New Nappy Cake

moonpenny

Hi Carmim, Your cake is beautiful! Well done! especially for only a second attempt! Is there a simple way of removing background from pics like you have done?

Has anyone seen any soft toy cows? I want brown patch ones rather than black. I bought some gorgeous brown cow print blankets from Asda for half price but now I need some cows to go with. LOL

Emma83

Great cakes everyone well done,i love seeing all your creations,and good luck to the ladies with fairs coming up

Emma x

vikki_louise

thank you very much giggle, i will message you in a min

I was wondering what everyones best sellers were, and also what you make the most profit on:?

chatty123

I too make towel cakes. they hold a bottle of champas in the centre...





oh and todays nappy cake order

happy1234

Can I aks a question, Do you have a budget i mind when buying bits to make the cakes? I am keen to have a go at some but do you make much money from it?One more thing could I ask how much the M and S towel bales are please?You are all so talented by the way - your cakes are amazing!!Many Thanks

chatty123

happy1234 wrote: »

Can I aks a question, Do you have a budget i mind when buying bits to make the cakes? I am keen to have a go at some but do you make much money from it?One more thing could I ask how much the M and S towel bales are please?You are all so talented by the way - your cakes are amazing!!Many Thanks

I haven't used the M and S towel bales as yet. the royal blue ones in the pic above are Asda as they were the only ones with the exact shade I needed

as for costing for the nappy cakes: as a starter you will need approx 36 ish size 3 pampers. so best if you go window shopping with a pen and pad. that way you can make up your own costings list and work from that.. I have made lots and lots of nappy cakes. towel cakes and sock monkeys etc, and not a fortune is made but one can never make a fortune from hand made craft goods I think. As long as you cover your costs just add on what you think you would like to add that is reasonable or what you think the people you know would pay.
For me personally I make an average between £5 and £7 on each nappy cake but by doing that I sell many

jojo_sapphire

chatty123 wrote: »

I haven't used the M and S towel bales as yet. the royal blue ones in the pic above are Asda as they were the only ones with the exact shade I needed

as for costing for the nappy cakes: as a starter you will need approx 36 ish size 3 pampers. so best if you go window shopping with a pen and pad. that way you can make up your own costings list and work from that.. I have made lots and lots of nappy cakes. towel cakes and sock monkeys etc, and not a fortune is made but one can never make a fortune from hand made craft goods I think. As long as you cover your costs just add on what you think you would like to add that is reasonable or what you think the people you know would pay.
For me personally I make an average between £5 and £7 on each nappy cake but by doing that I sell many

Just wanted to say that i too only make a little bit on top of the cost of the cake, however if you shop around & buy bits on offer then you can make a bit more!

Jo

happy1234

Thanks for the replies, I tihnk I will have a go at a towel cake first(looks easier - could be wrong lol!!)

COuld you just tell me how many of each size towel I need? Thanks

becs

Hi Happy,

I used the M & S towel bale, it was in their sale a few weeks ago and was £5.40 for 2 x bath towels, 2 x hand towels, 2 x face cloths. I bought an extra couple of face cloths to fill out the top layer more. I've not done towel cakes to sell only this one as a little gift but I aim to make appx £15 per nappy cake I do but have yet to make a profit as I constantly reinvest into new stock until I'm happy with a cake that I really want to push to make a go of. At the mo I don't advertise, I just get orders word of mouth.

jumpingjackd

Hi all.Ive been lurking on this thread and love all the cakes. I am a soon to be grandmother and want to make one.
I see some of you are looking for ellies. There was a basket of them in asda Dumbarton the other night at £3.
Can I ask what you use the silicone cups for. Thanks