I bought a cake stand kit on ebay
It cost me £5.99 for 6 sets.
I had them for a while and decided to make a cake stand for my sister in law as a Christmas present.
Locally we have a second hand warehouse called the Community Furniture Project where you can donate any unwanted furniture and other things and they sell them on with a cheaper price to those on benefits. Its a real Aladdin's cave of stuff and I have bought both bunk bed frames form there as well as kids bikes, chests of drawers and my ill fated metal filing cabinet.
They sell plates for 25p each-bargain!
and look at the gems you can find!
This is not for cake stand use but I gave it to my husband. One of the volunteers there makes cake stands and gave me some advice.
First you need a ceramic drill piece
you also need a stable surface to work on. It was recommended that I use a chopping board but put some tea towels on top to stop it slipping
Then I assembled all my resources for the stand
First you measure the plate to find the centre
then you drill BUT it is important that you have some water on the plate to keep the drill and plate cool or it will overheat and shatter.
this will also happen if there are any cracks or faults with the plate
Measuring is very important
or you end up with a wonky plate...
which gives you a very wonky stand...
Back to the shop for more plates, more time & effort spent measuring and the finished cake stand looks like this.
She was delighted and in the end it only took half an hour to make. Now I have a look in the charity shops at least once a week for more plates as I'm sure I will make a few more of these, after all I bought 5 kits.
Meanwhile our lovely dog walk started to flood
Stranded fence posts
kids wading
The Woods are now a marsh land but we keep walking..
and occasionally the sun comes out.
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