We got married back in March of this year, and I have been meaning to share all of the handmade and special details. The photos are by Linnea Paulina Photography. The white velvet cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese frosting were made my younger sister Tanya.
Some of them had berries as a decoration, but most had the cupcake toppers my sisters designed. Thanks to Yulia to modeling them for our photographer.
We made these super cute cupcake toppers with my sisters, my cousin Tonya, and one of my aunts in one sitting. All 200 of them…
You can use this method for gift tags, or any other craft. It’s very simple and relatively cheap. After we figured out our method, it actually didn’t take very long.
Here is what you will need:
- White tags (we purchased ours at Michaels, they had tiny strings attached to them which we clipped off ahead of time)
- Coffee
- Stamping ink
- Stamps
- Toothpics
- Glue Dots
- Lace cut to desired size
Directions:
- Preheat your oven on the lowest possible temp. Mine is 170F (75C), I am sure a little higher would be just fine. Dip the tags in the coffee and then gently place them on a cooling rack placed on top of a cookie sheet. Give it about 10 min in the over or until the paper is completely dry.
- After the paper has cooled down, stamp it on one side.
- Place a glue dot in the middle on the back of a tag, and then another one parallel the hole where the ribbon will go.
- Put a toothpick on top of the glue dot in the middle, and then place another tag on top (you are basically making a toothpick sandwich).
- Tie a small piece of lace or ribbon to keep the other side together.
- Enjoy!
Here are some similar ideas for additional inspiration. Click on the image to open up the source.
Old stamps make awesome cake toppers. By Sprinklebakes.com – she even has a recipe for fall pumkin cupcakes!
This is a much simpler but similar idea using washi tape by thefrostedpetticoatblog.com
Hugs,
Irina