DIY: frilly cake plate

y'all know my LOVE for cake plates. 

i love making them.  i love using them.  i love looking at them.  i love giving them as gifts.  i just plain freaking love them.  a little too much, one might say.

but i say boooo to that.  one can never have enough cheap and pretty plates to display things on, mkay?

i found this totally girly and frilly ribbon at joanns the other day.

it was quite the splurge for my cheap-A, at $5.00 a yard, so i bought half a yard, knowing exactly what i wanted to use it for.

isn't it pretty?

i hot glued the ribbon around a plain white plate...

then spray painted a candlestick from the goodwill.

then used my cake plate tutorial and voila:

isn't it so pretty?

this is the worlds easiest craft.  i promise.

that cupcake probably cost more than the entire craft combined.  even with the fancy ribbon.

 it was delish though.  not gonna lie.  i bought it to share with mr. anderson and i ended up eating his half too. i'm a nursing mama, what can i say?

it was my last dairy-free-for-all because i've given it up (4 days ago to be exact), due to olive having a face rash---probably caused by dairy in my milk.  (but of course, no one can be sure).

when you're making your delish turkey and cheese sandwich for lunch today, put a slice of cheese on for you, and one for your homegirl, me.

*big heavy sigh* 

 i miss cheese.