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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!

Public Comments

1. Waiste of money
2. candy at a wedding?? candy is for kid's birthdays or something plus most adults are diabetic they won't take it unless they bring kids so the kids can be quiet down with candy and then the level of glucose go up and you have a lot of hyper kids going around
3. We are doing this at our wedding as well, so I love the idea! Maybe you could have a sign above the candy bar that reads "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You". And if you wanted to attach something to the containers it could be a quote about love, a Bible verse, or something cute like "Some sweetness from the new Mr. & Mrs" or "Enjoy Your Sweet Treat!" Or for a something more simple, make personalized labels that say your & your fiance's names with the date & attach that the the outside of the containers/bags.
4. You should try to order those m&m and dove chocolate where you can write your own message on them. They only sell them in bulk
5. What are your colors? You can do all kinds of candies in your wedding colors!! I think that will be soo cute! Very neat idea :-) You can go to www.yuni.com for little love poems. It's a very good site and it won't disappoint. Here's an idea too. For my hubby one year, I made him a candy bucket with suckers that I had attatched little sayings and stuff to them. I did things like wrote I love you in different languages, mini poems, cheesy movie lines, anything to catch the mood. Edit: JM, what weddings did you go to? Are the people as stuck up as you?? She didn't ask you and the other people who had negative stuff to say about whether or not you thought the idea was good. She asked if you had any ideas as to how to carry it out. Geez, get a life and stop making people feel bad about what they are doing!! I love the idea!
6. Roses are red violets are blue sugar is sweet and so are you Sweets for the sweet, serve yourself, enjoy!
7. Heh, people are saying it's a waste of money but I went to a wedding that did this and the candy bar was attacked more then the food buffet was. Granted most of the attendants there were highschool age or 20 somethings. We plan on doing this at our wedding too, it fits with our theme and I think its really cute. They had ribbons tie ribbons that said "Sharing sweet memories together" We're having a Tim Burton themed wedding. So the candy table will be a reference to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we made candy wrappers with what our last name but in the Wonka font. We just printed them out and will wrap them around candy bars. My mom suggested we have something like "we had the golden ticket to eachothers hearts" But we aren't going to use that. If you have Hershey hugs and kisses candies you could say something like : "Hugs and kisses from the Mr. & Mrs." You could name the table candy land. If I think of anything cutesy I'll edit this and include it. Heh, for JM, our candy buffet isn't really meant to be a favor, just something else for the guests to snack on that they can take home. That's the way my friends did it. We'll have other favors placed at their seats...*rolls eyes* some people just aren't any fun!
8. We did a candy bar for our winter themed wedding and it was a huge hit! We had mini Christmas trees with candy ornaments and candy canes, as well as other Christmas themed candies in addition to "regular" candy. We let guests take the candy home in those little Chinese food take out containers with the metal handles. You can get these in your wedding colours, or add ribbon or stickers with your name and date. I really like the idea of having a sign saying "Sweets from the Sweethearts"... Also, be sure to have some clearly marked sugar free, peanut free, milk free, and gluten free candies for those with food allergies/intolerances or special diets. Just so everyone can be included. Enjoy your hard work! People LOVE candy bars, no matter what anyone on here says. EDIT: To the person below me, we did NOT have a candy bar as a "favour". We gave mini "Mr. and Mrs." snowman snowglobes tied with a ribbon that said "Happy Holidays" from (our names) at the tables. No one had to take from the candy bar if they did not want to. In fact, most weddings offer some sort of treat, many people offer sugared almonds as a favour. Believe it or not, many upscale weddings (ours was a hotel ballroom wedding) have candy bars, carnival candy stations (with cotton candy cones), popcorn machines, and other cool ideas. We also had a chocolate fountain. As long as you use glass containers, you can have a very elegant candy bar. Last time I checked, people like choice. I attended a wedding last week where I was given 6 candies on a stick as a favor (tied with ribbon). Myself and about 35 other guests with food allergies or on medical diets couldn't eat them. I can't see how deciding what to give guests FOR them is any better. At my candy bar, my friend with peanut allergies happily enjoyed her "No peanuts" mini Snickers bars from the candy buffet, while my aunt with diabetes had some sugar free mints. Don't let anyone discourage you from the candy bar idea, many former brides I know say they wish they would have done one, and that they enjoyed mine. I have yet to see one say they regretted doing one!
9. I think it is kind of tacky to make your guests figure out what they are going to take home as a favor. The whole candy bar thing is very juvenile. I have been to many formal weddings and I have never seen one actually done before. If you want to give candy out as a favor then do that and leave the chocolate bar and or bag of candy on a separate table as favors (already made up) or leave them at their seats.
10. I think your idea is sweet, My nephew did the same thing they even went and had small bottles of water cover with a beautiful design and their name wedding date with their pix on it, also on the candy wrapper they had their pix and the wedding date, saying thank you for making our day special.GOOD LUCK on your wedding.