Love is Sweet!

Inspired by Mrs. Unicycle’s blog post about her candy buffetinspiration, I have decided to set up a similar one at our wedding. After all, who doesn’t love colorful candy in pretty apothecary jars? My mother bought cute, little boxes that guests can fill with candy, and these will work awesomely as party favors.

After several unfruitful trips to the local thrift stores, I finally caved and splurged on gorgeous glass containers at Michael’s and Cost Plus World Market.

Personal photo. What do you think of incorporating old books and mini easels into the display? 

Next I had to find candy in our wedding colors. I figured people wouldn’t be too crazy over dark blue candy, so I decided to go with peach and ivory. I scoured Amazon for candy and found peach gummi bears, ivory Jordan almonds, peach jelly beans, and peach saltwater taffy. I can’t wait to see all the pretty jars full of candy. I might even make another ribbon backdrop for it. I will be hounding my photographer to get some really great pictures of the candy buffet.

Personal photo.

As the RSVP’s keep coming, my only concern is that I won’t have enough candy. So far we have a grand total of 72.5 (yes, you read that right) people coming to the wedding. The 0.5 is for Mr. U’s adorable nephew who is only 8 months old; we figure he won’t take up a whole seat for the ceremony or the reception.

What do you think, hive? Do we have enough jars and candy for all the guests to help themselves? Should we buy more? I have a couple of coupons for Michael’s, so it wouldn’t break the bank or anything. Can I use this as my party favors, too?