I love Ikea. I could go there every day. I was so happy when a new Ikea appeared around the corner from my home. Finally I could go there without having to pack a lunch. Luckily for me my kids love it too. They love to test out the furniture, and to help me to find things in the self-serve area, and the anticipation of a shopping trip that ends in a $1 hot dog means that they, and my husband, are happy to go there any time.
The last few times I have been to Ikea I have remembered online tutorials I have seen about how to make your own cake stand with a candlestick and a plate. Check out this one here by The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle for a great example of what I mean.
Today when I visited the blue and gold Springvale landmark I had planned on acquiring some of these candlesticks and plates to make some cake stands of my own. We have been renovating and I have some more cupboard space now. What should I fill these cupboards with? Cake paraphernalia of course!!!
Upon entering the Market Hall I spied some really beautiful and really cheap coloured glasses and wondered whether they would work as a base for a cake stand.
I had a play around with some matching plates and decided to give it a whirl. I love the combination of teal, pink and off white. It took me a while, but I decided on these colours for my stands.
Making the cake stands is really quite simple. After you have selected your plates and glasses you need to plug in your hot glue gun, or in my case you need to plug in Ang's hot glue gun. Writing this post has reminded me that I borrowed her gun months ago and haven't returned it. Sorry Ang!
While you are waiting for the glue gun to heat up, get yourself a piece of sandpaper and rough up the parts of the glasses and plates that will be touching to create a rough surface area for the glue to bond with. We all love a bonding session don't we?
Place the plate that matches your glass upside down on a flat surface. Now that your glue gun is hot, quickly run a bead of glue around the edge of the underside of the glass, where you have sanded it back. Let's all pause now to check out my lame action shot.
You need to work quickly when doing this as the glue doesn't take very long to set. I mean with lightning speed. As soon as you have put on your glue, turn the glass upside down (which is really the right way up. Confusing, no?) and stick it on the plate, being extra careful to have it centred. There are no second chances with this so make sure you are confident!
Now leave the cake stand to dry for a while. It doesn't take long at all, in fact I was really impatient and turned them around pretty much immediately with no problems.
I just love my cake stands, and now that I have started I feel like the possibilities are endless!
The best part about these cake stands - they cost me a combined total of $22!
Susie xx
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