Easy Cake Stands

I just love cake stands, but sometimes I don't want to pay a high price for them, unless they go on sale for super deal - only then will I think about it.

But with Valentines Day is tomorrow and I wanted to bake a cake and display it, I didn't have anything remotely that would tie into the Valentines 'RED' theme. So last week as I made my monthly visit to the thrift store to see what great finds I could find, I picked up some ceramic plates and candlesticks.

If I couldn't find a reasonable Cake Stand in the color I wanted for a great cheap deal - then I would make one.

And that's exactly what I did.
These are so easy to make, you'll be making one for every holiday or just because :)

I will take pictures tomorrow with my Cake displayed on one :) But for now I'm displaying some treats and flowers.

Here is what I picked up from the thrift store, total = $4

I picked these plastic plates up from Target on sale, total for all 4 = $3

Use some E6000 and a candlestick

Apply some glue around the top of the candlestick, then set it onto the bottom of your plate, Leave to dry overnight.

Now for this one, I found some ice cream sundae's holders, and I used a white plate. Glue the bottom of the sundae dish to bottom of plate - leave to dry over night.

Once they were dry, I used Rustoleum 2X cherry red and gave them about 5 coats. As I don't want the Smuckers logo, to show.

For the glass ones, all I did was glue a candlestick to bottom of dish. For the black stand, I used a bottle and glass plate, glued them together & sprayed it a flat black. I also did a small white stand, suing a small plate and a wine glass, did the same, glue ad spray.

And here are my various Cake stands or whatever you want to use them for Stands.

You can even stack them.

This is my plastic plate and candlestick.

With this one you can place food right on top.

With these ones, if using  food product, I would place a paper doily or a thing cardboard bottom, that way you won't scrap the paint off when cutting a slice of cake. If you're using them for a cup cake display, then you would need to use anything as a liner.

You can display

 ANYTHING!!

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Rustic Valentines Wood Sign

With Valentines Day nearly upon us, I realized I hadn't done any wood crafts for this special day.

ARGH!

I rummaged through my  numerous bags of wood (which, may I add,  I in a tiny apartment, I have them in every  spare spot I can find). I found just the right sized piece of rough wood and what's more, This whole project only took me  30 minutes to make.

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!

I started with my piece of wood, some red acrylic paint and a brush

Squirt some paint into a pot, add a little water, give it a stir.

(The look I wanted is a wash of color)

Once dried, I chalked the word 'Love', then painted over using white acrylic.

I predrilled some holes before I painted the word Love on. I used some copper wire to use to hang it.

I poked the wire through and using a pliers, I bent it into a heart shape.  Then, before you feed the end through the other side, I wound the copper wire around a round wood dowel, then finish off  like the other side.

And there you have a quick homemade Valentines Wood Sign.

I switched out, a chalkboard painted picture frame. 

So my new Valentines sign can take pride of place

Sitting on my Pallet shelf.

Don't you just LOVE it :)

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