First time doing a cupcake tier, first time covering a cake with fondant decorations, second time using the Vivia smoothing method for the buttercream on the cake, and the first time a big, ambitious project didn't blow up in my face! I still have a lot of learning to do but overall I am very pleased with how it turned out.

I used the "mini round" tier from www.cupcaketree.com and wrapped it in approximately 18ft of ribbon. I believe I was able to fit 7 dozen cupcakes on there, plus the 6-inch cake topper.