New Nappy Cake

stokegal

Giggle wrote: »

The only thing that I was shocked at was how expensive the socks were, they worked out at 50p/55p per pair. These push the price of Sock Cupcakes up considerably to what I was expecting. I'm off to Primark today to see if they are any cheaper in there.



Can i just ask if you will be selling on your cupcakes or giving them to friends and family. As i have been making nappy cakes now for over 5 years and i have found many people that buy my stuff would not be happy with Primark clothes and socks. I must say i love Primark myself but its just not something i can use on my baby gifts its just a thought thats all hope you dont mind me saying but i know im not the only one that wont use there stuff i know some do

The cupcakes I was aiming to sell for under £5, which isn't feasible when the socks cost 50p/55p each. I understand what you are saying about using Primark clothes as I found they do fade / come apart quickly (I still buy them for DS cause 9/10 he only wears them a couple of times as he outgrows them or stains them) but just for plain white socks - I don't think that they are bad quality.

Thanks for your feedback though - I'm trying to cater for them being on display on a local market - I personally don't think that they will sell for much more on there, perhaps if I was to set up a website or went to a craft fair - I'd be aiming at a different demographic who would pay more and I would use higher quality products.

I hope that doesn't come off sounding wrong, I certainly don't want to insult anyone on here as you have all been so helpful.

Giggle

No it doesnt sound wrong at all

RustyFlange

Giggle wrote: »

The only thing that I was shocked at was how expensive the socks were, they worked out at 50p/55p per pair. These push the price of Sock Cupcakes up considerably to what I was expecting. I'm off to Primark today to see if they are any cheaper in there.



Can i just ask if you will be selling on your cupcakes or giving them to friends and family. As i have been making nappy cakes now for over 5 years and i have found many people that buy my stuff would not be happy with Primark clothes and socks. I must say i love Primark myself but its just not something i can use on my baby gifts its just a thought thats all hope you dont mind me saying but i know im not the only one that wont use there stuff i know some do

You may not use primark items, and ok maybe a few others don't but not every customer is fussy. I have been doing it over a year now which fair enough isn't nowhere near your 5 years but I have used a full range of items from all over the place and never had one bad comment about any of my stuff, all have been properly and gratefully recieved and many have come back for more! I think if you want to use cheaper items like Primark then there is nothing wrong with that, just make sure your prices reflect that and don't rip people off!! ... I am all for making something on your cakes but totally against prices being so expensive when they have such cheap ingredients!

Also I know it has been mentioned by someone else? think it may have been Bella, I believe she doesn't use Asda clothes etc for the same reason ...

There is nothing wrong with Primark clothes, nor supermarket clothes, given the choice I would use primark over asda on my own kids purely because they wash better, and last a lot longer!! not sure how that works!! ... I also dress my own kids in Next, supermarket, M&S and also primark.

My prices always reflect the costs of the cakes and I make approx £5 on each cake!!

Giggle

RustyFlange wrote: »

You may not use primark items, and ok maybe a few others don't but not every customer is fussy. I have been doing it over a year now which fair enough isn't nowhere near your 5 years but I have used a full range of items from all over the place and never had one bad comment about any of my stuff, all have been properly and gratefully recieved and many have come back for more! I think if you want to use cheaper items like Primark then there is nothing wrong with that, just make sure your prices reflect that and don't rip people off!! ... I am all for making something on your cakes but totally against prices being so expensive when they have such cheap ingredients!

Also I know it has been mentioned by someone else? think it may have been Bella, I believe she doesn't use Asda clothes etc for the same reason ...

There is nothing wrong with Primark clothes, nor supermarket clothes, given the choice I would use primark over asda on my own kids purely because they wash better, and last a lot longer!! not sure how that works!! ... I also dress my own kids in Next, supermarket, M&S and also primark.

My prices always reflect the costs of the cakes and I make approx £5 on each cake!!

I didnt say there was anything wrong with Primark clothes if you look i did say i love there stuff and yes not everyone is fussy but there is a lot that is thats life

RustyFlange

Giggle wrote: »

I didnt say there was anything wrong with Primark clothes if you look i did say i love there stuff and yes not everyone is fussy but there is a lot that is thats life

I never said you did say there was anything wrong with primark clothes! I simply said that there are people out there who don't mind them!! If people are bothered then they should ask before hand like my customers do!!

louby-lou-lou

I dropped my cake off the lady loved it and said she knows of a craft fair where i could have a stand at dec and sell really well yeh :j only problem is my baby is due in dec may be cutting it fine or maybe people will feel sorry for me and buy stuff :rotfl:

Giggle i really want to buy one of your bib sets do they do cream? i i don't know the sex. Naughty baby keeping it's legs crossed how rude.

Giggle

louby-lou-lou wrote: »

I dropped my cake off the lady loved it and said she knows of a craft fair where i could have a stand at dec and sell really well yeh :j only problem is my baby is due in dec may be cutting it fine or maybe people will feel sorry for me and buy stuff :rotfl:

Giggle i really want to buy one of your bib sets do they do cream? i i don't know the sex. Naughty baby keeping it's legs crossed how rude.

I did so mean to send you an e-mail back i have pink with cream, cream with pink and the same with the blue sets no just cream. I have loads as i get them wholesale so as soon as you know the sex of the baby i will send you 1 if your lucky it may be with a nappy cake lol

louby-lou-lou

Aww thanks they are just so cute. Shame they don't have unisex. When i see stuff i want it now! lol. I wasn't like this with my ds i hardly bought a thing maybe it's cos of the nappy cakes but i want to buy everything i see. It is so annoying not knowing lol. I have another scan at 34 wks cos they think it is a bit small so i will ask again then but that is ages away.

Other thing? reguarding real life? Not heard a peep for a while def lost a very good contact though it. i was going to work with the local nct group Going along to meetings as guest speaker, talking to them about what i do and selling at all their charity do's but something not right happened on that front if you see what i mean.

stokegal

Ok have finished first nappy cake, (just a rough guide - I'll be taking it apart and ironing the Muslin and repositioning and fixing the flowers) I would appriciate anyones feedback - I struggled to make the Muslin look neat on the 2nd tier, I saw that there was a guideline of how to wrap the nappies but I can't find it now.



My attempt at sock cupcakes - I'm just looking for packaging for them now.

carlymummy

stokegal wrote: »

Ok have finished first nappy cake, (just a rough guide - I'll be taking it apart and ironing the Muslin and repositioning and fixing the flowers) I would appriciate anyones feedback - I struggled to make the Muslin look neat on the 2nd tier, I saw that there was a guideline of how to wrap the nappies but I can't find it now.



My attempt at sock cupcakes - I'm just looking for packaging for them now.

Hi Stokegal
They are lovely I especially love your little cupcakes they are so sweet and neat too! Well done!