Would You D Othis? Q About Selling Gumpaste Flowers....
Decorating By jen1977 Updated 19 Oct 2006 , 12:09pm by jen1977
I was contacted today by a mother of the groom who wants to know if I make gumpaste flowers to sell to people to make their own cakes. I've never amde gumpaste flowers, but have done some out of fondant, and they want cal lilys. I've heard they are one of the simpler gumpaste flowers to learn. She said they are broke, so she's making their cake. How much would you charge for cala lilys if you were just selling the flowers? Sounds to me like they're looking for cheap, and we all know gumpaste flowers aren't.
Are you sure you want to do this? I have done gumpaste flowers for someone I know who is in the business, and she paid me what she charged her customer. I am not sure that I would want my decorations on a cake that someone just wants to bake herself. If the cake does not look right with your flowers on it, it will reflect on your reputation.
Theresa 
Well, the pre-made flowers at CalJava are pretty cheap. It would remove the issue of having your name associated with a cake that wasn't up to your standards......
http://caljavaonline.com/lily1.htm
Rae
Thanks everyone. I sent her an email and told her that at this point, I don't feel like it is a good business decision to have pieces that I make put on a cake that I have no artistic say over. I also sent her the link for the website with the premade ones. Thanks everyone!
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