New Nappy Cake

angelkay

lovely cakes ladies and the cupcakes are lovely.
i went to the local florists today to get tape to finish off a bouquet and she hadn't a clue what i was on about - luckily i had my phone and a few pics of bouquets and cakes on it. she has now asked me to make a few things up to take down to her to sell and take orders for in her shop and she also has a website that she says gets loads of traffic and wants to sell on there too - she seems very excited (perhaps too excited ?) so the next few nights i shall be making up some stuff for her. only thing is that shes a few doors down from the chemists and she wanted a different design to what he has - even tho hes only ever ordered 8 cakes and whe i went in today the 2 he has left were on the floor and the teddy had fallen out of 1 and was lying next to it ad the other had obviously been kicked a few times lol i'm not half waffling on.

heres a pic of my latest bouquet

stokegal

I'm stuck!!!

Can anyone help please - I'm trying to wrap a blanket around a single tier cake - I know how to wrap the blanket so it goes around the nappies but I can't get it to look neat when I wrap it over and around (- does that make sense??) I saw that there was a diagram on a thread before and I can't find it now and I've looked on the internet on how to wrap a blanket around nappies but they only show it going around the nappies and not over and around.

Thanks in advance

Stokegal

vikki_louise

stokegal wrote: »

I'm stuck!!!

Can anyone help please - I'm trying to wrap a blanket around a single tier cake - I know how to wrap the blanket so it goes around the nappies but I can't get it to look neat when I wrap it over and around (- does that make sense??) I saw that there was a diagram on a thread before and I can't find it now and I've looked on the internet on how to wrap a blanket around nappies but they only show it going around the nappies and not over and around.

Thanks in advance

Stokegal

Hi Stokegal, ive not seen anyone do them over and around. I do my blankets around then over the top put a muslin or outfit

louby-lou-lou

stokegal wrote: »

I'm stuck!!!

Can anyone help please - I'm trying to wrap a blanket around a single tier cake - I know how to wrap the blanket so it goes around the nappies but I can't get it to look neat when I wrap it over and around (- does that make sense??) I saw that there was a diagram on a thread before and I can't find it now and I've looked on the internet on how to wrap a blanket around nappies but they only show it going around the nappies and not over and around.

Thanks in advance

Stokegal

I don't wrap over at all not even on a single tier. Once the teddy is on top and maybe some socks you can't really see the nappies. if you look at a lot of the american sites they don't even cover the nappies with anything.



I just had a phone call from a lady who saw one of my ads and she wants me to place an advert in her mag she want's hundreds for one tiny ad. I don't think so lady sorry.
Someone stop me now! i have just done a little stock take and i have 22 packs of nappies and 30 packs of wipes Plus i am sure there may be some hidding somewhere. Good job i am pg they will come in handy when the littleun comes.

vikki_louise

louby-lou-lou wrote: »

I don't wrap over at all not even on a single tier. Once the teddy is on top and maybe some socks you can't really see the nappies. if you look at a lot of the american sites they don't even cover the nappies with anything.



I just had a phone call from a lady who saw one of my ads and she wants me to place an advert in her mag she want's hundreds for one tiny ad. I don't think so lady sorry.
Someone stop me now! i have just done a little stock take and i have 22 packs of nappies and 30 packs of wipes Plus i am sure there may be some hidding somewhere. Good job i am pg they will come in handy when the littleun comes.

when i first read this thread and made my first cake, people warned that it wouldnt be long before i got hooked and had baby stuff flowing out everywhere, they weren't kidding! I dread to think how much ive spent too!

stokegal

Thanks Louby - I'm not putting a teddy on top, just a rubber duck and bar of soap and I can't get it to look neat... Damn these sausage fingers!!!

I spotted some bargains last night

Johnson's baby soap (4 x 100g pack) - 86p in Asda

And if anyone has access to a Macro they have a 9 pack of Pampers Sensitive wipes on offer for £5.45 + VAT

I've been on the hunt for Johnson products again and was wondering what size everyone puts in their cakes, in £land, HB and other places like that they are only 200ml (although they've all got 50% extra free in making it 300ml - but as it's written in big letters I didn't know if this would look cheap) they are selling 300ml in Asda but that's £1.50/bottle. What's everybody else's opinion?

Popkins

irishgirl62 wrote: »

Thanks...I got an order for the sock cupcakes! a friend called and seen it and wanted it in blue for a friend at work who just had a grandson! she said its a token gift and that there is nothing around a fiver to give! I called into the packaging store it was the wrong box that was on offer for a tenner (it was a smaller one and he gave me few samples to play with)but he gave me a sleeve of 160 of the boxes for 14 quid which works out at 9 pence per box so i bought it here is the piccy of finished box the bow needs adjusting.


top of box with label

Irishgirl - these look lovely!!! where did you get the boxes? and how much were they - I've been after something like that for a while!! :T

jojo_sapphire

stokegal wrote: »

I've been on the hunt for Johnson products again and was wondering what size everyone puts in their cakes, in £land, HB and other places like that they are only 200ml (although they've all got 50% extra free in making it 300ml - but as it's written in big letters I didn't know if this would look cheap) they are selling 300ml in Asda but that's £1.50/bottle. What's everybody else's opinion?

I use various sizes and charge accordingly, but i find the very large sizes difficult to fit in 2 & 3 tiers but look ok in a single bathtime cake.

HTH Jo

moonpenny

Gorgeous cakes everyone! and Angelkay, your pink Bouquet is beautiful!

Irishgirl66 - Your cupcakes look lovely in the packaging you've got and i love the pink ribbon.

stokegal

Thanks Jo-Jo

I'm so nervous about wanting to keep costs down but not appearing too cheap - I normally buy the really big 500ml for me to use at home (OH walks off in shame when I'm in the supermarket aisle with a calculator working out whats the best value/ml) but I know they can appear chunky.

I've managed to find the 200ml bottles of Johnson's baby lotion and baby bath for just over 86p/bottle as there is currently no offers on this is working out the cheapest.

Oh btw if anyone has a Tesco Clubcard, their points are currently worth double the value in the Baby and Toddler... If this makes sense... as I must be the only person in the world that doesn't have a clubcard, I miss out on this too :rolleyes: