Awesome Cami! Completely professional looking! Gotta love those scrapbook materials!

Wish I could get as far as packaging mine. I'm still having issues keeping the cupcakes in the liners, and icing on the cupcakes. Anyone else still having these issues? Any solutions? I have a lot of people interested, but I don't want them to fall apart on them. Any ideas

Regardless, Cami, you're creativity is an inspiration!

Thanks Heatherly30! YOU KNOW WHAT.....for the very first time today, I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CUPCAKES FALLING OFF/RIPPING AWAY FROM THEIR LINERS! I've never had this problem before.....BUT, I think it's either the humidity OR the liners themselves. I ran out of my other ones (I usually get them from Sugarcraft in a sleeve of 500), but these are cheapo's from WalMart! I'm not sure which, but it really only affected the chocolate ones badly, so I'm more inclined to think it's the humidity! I was getting so PO'd! I have three more to do this weekend, so I better solve my problem quick!

Alright, I'm not alone. When the pro has my same problem, I know I'm not completely useless.

I have been using cheapo liners, so I guess I'll have to hit up Sugarcraft (10 minutes down the street.)

Let me know what you do to solve the problem. I 'll be anxious to hear what creative solution you come up with this time!

Fantastic looking packaging! It really sets the bouquets beautifully. I will have to have a look at trying something similar.

Thanks so much for answering my questions, I can't wait to try it!

great job on the boxes cambo. i too recently had a problem with the liners- i definately think it was the humidity. i noticed that the choc. cc's baked a little higher (kind of a muffin top) and the liners stayed on. it definately takes away from the look of the cupcake but at least they didn't fall away!

So I tried my hand at a cupcake bouquet today. Had some problems with the icing sliding off. The icing crusted really well and I tapped the cupcake on the counter as previously suggested and still they fell off. Any suggestions would be helpful. I did manage to get a picture of it when only one had fallen off. Also the cats had somehow gotten into the cupcakes over night and destroyed a bunch of them so I didn't make it as full as I would have liked to. The pic is in my photos by the way, check it out!!

Thanks Cambo!! That definately helps! I was thinking of resting the bottom of the cupcake on the rim of the pot to help support the actual cupcake from wanting to rip in half as I have read some people on this post had problems with. But it does make a pretty bad angle to compete with then! I think your suggestions will help out a lot, thanks again!! I'll be sure to post my next trial run!

I haven't read the last few pages so I don't know if this was posted or not but I got an email with the following link and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom, they are making one of these bouquets!

http://www.cakesmadeeasy.com

HOLY COW....wish I'd seen that video a few years ago! That's awesome! Thanks for sharing! I get those cakesmadeeasy blurbs too, but must have missed that one!

and here I was thinking you were going to be mad that your idea was stolen! I was scared to post it.

what were they using as there ball in the pot?

My guess is a foam ball with green tissue paper around it?

i'm new to making cupcake bouquet, where would usually find the foam ball that is placed in the middle?i live in the uk so can anyone help?

I get mine at the craft stores in the floral department.
Hope that helps some.

very nice work, the cupcakes and boxes are out of this world!

Does anyone put any weight in the bottom of the pot? I am worried about the whole thing tipping over.

I have a question for all you veteran bouquet makers.....what is the best buttercream recipe to use for an outdoor wedding in august? I am going to make these for my cousin's wedding and we are going to use them on the tables as centerpieces as well. They won't be directly in the sun, but probably a good amount of heat. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated......

LittleKaren, Welcome to cake central! I see this is your first post!

Thanks for the welcomes and the suggestions for me.....I'm just starting out in all this and there is so much to learn. I have done all three levels of the wilton courses, but when I look around on this site, I feel like such a beginner!!!! I'm sure I'll learn a lot from everyone.....

I want to make one and I went looking for a foam ball today and couldn't find one. I was able to buy a little dummy foam cake tho. Do you think that would work even though it's flat?

I know this is an older thread, however thought this might be the best place to post this.

In regards to packaging the bouquets, has anyone tried the floral boxes? The boxes I am talking about are the kind florists use to hold their arrangements. They have inserts that are placed inside the box and will hold a vase/container/pot etc.

I've been pricing them and have seen them as low as .45 each box. Might help in transporting and bagging.

Just a suggestion

Alicia

Ok all I've read about your cupcake liner problems and didn't see if purchasing specific liners worked better than others. I purchased mine at the local target and had the same ripping/coming off problem. I'm new and this is my first post and I did my first bouquet last week for a friend. I've seen posts on where you've all purchased the liners but the name of the store gets blocked on the posts. I'd like to purchase the sleeve of 500 cupcake liners because it seems cheaper than spending $2 on 75. Since the names won't post if someone can email me [email protected] I'd like to have cupcake liners that don't tear. I'm just doing these for my friends and I'd like to have liners that don't tear. Thanks

Great pics!

this is a great thread, I am so happy to try to make one of these puppies!