Display Stands From Repurposed Glassware - Shabby Chick

These stands are so easy to make using items around your kitchen.  Take a volunteer wine glass and a plate buddy and put the two together to make an attractive, versatile & very functional display for your cookies, cake, macarons, candy, finger sandwiches, etc.  You can use them as candle stands, to display a potted plant, cheese trays or countless other items.  Use them individually to display larger items, or stack them as shown and layer with smaller items.

Give glassware that you no longer use new purpose or visit yard sales and thrift shops for suitable glassware.  I found mine at my local thrift shop, and since the glasses featured gold leaves, I thought they would be perfect for Fall.  Here's how I made them ...

Supplies Needed:

Orphaned wine glasses
8" - 10" discarded plates depending on the size of the wine glass
E6000 Glue

Flip the wine glass over and add a ring of glue around the bottom.  If there is an indentation on the bottom of your glass, make sure you go around the outside of it with the glue or it will not make contact with the plate.  Wait approximately 2 minutes then center the wine glass on the back of the plate. Press down on the glass while slightly turning it back and forth in place to help distribute the glue toward the edges of the glass.  Let sit undisturbed for 24 hours.

These make great gifts as well.  Place a paper doily on top and fill with handmade confections.  Deliver to a family member, friend or neighbor to make their day.  The stands are very inexpensive to make and after the treats are gone, they have a lovely keepsake handmade by you!



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Not Your Ordinary Garden Border

If you have worn or chipped china or mismatched pieces and you're thinking of tossing them, why not use them in your garden as a decorative or even functional, border. I do mosaics, so had a lot of salad plates left over from projects I completed. I purchased the china from yard sales for near nothing. Since I already had a stone border, I placed my dishes further apart and used them more as an accent piece. But if you have enough, place them close together or even overlap them a tad and it makes a great and attractive border for your garden; not to mention a neat conversational piece.

Another great idea is to take clay pots of varying sizes; turn them upside down and line them up across a flower garden. Clay pots are relatively inexpensive, and the construction of the border is effortless. One caveat for zones that get to 32-degrees F or below though: clay pots do not survive winters outside. They crack and crumble and can't be reused for the purpose originally intended. Therefore, you will have to gather them up and put them inside your shed or garage and bring them out again in Spring. If you do forget and leave them out, don't toss the shards of clay you most certainly find after the last days of winter, but rather, save them for the bottom of your containers when planting time arrives. Stone or gravel is always recommended for the bottom of pots before adding soil, and clay shards work just as well.