I collect pedestal cake plates and had promised myself I wouldn't buy any more. But I saw this on eBAY and it just cried out to sit on my shelf. In case you can't tell from the photo it is Santa's boots as the pedestal, the glass dome is his belt, buckle, buttons and the top is a red pom pom. This is made by Patience Brewster for Dept. 56, you may have seen some of her other ornaments and collectibles called Krinkles.
Merry Christmas to me.

wow--that's cool!!!!

That is just adorable!

Oh, that's CUTE! I can totally understand how it was calling your name and BEGGING you to buy it! Shhhhh, don't tell...I have the SAME illness and hear those little voices calling me to but things too...hee-hee

thats so cute.

I see cake stands like that too & want to buy them but I am totally out of room

that's sooo cute!!! Definetely a must have!!!

I want one too!!! That is so cute!

Love it!!

my mom would flip if she saw this! she collects them too

How cute is that!!

I have to restrain myself...I am dying to collect cake plates, but I just do NOT have the room to store them. I have 3 but I have to stop somewhere....it could turn into an ugly downward spiral at any time.

That's too cute I would have bought it myself and I don't collect them.

Thanks, you ladies are as bad as me. And mocakes I have 22 now with this one. The bedroom in my apartment has built in shelves, now most logical people would use them for bedroom items, right? Not me, they are holding all of my cake plates. I actually do use these too, I try and do a cake with the same theme as each plate as cakes for my family. That way the plate comes back home with me.

How adorable. I would love to have that. The only ting I collect is dust.

thats too cute

If anyone seriously wants one here is another on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dept-56-Pedestal-Cake-Plate-with-SHOES_W0QQitemZ320047243081QQihZ011QQcategoryZ370QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Great price, someone better grab it. This is item is no longer being made and I paid $65.00 for mine which was a good price, this is even better.

Looks great and I can clearly see the cake stand was calling your name..."Shirley...Shirley..don't leave me here!!!"...so you saved him and providing a great new home to the poor lonely cake stand...All your others will keep him company!!

Merry Christmas

Your right Jane, that's exactly what I was hearing. I think I'll call him Klaus.

That is too cute!!! Wish I had room to keep such things!

That's adorable. I now know why I've not been in my Dept 56 store lately. This is waiting for me. LOLOL

Congrats...that is an unusual cake stand

Thanks ladies, I love it too.

Way too cute! You could do some pretty fun things with it

I think so too. Even chocolate dipped strawberries would be pretty under the glass dome.

I love that I wish I had money to buy one. My husband would take me out if I bought a cake stand right now (just got a KA) but when the time comes I hope I can find some great cake stands.

Oh there will still be great cake stands out there. You can't live without a KitchenAid, cake plates are just the icing on the cake.