New Nappy Cake

riggerz

Emma83 wrote: »

Hi peeps,
Riggerz well done on your sale its a great feeling isnt it:j
Europa welcome to the thread,Candyb hope the show went well today and almond hope it went well on your free stall what a great idea wish my local hospital had that.
I was a little upset today after showing photos of my cakes to a friend of a friend who said she couldnt think of anything more tacky and cheap looking as a gift,i know my cakes arent perfect but i didnt think they looked cheap or tacky so came away a little deflated Has anyone else ever had such a harsh response?

Emma xx

It certainly is a great feeling - thanks.

I once showed someone pictures of a cake and they said it was the freakiest thing they had ever seen and wouldn't give one as a gift even if they were free!!!

Some people have NO taste:D

whitty999

wonder if someone can help here,without reading through all the posts where can i buy one of these from,i have just found out i am going to be grandma whipeeeee,i would love to give one to my son & his partner,these are just beautiful

Nappycakes

whitty999 wrote: »

wonder if someone can help here,without reading through all the posts where can i buy one of these from,i have just found out i am going to be grandma whipeeeee,i would love to give one to my son & his partner,these are just beautiful

Hi and Congratulations :T
Maybe you could make one yourself i started making nappy cakes when my grandson was due and i couldn't find a "Different" gift to give.If you don't want to make one yourself there is a few people on this thread who make nappy cakes or you could google Nappy Cakes,
Hope this helps

Bargainbabe_2

Emma83 wrote: »

I was a little upset today after showing photos of my cakes to a friend of a friend who said she couldnt think of anything more tacky and cheap looking as a gift,i know my cakes arent perfect but i didnt think they looked cheap or tacky so came away a little deflated Has anyone else ever had such a harsh response?

Emma xx

Aw Emma, that's awful Post a pic of one of your cakes, I bet they aren't cheap or tacky looking!
Some ppl have a real problem with handmade gifts, be it nappy cakes or whatever. Unless it's made in China, some folk don't want to know.
Try not let it upset you too much. For that one person that doesn't like Nappy Cakes there will be 5 or more that do. xxx

Bargainbabe_2

vikki_louise wrote: »

hiya, what about some lipbalm? Lots of people ive known have complained about dry lips (and hands!) in hospital

Good thinking Batman, thanks a lot. xx

Jerseygirl55

louby-lou-lou wrote: »

I have a fair on saturday but as it is a local summer fete i have also agreed to do a name the teddy game/stall for them to raise a bit more money for them but the person who was going to give me a teddy has let me down and i need to find one asap has any one seen any good quite large teddies but at a resonable price as the price of the teddy will have to come out of the takings.

Card Warehouse or Card Factory have really nice large Teddys about £7 and wrapped in Cello with a bow, ideal for what you need.

good luck

Jerseygirl

almond

our asda had some for £3 but were reduced £2 i got two
but have used them. the stall went well sold my bandanas bibs, candles,some father day beer glasses
new father kits, no nappy cakes but a few interests,
dd made £30 not bad for 4 hours, we spent the money on extra things for sunday, this is our big one hoping to make some money, i am making some cubes very easy not sure if they will sell, but worth a try,
also never had chance to post but we found out dd is having a boy , i was hoping for a girl but are getting used to it, seen the chart yesterday and its legs are off the scale , she has been told he's got long legs,
well she is 5.5in hubbie 6.4in and his grandad was bigger

Emma83

Thankyou riggerz and bargainbabe for your comments its true what you say some people just dont get them and theres plenty more who appreciate our craft and love them,i am feeling a lot better now cant believe i let one persons comments bother me:mad:

Anyway here is one of my cakes Emma xx



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moonpenny

Hope everyones fairs went well!

Almond, Congrats on your news of a grandson. I know how you feel, as I had a little grandson last January and was secretly hoping for a girl. I do tend to prefer boys but with having an only son - anyway, it didn't take any time at all to get over my dissapointment (in secret!) He is just so lovely and I wouldn't swap him for the world.

I have to ask - what are the "cubes" you are making?

Emma, Your cake is absolutely gorgeous - no way could it be called "tacky" It sounds to me like the person who said it could be suffering from "the green eyed monster"

vikki_louise

hi emma, i think your cake is great, if i was having a baby i would be over the moon to recieve it. I've got severe ME and last year had improved enough to do the occasional thing, I thought I would do some handmade gifts for people for christmas as i thought people would appricate the effort it took compaired to just buying something online, but my 'best friend' said that everyone would just think i was being cheep, then insulted my chocolates by saying they were as basic as you could get (coconut truffle coated in chocolate and drizzed with a different coloured choc), i also felt deflated at the time, its horrible when you go to a lot of effort then get comments like you did. i think moonpenny is right about the green eyed monster, i bet she never got given anything like that if/when she had kids and wouldnt even know how to start making one!