little pink or teal luster dust and then over dusted with superpearl to get that mother-of-pearl look.
You can go to a search engine, type in "Seashells" and click on "Images" and it will come up with some nice photos. For these I used Georgia Peach luster dust, apricot petal dust and super pearl luster dust, and for the Starfish I used a petal dust carried by Micholas Lodge called Cream.
Wow...Shirley!!! Those are beautiful!!! I may be having to get those colors!!!!!
Shirley, I love your shell molds, and of course what you did to them, where did you got them?
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