Hello beautiful people, welcome back to
my Nook!
My name is Nora G. Today I will be
showing you a simple at-home birthday
decor setup and also a cake makeover!
Specifically a Walmart cake makeover.
Stay tuned! For this setup I will be
using a round metal arch,
some cherry blossoms and that will be
both white and blush, and also some zip ties
I will post links to get these in the description box below
This was a last minute surprise birthday party
for a 25th silver jubilee. We didn't just
want the day to go by without any kind
of recognition - it is a milestone birthday for crying
out loud. Anyway, my able assistant -
Calix and I decided to go to work.
We used the green faux grass carpet to blend the
background scenery - that is the green bushes
just because we will be using a lot of
pinks and I just wanted some kind of
contrast, at the same time something that would
tie in with the background scenery.
This is a very very easy and simple
backdrop setup. I am basically just using the zip ties
to tie up the cherry blossoms
onto the metal arch. Keep adding cherry
blossoms until you can no longer see the arch
You can choose to make this fuller or
you can just keep it simple
and make it a little bit light that is your choice
I wanted to go for balloons being that
we had only 24 hours to prepare for this
but then again I felt we needed something different
for a change. The entire process of adding the cherry blossoms onto the arch
took us roughly about 20 minutes or less.
By now it is obvious to you that this is
for a girl. So we were going for different Shades of Pink.
I decided to add some roses some pink
roses into the cherry blossoms just to give it
a little bit of pop. So I added the roses only to the top
part of the arch, mainly because that is our focal point
If I was not setting up any table in front
of the ark I would definitely be filling
out the entire arch with roses. I will be using the
dessert stands that I made from my
previous video -
link is found at the top of this video. 
You can click on the link to watch.
This costed me $17.00 - tax inclusive to make them
Make sure to check out that video. So we
will be using that in this video.
And of course what is a silver jubilee
birthday party without some silver?
So we will be incorporating some silver through the use
of silver foil balloons. It was a very windy
day so we had to hold the balloons in
place so it is not dancing around. And here we have our
simple decor set up for a 25th birthday party.
Create memories with simple
backdrop setups for pictures. It doesn't
have to be elaborate every time,
keep it simple and just have fun okay.
Now over to our cake makeover,
This cake you see here was a last minute
idea! We didn't want any kind of thing and we
didn't have enough time either to order a cake from the
numerous cake bakers that we know,
so I decided to spruce up some Walmart
cake to match our decor and here we go -
This entire cake makeover cost me $30.00
So I bought two Walmart cakes for $10.00 each
and some ready rolled fondant for $9.99.
I got two because the cakes were very
low and I needed a cake that was slightly high
So I scraped all the decor on the cake
and basically doubled the cake up so it's
high enough for the look we were going for - you know
they say desperate times call for desperate measures!
I used some ready rolled fondant
that I got from Walmart over the cake as
you can see. Keep in mind that this was a last
resort. If you're looking to get a really really good cake
I'm talking about taste because
obviously Walmart cakes do not taste all
that good, you should definitely be seeking
professional help from a professional baker okay.
I didn't have time to bake talk less of actually doing a
full-blown cake so this was our go-to
and it blended perfectly well with our
decor setup. So back to our cake, so I used some gum
balls to form a base and some ribbons to cover the sides of
the cake and then some extra roses
on top of the cake just to give it
some pop and voila - we have our cake here! I loved how
this turned out. It looks very much like a simple wedding
cake at the same time a very girly cake as well
And our celebrant really really loved her cake
Let me know in the comments section if
you would try something like this
And that is how we came about sprucing up a Walmart
cake to match our backdrop for a 25th birthday party
You can see how well the cake blended in.
There's no way that Walmart cake would
have blended in with our decor,
so we definitely needed to give it a
makeover! And that is it for today with our simple
birthday decor setup and our cake makeover. If you did
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