The bottom tier is a dummy. Believe it or not, dummy tiers are harder to work with (for me at least) because they are so light and slide around. I suppose that could be avoided by adhering it to a cake board, but that wasn't possible with this stand.
Here are the pics. When we take it apart I'll take some pics to show the inner supports. Planning to put a stacking tutorial up on my facebook page soon (SweetCelebrations).
