Onesie decorating that coesn't suck: a primer for baby shower planners. When I suggested decorating baby onesies at my friends' Ariel and Andreas' baby shower, I wasn't surprised that there was some trepidation in my group of co-hosts.
One friend gently suggested that maybe A&A didn't need 30 pieces of their guests' handiwork — "if it were me, I wouldn't want to feel obligated to dress my baby in puffy-paint shirts every day of the month. " It's true that not everyone is a natural artist. I've been to other onesie-decorating baby showers, and the results have often been disappointing. Even the process can be stressful if people don't feel like they know what they're doing.
But as a long-time crafter, I have faith that anyone can make something adorable with the right tools and support. As you can see from the pictures, our experience worked out beautifully. Provide a variety of onesie colors and sizes. Hope that was helpful! Please note that I am not schilling for Peel 'n Stick fabric fuse. Bump Smitten. Celebrate With Kate {Baby Landers Gender Reveal Party} Make Way For Our Little Duckling Kate Landers here again, this time to share with you a personal event–the baby gender reveal party my husband and I hosted for our first little one arriving this fall!
I find gender reveal parties to be an excellent creative outlet for all those mamas-to-be who want to design and plan an event to celebrate their very special upcoming arrival. Whether you choose to keep it intimate with just immediate family or large with everyone you know, it is a wonderful time to share your joy with others. We had a most memorable celebration, revealing to our families that we will be welcoming a little BOY into our lives! Despite a no-show photographer and our pup Henry eating the custom cake less than 2 hours before the party started, we managed to take what came our way and made the best of it–and looking back, I couldn’t imagine it any more perfect. Here are some hints for planning your own baby gender-reveal party: Mums the Word Cupcakes.
How to Make Marshmallow Fondant. This time I decided to make it with those mini fruit flavored marshmallows.
I had to sort them by colour first. I figured they would add a little bit of flavor to the fondant so I wouldn't have to add much flavoring oil. I use gel colours to dye my fondant but regular food colouring will work too. You won't be able to get really dark colours without making your fondant sticky, but for lighter colours you can just even it out with more icing sugar.
I also had lemon oil and coconut flavoring on hand.. oh la la the value brand (which still works fine). Step One: Take a couple of handfuls of marshmallows and put them in a microwave safe bowl. I like to make smaller batches because its easier to add the colour to the melted marshmallow than it is to work the colour into the fondant later.
Step Two: Stick the marshmallows in the microwave for ten seconds at a time until the are puffed up and easily stir into a goo with a wooden spoon. Step Three: Step Four: Fondant with the icing sugar kneaded in. Vertical Layer Cake Tutorial. I really need to preface this tutorial with...
I am sorry. I am SURE there are easier ways to do a Vertical Layer Cake. But I was being a brat for my birthday. I wanted real cake, and not sponge cake. I wanted two different flavors. I wanted massive amounts of frosting. Hence, I bucked every traditional mold I had seen for a vertical layer cake and made my own. Sorry. The second time making the cake I was surprised by how quickly everything went. Huh. Anywho... Here is an important step... Pop Stars & bakerella.com. I’ve just added a bunch of cake pop photos to the Pop Stars section to the site.
Yay! It’s something productive I can do on the site while I’m still recovering. (I added an update to the previous post. But, in case you didn’t see it, my mom and I are doing great.) You probably already know about this section if you’re a cake pop fan, but if you didn’t, let me tell you about it. To navigate the Pop Stars section, there’s an index with links. Here are a few pops I picked out to give you an idea of what people are doing.
Pop Star Jackie in California makes Justin Bieber pops. This is such a great use of baking cups from Pop Star Veronika in Australia. Cupcake pops in pink and blue are another great way to celebrate a baby shower. Pop Star Natalie in California made these Brides of Frankenstein. Pop Star Karla in Mexico made Bert and Ernie pops. How about some Halloween pops? Pop Star Stephanie and friends in Canada celebrate her bridal shower. Pop Star Nadia in Toronto made snowglobe pops.