Sweetie Table

Missk_3

Any one having/had one?

where did you source your jars/vases,
candy
accessories?

rinroo

I am in two minds whether to have a sweet table/candy bar. Our reception room isn't massive and we are having a choc fountain as well as quite a few desserts/cakes on the evening buffet and i dont want to go ott on goodies.

Although I know our guests will love this and they look fantastic.

Jars - Asda have some brilliant ones for this from £1 as well as ikea they have loads this, this, this, have seen some lovely dishes and cake stands etc.. in TK maxx.

Sweets, asda do some you'd be suprised at what if you looked, then i'd prob go to costco.

Can you tell i've been looking into it? lol

Missk_3

excellent reply - thank you so much!
only just decided to do one today - with 3 month to go - so thought i best get sourcing lol

rinroo

No probs, if you search for ice scoops or flour scoops on ebay it will bring the silver scoops up too, and I have seen the metal tongs/tweezer thingys in tescos too for £2.

the jars look lovely with a bit of ribbon round the neck. I was thinking if i did one to limit it to my chosen colours, blue & white but taking a while to think/find blue sweets.

Missk_3

Blue is a hard on actualy isnt it!
luckily mine will be pink, white & silver so sounds like you have a task on your hands!!!

my only worry with the whole sweetie table is that kids will go crazy - fill up bags and bags and/or knock over the vases/bowls!!!

chardonnay_2

poundland have bags of old fashioned sweets - which might evoke memories for your guests.

s4aRainyDay

we;ve having them as centerpieces, kilners jars from Ikea and the sweet stall in the local market is doing us a deal on all the sweets. We got pick and mix style bags from ebay and are printing the names on them to use as place cards filled and taken away as favours.

chardonnay_2

asda & tesco do bags of value mint imperials.

blue sweets - you get blue millions, blue smarties but might take you a while to sort out only the blue ones lol.

one of the kinds of softmints are blue. foxes glacier mint have a blue wrapper. blue laces. apparently hubba bubba have a blue wrapper.

choc balls in blue wrappers

hth

chardonnay_2

s4aRainyDay- brilliant idea, killing 3 birds with one stone:D

Missk_3

sounds like the blue thing isnt so hard after all - and they are all nice sweeites too -

Violetta_2

Have a wee look at the retro sweet boxes thread bet theres lots of inspiration there for a sweetie table.