Now that Christmas is done and dusted, i can write about some of the creations that have found new homes via the packages in the previous post. The easiest of these was the cake stands, a joint effort with my pal Ali T. To swiftly summarise, pick up some old second hand cast off plates, drill a few holes, and bring together with fittings ordered from ebay.
I have sourced these from various places including my trusty salvage yard, local charity shops and some antique shops which often sell lovely single plates for £1 or £2.
Drill a hole in the centre using a diamond tipped drill bit. You will also need a water sprayer as it gets red hot and can blister the glaze. Put a few layers of sellotape over the guide hole as this helps give some grip to the drill.
Once you have all the plates drilled, match them up in funky combinations and screw together the fittings. You can get either a 2 or 3 tier stand. I think 3 tier is a bit more decadent, and you get to put more inventive plate combinations together. Here are the finished products….
And here is our trusty sellotape holder for the task…
Really retro chic Lucy. Gladys x
I hadn’t seen this post, I made some cake stands last night and was gonna blog about them too! Could not believe how easy they were to make and not a cracked plate in sight, I was so suprised. You have managed to find some very sweet little plates, the most difficult bit is finding them! I just poured water into my plates and drilled them from the front!
Luv this. What are those fittings you used to connect the plates called? You found them on ebay?
yeah, just type in cake stand fittings on ebay!