sweet buffet

Hollie84

Does anyone know the best place to get the glass equiptment to use for the sweets to do a candy buffet?
TIA

LJM

what is a candy buffet ?

Grimbal

from what I've learned by googling, it seems to be a sort of pic n mix type thing - I like the ones that have different shapes & sizes and height of bowls to put your sweeties in. For a basic bowl, this one from Wilkies seems a really good price. They also have a larger size one too. I'd then see if you can get hold of some oversized cocktail glasses or use vases (ikea) to keep the heights different, and add in trays for the bottom layer.

Do you have a colour scheme in mind yet? You could mix and match basic colourless pieces with one or two nicer coloured items

ETA: just seen these scoops on ebay too

Giggle

LJM wrote: »

what is a candy buffet ?

If you have a look on my home page you will see some photos on there of 1 i have done

Hollie84

I havn't had an order for one yet just wanted to start getting bits ready.Giggle going to have a look at yours now
Thank you Grimbal

Hollie84

wow Giggle fantastic,looks brill.i hope when i get to do one it looks as good as that.i love those big martini type glasses fab

LJM

ah get ya now lol they would also look ace in the kilner jars im sure they had them in lidls cheap the other day,can anyone confirm ? i have a brain like a leaky sieve these days lol

SeaBee

I had a mixture of cheap glass mixing bowls £1.00 - £2.00 from Wilkies, Kilner jars from As*a again £1.00 - £2.00, a couple of "feature" glass bowls from TKM*xx and a few oversize martini glasses from the R*nge

Claire_Bear

I'd keep an eye out at car boot sales and charity shops for tall glass vases and bowls that would be suitable. Also check on eBay if anyone has done a candy buffet at their wedding and are selling all of the bowls and scoops etc as a joblot. Apparently searching eBay for ice scoops comes out a lot cheaper than searching for candy buffet scoop.

XxXfashionqueenXxX

Ice Cream glasses would look fab! Or sundae glasses whatever there called!

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Marks-and-Spencer-Acrylic-Glasses/dp/B004JQFSX0?extid=TP_2_FRO_T_MSF_
http://www.matalan.co.uk/fcp/product/fashion-to-buy-online/Shop-the-Ad-Homeware/James-Tanner-Influence-Pack-Of-4-Coloured-Sundae-Glasses/32935&resultsPerPage=100&attrList=Dept,brand?cmpid=10&of_tid=LC9ekTv1Y7m84MyQeiLrv4I-xnkgrEZdZVN64ABTYFZOLicIF4_Ve_4KD7Z4POv0
http://www.johnlewis.com/231153343/Product.aspx?source=63258
http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Linea+Sundae+glass/144253337,default,pd.html?cm_mmc=Googlebase-_-Clearance-_-Home-_-Linea_Sundae_glass

You could use some online vouchers for them