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Katy Mewett spotted a nice little hole in her local market for edible images and decided to try her hand at producing them as a hobby-come-side-hustle. Fast forward and Katy's Can Top It - Edible Images is now her main gig, supplying to local businesses and home cakers.1. How did your small business or journey begin?I saw online an ad selling EIS products. So, I investigated it around my location and discovered no on… Read more

A creative outlet, a hobby, a side hustle and a growing small business - these are all fantastic descriptors for Cakes by Chloe Jess - the "sweet" little cake business that Chloe Dawkins started during her final year of high school and has continued to grow.1. How did your sweets business or journey begin?My cake decorating journey started after attempting to make my 16th birthday cake. I watched numerous amounts of YouTu… Read more

Itching to start a business together with a friend, Tamara Mulholland launched Bake And Plate Co. She has since taken the business on in full herself, continuing to produce beautiful custom made cookies whilst juggling the myriad of other things life offers up (including another business).1. How did your sweets business or journey begin?My journey started with one of my best friends back in 2019. We where both stay at home mums and… Read more

It's hard to believe that Ammara Omair's business Dream Cream_AO only commenced in 2020! Her enjoyment with baking stemmed from making her family pizzas as a teenager. Then, in recent years, Ammara taught herself all the skills to quickly become a very talented cake and sweet treat maker - producing beautiful creations for her customers.1. How did your sweets business or journey begin?My baking Jo… Read more

Just like regular ink printers, Edible Ink Printers can be temperamental sometimes, especially if a regular  maintenance schedule is not applied. And let’s face it, life is busy and crazy and regular printer maintenance isn’t always at the top of the priority list - it's ok, we get it.  One issue that can occur for whatever reason is that your printer just suddenly decides to stop feeding your  edible icing sheets. If this… Read more

Edible wafer paper is incredibly versatile and fun to work with. It can be used in so many ways for decorating your cakes, cookies, desserts and other food treats. Using edible inks it can be drawn on, printed on, painted on and coloured. It can be cut, paper punched, torn, feathered, folded and curled to create soft or geometric decorations for your creations. So what is edible wafer paper? Wafer paper generally is made of dehydrated pot… Read more

Yes, you can use regular paper in your Edible Ink Printer! And we highly recommend that you do in order to get to know your printer and to run test prints; by doing so you will save yourself potential frustration and money. Before printing on your edible icing sheets, it is best to first try out your image on plain printer paper in your edible ink printer. This will give you the ability to make changes to the size, colour or qualit… Read more

Most cake or cookie decorators at some stage will use edible images to finish off a design, customise a cake to a specific theme or even to display a corporate logo. If you are already using or producing your own edible images in your creations, you know just how effective they can be. You’d also know how easy they are to use and how much time they can save. Although edible images have come a long way, many people are still uncertain or timid to… Read more

Using high-quality edible icing sheets and storing them as per the instructions on the pack is key to successful edible printing. Edible icing sheet problems can occur due to incorrect storage, prolonged exposure or sudden changes in the weather/temperature. These tips apply to all icing sheet brands, not just Edible Image Supplies icing sheets.What causes problems with edible icing sheets? In the dryer times of the year or even dryer clima… Read more