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Creating Cake Pull Fortunes

Posted by TeapPartyHostess on Jan 25, 2012 in Hosting Ideas | 0 comments

Creating meaningful cake pulls are not only unique, but they can really add zest and fun to your party.  You can make them in the form of fortunes for the special people who pull the charms, questions about the guest of honor, or you can make up sayings that relate to the event you are giving. (more…)

Cake Pulls

Posted by TeapPartyHostess on Jan 18, 2012 in Hosting Ideas | 0 comments

Cake pulls are an inexpensive way to personalize any party!  Cake or cupcake pulls can be fun for any age appropriate occasion such as birthdays, anniversaries, princess and fairy parties, engagement and baby showers.

Originally cake pulls were silver Victorian charms attached to ribbons, and placed inside wedding cakes. The bridesmaids and other attendants pulled the ribbons and charms out of the cake.  Each charm tells a fortune for the future, and was kept as a party favor.

If you look closely at my last article’s picture on creating a castle cake, you will see that there are long lavender ribbons around the bottom of the cake.  These are cake pulls that I made and tucked into the flowers.  I prefer not to put them in the cake as they are messy to pull out of the frosting, but that can be the fun part.  You decide.

How to make cake pulls:

1. Decide the theme, color and how many cake pulls you want to make.
2. Buy the appropriate number of silver or plastic charms you are going to need to make your cake pulls.  You can individually choose uniquely different ones, or you can buy them all they same.  I find it easiest to buy the charms I am going to use, and then make up the sayings but you can do it the opposite way it you want.  Also, purchase a roll of thin satin ribbon in the color of your choice.  It has to be thin enough to thread through the charm.
3. Create your fortunes and print or hand write them out on paper.  Remember different fonts and colors are a fun way to dress these up.  Using a paper cutter, cut the fortunes in thin strips.  Then using a paper punch, put a hole in both ends of the paper, carefully avoid cutting the printed words.
4. Cut your ribbon the length you want your cake pull to be.  I like my cake pulls to double as little necklaces so they can be worn for the rest of the party, so I cut mine long enough to go over the party goers head after it is tied.
5. Assemble your cake pull by threading the charm onto the ribbon.  I tie mine in the center so it doesn’t move around on the ribbon.  Once you tie the charm on, then take the ends of the ribbon and tie the paper fortune on.  Double knot it.

The following charm is a pacifier bought in a pack of 18 different colored charms for $1.00 from the dollar store.  It makes a cute cake pull for a baby shower.  This one is tied with a blue ribbon.

Next time I will be talking about how to create cake pull fortunes and will be posting fortunes for fairy party cake pulls.  Have fun!

Do It Yourself Castle Cake

Posted by TeapPartyHostess on Jan 5, 2012 in Hosting Ideas | 0 comments

Do It Yourself Castle Cake

You can use your imagination to create your perfect castle cake.   I will outline how I made my castle cake but remember you can change the colors, flowers and design any way you want.  This is fun for princess parties, engagement parties, and other special occasions.  The great thing is the cost is minimal and it looks tea-riffic! (more…)

New Happy Memories Tea Party Website

Posted by TeapPartyHostess on Dec 31, 2011 in Hosting Ideas | 0 comments

After several years, we decided to update our website.   We hope you enjoy the new format, features.   What’s new is a Tea Hostess Blog/Newsletter and products for those who love to gift Tea-ish items.    Be sure to leave a comment.     More to come…

Planning an Event

Posted by TeapPartyHostess on Dec 31, 2011 in Hosting Ideas | 0 comments

A good party starts with planning.  If you have a good plan, you most certainly can have a good party, but always remember that if something can go wrong, it will.    To make sure everything goes according to plan, begin with writing down key items that are critical to the event.   It may be the band, the cake, the staff or any number of items that must happen.

For small parties, its the little details that count.  People will remember the tiny ornaments, the confetti on the tables, the name plates, and more.   So planning a small or large party, means making sure your guests are able to enjoy themselves but also enjoy the little things you have put in display.

Every party, no matter what the size, is like conducting an orchestra and requires the planning skills of a multi-tasker in overdrive.    Be ready to have fun and enjoy the fruits of your labor.