I've been keeping myself busy lately, buying candy and baking treats in every shade of purple possible. Someone who had seen the wedding dessert tables I did for my friend, Rachel, last summer contacted me and asked if I could make a perfectly-purple dessert table for a bridal shower she was hosting the first Saturday in April. The theme of the shower was "Home Sweet Home" and the bride is a K-State grad (thus, the Purple Pride!)
Instead of using my fancy glass apothecary jars, vases and white platters, I decided to use household items for displaying the goodies - baking pans, measuring cups, canning jars, colanders, a blender, a mixer, a lamp and a big white frame. I thought it really tied-in nicely with the Home Sweet Home theme.
I hope the bride and her party guests enjoyed the sweet display. I had a lot of fun dreaming up all the different purple possibilities.
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| The blender is filled with Sixlet candies. |
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| Measuring spoons were used for candy scoops. |
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| These spoons are filled with peanut butter and covered in purple chocolate. |
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| The fortune cookies had a special message inside: "Marriage is a dinner, that begins with dessert." |
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| This house & heart picture was created with Sixlet candies. |
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| The mixing bowl was filled with huckleberry flavored taffy. |
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| I used Hershey's Kisses for the "fringe" on the lamp shade. |
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| Marshmallow Peeps surround these petite cupcakes in various shades of purple. |
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| I used a mini colander to hold these purple, chocolate-dipped Oreos. |
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| Purple ombre sugar cookies filled my favorite, 5-tiered dessert stand. |
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| Each of the Whirly Pop lollipops had photo sticker of the bride & groom. |
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| I just loved these Itty-bitty purple macarons with raspberry creme filling. |
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| I built the 3-dimensional Home Sweet Home sign out of foam core and hot glue. |
