Like any good cake, it has some basic "ingredients" such as nappies (diapers), socks, booties and dummies (pacifiers). It also has some "flavouring"; blue for a boy, pink for a girl and yellow for when the mum-to-be doesn't yet know!
I started by rolling all the nappies into tight bundles and secured them using elastic bands ...
My cakes had 4 tiers, which used 70 newborn size nappies. The smallest, top tier of the cake consisted of 7 nappies ...
The next 2 tiers were basically the same size and each had between 14-18 nappies each ...
All the remaining nappies were used to create the bottom, largest tier, which was placed onto a 12inch diameter cake board ...
Each layer had white organza ribbon and cute pink foot-print ribbon tied round the middle, to hold the "cake" shape (and cover the elastic bands) ...
The smallest tier was topped off with a super soft fleece, sweet pink bunny blankie ...
The booties, socks, dummies and grab clips were threaded onto pink curling ribbon and secured in place with pearl-head pins. Once all the tiers were assembled, the whole cake was wrapped with clear cellophane and tied with more of the white & pink ribbon combo, curling ribbon added the final flourish ...
I'm pleased to say that the mum-to-be LOVED her gift and was so surprised when I gave it to her. I was so busy making sure her cake stayed upright, I totally forgot to get a photo of mum and cake together. Never mind, with a bit a luck I'll get a photo of mum and baby "Tallulah" (that's what we call her bump!) the next time she pops into the office!
2 comments:
What a beautiful cake Sue! I don't know how she can take it apart. Love also the peek into your little crafting nook.
What a beautiful and thoughtful gift, Sue! And that's a lot of nappies!
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