I made these for my sisters for Christmas. Inspiration is all over the internet on how to make these great displays: DIY Cake stands.
Not to tell all my secrets, but these puppies cost under $10 to make. Once I figured it out, they are quite easy, though there was much swearing in the beginning.
The lesson I learned: don’t be so cheap and spend the extra 5 bucks on better paint.
When it comes to paint, I’m kinda not so knowledgeable. So I bought cheap acrylic paint to paint on glass. It worked, but I probably had to put 7 coats on each piece and then it chipped quite easy.
But they look great and they were a huge hit!
How To:
From the Dollar Store, purchase any variety of dishes you would like. I chose one dinner plate for the bottoms and two sandwich plates for the upper two tiers. Water goblets were my “pedestals” of choice, though I have seen some really neat ones made with candle holders.
Paint each piece whichever color suits your fancy. Repeat and repeat if necessary (aka: cheap paint) ;)
Maybe because of the paint I chose, I had to seal each piece. I did a bit of snooping at Michaels and found ModgePodge makes a sealer, so that was my choice.
Seal it with a coat or two.
I used a silicone based adhesive to glue them together.
Wam! Bam! And a thank you mam!
i sure learned from the experience but can’t wait to make myself one!
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