Alicia L. - DIY Centerpieces

Nate and I have decided we are having cupcakes instead of wedding cake for our guests at the reception. Well one night, we were sitting at my mom’s house trying to think of ideas for inexpensive centerpieces for the reception and HE came up with the great idea of using our cupcakes for our centerpieces! I am so thankful for his brilliant ideas! So now came the difficult part...how are we going to make this happen?
So the online and hobby lobby search began. We looked everywhere for ideas and kept getting discouraged because everything we liked was way over our budget and everything we could afford just wasn’t going to work. We loved the look of cupcake stands but were completely unwilling to spend about $15 a stand for metal ones when we have no idea what we would do with all of them after the wedding. I have found DIY cardboard ones on www.save-on-crafts.com but they are all for a large number of cupcakes and since we want them on the tables we wanted them to hold 24 max. We have been feeling like our perfect centerpieces were just out of our reach...that is until my mom and I made the greatest discovery Saturday in Hobby Lobby! We found smaller 3-tier cardboard cupcake holders that are only $5.99 a piece! I can totally afford that. So I quickly went on an on-line search and found them on Wilton’s website. They are going to be perfect for the tables, hopefully. We plan to add some ribbon to them so they aren’t plain cardboard and possible some spray painting. Since our colors are purple and green we will be incorporating that in too with our cupcake liners from Etsy! So, problem solved!! We still have to order and decorate them but hopefully they will turn out exactly as I am envisioning, if not all is well, because our guests will still have some delicious cupcakes to devour! But presentation is important too, right? Even with delicious cupcakes. :)