Cupcake Gifts

Hello from my kitchen again.  

But this time I am making gift boxes for my baked goodies.  I love cooking and even more so now that I have a great new oven to play with. I have been making lots of cupcakes with the children and we have been delivering them to our friends.  We are working our way through the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook.  It has the best cupcake recipes ever.  

I am never quite sure what to take my cakes on or in.  I like them to be on something I can leave and not worry about having back.  I was pondering this fact whilst eating my supermarket takeaway curry at the weekend, when my eyes fell on the empty packaging.

I realised it was the right width and depth to house my cupcake gifts!  I decided to cover the sides with patterned paper and make a new label for it.

Then, of course, fill it up.

Then I noticed this nifty 9 space egg carton.

Some patterned paper on the top and sides.

An embellishment for the top was made with a cupcake stamp, fluffy stuff (that is the real name - Woodware), and some beads.

Then added to the top of the box.

This is just the right size for mini muffins.

 

These ones were just a little big - I ran out of mini cupcake cases! But you get the idea.

Hope you have fun recycling your packaging and the recipients of the gift are delighted.

Happy creating.  Off to tell the kids the photos are done, they can eat the cakes!

Joy xxxxx

Comments

[jayne]

YUM YUM YUM xxx

[Mandy]

Lovely way to package cupcakes :)

[Carmen]

Absolutely brilliant! I love them both but the egg box one is just SO cute *g*

[Eleanor]

Fab ideas, and I especially love the iced, beaded cupcake, that 'icing' is the business!
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xx

[alexa]

Love that little cupcake motif on the top - mouth-watering in itself!

[Suzanne]

Oh the icing looks to real! Love the boxes, especially the egg box one, cute!

[Jaqui]

Ooh these look great - and so do the boxes ;) Jaqui x