DIY Cupcake Stand - Wedding

 

 I was married in April of this year to the man of my dreams.  Planning and preparing for our wedding was a great adventure in creativity and in the end we were so fortunate to have an amazing and elegant day that went of without a hitch.  We did as much as we could ourselves (from creating this cupcake stand to building a wedding arch) in order to stretch our budget as far as possible.  I look forward to sharing information about our wedding projects!





 The base of our cupcake stand is made of hat boxes from The Creative Bag Company.  I purchased small vases from Dollarama, filled them with wine corks and glued these to the bottom of silver plastic chargers, in order to make a sturdy second tier. Finally I found a small cake plate at Homesense and an initial cake topper from Party City to present a small cutting cake. 

 



 

Though we did not incorporate a great deal of color into our wedding décor, we did allow the cupcakes to stand out by choosing a wide variety of flavors from a local bakery (that has a great gluten-free selection) For the Love of Cake.  The cupcakes were absolutely delicious and looked stunning!

 

DIY Baby Nursery Wallart

Using various materials that I found around our place, I made this wall art for our little princess's bedroom this weekend.  With a piece of plywood, some scrap paper and felt, toilet paper rolls and puff paint we brought some warmth to the otherwise cold concrete wall behind her crib.

 First, I cut out three birds from felt scraps to represent our growing family.  I then bent toilet paper rolls in half and cut 1/4 inch slices to create leaves and cut 1/4 inch lengthwise strips from other rolls to create stems. I lay these out in a pattern to create branches for the birds to sit on. 

Next, using some scraps of paper (from various wedding related projects) as well as some maps of places that my husband and I have travelled together I cut out shapes to create a graphic pattern in the background.  I glued these down with watered down craft glue before gluing down the leaf and stem pattern and finally the felt birds.

With fabric puff paint I filled in some leaves to bring in some color and finally, sprayed the entire piece with a high gloss clear spray-paint.