4 posts tagged “diaper cakes”
Today I cohosted a baby shower for a friend who is adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. Although all baby showers are joyful occasions, this one was even more special because my friend and her husband have waited such a long time to be parents. Their journey inspired me to create this:
I experimented with using fringe (rather than ribbon) and shredded paper (to cover the tops of the diapers), and I was pretty pleased with the result. Ingredients were mostly purchased from her registry and included 42 diapers, 8 washcloths, 4 receiving blankets, 3 bottles, 2 combs, a brush, baby lip balm, body wash, and lotion.
I had such a good time putting this cake together, but the best part was seeing my friend's reaction to the surprise on top: a miniature baby (hand sculpted by Nancy), nestled in a silk peony and wearing a diaper fastened with beads in the colors of the Ethiopian flag. Here's a close-up:
... but I think the one I made for Mr. G's mom to take to a baby shower today turned out really cute! I used a Pooh crib sheet, a Pooh pant/cardigan set (hidden in the center of the cake), some Pooh decorative letters, and a Pooh stuffed toy to create this cake:
I took pictures of the entire process this time so that I can put together a tutorial for a friend of mine in Uruguay. She wants to teach the girls in her church to make diaper cakes so they can earn some extra income. I'm looking forward to seeing the ones they come up with!
Mr. Guycita's mom took the diaper cake I made for her to a baby shower last weekend, and it was a hit! In fact, a couple of her friends asked if I could make diaper cakes for them, too. I was thrilled, of course, and agreed to make the first one for this weekend.
The client provided a box of 96 diapers, five receiving blankets, four bug-themed bath toys, two pacifiers, a pacifier strap, a caterpillar rattle, and a stuffed toy bug (for the topper). The cake ended up being so big that I used all 96 diapers and had to add 11 diapers that were left over from my previous cakes!
I decided to wrap this cake in tulle, and I think it turned out very pretty. The tiny bows scattered on the tulle were my mom's idea. She was in town for the week, and we really had a great time working on the cake together. I think we make a great team!
When I saw megatronyrony's post a couple of months ago, I knew that I just had to make a diaper cake for Fraoch's baby shower. To that end, I found several sets of instructions online, chose the best tips from each of them, and started amassing my "ingredients."
Because I wanted Fraoch's diaper cake to be completely personalized, I purchased several items from her registry (twelve cloth diapers, four baby bottles, four pacifiers, and a bib) to construct or hide inside the cake. I also used four Beatles onesies and a Beatles lullaby CD (Fraoch is a fellow Beatlemaniac and had "hinted" that she wanted some Beatles baby stuff from me), as well as some other cute things that I'd been collecting in the months since Fraoch found out she was pregnant (a baby frame, Peter Rabbit flatware, a wrist rattle, baby booties, and a onesie). For the topper, I used a blue stuffed monkey (which has special meaning because Fraoch and her husband met at a performance of the Blue Monkey Sideshow).
Here is the end result:
When I told Mr. Guycita's mom about the diaper cake I was making for Fraoch, she asked me if I could make one for a baby shower she's attending next week. She had already purchased several items off her friend's registry, so I told her I'd take a look at the them and see if they'd work. I think the baby bath towel, baby washcloths, under-the-sea bath toys, and octopus bath puppet she selected worked out just fine!
