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Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:04 PM
We are LOVING the Tiffany Themed Candy & Dessert Table that we created for the Hartford Bridal Expo. We shared a few pictures of our table a few weeks ago, but we have SO MUCH more to share.
Some of our favorite details include the handmade Tiffany Blue Backdrop, which we tufted and adorned with gems. Do you want the truth? We stayed up until 3:00 in the morning the night before the show making this fabulous backdrop. I have to say, it was well worth it! Take a look at the photos below to check out the backdrop and some of our other cute details.
By the way, if you're interested in a candy table just like this, please contact us. We can customize just about everything you see in this blog specifically for you and your event.  Our fun gumball necklaces - we were approached by several different people at the bridal show that were interested in purchasing these cute necklaces.Do you want to add cupcakes to your candy buffet? We can do that! Look how well they coordinate with the candy buffet.
Side view of the candy table
Coconut Jelly Bellies....Yum!!
Custom Embossed Favor Bags (we can even emboss your initials) and our Tiffany Blue Candy Jar Labels. We can ship our custom favor bags and custom candy labels across the nation and they will arrive at your front door.
Beautiful Pearl Gumballs and our Custom Whirly Pops in ourTiffany Blue Display Box (also available for purchase).  The Candy and Dessert Buffet.....
Tiffany Blue Chocolate Covered Apples....YUMMY!!!!!
White Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Chocolate Covered Oreos on a Stick and and our popular Rock Candy decorated with flags and gems.
Another pic of our Custom Gumball Necklaces. What a great addition to a candy buffet!
A close up of our Custom Centerpiece Box. This one states "Hawkins & Co." as it was made for a couple's wedding and their last name was Hawkins. Our centerpiece boxes can be customized, shipped and delivered to your front door.  Tiffany Colored Chocolate Covered Twinkies. We had Chocolate Covered Devil Dogs on the table as well.
A view of all of the goodies on our fabulous candy table More pics of the table
We can't forget our homemade mini pies, which come in blueberry, cherry, lemon and our favorite.......apple. The apple is made with one pound of apples. Yes, we said ONE POUND of apples!! The pies are made fresh one day before the event. They are boxed with tissue paper and a fork and knife and decorated in your theme and colors. Our mini pies make great favors for all types of events, weddings, showers, birthdays and more. They can even be provided as a welcome gift to out of town guests as they check into their hotel. Are you interested in having The Candy Brigade customize a candy buffet for your next event? Would you like to purchase any items on this blog or on our website? Please contact us for pricing info.
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Posted on Monday, February 06, 2012 12:47 AM
What a great weekend! We spent Saturday and Sunday at the CT Bridal Expo where we met so many awesome people!!
We displayed our popular Tiffany Themed Candy Buffet. The table contained all of our favorite sweets - Chocolate Covered Oreos, Custom Designed Gumball Necklaces, Chocolate Covered Twinkies, Rock Candy on a Stick, Giant Pixy Stix, Chocolate Covered Apples and more.
We're going to do this blog in 2 parts as we have so much to share. Here are a few pics from the show.
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Posted on Monday, January 02, 2012 4:48 PM
Wow.....our second post of the day! The holidays definitely put us a little behind with our blog.
We are so excited to share photos of the rustic candy buffet we designed for a fall wedding at St. Clements Castle. The couple, Jill and Felipe picked out some really fun candies for the candy table. They had a perfect selection of sweet, sour and chocolate treats for their guests to enjoy.
Take a look at the pictures and let us know what you think.
We provided White Chocolate and Milk Chocolate Covered Oreos topped with the couple's initial. The Oreos were displayed on our rustic stands. Coca Cola Gummy Bears (Yum) and a close up of our Custom Candy Jar Labels and Chocolate Covered Oreos.
Reeses Pieces - displayed two ways
One of Felipe's favorite candies, Banana and Apple Laffy Taffy.
 Blow Pops! More pics of the candy buffet....
If you would like to check out professional pictures of this wedding (including additional pictures of the candy buffet), please click here to visit HK Photography's blog. Their pictures of this wedding are truly amazing!! |
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Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:32 PM
A few weeks ago, we were contacted by a bride who was getting married in Bermuda. She is having a Tiffany themed wedding and asked if we could send her some of our custom products for her candy buffet. Our answer................OF COURSE!! We love to help the DIY brides with their candy buffets!! Some of the products our Bermuda bride, Marianna requested were Whirly Pops with Custom Labels, Rock Candy with Diamond Flags, Signs for the Candy Jars, Embossed Favor Bags, Fancy Cupcake Boxes with Custom Labels and 2 Signs - one for the candy buffet and another for the cupcake display.
Here are a few images of the items that are on there way to Bermuda. Wish we could fit in the box!! Please contact us if you are interested in having us send some custom products to you!
Custom candy buffet sign
Tiffany Blue rock candy with diamond flags  Embossed favor bags Custom candy jar labels with gems Custom sign for cupcake displayWhirly Pops with Custom Labels and Gems
Fancy cupcake boxes with custom labels
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Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:05 PM
We're so excited to share pictures of our Rustic Themed Candy & Dessert Buffetthat we created for a wedding at the Interlaken Inn a few weeks ago. For those of
you that don't know, Interlaken Inn is a beautiful Country Inn and
Resort located on a lake in Litchfield Hills, CT. This place is
gorgeous! Our rustic themed candy buffet coordinated perfectly with this country setting.
For this event, we had the pleasure of working with LA Productions, a full service wedding coordination and event planning company based out of Long Island, NY. We worked one-on-one, with the company's owner, Laura to design this beautiful candy table. We truly enjoyed working with Laura - she really understood her clients' style and vision, which made our job that much easier.
The couple selected so many fun candies and treats - Chocolate Covered Twinkies and Devil Dogs, 15 dozen Chocolate Covered Oreos. our popular Gumdrop Topiary Tree and Whirly Pop Display...and more.
Oh...We can't forget about the Candy Cigarettes, Pixy Stix and Fun Dip......is this bringing back some great childhood memories or what?
Ok....who remembers Candy Cigarettes?
One of our favorite details was this Rustic Whirly Pop Display.
We separated the rainbow skittles into individual glass jars - mini spoons were provided.
The Chocolate Covered Twinkies and Chocolate Covered Devil Dogs were displayed on rustic mirrors. Our vendor makes the best Chocolate Covered Twinkies and Devil Dogs!
For this event, we had rustic bags hand stamped with the couple's initials.
Gumdrop Topiary Tree - if you only knew how much time and effort goes into making this tree............  We placed the Chocolate Covered Oreos in these beautiful vintage stands. We added a little bling to the stands (because that's how we roll)!
Another oldie, but goodie......FUN DIP!
More pics of the buffet.....
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Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:51 PM
If you read our earlier post, you know that we spent yesterday morning setting up a candy table and mini apple pie display at the Water's Edge Resort and Spa. Well, what you may not know is that we spent yesterday AFTERNOON somewhere JUST AS FABULOUS, The Eolia Mansion at Harkness Memorial Park- a beautiful mansion on the water in Waterford, CT - another great location to have a wedding.
We went to Eolia Mansion to set up a fun candy and cupcake table for Amy and Chris - who were having their reception at the mansion that afternoon. Although we never officially met Amy and Chris, we knew they were a fun couple by their candy selection, wedding colors and style. The couple requested fun candy such as Giant Pixy Stix, Whirly Pops, Rock Candy and Candy Necklaces. They also asked for cupcakes to incorporate into the candy buffet. They wanted the table decorated in bright pink and bright orange to match their flowers - orange and pink Gerber Daisies.
We set up the candy and cupcake buffet in the garden room in the mansion, which is completely surrounded by floor to ceiling windows with a gorgeous view of the ocean.
After we put the final touches
on the buffet, we headed out to explore the area during the wedding
reception. Since we didn't have to be back until 11:00, we decided to
head over to Mystic. We found a great restaurant, Azu where we sat down
to relax and have a nice meal. It was great to finally relax after
being on 2 hours of sleep from the night before.
After exploring Mystic for a bit,
we made our way back to the mansion to breakdown the table. We walked
into the wedding reception and immediately realized we were right about
this couple. The music was going and the couple were getting down to
Snoop Dogg (we had to hold Angela and Shannon back from running out on
the dance floor). The mansion was glowing with glow sticks, necklaces
and lots of other fun props. It was clear....we missed a great time!!
As the reception ended, we packaged up any remaining candy and cupcakes for Chris and Amy and headed home to prepare for our next event - a pie delivery in the a.m. for a wedding shower in NJ. Who needs sleep....it's just a waste of time!
Pics of the beautiful table.......
Rock Candy Flags and Cupcakes. We provided 75 cupcakes in White, Chocolate and Red Velvet with Orange and Pink Frosting. We decorated the cupcakes with our custom cupcake wrappers and cupcake signs.
 Giant Pixy Stix with Custom Labels
Whirly Pop Tree with Custom Labels
Had to post a few pictures of the Brigade hard at work. I'm sure the crew will appreciate it - after all this was an 18 hour day and we were on about 2 hours of sleep......
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Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:02 PM
The Candy Brigade had such an exciting (but busy) weekend.
The weekend started at 7:00 a.m. yesterday where we packed up the 2 vehicles and headed down to Water's Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook, CT for our first event, Lauren's and Al's wedding. We met this beautiful bride, Lauren at a bridal show last year. She fell in love with our blinged out white and silver candy table that we displayed at the show and asked us to create a similar candy display for her wedding. In addition to the candy buffet, the couple requested our mini apple pies for their guests. We love that Lauren and Al decided to spoil their guests with sweets!
Since we had another event in the afternoon, we enlisted our fabulous assistants, Angela and Shannon to help. The good thing about these 2 girls is they know how to make work fun. But, THE BEST thing about them is they work for free........I mean food. They work for food - can't get much better than that!
The 2 vehicles and 4 brigade members arrived at Water's Edge Resort and Spa at about 9:00 a.m. We took a quick moment to look around as this was our first trip to this stunning place. All we can say is WOW. What a beautiful resort and beautiful location!
Al 's and Lauren's wedding colors were black, white and silver with damask print. The damask print was incorporated into the Chocolate Covered Oreos and also into the pie box design. Here are a few pictures of the candy table and mini apple pie display.
Candy Table.........
Mini Apple Pie Display.................
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Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:22 PM
Take a look at the PURPLICIOUS Candy Buffet that we designed for Kristin's and Andrew's wedding at the Woodwinds a few weeks ago.
This candy buffet was GLAMOROUS!!! Some of our favorite details include the PURPLE POLKA DOT OREOS, CUSTOM FAVOR BAGS embossed with the couple's initials, our BLINGED OUT ROCK CANDY and CUSTOM WHIRLY POPS.
The bride, Kristin was SUCH a JOY to work with. She knew exactly what she wanted and we're so happy we could make her vision come to life!
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Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:16 AM
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something BLUE!
Not just any old blue...........TIFFANY Blue.
Take a look at the beautiful candy buffet that we designed for John and Vanessa Hawkins' Tiffany Themed Wedding last weekend.
This buffet screamed TIFFANY & CO.
We created this beautiful Tiffany Box to display the centerpiece.
Instead of TIFFANY & CO, we used HAWKINS (the couple's last name) & CO any place we could.
Tiffany Blue Rock Candy Sticks........ Custom designed Whirly Pop labels
Tiffany Blue Rock Candy Strings......
More Candy .......
Custom designed Pixy Stix labels...
Embossed bags............
Waiting for the Truffles to arrive................
White Chocolate Covered Oreos - some topped in Tiffany Blue and some in Silver
Mini Tiffany Cakes.... More Candy.......
Truffles arrived!!!
We really enjoyed creating this Tiffany Themed Candy Buffet. I have to say this might be one of our favorite designs yet!
A lot of hard work went into creating this candy buffet. Believe it or not, it took a team of 5 to set up this display! We would like to thank our crew, Angela, Lin, Sam, and Todd for all of your help!
We also need to send a special thank you to John's beautiful mother, Sandy. It was a pleasure working with you to design this gorgeous candy display for John and Vanessa! They are such a sweet couple! |
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Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:12 AM
Take a look at the candy buffet we created for Bill's and Alexa's wedding at the Simsbury Inn. The couple wanted the candy table to match their wedding colors of light blue, dark blue and green. As you can see, their colors looked great together!
We love using Old Fashioned Candy Buttons. They are so colorful!   We designed fun personalized labels for the Giant Pixy Stix.
 Who doesn't love Rock Candy?
 More fun candy......
 Alexa and Bill wanted to use Chinese Take Out Boxes for their guests to put the candy in. We personalized the take
out boxes with a ribbon, label and gem to match the candy buffet . The take out boxes were displayed in a cute cart next to the table.
 Fun signage.......
 It was such a pleasure working with this fun, easy-going couple! Thank you Bill and Alexa for letting us be a part of your special day!
Up next? A Tiffany themed candy buffet. I can't wait to share these pictures!
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