Our Wedding - Where to get the Goods

I have had a couple of questions lately about where to get some of the supplies I used for our wedding decor. I thought I would just go ahead and post the details so all could see.

MAP

The map included in our invitations was made by me. I used Adobe Illustrator and printed the file on cardstock at Kinkos.


STATIONARY STAMPS

The stamps I used on the Thank You notes and our Save the Dates is from the Martha Stewart line sold at Michael's Craft Store. It is called Wedding Cake. Isn't it delicious - I sort of want to lick the paper after using this one. Each design is a separate clear stamp that you put on a stamp block (sold separately) in whatever arrangement you want. Worked pretty well but the intricate design didn't always work with embossing powder like I did with the STDs.


CUPCAKE STANDS

The cupcake stands are from Martha Stewart's craft line sold at Walmart. Sense a trend of my design inspiration? I snazzed them up a bit with ribbon and papel picado stands like our theme.



MEXICAN CANDY

I got the Mexican candy from a Mexican Party Store in Phoenix called Dulceria Pico Rico. I didn't actually buy any candy for the candy buffet on-line like many wedding advice sties recommend. I found the on-line stores sold only in ridiculous quantities and Sam's Club along with the Mexican party store had better prices (and no shipping costs). We weren't going for a monochromatic color scheme though and wanted to feature our favorite candies - not just those that would look good. If your looking for candies that you can't normally find in the store the on-line sellers would make more sense.



If interested in knowing any other details just let me know!

Candy Buffet!!!

One of my favorite DIY projects was our candy buffet. Going with our Mexican theme we choose all sorts of treats from south of the border and a few of our favorite American sweats that came in our colors. There is a fabulous Mexican party store in Phoenix that had loads of Mexican candies to choose from including peanuts covered in chilies, caramels, chili lollipops, and coconut treats.

I dressed things up with ribbon, papel picado inspired signs and tissue paper bouquets. A banner saying Gracias and Thank You was hung over the table. We had small white paper bags and stickers with our monogram for guests to take home their treats. It was a real hit and I was surprised how little candy we had left over. It was kinda a disappointment because we had it sitting in our house for weeks - tempting us and were looking forward to digging in! Oh well, we did however have a few extra cupcakes to enjoy. I will share the cake cutting next.

Suggary Goodness!

Amy Atlas has done it again. Check out this winter wonderland dessert bar featured yesterday on Style Me Pretty as well as her blog.

I would really love to have the marshmallows like the bottom right photo on our candy buffet and hometown dessert reception. Martha had a recipe in the latest Weddings Magazine. Maybe I will give it a try and do similar toothpick flags.

Another option is to go for Marshmallow Peeps. I absolutely love Peeps - they are my favorite thing. I am not a huge fan of the yellow and pink chicks but love the white ones, especially the vanilla flavored hearts that come out around Valentines Day. I also think they would be fun since I and some of Matt's friends call him Peeps which is a play on his last name. But they are not for everyone and I find that you either love 'em or hate 'em.

These pink heart pairs might be an option.
I like these because they are wrapped in pairs whereas others come in packages of 4 or 9. One thing that I know about Peeps is that you don't want to expose to the air for too long, otherwise they become a rock hard mess.

I wonder if I could repackage to look a little classier...