Wedding Resources

Where can I get personalized candy/favor/goody bags for a wedding candy buffet? Hey everyone! I'm planning an October wedding so to complete the fall/halloween theme we're having a candy buffet! I was trying to find places that sell personalized bags that the guests can pour candy into at the buffet, any ideas? ALSO, if anyone has any other unique ideas for things the guests can put the candy into - I would appreciate that too, but please post the link so I can order them!

Creative Candy buffet ideas? I'm looking for creative fiesta theme containers for a candy buffet. Ex: I had a beach wedding and used buckets and shovels. I need something fiesta like? Any thoughts? Just checking to see if there are ny ideas before i just buy galss vases.

wedding candy buffet? is a candy buffet a dumb idea? i have mentioned this to many people in my family and they don't think its a great idea. personally i think its cute. i need lots of opinions...this will be in place of favors which i figure most people would end up throwing away anyway.

wedding favors vs. candy buffet!?? orignally I had planned on using small wine glasses filled with personalized M&Ms wrapped in tulle, with a tiny silver bow at the base of each wine glass.I was going to have the wine glasses already on tables at each place setting. I have already bought all the wine glasses (6 for $1 at the dollar tree) ... but now I am really liking the idea of a Candy Buffet. Which idea do you like better? My wedding colors are lilac, silver, ivory and a tiny touch of pink. do you think it would be hard to find candy in these colors?? any opinions, advice, or suggestions are appreciated!!? I never thought I'd get stressed out over candy! :) for those of you who don't know: a candy buffet would be an entire table filled with different size vases and each vase would be filled with a different candy... hope that helps! also, a candy buffet will NOT take place of the cake!

Candy Buffet Ideas.? I would love to do a candy buffet as the favor for my wedding next year, because I just love candy!! I really don't have much to spend, so how can this be done? Where can I get containers that doesn't cost too much and what kind of candy can I get that doesn't cost too much. How can I arrange this so that it looks nice? Any ideas will be appreciated. I am not getting married until next June, so I thought I could plan early to try to save money. My wedding colors will be eggplant, lavender, silver and white. THANKS!!

Ideas to go with my candy buffet.? I am doing a candy buffet for my wedding. I was wondering if anyone had any neat ideas on how I should set it up, what kind of candy I should get, some good "sayings" I could have posted at the table, or any pictures that I could look at it from what other people are doing?

Candy Buffet for Wedding Reception? I really want to do a candy buffet and I completely understand the whole system of having enought candy for all the guest but more importantly for the candy table to "look" very appealing. I still need to get an idea of how much to send. We've invited about 250 to 300 guess. If anyone out there has done a candy buffet for their wedding can you please tell me how much you spend on candy and containers and how many guests you have! Thank you in advance for your help! I didn't think I had to mention this but yes!! I will be offering a full course dinner for my guests. The dinner is at 7pm and the dance from 9pm-1am so I wanted to have a little extra for my guests.

I'm having a candy buffet at my wedding. I'm using white, silver, yellow, pink & blue candy.? Do yall have any ideas on what I can use? I'm already thinking hershey kisses, m&m's, jordan almonds and jelly beans. The candy be in a wrapper or not. Doesn't really matter. =]

Green and white candy? I am setting up a candy buffet at my wedding, and the colours are apple green, white, and chocolate brown. I plan on using mini hershey bars for one candy, but need several mroe kinds in my wedding colours... any ideas? AND any hints and tips for having a candy buffet?

Stealing someones wedding ideas? We attended my future BIL's wedding THREE years ago. At their reception they had a candy buffet... the first one I had ever seen, it was a huge hit. They had 10-12 jars of old fashioned penny candy of all different flavors and colors with little tin beach pails for guests to fill and take home. We are getting married in October and at our reception we wanted to do something similar. Because our wedding colors are Gold, Chocolate Brown, and Cream we wanted to have 12 jars filled with different types of chocolate. Gold foil wrapped chocolate candies, milk chocolate candies, and white chocolate candies. We will have gold paper take-out boxes for our guests to fill. My question is... should I be concerned that she will think that we are stealing her idea? Or has enough time passed and its just different enough that it shouldn't be an issue. Should I have my fiance ask his brother if it bothers him or worry about it after the fact?

Candy Buffet Help?!?!? Ok so i just recently graduated from high school and like everyone i am hosting a party. Instead of having a million desserts i thought about having a candy buffet instead. My brother had one for his wedding and i absolutely loved the idea. I know they are used a lot for weddings but i was wondering if you guys would think it would be cool and different to do that for a grad party instead of a table of desserts? Also, my school colors were purple and gold and i need help coming up with candy that color. Ideas? I dont want it to be all chocolate or chewy candies i want a mixture. Ideas?? Well, I hope you could help and hope to hear from many of you. Thanks!! I stated before that my school colors were purple and gold, for the candy buffets should i do my school colors or should i do all different colors(more choices of candy to choose from) or like a summer blend of colors? please help!

Candy ideas for outdoor reception? My wedding is in July and the large reception is a casual outdoor BBQ. I think candy buffets are sooo nice. I really don't have a problem picking out cookies and instead of buying potato chips, we'll have Chex Mix (tropical almond and honey nut) in large bowls. What are some candies I can throw in the mix without melting from the heat? btw, I'm using frosted cello bags and I don't want the candy sticking everywhere. I'm keeping the wedding colors which are white/silver.

Halloween wedding ideas? The details we have sofar are having a costume party reception, a candy buffet, mini pumpkins as placecards and using Halloween-ish dvds (the Crow, Brothers Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, Van Helsing, etc) as table numbers. What ideas would you suggest or use if you were doing this?

Halloween/Gothic wedding ideas? The details we have sofar are having a costume party reception, a candy buffet, mini pumpkins as placecards and using Halloween-ish dvds (the Crow, Brothers Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, Van Helsing, etc) as table numbers. What ideas would you suggest or use if you were doing this?

Candy Buffets? Does anyone have any pictures of a candy buffet for a wedding? I would love some great ideas!!! (containers, candy, decor.?) my colors are pink and brown!!! Thanks! lol antwan...hilarious! wow!! thanks for all the pics! lol sure if you want...sounds like me : ) Thanks maybe later! i really appreciate it! you should be a wedding planner ! lol the sign thing is a good idea Wow your good too soo to be Mrs. B!

What was the most unique idea you've ever seen at a wedding? The most unique thing I've ever seen at a wedding was a candy buffet (I know this is becoming increasingly popular) but at the time it was sooo WOW! People couldn't stay away, including myself!!

Thoughts on Candy Buffet and Favors? What does everyone think of a candy buffet and candy favors. What about personalized M&Ms placed in indvidual wrapped boxs/bags as favors. I'm helping my friend plan a wedding. She wants to do this, but isn't 100% sure I think it's a great idea, but some people think the candy buffet is tacky. She plans on having both a dessert table and a candy table. Some people are germaphobs and don't like their candy all out in the open. She plans on having scoopers for everyone to use when they collect their candy. Do you think people will have a problem with this Has anyone seen this at a wedding? How did it work and what was the reaction from guests.

Tiffany Blue Wedding? I want to use tiffany blue in my wedding. I don't want to go over board with the Tiffany's theme. I'm thinking of doing a tiffany box cake and card box. Everything else and I will just use that color. What color can I match it with for a summer wedding? I'm looking for attire details, reception ideas (mainly table set ups, centerpieces, flowers, etc) I'm also looking for stationary details. I'm not really looking for favors. I've decided to do a candy buffet w/ blue chinese takeout style boxes. Any links to ideas? Have you been to a Tiffany blue wedding? Ideas Please. Tiffany blue is the color of the boxes that Tiffany & Co jewerly comes in. http://www.tiffany.com/

Candy "bar" at my wedding reception. What are some cute says i can put on the table or on the candy bags for.. the guests. I am going to have a table set up with lots of different jars of all kinds of candy sort of like a buffet were guests at any point in the night can take the bag that is provided at the reception table and fill it with their favorite candy from the candy bar. I was going to have rock candy, chocolate, lollipops, etc. I am going to put the candy bag on the table with the other wedding favors and wanted to know if any of you had any ideas of a cute poems or saying i can attach to the bag with ribbon to let guests know what the bag is for and how the candy bar works. Any suggestions, ideas or cute sayings i could attach to the bags? I am planning on attaching a nice small card with ribbon to the bag and plan on putting the saying there. Where the candy bar is located i am going to put our names and this Jessica & Aaron's Sweet shop Thanks (sorry for the novel) For anyone with anything rude to say...i didn't ask your opinion on what i am doing..i asked for ideas on what the candy bar bags should say. So thanks for not even answering the question at hand. For everyone else that answered the questions like an adult and left great feedback, thank you! Secondly i am doing two other favors for my guests this is not so much a favor as something additional and fun and unique. We are having a very classy and traditional wedding and i do not think having a fun and unique candy bar at our nice wedding makes anything juvenile. All the candy bars I've seen have been a very nice classy weddings and is done very tastefully. What i think is juvenile is being so rude and going out of your way to insult someone like a child. If you are not going to answer the question and have nothing nice to say, that like the old adage, don't say anything at all!

Candy buffet? Some people have mentioned it to me, and my fiance loves the idea! This will be in addition to favors (Lindor truffles in a small basket) as just something fun to do along with our coffee bar (having a nonalc wedding...please no rude comments about it). So, we were thinking about instead of doing vases, using decorated boxes and filling them with all sorts of candy. We're having a fall themed wedding. We'll give everyone a small white paper bag to fill with candy. What kinds of candy should we use? What candies would be fitting for an early October wedding (trying to avoid the entire Halloween thing, so please no Halloween suggestions)? Shana_J: your rude comment is not wanted. Please, take your hateful words elsewhere.

Any Ideas? My boyfriend and I are very calm casual people. We are going to have a semi-formal wedding, in a church. Then we are going to have a reception at a local hotel in town. Does anyone have any fun ideas for our wedding? We are going to have a candy buffet for the party favors. We are just looking for any ideas to make our wedding fun and rememberable. Thanks for you imput. When I say candy buffet I mean a simple small table with candy from my parents past and our past. I don't mean a trick or treating table for all of the kids. Something simple that brings back memories.

Cheesecake buffet? Does anyone like the idea instead of a candy buffet *which my cousin just did* we have a cheesecake buffet of sorts. We are planning to make around 15 different types of cheesecakes and my favors are going to be a basket w/ homemade mint chocolate cookes and brownies. I would like to hear comments on whether you like this idea and what type of cheesecake you would like. This is an end of summer wedding, so not any frozen cakes please!

Chocolate Wedding Favors? I am planning on getting married next year and while we are definitely doing Jordan almonds just for the traditional aspect, I want to also give out candy or chocolate as well. I do not think that we can afford to do a candy buffet as that was my original idea, so what else can I do? I would love to give out Hershey's kisses and Jelly Beans (or some other kind of candy for those that don't like chocolate). Any suggestions would be very helpful. Our wedding colors are eggplant, lilac, and silver if that helps any. I guess I wasn't crystal clear sorry! LOL! I love all of your ideas by the way. But how can I present these to the guests without the place settings looking to cluttered? I will already have Jordan Almonds and now I want chocolate (I didn't specify dark or white LOL) and candies too. Oh, I am located in NC. Sorry...

Unique Ideas for a Fun Reception? I want to make sure that our guests (and us) have a great time at the reception. We have tried to add some "special touches" to have our stamp on the day. - We have a great 6 piece band playing - We are serving hot caramel apple cider with dessert (October wedding) - Instead of traditional wedding cake, our bakery is making their famous burnt almond torte into a wedding cake for us - We are having a candy buffet so guests can take home their favorite goodies (we personalized bags that say "have a sweet goodnight" with our names and date) - We are having a cariacture artist so guests can get their cartoon portraits I am all tapped out of ideas......Any other ideas on things you have seen that were fun? Thanks!!!

Wedding dilema? My sister-in-law offered to buy bulk salted, japanese, and chili peanuts for the wedding as snacks for the guest during the dance from 9pm to 1am (dinner will be provided before the dance). I like the idea because its different but I was thinking of setting up a variation of a candy buffet and I was thinking of including the different peanuts along with other goodies (such as different cookies and pretzels) would the combination work??? (salty/sweet) Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can add to the "buffet" that will not clash with the peanuts.

Fondue or Candy Bar, suggestions please!!? I am having a destination wedding in sunny Key West where it will be 80 degrees on my wedding reception day. Do you suggest a fondue station with fresh local fruits or a candy buffet where guests can take home their candies as favors. If I do the fondue station I will have to pay extra money for favors. If I do the candy station I'm afraid it might melt together due to the heat. Any suggestions or helpful ideas??

wedding idea? My daughter informed me that she wants to have a red carpet wedding since her and her fiance loves movies. She is talking about wanting to rent a movie theater. Have red carpet rolled down the aisle. Have a cd that will show pictures of her fiance and her through out their lives and have music playing on it prior to wedding. then at the receptionist have the red/white popcorn buckets filled with candy that you might get at a movie. Set up a possible buffet style dinner. Have her wearing a cream color dress. With brides maids and best man wearing black.She said they are undecided about, but the groom might wear the same color as best man. With everyone carrying red roses. I honestly dont know what to make of her newest idea. I am wondering if this is a wedding or a production?n she has totally stunned me with her newest idea for her wedding.

Wedding Reception HELPPPP!!!!! Hi all I need some ideas. I want to have a laid back BBQ wedding reception at the beach. They have these picnic areas you can rent. I was thinking of having Famous Daves BBQ cater it. But I need ideas for favors and decorations. I wanted the colors to be pinks greens and white. And I figured that the wedding will be in august/september. I know that I want a cupcake tower with a small cake on top for us to cut. And I also want a candy buffet. The place where we are having it is right on the beach so guests will be able to go swimming and everything. I want it to feel like a family BBQ at the beach. Its not going to be a "traditional" wedding. I am a very crafty person so I want to make as many things as possible. Even the invitations if possible. Thanks

Asian theme wedding and bridal shower? My sister is having an Asian themed wedding. Colors are bright orange/yellow/white. So far we have decided the centerpieces will be either koi or goldfish bowls. (depends on if the koi need bubbles and filtration). Orange and yellow paper lanterns. Personalized chopsticks as favors. Along with a candy buffet with takeout boxes, all in her color theme. Also her appetizers will be sushi. Any other ideas? Also I need other ideas for her shower with the same theme! :) Thank you. Sorry, I guess I should have explained my family has a koi pond so we already have them and we have gold fish in there as well. We went to a bridal show this weekend and the new thing for centerpieces was the fishbowls and that was my first thought...that the fish need a home after the wedding. OUrs already have one. :) A zen spa is a great idea, thank you!~ Oh yeah she is doing the cherry tree branch thing too. :) Adorable! :) She is pretty set on the fishbowls though. (not my wedding so I can't make that decision) fortune cookies and low tables with pillows! :) Awesome idea for the bridal shower! Thanks

Some more ideas that I'd like feed back on...? Ok, so I decided to do a coffee bar and my fiance wants a candy buffet... We're having the reception and then hosting breakfast the next morning for our guests (it's a destination wedding). My bridesmaids and I were talking and we've all agreed that it would be nice to have a late night snack after the reception for our parents, siblings, the bridal party, and nieces and nephews. Our wedding is going to be at either 2 or 3 PM with a dinner reception from either 3-7 or 4-8 PM... If we go with the reception ending at 7 we were thinking that if we did a late night snack it would be held around 10 or 11 (giving my hubby and I some alone time and time to get out of our wedding clothes). I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, even though it seems like it would be. Any feedback? Should we just get everyone to go out to IHOP after the ceremony (and then we can show off our wedding attire...)? Or should we just nix the idea and wait until breakfast the next morning?

wedding advice...have it fun or go with romantic elegance? i know a wedding is meant to be what myself and my fiancie wants but he doesnt care to much for the finer details (typical man) so im organising it. Im torn between having a fun wedding thats diffrent and people will remeber or going for the romantic/ elegant wedding i always imagined yet altho i will remeber it forever others will see it as being just another wedding. my 'fun and diffrent' idea was to have a candy/theme park thing where the favours would be bags of sweets, have a chocolate fondue, popcorn machine, candy floss machine and the food would be mini burgers/pizzas that sort of thing. my romantic idea is to stick with a candy pink and white wedding..all very simple and elegant. salmon and finger sandwhiches for the buffet, pink feathers scattered across crisp white tables and bunches of helium ballons in the middle. what to do? fun or romantic? and we are havign it at a hilton hotel which is only been built 2 years ago and its all glass and very elegent. doozer..dont sweat it..i can appreciate you being bitter about weddings as your husband was caught having an affair a few months back. maybe you should try and keep him happy in bed so he doesnt wander rather then answer questions ok?

What should I put my wedding favors in? We are going to have almost like a candy buffet at the tables so people can fill their bags with what ever candy they want instead of us picking something that our guests may not like. Originally we were going to use organza bags, but I've been thinking some of the loose candy might get stuck to the bag... I don't know if it really would or not. Do you think the candy would stick to an organza bag if it was like an unwrapped hard candy or like an m&m? Or do you think an organza bag would work? If not what's an alternative to give the guests to fill with candy? Normally I'd just say forget about the organza bags and play it safe but my FH really likes the idea of using them.

movie themed wedding? I'm looking for ideas for a movie themed wedding. I have a start but I want as MANY ideas as possible to make the wedding a really fun event. I'm being careful not to choose too many "cheesy" ideas...Here's a few things I have in mind for the wedding: Clapper board place card holders and photo frames, actor themed table names, showing a slide show of the couple with music/facts/photos and rolling "Credits" at the end, red carpet in the entrance and down the aisle, "Biography" of bride/groom in "goodie" bags, the words "and the winnner is...." on the front of the invitation envelope, chocolate "oscar" candies at reception, Food on buffet labeled with movie themes like "American Pie", "A Fish called Wanda" , "Silence of the lambs", "Spaceballs" = meatballs, etc. Also directors chairs with bride/groom names on them, and possibly an awards ceremony to friends and family for categories such as "Best Friend", "Best Comedian", etc. Any other ideas for me?

Wedding reception dessert table? Instead of having JUST the traditional wedding cake, my soon-to-be and I are having a dessert buffet. We know we'll have different candies that guests can pick and choose from. We want to add other types of baked goods or cakes as well. Anyone have any sort of ideas of treats that could be presented nicely ?

So I'm not sure about this? So there will be seed to be thrown on the tables in cute containers. And there will be ONE note pad at each table to write advice, memories, funny stories on their wedding day, and so on and so forth, but they will not be taken home. There will be a candy buffet, but I'm not sure that's considered a favor.I am decorating little cowbells with ribbon and a tag with the purpose of them on the bell, but those are for whatever, not necessarily a favor. Just another dressed up wedding tradition. I have all this stuff I am using as little quirks, but I have NOTHING that is a little favor from me to them. I know favors are going out of "style" or something. Well it's a good thing I don't keep up with such things. So I had the idea of the little trees for actual favors. That's about all I got. No site I've seen has anything i'd pay nearly that much for or anything that is me. What are some favor ideas other than candy? There's already going to be a candy buffett. My colors are turquoise, white and silver. It's a southern wedding. Laid back, fun, US, and country. So what do you suggest. All the other things are just dressed up wedding accessories! If I do baskets, what could I put in them? :] I have like a year and a half to buy up things on sale and at antique malls so cost is gonna be minimal. I just want something not FOOD that they may take home. I really don't care if a .08 cent bell gets thrown away. i'll probably end up throwning them away myself, and keeping one or two for a shadowbox of my wedding!

wedding favors??? What else can you use instead of candy ........What about bubbles at the table? do you think that is silly? It a buffet style very very casual......beach wedding and a reception of about 100... it seems to keep growing.I didn't even think of favors, not I want to do something but not sure what...any other ideas?

A question people ask ALL the time....? I'm planning a fall themed wedding for October of 2008 and I'm trying to think of unique ways to tie this theme into the wedding! We've already decided to have a 'trick or treat' candy buffet table, candy apple favors and pumpking centerpieces - but does anyone else have some more ideas? Please help!! :) Thank you The reason for having a fall themed wedding is because we MET on Halloween - we thought it would be romantic to create the same atmosphere on the night we met as the night that we marry.

Idea for decor? I am having tropical type decorations at my wedding. My aunt is making the flower arrangements for the Church and I am making my own centerpieces. I am also have two tables, one for the candy buffet for my favors and one for the guest book, card box etc. To go with my theme I thought about getting an eiffel tower vase (see link below) and putting palm leaves in it for decor for my random two tables. I am trying to save a lot of money by doing things myself, but was wondering what you guys thought of that idea? http://www.towervase.com/pages-productinfo-product-180/eiffel-tower-vases.html

Centerpieces for a June wedding? My colors are Pool Blue and Mango Orange... Our original idea was to have fishbowls with an assortment of rock candy in it... http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/dessert-buffets-carnival-stand?autonomy_kw=candy%20buffet&rsc=header_4 (scroll down, you will see a man's hand holding it) First off, what do you think of this? I have 2 other ideas I wanted to get an opinion on... What if we did more taller/longer vases with things like these... http://www.save-on-crafts.com/bluewillow.html or even.. http://www.save-on-crafts.com/fl10.html Or, if we combined the two... Put rock candy either around the taller vases, or something.. I haven't put much thought into the combination... I'm just thinking... Our reception hall has those floor to ceiling windows, I thought, make the inside kinda gardeny, but not? Haha... I don't know... any suggestions/ideas/opinions would be great... Better idea on our colors.. http://tastefullyentertaining.blogspot.com/2008/04/teal-peach-wedding.html

If money wasn't an issue if and when you got married what would you want served at the reception!? For me I have one of two ideas,if it was just a plate dinner I'd have the choice of: A cute garden salad Prime Rib or Lobster tail Baked potato or Wild rice Grilled vegetables or Asparagus Or if I had a buffet,I'd have a soul food theme Fried Chicken,Smothered Pork Chops,BBQ Ribs,Fried Catfish,Red Beans and Rice,Collard Greens,Candied Yams,Macaroni and Cheese,Cabbage,smothered potatoes and lots more Oh and my wedding cake at either weather it's a plate dinner or a buffet dinner would be this huge chocolate cake with a layer of white chocolate fudge,snickers bars,and chocolate mousse in it,with pink frosting and my favorite flowers white daisies decorating it! So what would be yalls ideas? lol Brown I haven't found that lucky guy yet but when I do I have 90% of my wedding set up....does that make me sad? Oh yeah I forgot to add an open bar too

Candy Buffets? What do you think of them? Did you have one at your wedding? Are you going to have one at your wedding? We're going to have one and was starting to wonder if it was a good idea or not. We're thinking of having the candies in our wedding colors (red, black and white). Yes there will be some teen and a bunch of kids. Just about everyone in the family has little ones. We're not having alcohol at our wedding.

i'm doing candy favors. Hershey's kisses in a box but would like to know if a candy buffet is a better idea? My plans were to put some silk rose petals in the box and put hershey's kisses in them. I say a wedding were they actually had a candy buffet and had empty boxes for the guest to get the candy that they wanted. I know it would be more expensive than the hershey's kisses but i love the idea. As a guest which one would you like best?

Candy craft ideas? Looking for other ideas to decorate my candy buffet. We're having a Tim Burton (Director of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp version) themed wedding. So the candy buffet is going to be crazy and Wonka-ish. We got these ideas for a candy chandelier and candy topiaries from Martha Stewart. But we can't seem to find any other ideas we could do. Anyone have any ideas?

colored candy for wedding favors? Im thinkin about haveing my wedding colors be black and silver. Anyways, i want to do a candy buffet and have lil party favor boxes o bags, that way they canjust fill up there bag or box with the candy and that will be the favor k, lol. So wht candies are there that are black o silver? all i can think about is hershey's kisses, and like black jelly beans, and licorice. Any other ideas im stumped.

What is your favorite candy? My daughter is having a "Candy Buffet" at her wedding, and I would like to get some ideas to see what everyone likes....can be from lifesavers to godiva chocolate....and anything in between!

A Little Small Wedding help, please. Where to start off?! Okay, My Wedding is going to be very modern, up to date, and very me. Wedding Colors-- Pink & Teal w/ a hint of silver. & Crystals. Flowers-- Orchids. But i'm Having a problem Finding a site where i can get idea's of Pink & teal weddings, Ideas of center pieces, Invatations, Table settings etc. I'm Having my wedding in the Murfreesboro, Tennessee area. I want my Reception & Ceremoney Area to be close to water, it can be a pond or lake anything. But i want it to be modern But pretty and Classy. No country like. Outside or Indoors i'm open to anything. I just need some peoples advice. I want our Reception place to be indoors because the one thing i hate is bugs annoying me when im trying to eat, it can be in a tent i guess. We are looking for food ideas. We were thinking of a sea food/ down south style food w/ steak and chicken. A Dessert/Candy buffet. The most inportant part of this question is that i'm looking for a venue in the Murfreesboro, Tennessee Area and i'm having trouble finding one. I guess i just need some open ideas and advice.

ok so i change my favor ideas every day? i wanted to do a candy buffet. but then changed my mind.. i would spend more money then i wanted to on bowls and dshes for the candy. then i thought about cds.. but who really wants a cd of sngs played at my wedding? so now i am thinking about doing something with meaning.. donating $200 to the Gloria gemma breast cancer fund.for 100 breast cancer awareness. 100% of the $200 dollars will go towards helping raise awareness,increase education and generate funding for health programs in my community.... what are you ideas? would my guest apricate this rather then some little picture frame or cd they wont use? i forgot to put that i would get 100 breast cancer braclets to give to my guests as favors im not going to annouce the donation.. i am giving my guests the bracelets i bought (which the money went to the fund i was thinking about doing gift boxes with some hearshey kisses and the braclets inside

I wrote this story for english class, it is a true story, do you like it? I was once a guidance counselour at a high school, but was fired. Then, I became a mall security guard, but was fired. Now I live with my mom. This time of year, girl scouts come around our neighborhood collecting donations for charities. One fine afternoon, a group of a few girls came up to my house and asked for a donation. It made me angry to think that they were going around conning people out of their hard earned money and giving it to some charity called 'Riley's Children's Hospital.' But anyway, I reached into my pocket, pulled out 12 cents in change, some lint, and an old piece of hard candy and threw it into their jar, then slammed the door shut. I peered out of the peephole in my door and saw the little girl counting out the change. She took out four quarters, handed them to her mother, and her mother handed her a dollar to put in the jar. I heard her say something about making the jar easier to carry, but I'm not stupid, I knew what they were really up to. So I quickly threw on my shoes and hopped in my car. I tailed the young con artist for twenty blocks until she, her friends, and her mom all got into their mini-van and headed home. I took down her address and then drove to the local hardware store. I picked up a crowbar and some matches, then went by the gas station and bought twenty gallons of unleaded gasoline. I then played the waiting game. I waited and waited until the sun went down and night set in. I got into my closet, pulled on some work gloves and a ski mask, then set out for the con artist's house. I snuck around back and encountered my first obstacle, the family dog. I made a trail of sausages leading from her yard to ten miles down the road and let the dog free to follow it. Once I returned to the backyward, I saw that the con artist and her friends were having a slumber party. It disgusted me. As they sat eating their dinner, I realized I needed a distraction of some sort. I whipped out my cell phone and dialed the number for the local Pizza Hut. I order eighteen extra large pizzas with olives, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, anchovies, onions, peppers, sausage, ham, pineapple, pepperoni, and zucchini on top, 16 orders of cheezy breads, twenty two liters of coke, and 600 wings to their address. The bill came to $873.34. A couple of hours later I watched in delight as a young pizza boy struggled to push a wheel barrow full of food up to the house. He was out of breath as he rang the doorbell. The con artist's father answered the door and informed the por young pizza boy that he did not order that food. The pizza boy began to cry in fear of losing his job, but the father of the con artist comforted him and told him that he would pay for the food anyway, and gave him a nice sized tip. The father the retreated into the house with the food, declaring to his family that God had sent them the pizza and that they needed to use it for a specific reason. He said they could have all the pizza they wanted and they he would take some of it down to the local homeless shelter. I then made sure that the food would never arrive, by cutting the brake cables on his car. When they all went outside to load the food into the car, I broke the back upstairs window with a crowbar. I got inside her parent's roomand began to trash the place. I found family photos, baby journals, wedding photos, and a multitude of other things that I set on fire. The smell of the smoke must have carried to the other upstairs rooms, because the older deadbeat teenage brother of the conartist soon entered the room. I quickly silenced him by knocking him out with the crowbar, then threw him outside from the second floor. I set fire to her father's immigration papers and put his green card through their paper shredder. I then entered the con artist's brother's room. It had all kinds of books which I tore the pages out of. I also found that he had left his cell phone on and charging, so I took pictures of my genitals and sent them to his family, friends, and his girlfriend along with a message that read "F*ck you, c*ckf*ckers!!" I tore down all of his posters and pissed on his bed. I found a small safe that said "top secret." I picked the lock to find a marijuana cigarette, a lighter, a wallet sized photo of a blonde haired girl with several love letters from her. I stole the marijuana, then edited the love letters to describe very inappropriate things, then I drew a moustache in permanent ink on her picture. I put them back inside the safe, along with anything of value I could find in his room that was useless to me. I then took out an old key I had with me and broke it off in the lock, then put the safe through the back window. A delightful crash came from the inside and I knew that all his beloved possesions were ruined. Once I finished drawing on the walls with permanent marker, I decided to go outside and look in their garage. I heard the clan of con artists outside loading the car, as I began work on the minivan in the garage. I scratched up the paint and broke off the rear view mirrors. I used my trusty crowbar to smash the head and tail lights. I got inside that car and used the crowbar to pop out the stereo, which I slipped into my gunny sack. I searched the glove compartment and found all sorts of insurance papers, which i tore to shreds, then stole all the cds in the car. I took a bucket from the garage, filled it with water, then filled the gas tank with water. I slashed the tires then popped the hood and did major damage to the engine. I tore up the fabric on the seats and smashed the rest of the windows. I stole the hubcaps and then exited the garage. My next stop was the toolshed. Inside were several expensive tools, drills, power wrenches, hammers, nail guns. I stole everything I could, then filled the gas tank of their brand new John Deer lawnmower with sand that were placed convieniently in the corner of the shed. I then took out the key, broke off the steering wheel, and took off the mower blade. I left the steering wheel outside the door of the shed, threw the key in the woods by the shed, and then used the blade to puncture their air conditioner. I walked over the brother of the con artist on my way back to the house and saw that he had begun to wake up, so I kicked him in the head a couple of times so make sure he was still unconcious. I reached into his pocket and stole his wallet, then gave him another kick in the head just for the hell of it. I climbed back up into the house and crept into the hallway. I heard a toilet flush. One of the con artist's accomplices stood in the hallway, looking at me with her jaw dropped. I atatcked swiftly, striking her head with the crowbar. I was sure she was unconcious as I stuffed her into the laundry chute, where she fell ot the basement and landed on a soft pile of clothes. I then went into the bathroom of the con artist's house and began to trash it. I squeezed the containers of toothpaste and shampoo everywhere, spread the floss out so it looped on everything everywhere. I clogged up the toilet and then took a dump in it. I tore down the shower curtains and broke the tiles on the bathrooms wall with the curtain rod. I then cracked open the medicine cabinet, salvaged the perscription drugs, then began to generously distribute asprins, tylenol, pepto bismo, and all sorts of cought syrups all over the bathroom floor. I then clogged the shower, and took a dump in it and on the floor then smeared it everywhere. I coated the walls in vaseline, then broke the bathroom scale. I then smashed the bathroom mirror. I noticed a small decoration of shells and air freshener leaves on the back of the toilet. I quickly took the leaves and crumpled them up, then stomped on the shells until they had broken up into dust. I took shaving cream and sprayed it everywhere, then broke the sink off the wall and smashed the toilet seat. I plugged the hole in the wall with toilet paper, and then took the rest of the paper and spread it everywhere in the bathroom, then used the remaining toothpaste to create a sort of paper machet which covered much if the bathroom floor. I took down any decorations that hung on the wall and did away with them. I then spilled the wastebasket on the floor and left. I then entered the den. I immediately began to search the drawers and found all sorts of important insurance papers regarding fore, burglary, life insurance, automobiles, and several other important things. I quickly reached into my bag and produced the lighter I had stolen from the con artist's brother. I lit the papers and watched in delight as all they had worked for and spent their hard earned money on was engulfed in flames and disappeared. I then sat up at the computer desk and began to browse what was stored on their computer. I first went to 'my documents' and deleted all sorts of important business presentations that the father of the con artist had prepared for work. I then went to 'my pictures' and highlighted everything. I felt a burst of happiness as my finger pressed down on the delete button. I then visited a host of certain websites that I know of and downloaded loads and loads of hardcore, illegal pornography. I set their desktop background to one of these most delightful pictures and left the rest to pollute all sorts of other files on their computer. It was then that I realized I had saved her father's wallet from the flames, so I quickly opened it up to search it. My hands pulled out a credit card. I quickly went to all sorts of different sites ranging from adult toy stores to automobile sites. I ordered thousands of dollars of stuff to random addresses around the city, and to top it all off, I back ordered a Lamborghini Murcielago. Just then, her brother's cell phone went off, and I was buffeted by several angry messages from his friends and family responding to the highly offensive pictures that I sent them. In order to further the damage done to this boy, I visited MySpace.com from their computer and found that his password had saved to the computer. I got on and gave his page a complete makeover. The background was now a large disgusting picture, and his profile picture was a picture of my genitals. I sent offensive messages to everyone on his list. I realized that all passwords would automatically save into this computer, so I got into his email and changed his myspace password, then cancelled his email account. This all gave me another idea. According to the notes placed on the top of the desk, her father had an email account as well. I tried to get into it and was delighted to find that the password had been saved. I went through it and found all sorts of business contacts, family, and friends, and bombarded all of them with disgusting hardcore pornography via email. One man, who had been given the title of 'boss' on the email contacts list, was especially important for me to offend. I found the most offensive and disgusting videos and photos I could, and sent them to his address, along with a short and sweet message telling him that those were the things I did to his wife last night. To top this all off, I went and found as many filed as I possibly could that had viruses in them and downloaded them to their computer. I then smashed the monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, and speakers. I did as much damage as I possibly could to everything but the CPU, hoping that the FBI would still be able to see all the things I had left there. I trashed the rest of the den, knocking over book cases, breaking the TV, but stealing the game consoles from there along with several cds and game discs. My crowbar aided me in breaking up the expensive leather sofa in the den. I tore off the wall paper and shattered the several vases I found over the fireplace. I filled the fireplace up with the rest of the sand that I had found in the shed. I was then on my way to my final destination, the room of the con artist herself. I walked inside and noticed the disgusting pink wallpaper, which became my first objective. I tore it all off and left it on the floor. Then I tore open her pillows and let the feathers fly. With little difficulty, I tore the hell out of her mattress. I ripped up her stuffed animals and the moved on to the items on her shelf. I tore the pages out of all of her picture books and smashed the tiny treasures I found there. I soon came across her backpack, which was filled with many different things for school, such as books that belonged to the school. I ripped them up and bent the covers. I broke off her shelves and left them to sit on the floor along with the huge mess of things. I ripped her backpack to shreds, and out of it fell her diary. I tore the pages out and ate them. Next to the bed I saw that there was a phone. A girl so young had no right to use a phone, especially a con artist like her, so I threw it across the room and it smashed to pieces. I grabbed a large number of pictures and other decorations off of the wall and broke them. I found some drawings made in art class by the con artist so I set them on fire. I pulled out her drawers and emptied them onto the floor, and tore up all of her clothes. In her closet I found a uniform that had several badges on it that read 'Girl Scouts of America.' I was smart enough to know that it was a really a uniform given to foot soldiers in an empire of con artists, so I ripped off the patches and badges and used them to pin the uniform to the shower curtain rod, and I made a flag to protest the actions of this evil empire. I found boxes of Barbie dolls and things like Barbie cars and houses in her closet. I took the dolls and put them in wild disgusting sexual positions, with Ken being the center of each one. I crashed the car into the wall a few times which did nothing, so I stomped on it to smash it. I disassembled the houses and threw the screws out the window. I left the Barbies there, but not before using a pair of scissors to give them all haircuts and remove a couple unneccesary arms and legs that were on them. It was time to make my escape, so I headed down the hallway for the room with the window I had used to make my entry. Before I could make it through, I heard the mother of the con artist call up the stairs to her brother, who unbeknownst to her was lying in the back yard, knocked out. She called up the stairs saying that her and her husband were headed to the homelss shelter to deliver the pizzas and that he was to watch the girls. I called back doing the best that I could to sound like a low-life worthless deadbeat teenage junkie, and was convincing enough to convince the mother of the con artist. I watched out the window as the car started up and pulled away. It was time for my final revenge. I got out the cell phone I had stolen and called 9-11 to say that a drunken madman had just taken off with a heroine addict prostitute and was a danger to himself and others. I gave them detailed directions on an appropriate place to ambush the car. I laughed maniacally at the damage I had caused. It was time. I grabbed my supplies and headed downstairs. The girl scouts sat in a circle, singing campfire songs. They screamed upon sight of me. They all got up and ran, except for the con artist, who stood frozen with fear. I tried to hit her with the crowbar but she dodged it and ran upstairs. I chased after her, and stood at the end of the hallway, watching her uncover all the damage I had done. She tried every door, seeing the damage that had been done to everything that she loved and cherished. The last door she opened was her room. She screamed in terror and began to cry. I I gave a loud laugh, but stopped suddenly when I heard a yelling from outside. I peered out the window to see that the girl scouts has found their friend in the basement and dragged her safely, along with the con artist's brother, to the front lawn. I now realized that there was only one way out of this. It was then that the twenty gallons of gasoline I had purchased would com ein handy. I ran from room to room, upstairs and downstairs, covering everything in gasoline. I even ventured outside and covered the toolshed and garage. I was sure to pick up the brother of the con artist's safe and throw it back inside where it would be eaten by the flames. I first lit the toolshed, then spread gasoline all over the backyard and lit it, ruining their lawn for good. Then I torched their minivan and lit the garage. Lastly, I ran upstairs to make a final check and make sure everything was soaked. I stopped dead in front of the con asrtist's room. There she was, escaping down a ladder. I looked outside and saw that all of her friends were hanging on the side of this ladder with her at the top, all climbing down trying to escape my grasp. Without a second thought, I whacked the con artist in the head with my crow bar, causing her to being to lost balance. Then, I pushed the ladder down. There was a symphony of loud screeches ending with a thud. All of them were knocked unconcious. I made a final, daring move and slipped downstairs to steal a pizza and found that the jar of change collected to build the con artist's empire was there. I then lit the final match, and the whole upstairs exploded in flames. I jumped from the top floor window and onto the lawn. I then flew the flag I had made in the con artist's front yard and set it on fire. I heard sirens in the distance and began to run for my car. But before I could get there, I heard an angry growling. I looked to see that the con artist's dog had returned home, still hungry. The dog dove for my neck and mauled me, but I was still able to escape. I got into my car and sped away. On the way home, I saw an intersection with two totaled cars, one of them was the con artist's father's car. The proud parents of the con artist stood with their hands on the side of a cop car. I slowed down to watch this spectacular scene. I heard that father telling the police officer that he was sure he had insurance papers in the drawer at home. Just then, a couple of firetrucks, police cars, and ambulances sped down the road towards the con artist's house. Now a nationwide search has been declared to find the one who did this, but all the evidence that could have pointed police in the right direction was destroyed in the fire. Looks like now somebody has learned a valuable lesson, to never, EVER be a con artist.