The one thing about cyber space is that if your computer crashes or your hard drive fails, you can be guaranteed that not all will be lost if you have posted something on your blog, your Facebook page, Google Docs, YouTube or any of the other social networking devices. So in order for this recipe to never be lost, I am posting it here.
I used this recipe many years ago, and it worked really well for what I needed. I don't know where the recipe came from other than I got it from a friend, so I apologize now if it is someones. Please let me know if you know where the original recipe originated from and I will source it. I still have some of the small roses that I used this recipe with and they looking as good as the day they were made.
BREAD DOUGH
1 tbsp Aleene's Thin-Bodied Glue (or LePages) This is to give you the look of porcelain.
1 slice of white bread
1 tbsp corn starch
1/2 tsp lemon juice
'Dab' of cold cream (Ponds works best)
Paint -- several drops of Americana or equivalent paint
Make sure your hands are clean. To mix dough, put glue and bread (without the crust), cornstarch, lemon juice and cold cream in a dish. Stir with popsicle stick until all ingredients stick together. Reach into the bowl and put dough mixture into your hands (it is very gooey at this point) continue to mix and knead together for about five minutes, until it all comes off your hands and becomes a smooth ball of dough. Place in a Zip Lock bag. Wash your hands of excess. If your hands are dry use some lotion or cold cream on them so the dough won't stick. Divide the dough and add the colours now. Keep the dough that you are not working with covered as it dries quickly.
To add the paint, make a little hole in the dough and add the paint into it. Continue to mix and knead until the paint has blended into the dough. Cover again immediately.
