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I’ve been suffering from an ongoing headache since August, and it’s flaring up this week. So instead of information on an oil today, I give you a short tutorial on sushi candles!I know I’ve written about making sushi candles in the past, but they were so cute and I made so many for Christmas, I...
I’m really loving this flexible soap idea, and I love sushi, so I thought I’d put the two together and make some maki rolls. (I’m working on figuring out the California or Dynamite roll next!) For this project, you could use a round mold and cut the middle out with an apple corer or a...
If there’s anything I like more than cupcakes (from a design point of view), it’s sushi. I was inspired by the Soap Queen’s video and posts on making flexible soap (click here for the jelly roll tutorial, click here for the sushi soap tutorial, and click here for the video on making flexible soap), so...