Weddingbee Blog

I bought all of our candy buffet containers many months ago, and since then they have sitting in my closet collecting dust. Yesterday I decided to bring them out and start to work on the candy buffet project. I brought out all the containers and my fiance and I were surprised how many containers we had - I purchased 12 containers?! They were all so pretty and it was kind of addicting to buy because they were so affordable and I found so many unique designs. I think out of all the containers these two are my favorites, both were only $7.99 and I couldn’t just buy one of them! I love how the bases of these jars look - they are so tall and elegant, and allows you to put something cute inside like a small flower.

I really like things to look organized, and I wanted the candy to follow our wedding color scheme. I have to say it was tough to find specific colors, and the prices tend to get higher when you want a custom color rather than an assortment of colors. I found jordanalmonds.com to be the best website for buying large amounts of wedding candy. If you spend over $200, shipping is free and that really saves you money. I also bought some candy from websites such as Candy Warehouse, K&K Kandies, and a few things locally at Wegmans. The shipping costs can be really expensive online especially during the summer time, so I recommend comparing how much it costs online versus just buying it locally.

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So yesterday I cleaned all the vases and jars and that took *forever*. Some of these containers were ginormous and I had to be very careful handling them because I didn’t want to crack any edges. I dried each container carefully and I wanted to do a test run to see how the colors looked. I bought two sets of jordan almonds, one in a lavender color and a light green color:

A close-up of the bowtie ribbon. I placed our initials using monogram wedding stickers.

A vase full of chocolate hearts and M&Ms.

The label says “Hearts” but it’s actually a mixture of the M&Ms the the chocolate hearts.

I created some glittery flowers using silk flowers, glue and glitter. They turned out pretty nicely but they were a mess to make! I had glitter all over my clothes and all over my face after making just one flower!

I kept trying to figure out which design looked the best with these apothecary jars and these two came out to be my favorites. I wrote out “grapefruit” and “strawberry puffs” using the monogram wedding stickers. I stuck them on a satin ribbon which wrapped around the jar. To the side of each jar I added a flower-like ribbon I created using random leftover ribbon. The design almost looks like a gown with a sash to the side.

I think these ideas look pretty good but I don’t know how it will look altogether. Should I go with decorating each jar or should I keep it plain and simple without any decor?

For the candy buffet sign, I used a decrepit old gold frame stand which required a major facelift. I found this frame at an estate sale and it originally had a dark green tinted glass cover which made it difficult to see anything through the frame. It was terrible sight. Ugh, I wanted to throw out the frame but I gave it one more chance. I tried to figure out ways to avoid using the tinted glass, and then.. Eureka! I figured out a way to brighten up the frame by covering the tinted glass with gift wrap and making a more three demensional sign by adding paper flowers and rhinestones.

I’ll definitely have to stick this somewhere on our candy buffet table. Hopefully, there will be some room along with the 12 containers!