DIY Wedding Challenge - Cake box

I’ve always loved the square stacked cake look. Since we didn’t order one as our wedding cake, I thought I could make one to use as the card box.

I started with three different square-sized department store gift boxes to stack. I wrapped each box or cake tier in plain white wrapping paper. For the bottom tier, I cut a big square hole in the top. I then cut a slit in the front of the second tier/box for the cards to slide in through. And I also cut a hole in the bottom so when the cards went in, they fell to the first box on the bottom. I cut a big X on the top and stuffed it with silk flowers and glued ribbon (from Michaels and Dollar Tree) around the edges.

I was told guests were confused as to why our “wedding cake” was at the sign in table! Then right before the ceremony started a family friend moved the card box into our room for secure storage. People were stepping aside yelling “make room for the cake!”