Terra Cotta Cupcake Stands

My own creation

I love to look at recipes at Bakerella.  This is a beautiful blog, with a beautiful author, who is very sick right now.  She posted these delicious cupcakes on these super cute cupcake stands.  I have attached the link.  The price is 6 for 39.99.  Yikes for me.  I wondered if I could make something like them.


http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/1a/i15408.html



So, I have been looking and thinking, and looking and thinking.....I needed something washable, non-toxic, and cute.  I finally came up with an idea at a fraction of the cost.  A jumbo size cupcake looks the best in mine, but the various ways you could use them for displays is countless.  Here is what I did.

I got 8 (4 inch terra cotta bowls) and 16 (1 1/2 inch small terra cotta pots), patio paint, my E-6000, my .39 cent brush and I forgot to include in the picture my high gloss mod podge.

4 inch bowl - .89 cents each
1 1/2 inch pot - .59 cents each x 2
Paint 1.79 x2 = 3.58

Total  $2.00 + some change per stand

I took two small pots and glued them together, then I attached it to the bottom of the larger terra cotta bowl.

Next, I put on several layers of paint.  This patio paint said it was great with terra cotta and made for outside weather so I knew it could get wet.  It probably took about 3 coats each stand.  This is my 2nd coat.  I got 2 botttles of paint and each bottle did at least 4 complete stands.

Next, I put on 2 layers of High Gloss Mod Podge just to seal it all together.  I think they turned out really cute.  I made a set of 8.