If I could be sweet: Candy Bar

*note: Since we are still waiting for our pro photos (I saw a sneak preview and jaw dropped), I think I'll write a few posts about the remainder of the DIYs and small details of the wedding.*

The stacks of take-out boxes grew higher and higher.

The count almost reached 200.


They were everywhere! But what to put in them? Candy, ofcourse! And lots of it!!

We love the look of color-coordinated candy buffets (a la Amy Atlas) and sweet treats in matching packaging. But the wedding was 2 weeks out and the only personalized purple & yellow candy we had ordered were M&Ms. A bit panicked, we headed to Target to load up. I knew candy wouldn't be hard to find, we just had to choose the correct candy wrappers/packaging: anything in yellow, gold, or purple.

Enter these yummy bites:
They are just a portion of the many bags we bought.

For those interested, here is the amount of candy we purchased.
Kisses: 10 bags dark chocolate (purple wrapping) and 5 bags almond (gold wrapping)
Jelly Belly: buttered popcorn, island punch, lemon drop (to match our martinis)
Cadbury: 3 bags (purple wrapping)
Hershey's Nuggets: 5 bags of various almond, toffee, dark (gold wrapping)
Hershey's Bliss: 7 bags (purple wrapping)
M&Ms: 4 bags personalized, 4 bags Lakers (purple, yellow, white)
Lemonheads: 6 boxes (yellow)
Almond Roca: 1 container (gold wrapping)
Ferrero Rocher: 5 containers (gold wrapping, delicious)
Tobleron: 3 bags (yellowish wrapping)

It ended up being way too much! I would say about 2/3 of what I purchased would have been fine for our 120 guests. Less mini chocolates but definitely more M&Ms because they were a hit!

For containers, I had amassed a nice collection of apothecary jars from Michael's (all thanks to their 40% off coupons). The jars were perfect to display the candy.

Here are just a few of the jars (photo taken w/ BB camera).

Next step was signage!

Signage for the candy bar :) I used PaperSource Plum Scallop Circle Labels to print out the candy contents of each jar, and cut circles from lavender paper to provide the labels with sturdy backing.


Font is freebooter script from dafont.




Wide yellow ribbon went around each jar and the labels were attached to them.


We also tied some ribbon around the jars for a cute look.



We packed the candy, jars, and take out boxes nice and tight, and handed them off to Anna of Love & Splendor the day before.

About 1.5 hours before the reception ended, the candy bar all set and ready to go! Anna set it up perfectly. It looked super stylish and too sweet!! Here are a few photos taken by friends :)




So much chocolaty goodness :)


Purple and gold foil look so nice and shiny.


And the take out boxes rounded off the look nicely :)


My favorite part was the personalized M&Ms! We ordered ones that said "Jella and Matt" and "9.26.09", and custom ones with Lakers logos :) It was definitely a crowd favorite.

Will you be having a candy bar? What candies did you choose?



Blog title is from lyrics by Gwen Stefani