A few weeks ago, I helped host a wedding shower for my friend, Marie. When all the bridesmaids were talking about ideas, we decided a kitchen theme shower would be really cute. I started researching cute ideas for a kitchen shower. I came across the idea of making a towel cake - like a diaper cake but with towels and kitchen utensils. So of course, I decided I wanted to make it! We decided that would be the hostess gift for the shower and I took on the task of buying all the stuff and making the cake! I bought some of Marie's dish towels and utensils she registered for, and then just mixed them with some white towels and some other cute and useful kitchen items. The base the cake sits on is a wooden cutting board.
I'm so proud of how it turned out! My mom helped me make it, but we really had no instructions to go by. We just played around with ideas of how to make it stand and after about an hour figured it out and it was easy to build then. Here are pictures of the finished product:
Marie with her gift:
All the hostesses/bridesmaids with Marie:
Mary Elena made these fabulous cupcakes with cute fondant kitchen utensils on top:
We had so much fun throwing Marie's shower! That weekend was also my birthday, but I'll blog about that another day :)
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This is such a cute idea! Found your blog through Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteLove this!! How did you attach each layer? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would love instructions and a material list.
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea, only thing missing is an O.A.M. Gel ;-) thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery cute idea...I use to wrap shower gifts in kitchen towels...things have come a long way since those days...
ReplyDeleteLOve this! How many dishtowels did you use?
ReplyDeleteSo cute, i would love a materials list also
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the diapers cakes I make for baby showers. Now I have a great idea for wedding showers.
ReplyDeleteMe encanto tu blog, asi que te visitaré cada vez que pueda.
ReplyDeleteUn saludo
I followed a pin on Pinterest to your blog. I was so inspired that I had to make one for my friends shower this past weekend. I linked you up on my blog. http://scherzfamily.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/wedded-bliss/
ReplyDeleteI also pinned my pic on Pinterest, and gave you credit in the comments. Thanks for the inspiration!!!
I found your blog on pinterest, how awesome. Thank you!
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Like some of the others, found you on Pintrest. What a wonderfully creative idea! Thank you so much for taking the time to share!
ReplyDeleteCool Idea We are working on doing one for our neice We are doing it to be mailed she lives afar and we will not be able to go to showers and the wedding. We are doing a theme one with Spaghetti with a paula Deen 6 Quart pot but I like your putting it on a cutting board, with dish towels, dish rags potholder and chief apron and/or hat a few ingredents for the spaghetti and spoons We also have a cookbook with our favorite spaghetti sauce recipe the items are endless. lol I also do one with a bottle of Dish soap adding anything used to do dishes
ReplyDeleteextend my warmest congratulations to Marie for the successful Wedding Shower and the wonderful design of the cake as shown in the picture. cheers.
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I just joined Pintrest and I thought you would see projects and get directions on how to do them but I don't see anything for this idea. :(
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