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If you're looking for a simple way to give your chocolates and sweet treats a professional, stylish finish Chocolate Transfer Sheets are for you. Use them to create beautiful decorations for cakes, cookies, desserts, and to easily personalise your products to suit your customer's needs. There are so many uses for Chocolate Transfer Sheets you'll be questioning why you have not thought of them sooner. In this article, we focus on their application… Read more

Looking for some clarity (pun intended) around edible inks? Here’s a few things we know. There are two main kinds of edible ink. First, there is the edible ink that is used freehand and can be found in edible ink markers, paints and even used for airbrushing. Second, and our main focus in this article, is the ink used for edible ink printing. This ink is decanted into food safe edible ink cartridges which work just like regular ink cartrid… Read more

Running a small business is no easy gig and every small business owner will at some stage face exhaustion, burn out, stress and question if they can keep going. There is a plethora of advice around about dealing with small business burn out, we’ve taken a little time to analyse what helps us (and what we think will help us) to successfully ride the emotional waves of running a business. Of course, these tips can apply to anyone, not ju… Read more

As many cake decorators and treat makers have already discovered the benefits of adding edible images to their cache of sweet creations are numerous. Edible images allow you to customise designs quickly and professionally for private and corporate clients. They save time, allow quick turn arounds, large production runs and can make for more affordable options for your customers. Edible images are easy to produce and use, so are great for be… Read more

Hand-making your own chocolates for personal use or for your business can be exceptionally satisfying. It can also be frustrating and time-consuming if you don’t have the right tools and know how. Once you’ve mastered chocolate tempering and flavouring the sky is the limit when it comes to how you creatively present your chocolates. A quick and easy way to produce beautifully shaped and decorated artisan chocolates is by using magnetic chocolate… Read more

There’s a lot to consider when starting your own business. Choosing a suitable name is one of the first steps in creating your own business identity. Names are quite powerful, so working out the right name for your business is time well spent. It can also be a lot of fun. Gather a little brains trust, ask for suggestions from friends, family or even potential customers - often those one step removed come up with the best ideas. Here are some… Read more

Via our newsletters, social media, blog, website and direct contact we are always trying to offer tips and handy hints regarding our edible printing products. We want your decorating experience to be enjoyable and as seamless as possible. Like everything, the more you use a product or technique the better you become - you may even become an expert in that field. So to help you further, we’ve collated here a small snippet of handy tips concerni… Read more

To save you money (and to be a little more environmentally friendly) Edible Image Supplies sell refillable cartridges to go with our printer systems.Here’s a step by step on how to refill your Edible Image Supplies ink cartridges.TIP: It is good practice if you are refilling to have two sets of cartridges. One set in use inside the printer and one set, full of ink on standby. When one cartridge inside the printer requires refilling, tak… Read more

Each month in our Cake Crumbs blog we have been sharing a little glimpse into our talented customers business and creative lives. It’s been a wonderful and insightful process, bringing us all here at Edible Image Supplies great joy to be able learn about these lovely, passionate and creative people. We thought as a little end of year wrap up it would be nice to reflect over some of these blogs.Through interviewing our customers for our blog… Read more

Have you ever toyed with the idea of starting your own business and working from home? Home businesses are on the rise and for good reason. As many of our EIS customers have experienced when starting their own at home Edible Images business there are numerous benefits to running your own business from home.Personal freedom abounds when you have a home based business. You can choose your hours dependent on yours and your customers needs, with… Read more