Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Cupcake Stands...

I wanted to quickly show you how 
I made those lovely cupcake stands that you
saw in my last post {click here to see}.
They were very simple to make & better
yet, very affordable...


Before...


Yup, that's right, I made them out of martini glasses
& dinner plates from the dollar store.
You can use any glasses {Wine, Martini, exd}


I then spray painted the plates & the glasses
with Catalina Mist from Krylon
{I found it at Michael's craft store}
After the paint dried I glued the bottom of the glass
to the bottom of the plate.
{So the rim of the glass is the base of the cupcake stand}
You can use any glue, I chose to use hot glue
& it has held up great.


I chose to use all the same size glasses & plates,
but you can switch it up for variety.


For a little more added touch of lovely I added a small
doily banner to tie all of the cupcake stands together.
Not that these amazing cupcakes from Stir it up needed to 
be more lovely then they already are...


I love how the cake stands made the cupcakes
a great centerpiece for the baby shower... they turned out awesome
& I can't wait to use them again.



Have you made cake stands before?
What materials did you use?
I would love to see them...
Go link them on the Liz Marie Blog Facebook page.
I hope you are having a great week...
I will be back with a few more tutorials from the baby shower
 stay tuned...
xx Liz Marie

25 comments:

  1. I am in love with cake plates and finding new ways to create them! Thanks for sharing. :)

    Dawn @ Mom-a-Logues

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  2. These are SO pretty! I love the color!!

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  3. I THOUGHT those looked like martini glasses in your last post. Job well done. I think I am finally going to try to make some tired stands, but with little ones, fragile glasses aren't ideal. I am on the lookout for some thrifted wooden candlesticks!

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  4. I was wondering what those were made out of the other day. Now I don't have to keep guessing.

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  5. I haven't made a cake stand before, but I just love yours and think I will try this one. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing at DIYbyDesign.

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  6. love, love, love this! i'm gonna go make me some :)

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  7. Such a fantastic idea!! So creative & SO INEXPENSIVE!!

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  8. Very cute! Love it!

    Jenny
    www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

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  9. I love love love this idea! I've been looking for a cake stand that I like for what seems like forever, but now I can just make one! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  10. We are loving all the details! those cake plates are super cute!

    Team Craftwell
    ecraftbycraftwell.blogspot.com

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  11. so cute, I've done something similar in the past too. So creative and pretty Hugs!!

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  12. I made a cake stand recently with an old glass candle holder and my grandmas vintage china. I would suggest E6000 adhesive. The stuff is amazing! Much stronger than hot glue!!!

    I love the spray paint-does it stay on??

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  13. Those are so great - and so easy! I love the color you used. If you have a moment, I'd love for you to link up to my party - I'm sure my readers would enjoy this tutorial. http://www.momontimeout.com/2011/10/taking-timeout-thursday-link-party-no-1.html

    Thanks!
    Trish

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  14. omg looooove the idea of this :D i want that so bad
    am heading to the kitchen and make them :D

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  15. What a perfectly lovely color! :) Great job!

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  16. love love love these little stands!! bookmarking this for future parties and showers :)

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  17. Very creative. I love it.

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  18. Good idea! I have used a crystal platter I received as a wedding gift (I wasn't too excited about it) and a chunky glass candle holder. Your stands are very cute and I think my budget could handle them!

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  19. I just adore all of your projects! And I ADORE that color! :o) thanks for sharing what you used!
    Jaime from crafty scrappy happy

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  20. so cute and feminine! these would be so great for a shower!thanks for sharing!

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  21. I love this idea!! I added a link to Cedar Hill Ranch's FB page. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cedar-Hill-Ranch/194162480629331

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  22. Your cupcake stands are really cute. Thanks for sharing @ catch as catch can
    gail

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  23. Love DIY fabulousness...new follower here. Found you via Chrissy!


    MJ
    Lucky 7 Design

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  24. Wonderful idea

    ~Mrs. Delightful
    ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

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