I thought I read one here one time that a member made her own sanding sugars by using lustre dust mixed with a bit of pearl dust.You can buy the course sugar so I thought putting some in a baggy and adding a bit of lustre or even petal,shimmer dust and shake..Any thoughts?? Has any one tried this??


Laurel

I've done it with powdered food colors and even with gel colors, but that's a real pain because it has to dry for a while before you can use it (at least that's how it was for me). I don't see why dusts wouldn't work just as well!

Amber

BTW, speaking of luster and pearl dusts- did anyone else notice that they're now available in the CC store ? And at a really good price too .I just ordered some- now all we need are a few more color options and some petal dusts and I'm all set!

Amber

I make my own colored sugars--both fine and coarse (sanding) all of the time. I like being able to custom match the colors. I use the paste or gel colors.

I place the sugar in a plastic zip loc bag and add only a drop or two of color to start. I loc the bag and rub the sugar and color around until the sugar is coated, the drop is gone, and the sugar not clumped. If it needs to be darker, I do it again. No drying time at all and it keeps just fine.

Needless to say, bulk white sugar in any degree of fineness is cheaper and if you only need a teaspoon, you can make it and be done with it---no storage issues.

Rae

What a great question. I just bought some sugars tonight and I have to say they are a tad expensive. I will give coloring my own a try.
thanks!

I use the same method as Blakescakes.

The best part of this is that you can make as much or as little as you need, you can make the specific colour and shade you want, and it is so much cheaper!

I used this on my Santa Cupcake cake (hat) in my photos.

Karen

When I make biscuits and I want to decorate the icing instead of using jelly crystals I would add say red food colouring with the sugar and pop on the top. I have done that for years so suppose it would be the same thing. Never thought of that before as I have always admired the sparkles but never bought them.

I too have used the sugar and color mixed together. But You just don't get that nice sparkle like you do with the lustre dusts.