Nappy Cakes

bellag

kr15snw wrote: »

Julie, I put 2 socks together (one inside the other) and do the roll and wrap the sock over method. I havent seen your socks, but I KNOW Im doing somthing wrong as none of my roses look as good as Bellas, or others!

Hiya Kr

next time I do sock roses I will take some pics step by step (lol) and post em on here. I do find the towelling socks dont look so good though.

B xx

rjh090384

anyone help me. i need 12" cake boards and bagn box man want to charge me £10 delivery to northern ireland. any other suggestions as to where to get them

CandyB101_2

rjh090384 wrote: »

anyone help me. i need 12" cake boards and bagn box man want to charge me £10 delivery to northern ireland. any other suggestions as to where to get them

I could never find any round cake boards when I was living in Spain. In the end I used large paper plates.
As long as I tied some string tight enough around the nappies on the bottom tier making everything secure, they were good enough to support it and I guess would actually work out as a cheaper option.
I just pulled down the fleece blanket enough to hide the rim of the plate.
Maybe using some clear packaging tape on the cellofane underneath would also help to add a bit more support.

rjh090384

thanks candy. can i ask ur advice? i need to finalise my logo for my stationary today and i can choose. can you help me out? if you message me your email i will email you the file over from my babycakesni hotmail account. is ok if you cant help me. can anyone else give an opinion. i cant post them up here because of the formal they are in.

rjh090384

ah no matter i finally made a decision. will show you guys wehn its all finished!!

DaisyClaire

bellag wrote: »

Blimey!

Thanks Becs- like you said its only us other nappy cake makers that see my web address and I dont/haven't ever posted anywhere else on MSE. I was sharing my ideas, designs and cakes with the others on here. If I was that sad that I wanted to advertise on here then I would be posting all over MSE and NOT on here in fear of somebody copying me lol!

Taken it off now so as not to upset others.

Bella

Im not a nappy cake maker and I saw you addy :rotfl:
Plus it didn't say ' have a look at my designs for inspiration' did it? It said it was a fab alternative to flowers blah de blah.

You didn't upset me either. I don't do upset on forums. :cool::D

Im sure it would of been removed soon anyway

Giggle

kr15snw wrote: »

Julie, I put 2 socks together (one inside the other) and do the roll and wrap the sock over method. I havent seen your socks, but I KNOW Im doing somthing wrong as none of my roses look as good as Bellas, or others!

I dont put one inside the other nor do i do the roll over method i just roll the 2 together from the toe up

Giggle

bellag wrote: »

Hi Julie, have you tried wrapping the cellophane around the bucket- so its sort of in a tube and then cellotaping underneath and just a little on the side where the cellophane overlaps? It needs two hands as somebody needs to hold the bucket up.

I have started doing this on my cakes as well as you get fewer creases and folds and use much less cellophane. For the 3 tier cakes you will need a long roll though 80cm (width)so you have enough left over either end to stick underneath and tie at the top.

Can I ask how you do your bouquets? do you put stems and leaves on with florists tape on all the items? I have done a couple of bouquets like this but it takes ages and just wondered if everybody actually did this or just rolled up items and rubberbanded them?

B xx

I do it both ways i will try and take a photo and put on my blog so you can see as its one of the things i dont have on there

Giggle

I was going to buy a cupcake off the lady whos i seen the other day jusat to see how the wrapping was done but she wont sell one to me she says i only want one so i can copy her cupcakes i have been making cupcakes now for well over 6 months but i can understand where she is coming from

RustyFlange

Julie can you not use a friends? how does she know??

I think she is loosing out there as she makes money off it but obviously scared of the competition!