I am soooo excited about this Cupcake Tower! It took about an afternoon of work and $15!
This was so easy to put together! Here’s how you can build your own:)
I purchased 2 1×4’s and cut them down:
4 @ 14.5″
3 @ 11″
3 @ 8″
Then I used my Kreg Jig to attach the boards but if you don’t have one you can use wood glue and clamp them together until they dry:)
Here’s the bad boy that made this cupcake tower possible ~ The Dremel Trio ~ This is by far the coolest tool I have ever used! You really need no building experience to use it. Just read the instructions, plug it in and get to work:) It has this awesome attachment that guides you through perfect circles. It allowed me to cut all three circles in about 10 minutes!
Diameter cuts:
large circle: 14″
medium circle: 10.5″
small circle: 7.5″
Ooooo ahhhh! I lightly sanded them to soften the edges and that was it!
Here are the rest of the supplies: 1 bag of small candle sticks and 2 tall ones from Hobby Lobby. You can find these on the unfinished wood isle but we are learning that these are very hard to find in stores now. You can purchase them online at Hobby Lobby HERE but you will have to pay shipping although you can use a 40% coupon. I purchased the finial at Lowe’s. It comes in a bag with two for about $2!
I chose to use the Vaseline technique to finish this piece. You can get a detailed tutorial HERE. In short, I painted my base coat color where I wanted to distress and then used a very small amount of vaseline to cover the brown.
After I sprayed 2 coats of Rust-Oleum Heirloom White and distressed the edges with an 80-grit sand paper, it was time to construct the tower:)
I used Gorilla Glue Epoxy to build the entire piece. Then I started by glueing 4 small candle sticks to the bottom of the large circle.
I used the tall candlesticks in between the tiers
and for the top I attached the finial to one small candlestick.
That was it!
Whit was great and brought me cupcakes to break the new cupcake tower in:) We made a play date of it and my kids loved their surprise after school:)
I got to thinking that this would make such a cute centerpiece even without the cupcakes so I played around with it a bit while I was waiting on my cupcake delivery:)
Now for some exciting news 🙂 One lucky winner will be the new owner of their very own Dremel Trio! We will have a giveaway tomorrow. In the meantime, get your creative juices flowing and be thinking about what you would use this nifty tool for!
If you love my new Shanty Cupcake Tower I would LOVE pins below! Thanks so much:) ~Ashley
I so love this project! It is the Craft featured today on One Good Craft: http://onegoodcraft.blogspot.com. Congratulations!
omg these are fantastic! i have already gathered my supplies and begun! what department in lowe’s did you get the finials? i found some at hobby lobby, but love the ones you used MUCH better! thanks for the great idea!
Thank you Shantel. You can find the finials, at MOST Lowe’s stores, with the decorative wood and corbels:)
What bit did you use. i got a trio for christmas and found it hard to cut through anything thick like a 1 x 4. please tell me what i’m doing wrong…
Hello. This is such a cute idea and I am in the process of gathering materials to make it but am having trouble finding the wooden candleholders that are used at the feet. I went to michaels and the hobby lobby website but was unable to find them. Do you know what brand they are so I can search it by that? Thanks so much!
love this!
This absolutely fabulous…Love it
AAHHH… Oh my goodness… GORGEOUS!!! and your photograghy is amazing as well!!
I have been wanting to recover an antique highchair, but I need a circle cut… this would be PERFECT!
I love this. I wish I had seen a tutorial like this last year – I would have made one for my wedding!
Wow! It looks amazing! I have had my Dremel Trio for over a year now and have never even used the circle attachment. That is going to change right now! Can’t wait it make this cupcake stand! You are so inspiring!
I absolutely LOVE this! I’ve been looking for something to display cupcakes I have to make for a bridal shower that wasn’t going to cost me a fortune, I’ll have to make two and it will be less than what I have budgeted so it is going to be GREAT!
Love it!! I want to make one.
Can you tell me the brand name or where I can buy the mini candle sticks? I’d love any information from size, etc? I live in Oregon and don’t have a Hobby Lobby (gasp, I know)!!
I am going to make two of these!
I just found them on the hobby lobby website and ordered them there! Thanks!
Absolutely Stunning-will be making this soon, thanks for the inspiration.
I love how this can be multipurpose! Your projects inspire me 🙂