Luster Dust

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Permalink Reply by Susan Hernandez on February 24, 2012 at 11:50am

That is nice, I live a little away from Long Island, I am in Staten Island.  I work in New York City (Manhattan) and that is where I go to the cake supply stores.  There is one that has almost anything you can ever want but their attitude isn't so nice, so I only go to that one when I absolutely have to, lucky for me I have choices! But I am going to check out Tiffany's place, never even saw that come up when I googled cake bakeware suppliers.   I have never been to Canada but hope to one day, too bad they don't cut you guys a break with the shipping charges, but here in the US the shipping cost are slowly rising each time our stamp goes up, so I guess it is just all over.

June Kowalczyk said:

Well Tiffany & Susan

I should consider myself fortunate as I am 1 hour outside of Toronto. There are 3 large, & several suppliers their.

I have never really "googled" cake supply in the Buffalo/Niagara Falla USA area. Know there is a very large Micheal's their, but unless I know the prices, not going to drive over the border unless I have an occasion to do so. My bro-in-law & sis-in-law drive over to grocery shop at least once a mnth. What gets me is our dollar is either at par, or close to, and yet the price of shipping has NOT dropped. Can't figure that one out. So no encouragement there to shop online for me.

Susan, I have an American friend who grew up in Long Island NY.  She has been here for close to 53 yrs. Believe she is a dual citizen now.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on February 24, 2012 at 5:19pm

Well I saw a report on the postal service  both in USA & Canada, and they are REALLY  hurting. NO one mails letters anymore because of social media. Everyone pays their bills online, except for the "older folk", and they are getting less & less. They haven't kept up with technology. Should have offered "deals" for online  mail or something. They are losing billions on both sides of border. Think they may go the way of the dodo bird soon.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on February 25, 2012 at 9:27am

Oops

Hubby says Canadian postal service is in the red. It is the American Postal service that is bleeding. :o(

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Permalink Reply by Christina Little on March 5, 2012 at 7:53am

Pearl aerosol luster spray! It has changed my life! lol! At $11.99 per can it is quite a bargain, the can lasts for a GOOD while, and it makes everything very sparkly! Of course my slogan is "Work smarter, not harder" so it may seem the easy way out, but the results are very beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on March 5, 2012 at 8:17am

Well, well, well......you DO learn something new everyday!!!!  Especially on CWB.  Thanks for the tip Christine.

I am making 2 small wedding cakes to cut for my nephew & his bride this May. On hers, I want a "victorian" look, so I wanted some sort of lustre. I just checked out one of my cake suppliers I go to, and they carry PME spray lustre/3.5 oz for $15.  That sound much bettter than the 2 ounces of powder for $6.99.  Funny, I have to make a run there for a few other things, so I'm gonna ck that out.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Susan Hernandez on March 5, 2012 at 9:27am

Hi Christina,

 

As June said you learn something everyday from this cite.  Thank you so much for the tip, I will be going over to one of my stores to check out also.  Decided I need to practice and know what works before I attempt my next cake!

Christina Little said:

Pearl aerosol luster spray! It has changed my life! lol! At $11.99 per can it is quite a bargain, the can lasts for a GOOD while, and it makes everything very sparkly! Of course my slogan is "Work smarter, not harder" so it may seem the easy way out, but the results are very beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie on March 5, 2012 at 11:28am

VODKA! Mix your luster dust and vodka together until it has a paint like consistency then paint it all over the cake. The vodka evaporates, but it leaves an even beautiful coat of the luster dust. Depending on the vodka to dust ratio, you can get a heavier or lighter look :)

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