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I just love the look of cupcakes (and other delicious treats) all piled onto a pretty cupcake stand. It seems I’m always baking for one reason or another. To be honest I enjoy baking much more than cooking!
This project is pretty simple but makes a great statement. First, gather your supplies. I scour the thrift stores looking for plates with some character. I like plates that have a curved edge or that have a different shape. I also look for stemmed glasses with a little detail. You’ll need:
-3 plates (of differing sizes)
-2 glasses (I like to use two different sizes)
-some heavy duty glue (I used E6000)
-Enamel spray paint (I used Rust-Oleum in white)

The first thing I did was wash all the dishes. Next, I glued the bases of the glasses to the bottom of the two smallest plates (smallest glass glued to the smallest plate and the larger glass glued to the medium sized plate). I placed some books atop of the glasses to make sure they were good and glued.
Once that was dry I glued the top of the larger glass to the large plate, then glued the top of the smallest glass to the top of the medium plate. Are you still with me? This is what it looks like all glued together:
Once it’s completely dry (I let it dry overnight) it’s time to paint! I gave it a couple coats of the enamel paint and then turned it upside down, once it’s dry, and spray painted the underside. Make sure it’s completely dry before touching it, it does take awhile to fully dry.

Here is the final product!!! Ideally it would be filled with beautifully decorated cupcakes to accent the beautiful stand, but in reality the hubby is out of town for work and the kids are sick. So you get blueberry muffins!

Hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think!!!
Linking up to:

The DIY Show Off

Pretty in Paint

26 Replies to “A Cupcake Stand & Tutorial”

  1. I love this! I have never seen it sone with glasses as dividers. You are awesome! This may sound strange but when I was looking at the completed pictures I was like “wow look at all that milk glass that matches perfectly”…That just shows what a great job you did painting it, either that or I have got to stop spray painting so much! Thanks for linking up!

    love your guts
    mandi

  2. This is soooo incredibly cute! Such a great idea. So funny to find this tonight because I was just getting ready to buy a cupcake stand from Pampered Chef for $40! And this is actually cuter!! Great job.

  3. I just love this idea! I am doing something like this to display my desserts at my wedding this summer 🙂 I am a new follower and feel free to check out my new diy blog over at htt://shaydesoflife.blogspot.com
    Thanks!
    Shayna

  4. I’m making this today! Question…is this spray paint safe for treats without a wrapping like cookies?? I’m having a cookie table at my wedding and I want to make a couple of these to display cookies.

    Thanks,
    Stephanie
    sweettuesdays.blogspot.com

  5. Very nice and sweet. However I liked it before you spray painted it. Maybe just painting the wine glasses and then glue them to the plates. I guess I liked the patterns on the plates you chose. But that is just me. Thanks so much for the information.
    Thanks Rebekah.

  6. My Mom did this project using turkey plates for Thanksgiving and holly plates for Christmas. She also used different size candle holders as the dividers.

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