Where To Find Unique Sprinkles/jimmies
Decorating By missyv110 Updated 13 Feb 2007 , 3:28am by canadiancookie
I love making & decorating cupcakes (ok, ok, obsession 
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I'm sort of tired of Wilton and Bulk Barn (Canada!) sprinkles; I have stars & hearts & circles. Any good ideas of where to get (online or otherwise) unique and different toppers?
I really like to hand-place them, sort of like these I made a while back:
The butterflies and stars, etc, that you seek are actually called quins. There are dozens of different styles, so you may want to look them up by the type - football, dinosaur, to narrow your search for vendors.
Theresa 
http://www.fancyflours.com/site/xdpy/sf/Cake%20&%20Cookie%20Decorations/Quins/offset-0/index.html
I never knew they were called quins.....here is a site with tons of different ones
here are some more.....those confetti ones are kinda cool....like little curly strips..neat
http://www.thepartyworks.com/index.php/cPath/3_8
Thanks Theresa, I never thought to search for 'quins'
GREAT tip, thanks - here's a site where I covet 90% of their Quins, yikes
http://www.fancyflours.com/site/xdpy/sf/Cake%20&%20Cookie%20Decorations/Quins/offset-50/index.html
eeeek, now that I know they're Quins, I can't stop surfing....make it stoooop....
these guys have a big selection, at reasonable prices:
http://www.babykakes.com/sprinkles.htm
Oh, my gosh, FancyFlours has exactly what I have been looking for - Dog Bone quins!
And have you taken a look at their blog? I have some heavy reading to do there!
Thanks for the hook-up on that site!
Theresa
Tee hee, I'm chuckling to myself as 'quin' is very close to a rude word, maybe only in the UK? Will I EVER grow up?!!!
Hi everybody, just another question regarding edible confetti... does anybody know for how long will they stay fresh?? I want to buy several designs and found them on 12oz bottles for $4 ea. which is way cheaper than buying by the 2oz bottles, but 12oz is a LOT, so just wondering for how long can I keep them? Thanks so much!
As long as their kept dry, out of direct light, and at a reasonable temp. (below ?85 degrees), I don't see where there'd be any problem. They seem pretty inert.
JMHO.
Rae
Sorry for the delay (new to the forums....gotta remember to keep an eye on these posts. 
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If you do a search on quins you should find lots to chose from. There are a cpl cake decorating stores in there...Krazy 4 Cake Decorating, S&S Cake supply ect ect.
Hope that helps
Sonya
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