My newest DIAPER CAKE (and tutorial)

I finally had another excuse to make a diaper cake.. Jamie's BABY is coming SOON!! I get lots of questions on how I make them.. Well I saw one YEARS ago (even before PINTEREST haha) while I was with my mom and we figured out how to make them. Thank god my mom is so crafty and creative!!

-diapers (I usually use size 2.. I've had too many friends say they didn't want to destroy the cute cake so I give them more time 😉)

-small plastic hair bands

-ribbon

-cake pan (I used to find styrofoam ones at the dollar stores.. But now I can't find them!!!) or pizza pan (also from the dollar stores)

 First, I roll the diapers with the opening side rolled in. 

I stuff them in different size pots and pans (I VERY anal about them all facing the same way). 

Then I use thin wrapping paper ribbon to wrap them as tight as possible.. It doesn't have to be pretty; it'll be covered up.. DON'T take them out of the pan until you've tied them. 

Once you have them tied you can flip the pan over. 

For this one I wrapped each layer in a blanket, but I have used thick ribbon on others. If you use blankets, I fold it almost corner to corner and fold that side in first.  You may have to play around with it for the correct thickness. 

Use straight pins to keep them wrapped, but make sure not to puncture any diapers.. That could be BAD news for baby and mommy!!

I used a matching thin(-ish) ribbon around the middle of each layer. 

I've started to roll paper and stick it in the middle of the bottom layer to stick the top layer through. 

Stack all the layers and mount/tape/pin to cake or pizza pan. 

Next is the fun.. Can be the most frustrating.. 

ADD ALL YOUR onesies,binkies, bottles, toys, hangers, etc. around the layers. 

I've taped some and pinned some.. On this one I wrapped them in the same ribbon and tied it around the middle ribbon. 

Put something ADORABLE on top. 

And voila!!

DEAD dogs

About a month or two after we got Domino, I found the two of them EATING our walls.. Here's what I found:

And

Yep.. Bigger than the size of my hand.. And I don't have small hands..

Yesterday, it rained most of the day. When I got home from work found poop.. Well more like eaten poop smudge marks. I cleaned it up while I had a massive migraine (which Makes me so much more sensitive to smell). I left the dogs out while I tried to sleep the migraine away before a hockey game. Came down to mud paw all over, but I was okay with that. They can't control the wetness outside and I'd rather them go outside to pee/poop. When I got home from hockey, I found pee. Apparently, they won't pee outside when it's raining lol. 

I felt absolutely TERRIBLE that they were in their kennel for so long so I stayed up til 1:30 pinning and finding AMAZING hair tutorials. I kept them out all night since they've been doing great at night.. I made a very BAD choice. Here's what I woke up to:

The previous hole had been revisited and enlarged and..

A brand new hole at the top of the stairs..

Dang dogs ran from me when I saw it!! Thank god they are so dang cute!! And the fact I felt bad for them being so bored yesterday. To make it up to them, I brought them to the park for almost 2 hours today. I think they're tired.. What do you think?

(They always seem to pop up when I take pictures!!)

On to another day.. Hopefully they'll behave!!