Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Friday, August 20, 2010

The Making of A Candy Bar

Over the years we have created quite a few Candy Bars for our clients and we are especially proud of the one we created at a recent summer wedding. The client and the guests loved it and all the candy was gone by the end of the evening.
To create an amazing Candy Bar for your event, first decide the color palette. Obviously, the one here is Hot Pink, White, and Black. For the wrapped chocolate bars pictured here, we used Hershey Bars and wrapped them in pretty wrapping paper from Target and added a custom label from My Wedding Labels. The pink basket is from Michaels.

We purchased these white trays years ago at Target for a Baseball theme late night snack tray and have used them so many times since. All of our clients are invited to use any item in our stock room for their wedding at no charge. The trays are lined with colorful scrapbook paper from Michaels.
We love the trays so much that we purchased them in aqua this year.
Also in our stock room are lots of pretty glass jars in various shapes and sizes. We assign each candy variety a jar ahead of time so we know how much candy to purchase.
The white shelves, purchased at Ikea and now also part of our inventory, allow for some height to be added to The Candy Bar. Underneath the shelves are cute, hot pink paper lanterns.

Two of our favorite candies to use: Jordan Almonds (available in so many colors) and nonpareils because everyone loves those. We mix dark and light chocolate for the nonpareils.

Here we used small cello bags with a header of scrapbook paper and a custom name tag. They are filled with salt water taffy.

In order to make the Candy Bar especially amazing, Perkins Productions installed a drape behind the table and Perfect Settings provided a cute black and white polka dot linen.
These small boxes are available at any craft store and we added a label and ribbon. Perfect size for a take home favor.
Another photo of the small cello bags, this one filled with jelly beans.

Alternating the color of the jelly beans in the tall jars add some interest.
Thank you to Juan Carlos at Fotobriceno for the photos and
thanks to Amy Atlas for her inspirational website.
We do offer Candy Bar service for non-clients too. Estimates available via email.

Monday, August 16, 2010

A Wedding Dessert Idea






How cute is this? Project Wedding recently featured these adorable mini wedding cakes. The idea is to fill a table with a variety of mini cakes instead of one large wedding cake. Of course the minis may be different flavors adding to the excitement of this so cute dessert idea. Photos are from a blog you must visit if you like baking, I Am Baker.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Paper Inspiration

Need some inspiration but you're exhausted from paging through those wedding magazines?  Want to find some a little unique, a little more you?
Well, this source will help you in two ways.  You'll get home decor inspiration (newlywed homes need a little spruce right?) and you may find something you want to incorporate into the wedding.
Add them to your Inspiration Board, bring them to the stationery store, and send them over to your floral designer.  They will see your style and your look.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Pink and White and Black All Over

We love this color palette of pink, white, and black. We're going to use it soon - can you guess where?

Images from Wildflower Linens, Brides, BBJ Linen

Monday, April 14, 2008

Chocolate and Red

This inspiration board did exactly what it was supposed to do.  It helped the groom see the bride's vision and help him understand the colors she had been talking about.  We love success!
images from theknot, wedding channel, and brides

Thursday, March 27, 2008

We Can Dream - They Can Build It

We had such a fun day yesterday visiting Capital Decor and Events.  Meredith invited to see all of their amazing props, furniture, and decor.

There were dozens of options for bars, lounge furniture, vases, escort card displays, chandeliers, and candle holders - just to name a few.  Their warehouse is chock full of event inspiration and they've promised to create anything we can dream up!

The wheels are turning!

Image courtesy of Capital Decor and Events

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Eggplant and Coral

Credits: theknot.com, weddingchannel.com, brides.com

Turquoise, Peach, and White



We recently created this Inspiration Board for a client trying to get an idea of her wedding color palette. The wonderful thing about the Board is that it allows the Bride to adjust her ideas and see the direction the wedding decor is going towards. We can easily find new images and create a new design.

Credits: myrecipies.com, theknot.com, brides.com, weddingchannel.com

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Citrus Explosion

We put together this Inspiration Board for our citrus color loving clients getting married this summer.  We often put together these colleges of images to help our clients get a feel for what we're creating.  They can pick and choose images they love which help communicate with their other vendors.

Images from:
Brides.com, TheKnot.com, WeddingChannel.com

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Mellow Yellow

Yellow is the hot color for 2008.

Cheerful, Summery, and Light. It works wonderfully as the main color influence or as an accent.

Here is a little inspiration if you're thinking of using it for your next event!




Photo credits
Todd Nicols Photograhy
Philippa Tarrant Custom Floral Design
Paper Source
Bruce Fiegel Apiary
Brides.com

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Great Shots from 2007