Sushi

So this is what I've been doing the past few days... SUSHI!
I've been making plates, leaves, ginger and wasabi, 11 different types of fish, a roll, shiso leaves, and daikon (radish) garnish.
WOW it took forever! But WOW I love it!!!
It's so tiny too:)

This is the first one I made:
tako (octopus), ika (squid), sake (fresh salmon), unagi (eel), ikura (salmon roe).


2nd piece:
Sushi & Sashimi Combination
Octopus sashimi and cut of tamago (egg), hirame (flounder), tai (red snapper), sake (fresh salmon), maguro (tuna), eel (unagi), and a tekka (tuna roll).

Here is the back side of it, where you can see the daikon garnish.



3rd piece:
Sushi served in a fusion-style restaurant.
Sake, hirame, maguro, tai, unagi, ika, tamago, ikura, and tako.
I guess those years spent working at sushi restaurants weren't all meaningless.
It was actually helpful when having to think of presentation.



Made exclusively for Cafe Kubo's.
Their "Nigiri Combo B".
I had fun designing this plate with their logo on it.
The set includes:
maguro, sake, ika, unagi, shiro maguro (white tuna), and 8 pieces of tuna roll.
What happened to the 8th piece?
I hadn't taken pix of it yet, but it's on a soy dish w/ chopstix grabbing at it.

Yeah, it's miniature.
The actual pieces look much better than it does in photos.
These photos were taken without much thought.
Just snapped a few for the blog.

Hamburgers

I had this sudden urge to make hamburgers.
I don't know why...
Maybe b/c I haven't had fastfood burgers for a while?
So here is my very first burger that I made.
It is a quarter of a dime :P
Great for miniature dollhouse collectors I guess, but I not too great for me, doing deco-sweets.
I don't know what I'd use this for...

...and then... I still wanted to make more...
but this time, a little bit larger and more detailed.
I added pickles and bacon and onions to these.
Now I REALLY wanna have a bite in a real burger!
well... I ended up making 13 burgers, and away went my urge.

...then my friend came over to take some photos!!!

YAYYYY! I was waiting for this for a very long time:)

see how yummier it looks when she shoots?!

Now let's see when procrastinator-me makes these into cell charms.

Freshly Baked Cookies

I made about 20 heart/star-shaped cookies and painted them.
They're stamped "Summergerine."


...and then made a few hair accessories out of them.
My sister (11) helped in making the charms:)
And then my 9month-old came along and tried to eat the cookies...
I had to throw out 2 of them.

Sliced Cake

The cakes I've made the other day have been sliced...
It's kind of sad that I had to cut them up, but I guess these are nice too*

Parts that I made today...

Here are some of the parts that I made today.
I'm just starting, so they aren't exactly "professional," but it will work for now:)
These are all the size of a quarter (or smaller).
The smallest is 3mm in size! Yay me!!!
(Above) Tarts and pancakes, oh, and a macaron

(Below) Cream-puffs

(Below) Strawberry Shortcakes (whole)... though they will be cut up into pieces by tomorrow:(