By Amy Spears

http://www.toomanycraftstoolittletime.blogspot.com

A great gift idea:

Wedding

Bridal shower

Housewarming

Birthday

Etc

A great way to gift towels from a registry in a

cute and exciting way!

4 bath towels

4 hand towels

4 washcloths

1 spool of ribbon 2”

1 spool of ribbon 1”

12-24 fake flowers

1 wooden dowel

1 pack of safety pins

3 large rubber bands

1 pack of sewing pins

Topper for the cake

Plastic base (I used a dollar tree circular platter… perfect!)

Note: You can create a

smaller version of the

shower cake with 2

towels. I used 2 grey

and 2 blue in each

towel. All of my

accessories were shades

of purple.

Prepare the bath towels by

folding them in thirds and

laying them on a flat surface.

Lay two towels next to each

other to create a long line.

Overlap one towel over the

other by 2”.

Lay the second two towels over the first two. If

you used different colors, make sure the same

colors are on the same layer. Overlap these

towels (same as the first layer).

Roll the towels tightly from short end to short

end. Secure with a rubber-band and some

safety pins.

Layer the hand towels just like the bath

towels. If you used two different colors of

towels, make sure the other color is on the

outside layer this time. Roll & secure just

like the bath towels.

Layer the washcloths the same way as the other sets

of towels, making sure the outside layer matches

the color of the outside layer of the bath towels.

Roll and secure.

Stack the layers,

with the biggest

(bath towels) on

the bottom and the

smallest

(washcloths) on

the top. Secure

with three or four

safety pins.

Insert a wooden dowel down the middle of the rolled towels and cut ½” below the tip of the cake so that it doesn’t poke out. This will support the cake. This is also a good time to put the cake on the plastic base.

Add the topper to the

top of the cake. Mine

was a crystal branch so

I was able to just stick

it in the cake. You

may have to use safety

pins or sewing pins. I

also added a glass ‘L’

ornament later on for

the first name of the

recipient.

Add ribbons around the center of each layer,

covering the rubber band. You can put the

larger ribbon the bottom and the smaller

ribbon on top of it to create a more dynamic

ribbon. Secure in the back with sewing or

safety pins.

Cut your fake flowers off

the stems and secure

in a cascading pattern

down the cake. Secure

using sewing pins.

Make sure you warn

the recipient about

the pins in the towels!

Do anything necessary to

straighten ribbon, hide

pins, and tuck in edges

to make the cake as

beautiful as possible!