Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Claire's Birthday Cake

For my daughter Claire's 15th birthday, I wanted her cake to look really pretty but we had to do it on a small budget. It would be nice to throw my kids big, swanky parties, but the thing is, not everybody can afford to do that. So I had to be a little bit creative to make my teenage daughter's birthday cake look kinda expensive.

The Silhouette blog gives freebies every Tuesday, and one of the free shapes is the 3d peony shape. Click here to see their tutorial.

I remember seeing a post on the Hostess with the Mostess  about decorating cakes with paper flowers. You can click here to check it out.

So we bought a plain white cake from our favorite bakery.

This is a plain white cake we bought from our favorite bakery.

And I decided to combine the idea from the Silhouette blog, with the cake decorating idea from the Hostess with the Mostess blog, and this is what I came up with.

This is a cake decorated with paper peony flowers.

 I also made the paper peony for the gift bag, just like they did in the Silhouette blog video tutorial.

This is a birthday cake and paper gift bag I decorated with paper peony flowers

I already had the materials I needed to make the flowers so I didn't have to buy anything, well, except for the cake. I was really happy with how it turned out. Thank goodness we have these wonderful blogs that give us really useful ideas. (^_^) 

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20 comments:

  1. beautiful! there is nothing more precious than work of love...saving from the things you do your own is just an added bonus :)

    Spanish Pinay

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    1. Thanks! My kids love the usual gifts they get from family --- clothes, games, electronics, cash --- but hopefully they appreciate the time and effort it takes to make these things. (^_^)

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  2. Love this idea! Thanks for submitting to Living Creative Thursdays:-) Featured you today: http://www.livinglocurto.com/2013/05/food-and-drink-ideas/

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    1. Thank you so much for giving me the chance to join, Amy! I'm so thrilled to be featured on your site!

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  3. Very very pretty cake! I am visiting from Mop It Up Monday and would love to see you share this on Cupcake,Cake, & Party blog; Piggy In Polka Dots! My link party is called "Party In Polka Dots" and it is going on now!

    http://www.piggyinpolkadots.com/2013/05/party-in-polka-dots-linky-23-fabulous.html?showComment=1369024052100#c5029963712892196186

    Shelley
    www.piggyinpolkadots.com

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    1. Thanks for the invite, Shelley! I'll head on there right now.

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  4. This is beautiful. What a great way to spruce up a store bought cake. Gorgeous design! I do cakes as a hobby, so I love checking out other people's ideas. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com

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  5. Very pretty!

    I would love for you to share and link up at my TGIF Link Party. The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday's at midnight.

    http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/tgif-link-party-3.html

    Have a wonderful week!

    Hugs, Cathy

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  6. I am so glad you linked up! Thank you for partying at Party In Polka Dots!! Her cake was lovely!

    Shelley

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    1. I'm glad I linked up too! It was such a fun party! I found a lot of really great links. Thanks for hosting it!

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  7. What a great idea!! I love this! Thanks for sharing at Give Me The Goods Monday!
    Jamie @Better With Age

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    1. I really appreciate the visit Jamie, thanks so much!

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  8. These are such a pretty way to decorate a cake.
    Debi and Charly

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  9. What a creative way to decorate on a budget! It turned out really pretty!!

    Jessica
    The Wondering Brain

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