Would You Let A Client Put Artificial Flowers On Your Cake?
Decorating By Dreme Updated 13 Jun 2011 , 9:47pm by SarahBeth3
Michael's has the floral counter with a person who is knowledgeable in flower arranging. You could have them help you put an arrangement together if you decide to do the silk flowers yourself.
Lindsram I like your idea! I could have the client take the sketch and go get their arrangements made. That way they could see how much it would cost plus know exactly how it would look. Much like when they get their own toppers. I think i'm ok with placing the arrangements on if they have been prepared for placement. (well this would counter my contract wouldn't it....hmm thinking. Still would not handle fresh ones though.) Thinking on that one.
I'm used to working with the flowers on a thin wire. Then taping/wrapping them altogether to make a spray. For calla lilies the plastic bases of the silk flowers are the thickness of a maker. I'm not quite getting how to wrap these together with out it looking like i'm making the thickness of a bridal bouquet to insert into the cake. I don't understand how to insert the wide plastic bases on the cake with out having multiple holes wherever they are. It seems like silk flowers are way too large to wrap like a gumpaste spray.
I do not know how to arrange this: http://bit.ly/jqtZ1Y
It looks too heavy, how would I wire and wrap the plastic bases of a silk version of this?
I get this though: http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.89062692.jpg
Because all of this is done on thinner wires not the thick plastic bases of silk flowers.
try stripping the plastic off of the silk and getting down to the wire that's usually inside the stem.
Not sure what kind of floral display you're going for, but I've never put any of my flowers .... BC or silk ..... on wires nor have I ever taped any together. Every flower I've ever put on a cake has been one at a time, laid in place. I group them together to look like a spray (I guess) 
Here are some examples. Every flower is a single flower ... none are wired together:
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1280470
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1262590 - cascading down the side of 3 tiers
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1243019 - down the side. had to poke a few small ones in place on this one.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1195242 - dummy cake for a bridal show. All individual silks.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1066833 - these are live florals (niece's wedding) but they were all attached a single flower at a time.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/303543 - live florals cascading down 4 tiers. (once I posted this cake pic, I got all kinds of requests for this one from brides! 
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I cut the stem (real or plastic or silk) off really close to the head of the flower, then use BC to glue the flowers in place.
I cut the stem (real or plastic or silk) off really close to the head of the flower, then use BC to glue the flowers in place.
That's what I thought I would do, but didn't want to say since I've never actually done it on a cake, just while making craft things & using hot glue. Could you use royal icing to make sure the flowers aren't going to fall off no matter how bumpy the ride, or does the BC do the job?
I've never used royal icing for anything cake. BC for everything. Most of my cakes are set up at the venue so the florals are added there. (I tell brides to leave the flowers on the cake table for me.)
My BC never seems to hold anything...I'm going to try your recipe!
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