All things Baby

I have two baby showers this weekend, and I am hosting another baby shower next week. So I've been in a little "sweet baby" mode. I LOVE BABIES!!! :D

I thought it would be a great idea to make a Diaper Cake for Ashley. Ashley is expecting a baby girl so I decided the cake theme would be "Sugar 'n Spice and all things Nice". I wanted to make a very pretty girlie diaper cake.

So here it is. Steps to my Diaper Cake.

I went to Babys r'us to start with the shopping. I wanted a practical gift, so I picked up only items that were on the registry. I picked up a lot of small items. For the diapers, I picked up a 92 count Huggies Newborn Gentle Care (also on the registry).

I'm a bit of a germaphobic, so I rolled some diapers and protected it with plastic wrap. It also helped hold the shape.

I placed a Johnson's baby wash in the center of a disposable catering platter I had on hand and loosely tied a gold elastic rope (you can use an elastic rubber band) around the bottle. (I was going to put a bottle of wine (to celebrate the birth of Amelia Claire!) I slipped the rolled up diaper around the baby wash bottle. The elastic ribbon (or band) will help keep the diaper in place.

After the first layer, I began on my second layer, surrounding the first layer of diapers with more diapers, held securely by the elastic ribbon. I am making a small cake so I only did 2 rounds.

I then arranged unrolled diapers around the base and held it securely in place with a decorative (I chose Hot Pink) ribbon.
I wrapped a Genie II Diaper refill with a decorative cardstock. I chose one that matched a ribbon I happen to have on hand. (Yes, I am a dork! I love collecting ribbons. It's all about the details.) I had the fantastic idea of using the wrapped Genie refill as one of my cake tiers, so I poked a whole in it and set it on top of the Baby Wash.

I was going to stop the cake here, (a 2 tier cake), and began decorating it with some pink silk flowers. However, I decided to add more tiers and top the Diaper Cake with a "frog bathtub thermometer" that was on the registry. It looked like a great "cake topper" so I had to make it work!! So I rolled up some wash cloths and onesies around the baby wash (secured by more ribbon). I had the onesies stick out a bit so I can easily place the frog thermometer on top. The topper was a little heavy and lopsided my cake a little bit, but oh well.


I then tied a ribbon around every tier. For some of the tiers, I layered the ribbons. (Notice my polka-dot ribbon and almost matching polka dot cardstock.)


The last touch was to decorate the cake. I slipped in items from the registry (cooling packs, brush, bottle cleaner, nail clippers, etc) and other embellishments (wooden ornaments, sticker tags, etc) all over the cake. If you look closely, you can see that the platter is finished with outlet protectors. Unique way to use up ugly looking items :D

Well, I hope Ashley & Josh like their cake. And hopefully, they will not be too frustrated trying to unroll the individually-wrapped diapers.