Wherever you look there are plenty of things that you can use to make cupcake stands.
Make a cupcake standards.
Let me throw one more curve ball at you cupcake liners.
Choose standard jumbo or mini muffin pans based on how large you want the final cupcakes to be.
Avoid buying liners that are squished and very wide looking.
This is what bayside bride seem to profess as they turned a candlestick into a unique looking cupcake holder.
If you really really want to have nice looking cupcakes make sure your using nice liners.
Pans are also available with large 2 3 4 inch diameter or jumbo 3 1 2 inch diameter cups.
For standard size 2 1 2 inch cupcakes use muffin or cupcake pans with 2 1 2 inch diameter cups.
Then figure out roughly how many cupcakes your recipe is going to make.
One 9 x 13 cake two 9 round cake layers or three 8 round layers all make about 24 standard cupcakes.
Here are some guidelines.
To make a cupcake stand start by placing a wide brimmed glass like a martini glass or a vase in the center of a platter.
For mini cupcakes use pans with 1 3 4 inch diameter cups.
Then rest a smaller platter or plate on top of the glass and arrange your cupcakes on the top and bottom tier.
Nice cupcake liners are the same size as a pan and will sit perfectly inside the pan with no crimping.
Gather your ingredients including betty crocker super moist yellow cake mix and the ingredients called for on.