Nappy Cakes

bellag

Hi Rusty, I've requested to join your facebook group. I'm Bella Griffiths if you were wondering .....am i allowed on? he he

B xx

RustyFlange

claffys wrote: »

And give me some advice on towel folding?

I'm about to attempt my 2nd nappy cake as my cousin is due next week.

I have a tigger towel and can't work out how to fold it so the hood is at the front and the rest wraps around

Any pointers would be mucho appreciated

Em
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Hi em,

I have done these before ... lay the towel face down so tigger hood is on the floor, then fold back the hood back towards you so that the face is now up and level. Keep folding the rest of the towel a little shorter to the first layer then wrap around your cake. If you plan to use ribbon you can actually get it behind the hood so there are no ribbons showing at the front and the hooded part of the towel will stand freely

Here is a pic of one of my old ones.

RustyFlange

bellag wrote: »

Hi Rusty, I've requested to join your facebook group. I'm Bella Griffiths if you were wondering .....am i allowed on? he he

B xx

Hi Bella I accepted you into there earlier on ... you should be on there now?

Tams x

RustyFlange

Well I have had a fun couple of hours, after deciding to slow down on the nappy cake side of things for a while I spent the last couple of hours re working the ideas for my cakes. I now have an idea of contents, I have prices (I have put them up!!! eek but everyone says I need to charge more so will give it a try) and big thanks to Shelley for sending the link to the photo tent I managed to persuade OH to buy one for me Hopefully it will be delivered fast ... I might sit and have a play with nappy cakes over this next coming week then use the tent to photo them

The green cake is lovely ... not my colour of choice but completely different! well done

bellag

RustyFlange wrote: »

Hi Bella I accepted you into there earlier on ... you should be on there now?

Tams x

Oh yeh doh! though it would pop up in notifications if I had. Ta hun :beer:

B x

hels102

Oh Rusty that is gorgeous! Well here's my attempt, honestly I nearly threw it out the window in the end my OH helped me get the blanket right and it still doesn't look that good, I'm just praying when it's all cellophaned up it will look ok, I still need to get a pink sponge for the front.

craftlady

Julie H - I have been looking for the little swirly soaps you used. Can you tell me where you get them from. Pleeeeease.

chopster2

hels102 wrote: »

Oh Rusty that is gorgeous! Well here's my attempt, honestly I nearly threw it out the window in the end my OH helped me get the blanket right and it still doesn't look that good, I'm just praying when it's all cellophaned up it will look ok, I still need to get a pink sponge for the front.
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Hi Hels,

Can I ask have you got any nappies on the inside of the cake? When I make these I have my layer of rolled up nappies in a ring and then wrap the towel around that and then create a hole in the middle for the toiletries. If you find this fiddly just do a tier with say 15 - 20 nappies, wrap it and then take out nappies to replace with other goods. I also think you may need to fold the towel a bit more so it is not so tall. Try doing this and see how you get on, it is all a matter of trial and error, but once you have a system of doing them you will be fine.

Julie H - Was on e-bay last nite and well done to you for comment on listings re copying. It is getting a bit much now all the jams and other stuff coming out after you originally put them on.
U must be naffed off but proud that you created them in the first place!

Giggle

Julie H - Was on e-bay last nite and well done to you for comment on listings re copying. It is getting a bit much now all the jams and other stuff coming out after you originally put them on.
U must be naffed off but proud that you created them in the first place!

Lol yes getting very naffed off it does make me laugh when they say there gifts are unique but like you also said i do feel proud that some of my stuff is good enough to copy lol. At the end of the day i wasnt or couldnt of been the 1st to make most of my gifts but i do think i was one of the 1st to get out there and sell them on ebay.

Giggle

Hels try rolling the blanket over one more time make it a bit less wide if you see what i mean