Diy Cake Stand

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  Step 1

  Collect yourself some bland plates: A dinner plate, a bread & butter plate & a saucer. Originally I was going to use some cute vintage plates & leave it at that, but when it came down to it I couldn’t sacrifice their lovely brown floral goodness to being glued forever more to some sherry glasses, so I decided to go with some ugly plates & paint the whole construction.
  You’ll also need two of the afore mentioned sherry glasses, your local oppy shall, I guarantee, have a plethora, some heavy duty glue – make sure it says on the pack that it’s suitable for glass & ceramics – and some enamel paint. You’ll need the grey base coat & the colour of your finished piece… red, surely…?

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  Step 2

  You know the glue is the real deal when it is kept separated….!

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  Step 3

  Find the centre of both your dinner plate & the bread & butter plate. Mix the glue (use a match stick) & apply it to the rim of one of your sherry glasses (if you have a larger & a smaller one, like I did, use the larger for the dinner plate) & attach carefully to the centre of your dinner plate. You don’t want to be too far off centre or your cake stand will look lopsided and perhaps be unstable. Repeat with the bread & butter plate.
  When the glue is set, you can stack everything together & see how it fits. I found this part super easy – the bases of the sherry glasses fit straight & centred into the rimmed bases of the plates above. When you can see how they fit together, apply your glue to the base of the glass on the dinner plate & place the bread & butter plate on top. Repeat with your last plate & leave to dry.

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  Step 4

  Paint stand with enamel base coat. You will need 2 coats – read the instructions on your paint tin – I had to leave 16 hours between coats with mine.

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  Step 5

  Now for the fun, yet time consuming part – painting the colour! Again you’ll need 2 coats, with perhaps 16 hours between each. I painted the underside of the plates first, let dry, then turned over & painted the other side.

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  Step 6

  And voila! A super cake stand you can admire, whether it is filled with cakes or not.

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pittysoares · 6 projects 8th October 2013

nice idea! C:

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Penny F. · North Bay, Ontario, CA · 19 projects 6th September 2011

Need to take a trip to the thrift store and find some plates... Theres nothing I can use in my cupboards for this right now.. also my bf seems to keep a special eye on what's in the cupboards, anything goes missing and he will usually ask.. I have a bad habit of breaking dishes...

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Yvonne R. · 4 projects 11th March 2011

What a wonderful idea...and to get rid of those unmatched plates! GREAT color

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Naomi D. · Tremelo, Flanders, BE · 1 project 27th September 2010

I made one a while ago
Maybe i'll post my version
But mine is higher ^^
Anyway, thank you for the tutorial <3

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Aveykin 15th September 2010

I hope these people http://www.santaspostbag.co.uk/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-from-Plates.shtml
asked your permission to use your image
Not even a good job photoshopping it.

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Cristina M. · Detroit, Michigan, US 29th March 2010

very cute! love baking cupcakes and this is perfect for display

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Tiggs S. · 2 projects 8th March 2010

WOW! That's very cute, it looks very good. x

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SparrowFae · Carthage, Missouri, US · 41 projects 31st December 2009

Great idea for a cupcake wedding cake!

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Love in a Thunderstorm · 7 projects 30th December 2009

That's so snazzy.

My mom used to be a cake decorator, and ironically she only has one horribly ugly cake stand. I should totally make her one for Mothers Day or her Birthday... or late Christmas? haha

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Twinkie Chan · San Francisco, California, US · 7 projects 30th December 2009

Great tutorial!! I did something like this for my display table at craft fairs. I used small plates and candle stick holders

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