To Steam Or Not To Steam, That Is My Question!!!(A Bit Long)
Decorating By lynseyg2002 Updated 20 Jul 2007 , 10:04pm by SweetResults
Ok, I've been given a project for the holidays from my course tutor. My challenge is to make a flower from petal paste/gumpaste that I have never made before but I can't use any cutters, just a craft knife. I decided to make a water lily. It has turned out really well so I thought I would make lily pads to sit it on, and also a little frog. I cut out the lily pads but when I tried to insert my wire, it was too thick so I had to use a thinner wire. My problem is that because the wire is now thinner, its harder to pick up the leaf, but I could do with adding more of a greener colour to it. Should I leave it the green colour it is and take any critisism that may be thrown my way, or is there another way i could set the colour for the realistic look I'm after? please help!!!! 
i thought they might look a bit dull, the only other thing i've just thought of is to glaze them, it would give them the 'watery' look as well then....i hope
sorry, did you mean don't stem (wire) them, or don't steam them?
I would think you could paint the leaf with color or a dust to get a better color?
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