Weddingbee Blog

One day last summer as I was innocently shopping at Target, I rounded a corner, the heavens opened and a ray of light shone down on this:

Do I spy with my little eye an aisle full of cobalt blue, black, and white plates in multiple patterns?! Plates that, with just a little tweaking, would make perfect cake/dessert stands for our dessert buffet? The retail gods had dropped our wedding into Aisle 10 just in time for me to stumble upon it, and it was a miracle! I quickly snapped some pictures of various ways we could use these affordable melamine beauties.

A few days later I went back with Mr. FW and we created a little mock-up, right there in the aisle.

We found that by stacking patterned plates on top of bowls, cups, storage containers, and other plates we could achieve a cohesive, multi-level look for very little cost. How little? Well, we got all the components for twelve stands and four additional serving plates for only $75. Score!

A few months later we finally dragged all of those components out of storage so that we could mock-up the dessert buffet and finalize our dessert selections. Once we had decided which plates should go with which bases, we made those combos permanent with the help of a little E6000.

Mr. FW preferred a more random look, but the meticulous part(s) of me just couldn’t handle it. I *love* symmetry, so I just HAD to evenly arrange the designs of the top plates. I did throw him a teensy bone by mixing up the black/white bases somewhat, and even that just about stretched me to the limit!

Sixteen stands = sixteen desserts. Mmmm…. I so can’t wait for this wedding! Now the only question is how to acquire all of those desserts. I could bake them myself, delegate some of the baking responsibility to other people, buy them, or do some combination of all those. Whatever way we go, I still can’t fathom how all of this stuff will get from our house to our venue. We’re talking boxes and boxes of stuff plus a boatload of desserts. Ugh… I’ll think about that another time. For now, only happy thoughts about sixteen dessert options!

What desserts would you choose if you were going to create a dessert buffet? Would you try to please everyone, or just pick your favorites?