hi sweet people
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Is it better to just buy all those delicate gumpaste,fondant and royal icing flowers instead of making it your own? Coz you know when you made yourself, you still have to buy all those tools and equipments plus the ingredients...
keep smiling)
Mala
I make my own MMF, RI and Buttercream and cake (I sometimes use mix). Ingredients as usually cheap compared to how much you pay
for those ready made icings. Unless it is something I cannot make, then I buy it.
I make my own fondant and flowers. The flowers and modelling is the fun part.
I used a couple hooby store 40% off coupons to built up my flower making supplies. Michael's has a large kit of tools reg. price $19.99 so you can get it for @ $12.00 and there are alot of cutter, etc...
The one that comes with course 3 ( I think ) has a neat pink set to make fondant flowers... those are fun. The really involved ones are still a bit intimidating. I also picked up a second hand pasta machine ( hadn crank ) to roll the fondant thin..... I could make flowers and watch TV 
all night
Do you attend classes, buy books or videos on how to learn making sugar flowers? thanks again guys...
I used a couple hooby store 40% off coupons to built up my flower making supplies. Michael's has a large kit of tools reg. price $19.99 so you can get it for @ $12.00 and there are alot of cutter, etc...
The one that comes with course 3 ( I think ) has a neat pink set to make fondant flowers... those are fun. The really involved ones are still a bit intimidating. I also picked up a second hand pasta machine ( hadn crank ) to roll the fondant thin..... I could make flowers and watch TV
all night
Hey that's great idea for the fondant--do you just use it like you would with pasta? I may have to try that in the future. ahhh the things you learn on this site! 
hi sweet people
)Is it better to just buy all those delicate gumpaste,fondant and royal icing flowers instead of making it your own? Coz you know when you made yourself, you still have to buy all those tools and equipments plus the ingredients...
keep smiling
)Mala
considering:
a) my skill level w/ gumpaste and flowers -- low
b) my patience level w/ gumpaste and flowers -- lower yet
c) the amount of time I have to devote to making them --even lower yet
d) the reasonable cost and beauty of premade ones -- high
for now --> I prefer to buy the premade ones.
it depends..in the beginning it's so fun to say you know how and yayyy!! you can do it...(well, that's how i felt) but then when i have 5...6+ cakes per WEEK...plus work, plus school...i really don't have the time to make my own, plus, if i'm going to pay myself at least what i make at work then it's just cheaper to buy them....
so in the beginning, i'll be honest, i made all my flowers and stuff...and occasionally, if i only need 2 or 3, i'll make them...but if i need a whole bunch and different kinds, and multiple orders, i look at it from a business perspective...and the primary point of a business is to make a profit...so...i'm buying most of the large flowers/difficult flowers
You guys who buy your flowers, do you have a preferred supplier?
is that "__________" supposed to be "bottom line" LOL
that was cute...
one source of many:
http://www.discountsugarflowers.com/default.aspx
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