Centerpieces!

So I decided to save money on centerpieces to skip the flowers, due to cost. And I skipped the candles because I hate fire. So I decided on Cupcakes - and can now save money by not getting a giant cake! Cupcakes from Wegmans are under $1 a piece - and their bakery rocks! Then we can get a cute, small two tiered cake for us! 

But now what to put the cupcakes on??? I wanted to DIY it - and found this awesome site:

http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/

with this great looking cupcake stand:

Except when i tried to make a mock-up stand of my own, it looked like a bad arts and crafts project! I tried using paper, fabric, ribbon  - with no luck. 

So I found these instead on ebay - 12 centerpieces - under $150 dollars! :

But mine came black - seeing as though our colors are brown - i am going to spray paint a few and see how they look!!!