Cake Stands And Bow Loop Dryer That I Made Today...
Decorating By turtle3264 Updated 22 Apr 2009 , 10:09pm by Necey
My husband and I made 2 cake stands and a bow loop dryer today. The bow loop dryer idea I got from JaimeAnn. I still have to figure out what color to paint the stands.
I went to Lowe's looking for something to use and I found these pre-cut wooden circles. Thanks for the nice comments.
Great minds think alike, as they say. I made a cake stand last week similar to the middle picture. It worked really well, of course it was only a three tier cake but I would do it all again. That is a great idea for the bow loop dryer I will definitely be doing that. Cause I have no space to dry one. Thanks for the great ideas.
What type of paint would you use to paint these? I would definitly paint 1 black. My opinion only lol
very nice work! I love it when we can make things on our own and it's half the price of those store bought stands.
I like your bow dryer so much better than mine. It's inspired me to start bugging my DH to make me this one...;0) hahaha
It cost $40 for the materials to make all 3 of these. There's no way I could have bought them for that. I had to have help drilling the holes for the feet of the stands, but I made the loop dryer by myself. It was really easy as long as you have the right tools. I borrowed these pvc pipes cutters from my FIL. It made it so much easier than when I first tried to use a saw.
I love the cake stands! So cute! You just gave me an idea. Maybe I could use wooden chopping boards 
Thanks!
I guess you can just use craft paint. The cake will not be actually touching the stand.
I didn't come up with the idea of the bow loop dryer, I just made one. Another CC member JaimeAnn's husband made one for her. That's where I got the idea from. It was a great idea!
You said that the cake wouldn't sit right on these. What do you set them on before you put them on your stands? Cake Board? Wax paper? Doilie?..........Sorry I just don't know
I will use a cake board the same size as the cake. I wouldn't want the cake to touch the paint.
You said that the cake wouldn't sit right on these. What do you set them on before you put them on your stands? Cake Board? Wax paper? Doilie?..........Sorry I just don't know
I saw Sharon Z's bow loop dryer, too! This would be so easy -no cutting wood! I haven't made bow loops outside of cake class, so what PVC diameter would anyone suggest for an average loop for the top of a cake, 8-10" round? Thanks for posting this!!!
I've made the same type stands, just differnt feet. I painted mine with a high gloss enamel paint. I've had to touch-up the paint already, dinged by the cake knife. I use parchment between the plate and the cake.
These are great ideas! I think we are very resourceful when we need to be. The sky is really the limit with materials for cake stands. I know we have all seen the glass blocks with lights inside. I have seen pieces of glass stacked in beautiful patterns to make a stand as well. Very pretty.
I think that hardware stores are a great place to look "outside the box" for cake stuff.
You could also use even bigger PVC pipe to make a "half moon" shaped dryer rack for thinks like curved leaves or other flower petals. You could make a similar vertical rack that takes up less space instead of using up tons of counter space.
Great new ideas!!
I decided to paint the bigger cake stand white and stain the smaller one. I used the bigger one yesterday at a wedding. http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1349489&done=1
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