Cupcake stands

I have a friend that was asking me about cupcake stands, and I thought that I would share some pictures and ideas that I found on the internet. The picture above is actually cake covered in fondant that the cupcakes are sitting on. Although this is a cute idea most people that want to use cupcakes are doing it so they don't have to make big cakes.

The next picture is a great idea to make easy cupcake stands that you can customize to any occasion. These are just boxes or styrofoam that has been wrapped like a present with a ribbon wrapped around it. All you have to do is find wrapping paper that matches your occasion and you have a customized cupcake stand. I like these even more, cause you can reuse them just by wrapping new paper around them.

This last idea is an idea that I saw on a Food Network Cake Challenge last week. The chef had lots of cupcakes frosted simply with white frosting. He then used skewers to attach the cupcakes to foam layers between the other layers of cake. I think this would be a really neat idea, cause you could use any shape or size of foam and cover it with cupcakes. The only problem I can see with this is that it would take lots of time and lots of cupcakes.