Being thankful……

It’s the beginning of November and it’s the month most of us think of Thanksgiving. Yes, we think of the turkey, pumpkin pies, and football but we also reflect over the past year of family, health, and opportunities that have come our way.

Today, I am reflecting on the year at Lil’ Baby Cakes and though I have many wonderful experiences this year I’m struggling for giving “thanks” to certain events.

I’m having a hard time being thankful for individuals who copy my diaper cake designs from our website and actually post them on their site. Since I only design diaper cakes for my site, I can’t believe people would create a site using my pictures. For these copycats I am not thankful.  However, I am thankful for the honest people who notify me when they see my items elsewhere so I can take action.

This year, I have found someone who copied testimonials from our site and published them on their own site. They didn’t even change the name of my diaper cakes mentioned in the testimonial-only my customer’s name.  For this situation, I am not thankful. On the other hand, I am thankful for the wonderful customers of Lil’ Baby Cakes who spend the time to write me about their experience with our service and product.

This year I designed 25 new diaper cake selections to bring to the market. I spend hours looking through manufacturer ribbon samples and naming my cakes. Regretfully, I found another business that likes to take my ribbon selections and then make a diaper cake using the same ribbon in another color. I also, enjoy creating names for my cakes to bring personality to the designs.  Well guess what?  I have found if I name a diaper cake XY someone is going to call their design YX. Though neither one of these issues breaks the law, I am not thankful for this situation.

It has gotten so crazy that if I choose a background for my cake pictures that gets copied also.  Many of you may remember our diaper cakes were pictured with a black background now they are featured with a green hue. For those people who prefer to copy my backgrounds or website layout, I am not thankful. Should I be thankful that they think so highly of me to copycat?

Though the items I mentioned may be trivial to you, it tends to tug on my view of hardworking and ethical people. What are the qualities that I want to use to live my life and run my business?  I want to be a good and guiding parent, a loving and supportive spouse, and an honorable business owner with high standards of creativity, offering quality products and services.

I wish all of you a month of reflection about your life and experiences. I strive to use each and every day as an opportunity to offer the world the best I can be. Finally, I am thankful that God took the time to make each of us unique and not a copy of something he saw elsewhere.

How to Buy a Diaper Cake

I have put together a video buyer’s guide entitled “How to Buy a Diaper Cake”.  I did this to create a standalone guide that would help people who are beginning their baby diaper cake  or baby gift buying process.  In the video I start with a basic definition about what a diaper cake is.  We still get emails and phone calls from people innocently asking how many people does of our our newborn diaper cakes feed.  Or another popular question  is:   “Do I have to refrigerate a diaper cake?”  We don’t mind responding to these questions, I attribute them to folks not really knowing about diaper cakes and how they are used as baby shower centerpieces or for baby gift giving.

I continue on to discuss the types of diaper cakes (layered and folded) as well as a discussion about diapers that are used to make them.  Even though I am showing our diaper cakes in the video, the video is not a sales pitch for Lil’ Baby Cakes.  Instead, I offer what I feel are practical considerations when buying a newborn diaper cake along with shopping tips about shipping, site security, and diaper cake customization.  There are many styles of baby shower diaper cakes and many different places they can be purchased.  I also mention eco friendly diaper cakes and diaper cakes made with printed diapers to show the difference between those diapers and Pampers from an appearance perspective.

I hope you find the video instructive.  Your comments are appreciated and are welcomed.  Don’t hesitate to contact us at for assistance on any baby diaper cake question.

Top 3 Baby Shower Themes for Boys

Planning a baby shower is hard work, but if you choose the right baby shower theme it can be fun and exciting. Naturally, if you know the sex of the child you are welcoming it makes the planning process that much easier. In this post, I’m suggesting the following top 3 boy baby shower themes to help get you started.

1. One of the most popular baby shower themes for boys is sports. For many people boys and sports go hand and hand, so this a natural choice. The possibilities for this shower theme are endless. You can make invitations in the shape of a football or another type of ball. Plus, you can ask the guests to bring sports related items for the baby like tiny footballs or local sports team jerseys in infant size. This is a great theme to consider if you are having a coed shower, but it also works well in general.
2. Planes, trains and automobiles are all among the popular baby shower themes for boys. Let’s face it, little boys love playing with cars, boats, trains and planes, so this is a natural choice for both nursery decor and shower theme. For this theme you can hang airplanes from the ceiling to decorate, and pick your invitations to feature a plane, train, car or boat.
3. Many people choose an animal theme when they are planning a baby shower for a boy. Animal baby shower themes vary greatly because you can choose safari animals, sea animals or domestic animals like cats and dogs. This is a particularly great theme if the mother to be is decorating the nursery in an animal theme. You can ask each guest to bring a stuffed animal for the decor.

There are obviously many other boy baby shower themes that you can choose from when you are planning a baby shower. The important thing to remember is what the mother to be will like and what fits her personality style. For instance, you don’t want to pick a sports theme if her and her partner are not at all interested in sports. The best thing to do when choosing a shower theme is to look at the mother to be’s nursery theme and the pattern choices she has chosen on her registry. Keeping her in mind will ensure everything goes smoothly and that the day is memorable for her.  We have a special section on our site featuring diaper cakes for baby boys.  You can check it out for more theme ideas and as centerpiece ideas for your table decor.

Top 3 Baby Shower Themes for Girls

Planning a baby shower can be fun, exciting and hard work all at the same time. The first thing you need to decide before you can start moving forward with your planning is which baby shower theme you will be centering your shower around. The following are the top three baby shower themes for girls:

1. Often when the parents to be find out they are having a little girl they think of their impending bundle of joy as their little princess immediately. For this reason, one of the most popular baby shower themes for girls is a princess party. You can easily find princess theme shower invites and paper goods online. However, to ice the cake on this shower theme consider having your guest each bring a princess theme book along with their shower gift.
2. Another one of the common baby shower themes for baby girls is angels. Similar to the princess theme, this theme is centered around parents viewing their little girl as an angel. You can really have some fun decorating a shower with an angel theme. You can hang cut out angels from the ceiling, get a cake with an angel decor and give an angel theme shower favor.
3. By leaps and bounds the most popular of all the baby shower themes for girls is centered around the color pink. You can have a “pretty in pink shower” where all the guest are instructed to wear something pink and bring a pink outfit for the baby, or you just do a generally pink themed shower. The possibilities are endless with this theme.

As a closing note, if you are planning a baby shower for a friend or family member it’s important to consult with the expectant mother. She may have her own preferences when it comes to the shower theme. In addition to this, she may already have chosen a theme for her child’s nursery. If this is the case you may want to consider infusing the nursery theme she has chosen into your baby shower plans. If the shower is a surprise these are decisions you will have to make on your own, but if the expectant mother is aware a shower is being planned you may want to ask her if she has any preferences when it comes to her shower theme.  You can find some additional ideas by visiting our diaper cakes for baby girls page.  You can check it out for more theme ideas and as centerpiece ideas for your table decor.

March 2009 Diaper Cake of the Month

This month Noah’s Ark is taking center stage.  I really like this cake - its simple lines, soft colors, and the fact the characters on the Noah’s Ark ribbon matches! I saw the bank about six months ago and knew I wanted to use it on a diaper cake.

First, I thought it was a great theme to use this month since everyone is talking about savings, our kids future, etc so a bank is classic way to start collecting change for new baby. In my house we have a community bank where all the change from the laundry goes, change from the couch, etc. The community jar is dumped once a year at vacation time. I split it among the four kids and it becomes there spending money. (Ok, they are teenagers and it isn’t as much as it once was - but what is these days?).

Here are the product details for the Noah’s Ark 3 Tier Diaper Cake.

I hope you enjoy the longer days and the warmer days (PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make them warmer).  It feels good when you can appreciate the simple and sweet things life has to offer.  I wish all my existing customers and new visitors the best this month.

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