DIY - tiered serving tray

With one dozen cupcakes for our little New Years get together last night I was left wondering how to serve them up in style. I decided on creating my own tiered serving tray to display them, I figured that adding a little height to my cupcake display would make them look more stylish. How did I make a tiered serving tray at the last minute you may wonder. It was actually very simple. I took one full sized dinner plate placed a coffee/tea cup in the center of the plate upside down, then I placed my dessert plate on top of the coffee/tea cup as to balance the plate. Then I just added the cupcakes to the plates. Next time I do this to display my cupcakes I may try adding some museum putty to help hold all the pieces together. Of course you could get some flea market finds or even use some chipped dishes and permanently bond them together to make a tiered serving tray.

A little Halloween cheer

The previous homeowners left behind this wreath when they moved out so I thought I'd spice it up a bit for Halloween. I toyed with various ideas on how exactly I wanted to decorate it, but since I was a little short on time I decided to simply cut out some ghosts from the white cardboard on the bottom of an old gift bag (the gift bag was all torn up and unusable). Then I drew on eyes and mouths with a black sharpie marker. I also used the black sharpie marker to draw the ghosts with so that the outline would be there to help make the ghosts stand out a bit. Once the ghosts were all cut out and had their faces I took a needle and some thread and made a little loop out of thread on the top of each ghost so that I could hang them like ornaments from the wreath.