Weddingbee Blog

Cake stands are expensive. No joke. And while I love to drool over beauties like this…

Image via Rosanna

I simply can’t justify $75.00 for a cake stand right now. But we still need (as much as anyone can ever NEED something frivolous for a wedding) a cake stand. I really love pink ones; they are a bit more unique than the average clear glass ones (which I still love and totally have one of). I searched high and low and couldn’t find one in a reasonable price range.

Then one day I was checking Groupon (as I so often do) and they had a deal for Color Me Mine. With credits, I already had the deal equated my spending $5 to get $30 worth of awesomeness at the store. So I called up the local Color Me Mine, and sure enough, they had a cake stand available to paint! Sold! I bought the deal and figured I would just go in when I had time.

Well, a few days ago I was so inspired by Miss High Wire’s artistic bachelorette party I decided to go after work and make our cake stand! I have to admit I was pretty stoked. When I got to the store I asked them about the cake stand only to find they had just sold the last one and they didn’t know if they would be getting any more in! Color me disappointed! I didn’t give up that fast though, one of the store’s EXTREMELY helpful workers helped me piece together a bowl and plate to makeshift a cake stand. I set to work and started painting and painting and painting…yeah, I’m a bit of a perfectionist and I had to force myself after 2 hours to just let my effort be good enough and quit while I was ahead! I loved how the colors were turning out, but my ability to write Mr. Ticket’s (and my future) last name on the stand (under where the cake would be) was failing miserably. I won’t get to pick up the finished product until later this week (at which time I will show you pictures as I failed to take any thus far…whoops ) but I have to say I’m pretty excited to see how it turns out. Even if it’s not perfect, I made it! Okay well I painted it… but still it’s something we get to keep and use for the rest of our lives. And it’s pink!

FYI -  as I googled ’Pink Cake Stand’ for the link earlier in the post,  I found this beauty for only $33… live and learn!

Image via Amazon

It costs about the same as what I paid for my semi-DIY cake stand today. Except mine will say Mr. Ticket’s last name and our wedding date on it, so it was totally worth it.

Will you be making any keepsakes for your wedding?