Diaper Cakes, Anyone?

Diapers, diapers and more diapers!

These are diaper cakes Mikaelah has made for baby showers over the past couple of years. Two for our little princesses, and three for some handsome little gentlemen.

The themes vary, from Winnie the Pooh, to Jungle Animal, to Pirates. Each are adorable, unique and very useful for the mommies-to-be! (The cakes are made of rolled up disposable diapers, usually in Size 1 or 2, but probably can also be made with size newborn or larger.)

Ahoy, matey! This pirate cake helped welcome little Graham. It was customized in the theme that would match his nursery.

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Pink and girly! We welcomed our niece Brylee with this princess and flower themed diaper cake.

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This was the diaper cake that was made for my baby shower back in 2009. We didn't know if "Shamrock" was a boy or a girl, so Mikaelah did the entire shower up in a Winnie the Pooh theme. I loved it! And now our little Avery loves Pooh Bear, too.

We called her "Shamrock" at the time because her due date was March 17th, St. Patrick's Day. She now goes by "Aves Margie" or simply "Margie" ... to explain, one of her middle names is Margaret =)

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Look familiar?

You might have seen this in our "Milk and Cookies" baby shower blog posted recently.

It was made for Baby Boardman's shower. He'll be here soon, and mommy and daddy are keeping his name a secret for now! Can't wait to meet him =)

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This was made for little Bryson's baby shower last year. (I wish I had better pictures!) It was made to go with the Jungle theme of the shower.

We love these diaper cakes and hope you do, too!

Anna

Yummy Nutter Butter Baby Cookies

I LOVE peanut butter. I LOVE cookies. And I LOVE babies!

All of these come together for Nutter Butter Baby Cookies. These are simple and a lot of fun to create ... and no baking required.

I started with a regular sized package of the yummy cookies. (Guilty. I ate about two of them ... OK, maybe three or four.)

I use almond bark a lot for candy-making. So I grabbed up some white chocolate almond bark to make these cookies. I broke off a few blocks, placed them in a microwave-safe bowl and heated it up in slow increments (you don't want to burn it). Once it's all melted, stir in the coloring of your choice, if using. I use concentrated pastes found in the baking aisle of the craft section.

A small off-set spatula makes spreading easy ...

Plain almond bark, melted and piped into a circle, makes baby's head =) And melted chocolate makes baby's face.

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Although the above Nutter Butter Babies were born just in time for Amy's baby shower, these ones below were delivered in time for my baby shower back in 2009. My husband and I didn't know what we were having, so I made them the very gender-neutral yellow and green =)

Anna

Wipes, Dipes and More ...

Have I mentioned how much I love scrapbook paper? I use this stuff for EVERYTHIHG ... and I know Mikaelah does, too.

A little bit of sparkly curling ribbon, tape and stickers went a long way into making these cute little tags for a recent baby shower gift.

And who doesn't need more diapers and wipes? I also added in some diaper cream for baby's butt, little socks to cover baby's toes, and handsoap to wash off all sorts of you-know-whats off Mommy's and Daddy's hands. Oh, yes, you know what!

My little assistant, Avery, wanted to help add the final touches. I'll let her help me anyday!

Anna

Hippity Hoppity

When it rains, it pours.

We might have had a wet and rainy Easter here in Evansville, but our family's holiday celebration was anything but gloomy! It was full of springtime colors.

 

My fun project this year was to make fun little "bunny" cupcakes. Mikaelah found some adorable Easter scrapbook paper at a local craft store, and we made decorative wrappers using this cupcake wrapper template. Using craft glue, I added the bunny tail (tiny, white pom poms found at the same craft store).

They were so cute all lined up together =)

I admit that I used boxed cake mix for this one. I LOVE baking from scratch, and usually that's all I do. But for lack of time, I went with a strawberry cake mix. We narrowed it down to Funfetti, and strawberry, but Avery, my 2-year-old, had the final vote. She adores "Strawberry Shortcake," so it was an easy choice for her! I also used plain old whipped cream for the topping, but it was so light and yummy!

Mikaelah set up some really cute place settings for the kiddos.

We tried our best to catch the Easter Bunny, but darn it, he's just too quick!

Fun name cards for the little ones ...

And, of course, we had to have some Peeps ... even though I don't really care for them. You think we had enough? =)

Our little bunnies had a great Easter, and I hope you and yours did too!
(Seen here, from left, is Brylee, 2, Avery, 2, and Landon, 7.)

Anna