Anybody bought the Wilton pre-made bows yet? I did and just let me say that I was disappointed in it. It felt like paper. I thought it was suppose to be gumpaste or fondant but it was really light. It did not take luster dust well. I just dry-brushed it and you could not tell it.
i haven't bought one, but i did look closely at it through the box, it is made of paper or something from what i could tell, it certainly wasn't GP.
The Wilton website states that these bows are, "Food safe, non-edible, paper clay. "
I don't know what the recommendations are for coloring. I'd think that they could be painted with non-toxic water colors, airbrushed, or sprayed with the Wilton mists. Perhaps you could also dye it by mixing color with straight alcohol and giving it a very quick dip?
I don't know how "paper clay" would respond to being painted with alcohol based extracts with color or dust added. I picture it getting quite streaky 
and I can see why dry dusting would yield poor results because the dust would have nothing to adhere to on the surface of the bow.
Just my .02
Rae
Goes to show you how much I read. I definitely thought they were fondant/GP. I charge $25.00 for a fondant bow--almost insulted that I paid $17.00 for a paper clay one, but I needed one on short notice. I think I would have prefer buying a real bow at Michael's.
*sigh* I know. They say to use the non-toxic pastel colored chalk. Like from the children's section. That has been finely grated. But who has time to do that?
I saw these bows the other day at Wallyworld and it looked to me like some type of foam. I thought how weird! but it said that it had instructions on how to color them with wilton colors. I think you do just like the little clear rocks and stuff. You mix the color in water and then put the bow in to soak and be dyed
i thought it was a type of foam. I don't know what the instructions say. I was just saying that maybe that is how they say to do it. you know how they say you can dye wine glasses and ribbon to match your cake with their colors.
Good idea mslou. I know that's what they say to do in the Wilton Tiered Cakes Book.. use the chalk ground. Since it's made of paper clay, I would be afraid to try anything involving water.
I will have to look again; but it is water I think and you add the dye and soak them overnight. It is possible it wasn't water; maybe something else 
; I will look again and get back to ya
I saw one at Super-Walmart the other day and thought it was way too light... No wonder! I didn't read either but wonder why it was sooo light!!!
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