Tea Time

Over the weekend, I found this cupcake...holder. Thingy. What are these called? Hold on. Okay, I'm back! These are known by the following aliases: Cupcake stand, cupcake tree, cupcake holder. Possibly others.

This one is white and very girly. I happen to love cupcakes. And muffins. I like round, baked goods that live in their own wee little cup. Period. I prefer them topped with frosting and sprinkles, but I'm open.

So, in some ways, it pains me to see this tree with no treats, but I have been wanting to find a way to display by my Grandma Dot's tea cups, and it seems this little perch suits me just fine! (I had been looking for shadowboxes, at the suggestion of a dear, unnamed commenter right here at Mia's Boys, but hadn't yet stumbled upon a cost-effective version!)

Being that we live in earthquake country, I need to make a decision ~ coming right up, because you never know! ~ about how to secure these. I'll need to use double sided stickies (what is up? why can't I remember what anything is called?) to keep the cups in their nests, and I'll need to use some earthquake tack to keep the tree on top of Gram's hoosier, but I think I will go through the trouble, afterall. I wasn't sure, but the more I look at it, the more it makes me happy!

(I think maybe I like to imagine these are cupcake trees. I must...because I managed to work in tree, perch, and nest, in just these few paragraphs!)

Edited to add: You know, in the picture, it looks like I have another glass cupcake tree, but no, that there is actually two CAKE stands stacked on top of each other. I think I need to go do some baking.