Candy Bouquets

sweetnskint

wow they are lovely- would be thrilled to recieve one of these!x a great idea!!! :T

Siren137

These are so pretty they remind me of the Christmas trees you can make using cone oasis. Only thing I'm confused about is that the site with the instructions sticks the cocktail sticks into the sweets and then says you cannot eat them! :eek: this is a waste of good chocolate!!! Anyone know how to make it and have the chocolate edible?

soblivion

Shelley3774 wrote: »

Thanks Rusty that is exactly what I was thinking of. I don't think it will be too complicated but need to make sure I have all the bits first. Funny thing I was thinking of adding butterflies too.
I think they are a lovely present for young and old:D:D

I don't know if those butterflies are expensive or not but this is a homemade version http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/CandyWA/PopBottleButterfly.jpg
If you had a lot to do maybe buying the paints would be cheaper option? Anyway I thought they were quite pretty and good for poking in gardening hampers too.

Dragonllew, everything on your photo page is brilliant, bet they all went down a storm.

dragonllew

Dragonllew, everything on your photo page is brilliant, bet they all went down a storm.

Thanks its good to know that others think they look good too

threelittlepigs

dragonllew wrote: »

I made some last year similar idea heres a pic everyone commented on them

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/18288034/294465994

they look fab!!

where did you get the labels for the chocolate from?

thanks

Shelley3774

RustyFlange wrote: »

I just clicked on one which took me to a shop then in the shop there was a different variation

Remember some pics when you are done ... Amazing how many people make the same thing but always very different good luck with it

Thanks again - I will take some piccies when done. Mam's birthday is on the 13 th Oct so i've got a bit of time to get everything ready.

Shelley3774

After much searching I decided that my mum loves liquorice so I could put liquorice wheels in it. Because these are black I've ordered a black living vase (Mam will like that because she has got a black and white living room) and bright pink plain cello. I'm going to order the tissue paper next.
Do i need to use florist picks for the liquorice wheels? Do you attach the wheels with florist tape to the pick?
Sorry for all the questions but i haven't got any floristry skills at all. I was going to use kebab sticks !!!

RustyFlange

Shelley could you get some of the pink liquorice allsorts the ones with the beads on? and attatch them to a plain black wheel?

I would have used skewers as these are obviously safe for food. Not sure if florist picks would be?

Shelley3774

RustyFlange wrote: »

Shelley could you get some of the pink liquorice allsorts the ones with the beads on? and attatch them to a plain black wheel?

I would have used skewers as these are obviously safe for food. Not sure if florist picks would be?

Yes i thought that about the skewers so i think i will stick to the kebab sticks.
I found some liquorice wheels that already have the pink allsorts attached and that looked really nice I think they looked better than the plain ones. I was going to order them online but I can probably get them in the local sweet shop so I will try them first.
Can't wait to get started now LOL:rotfl::rotfl:

happy1234

Just found this HTH's

http://www.visionsofsilk.com/How_to_make_a_candy_bouquet.shtml