The cake is beautiful and those shells are AMAZING. If I saw them at a cake show, I would seriously buy them to put on cakes, because I know that I could never make them so perfect. (that's a big compliment from me, cuz I'm kinda cheap )

Thank you mjballinger. I see you are frm Lancaster, PA. I was just up that way a couple of weeks ago visiting my 92 year oldl grandmother in Marietta. I love it up there. It is so beautiful.....

hmm... you gave me something to think about. How do I get in on a cake show?