Candy Bar

     I had the honour of helping a friend do a "Love is Sweet" candy bar, for her wedding at a winery. Her colours were yellow and gray. I have a collection of milk glass (that regularly holds art supplies) and glass decanters. These type of bars are a blast for the guests, but keep in mind that they are a tremendous amount of work. The bride and her mother were shopping for yellow candy for months! 
     If you make a candy bar, make sure all of your serving pieces are washed, dried, wrapped and packed in the car the night before. Pack the candy the day of the wedding. It would not be wise to tempt any critters with the smell of sugar in your car overnight;) Everything takes longer than you think it will. This bar took 2 full hours to set up. That included transporting all of that glassware from my car. I did this by myself, but if you have help, it will go quicker. 
     I created all of the labels by selecting a font I liked, (Imprint MT Shadow) and printing on regular 20lb.white copy paper, with my laser printer. The bride provided the cardstock that matched her wedding invitiations. All edges were created by using my Cuddlebug (around $50) and Nestabilities scalloped and oval cutting dies, in 2 different sizes (around $25). It was very easy to center the titles with those tools. The smaller oval (with the title) was attached to the large oval, with a Tombow adhesive tape runner. This ensures a flat adhesion with no bumps. Some of the tags were "necklaced" by sandwiching cardstock, glue dots, grosgrain ribbon, and copy paper. Others were applied directly to the glass with glue dots or foam squares. 
     The center platform was made by wrapping 2 large flat rate shipping boxes in silver wedding wrap from Papyrus. The painted sign, banner, gray damask table runner and muslin bags were all ordered from various merchants on etsy.