I'm obsessed with cake stands. Not the prissy, old-lady ones, but the clean-lined ones with little detail in pure white or other pretty colors. The scalloped edges, varying heights, and just perfectly balanced yummies perched atop. Porcelain, milk-glass, ceramic. I look longingly at them in many-a store, running my fingers along every single one. And if I could, I'd replace everything in our apt with a cake stand.
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leslie darling you're sounding a bit delusional. i'm guessing this flu has left you a bit out of it. while cake stands are glorious i don't think little hudson would like to sleep on one!
ah! you were in my dream last night and so were your cupcake stands! can't really remember much of the dream... but you were redecorating your house... i think i read this blog entry before i went to bed.
have been thinking about cake stands myself lately .... did we talk about this?
they are pretty... but i'd much rather eat what gets put on them!! those cupcakes look yummy!!!
I'm obsessed with them, too! Dev sent us a perfectly white one with a v. cute edge for our wedding present -- we used it at Jackson's shower. I have about 5 - don't go collecting them, though, they are v. hard to store. Unless, of course, they become your TV stand and vanity...
I too felt a desparate need for a cake stand pre-Christmas when I had a party complete with plentiful goodies and nothing pretty to display them on. Fearing the storage issue, I found the ultimate mult-tasking cake stand:
http://canada.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2775623&cp&sr=1&origkw=cakes&kw=cakes&parentPage=search
true, it might be clear and not beautiful white with scallopped edges, but HELLO, it doubles as a punch bowl. how awesome is that? (And currently, I have the punchbowl part filled with lemons, on my coffee table as a centrepiece.).
As far as multitasking goes, this cake stand is IT. And only $14.99.
oh yes, i forgot to add that while the punchbowl is ok, to use it as a tiramisu and/or trifle dish is much prettier.
ok, now I'm finished.
deb - hilarious that my bloggin works its way into your brain like that!
dev - NO! we haven't! crazy.
sarah - i'm NOT crazy, dammit. they're pretty.
jen - wouldn't our hutch be so much prettier with cake stands than food stuffs?
amanda - i don't get it! help! explain! i just keep staring @ it. and thanks for the intro to L&Tcanada. that's just fun.
ooo... i have a multi-task stand, too. it's clear from pottery barn or williams-sonoma. it works as a bowl, too. good call on that one, i'll have to break it out and put some lemons in it, too!
les - yes, but can they fit? they're pretty large in diameter. maybe i need a refresher in your cabinetry. if they'll fit, then you may begin stocking up on your new obsession!!
i want one too, but our apt is too small to keep adding big things for the kitchen, so i put cupcakes on our thingy that cholds fruit, which is probably a cake stand, but i can't see it as that now.
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