Planning a Prom or Decorating for an Industry Meeting? Same Difference

Hope your Valentine's Day was awesome. Did you make a candy heart wreath?

The ladies at NCA all received a rose on their desk from "a friend" and a scratch and sniff chocolate Valentine's Day card.

BUT - other than that it was business as usual because we're less than two weeks away from our annual meeting. Actually, that's the subject of my post today. Around this time last year, I posted a picture of a prototype lollipop centerpiece some of my co-workers designed for an event we were holding at the conference.

Well, this year I helped picked out prom decor for the same meeting. Okay, maybe not exactly prom decor (there will not be any dancing or cheesy photos to the best of my knowledge), but we did buy some items from the country's leading supplier of decoration for events like prom and homecomings.

So, is our theme Harvest Moon, Under the Sea or Starry Starry Night you ask? Nope - it's just good ole' candy. We needed some large pieces of candy, and Stumps had exactly what we needed.

Here's what we ordered:

Twist-wrapped Peppermint Swirls

Lollipops

Gumballs

Now we need to figure out a way to make something that resembles chocolate truffles. We're thinking we might buy a couple of sheets of 12 x 12 chocolate brown and cream scrapbook paper, cut the corners off the brown paper to make softer corners, and then use the cream paper to make swirly and striped designs on the top. Something like this, we hope.

Any other ideas?

Comments

02-27-2012 16:15 - Gumballs

Speaking of large pieces of good ole' candy -- don't forget about monster jawbreakers and licorice ropes!

Here is a floral-like arrangement with gumballs you could try...

1) Buy some Pocky (Japanese candy)
2) Puncture one small hole in each gumball
3) Stick one Pocky into the gumball
4) Stand them all up in the small flower vase.

03-14-2012 11:18 - Susan Whiteside

Have you made that centerpiece before? We'd love to see a photo.

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