Flowers for Mother
We decided we wanted to bake something for our mother’s this Mother’s day. And then I decided I wanted to make cupcake picks for the Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes we decided to make. (This is about the recipe from when I made it for Halloween.) I found this super cute bird plate locally from @Home for a pretty small price so it was set. It’s a white plate with a small bird in the center which allows for four cupcakes to circle it quite nicely.
I picked up most of the cupcake pick supplies from @Home, the small flower bouquet, yellow ribbon and snails. But you can find similar flower bouquets at D. Blumchen or Tinsel Trading or some super cute Forget-me-nots in Caramelos Artful Supplies Etsy shop. (I also included a snail cupcake pick and I think this might be the same snail, too.)
The cupcake pick bouquets are super simple and super sweet. This is what you need:
Supplies: small bouquet of flowers, length of twine, small stick or toothpick, yellow ribbon, square of unbleached wax paper
1. Take the wax paper square and fold in half. The wax paper is about 2.5″ square.
2. Take the small stick and insert 1″ into the middle of the paper. Glue in place. (I used small mini dowels like these that I picked up from Michael’s.) I used a low temperature hot glue gun for all the gluing in this project.
3. Cut a small clump of flowers from the bouquet and glue on top of the stick.
4. Fold over the top point of the square so when you flip it up over the top of the flowers, you can see the tops of the flowers.
5. Wrap the rightside of the wax paper over the top of the flowers.
6. Wrap the leftside of the wax paper over the top of the flowers. Put a small bit of glue to hold down.
7. Using the jute twine, tie the flower bundle at the bottom.
8. Make a small bow with a narrow ribbon and glue on top of the twine knot. That’s it!
Entry Filed under: food, step-by-step, craft
14 Comments Add your own
1. mushroommeadows | May 7th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
You come up with the best ideas!!! Love it!!!
2. melissa | May 7th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
you never cease to amaze me….
3. Jen | May 8th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Super sweet! Grand idea!
4. Nix | May 8th, 2008 at 3:28 am
This is beautiful and so simple!
5. heide | May 8th, 2008 at 4:25 am
How sweet! It’ll be years before my little girl can shower me with lovelies like that, I should just start making them for myself!
6. Lisa M | May 8th, 2008 at 7:22 am
What beautifully sweet cupcakes! I am sure your moms will love them! I love the little flowers! Just perfect!
Have a cozy day!
♥Lisa
7. Carrie | May 8th, 2008 at 9:49 am
How very clever-I love this idea!
8. Hannah | May 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Those are adorable. I’m going to need to do some major baking when I get home…
9. Corinne | May 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
These are the cutest..what mom would not love these??!!
Love your tutorials, by the way…I swear, why don’t you have a book already!! :D Any day now…
10. Nancy Cook | May 8th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
love them all
i will be trying out those flower bouquets someday soon
i’ve got the flowers already
11. Jen | May 8th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
How sweet! I love a good excuse to go to @home…
12. Mrs Ergül | May 9th, 2008 at 7:51 am
This looks neat!
13. Liz from @home | May 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Sarah,
As always, thanks for the mention. I am off to NYC for the National Stationery Show and I am pretty sure I will be stopping by Kinokuniya, any requests while I am in the city?
14. jenny holiday | August 27th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Ohhh my gooodness!! This is just outta control sweet!!! soo happy I found this post!! Sooo funnnn!!
You knock socks off!!
Love from the Jersey shore!
xoxo Jenny
I'm curious about your two cents. You smart cookie!
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