Sunday, August 3, 2008

Candy buffet ~ CANDY & SIGNAGE

I have never bought so much candy in my entire life... seriously!! I spent this entire weekend finalizing the setup for the candy buffet. I bought a total of 40 pounds at the store and almost 30 pounds online! WHOA! (and I'm not completely done... shhhhh)

SmileyCentral.com
(I don't really love candy but this little guy was too cute)

Here's what made the final list:

Silver
Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Hugs
York Peppermint Patties

White
Milk Chocolate M&M's (personalized with our names and wedding date... if you're interested visit My M&M's)
Milk Chocolate M&M's (not-personalized)
Reese's White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (I didn't even know they made these until I got to the store!)
Lifesavers Mints (Pep O Mint and Wint O Green)
Jelly Belly Jelly Beans (french vanilla)
Chiclets
Swizzle Sticks

Blue
Nestlé Crunch
Peanut M&M's
Dove Promises
Jelly Belly Jelly Beans (blueberry)
Blueberry Sticks
Blueberry Licorice Twists (Kat's request)

I was hesitant to buy them ahead of time but I checked their packaging and they don't expire until June 2009. If you decide to have a candy buffet, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE on the packaging!!! You'd be surprised... some stores still have stuff on the shelves that expired the beginning of this year.... ewwww.

If you're gonna order them online, some places take weeks to package and ship their items so make sure you don't wait until the last minute to place your order... and don't forget to store them in a cool place!! I'm storing our stuff in a basement.

This weekend I also ordered the scoops and tongs from Scoops-Scoops.com:


Scoop Spoon



Designer Tong



The Grabber


I was on a roll so I started making some of the signage for the containers:




I feel pretty good that I got so much done... now onto the next project...



1 comment:

ronavdd said...

is there a personal significance about the candy buffet? :) are you and cory candy lovers? haha.. its such a cute idea though :)