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Wedding Candy Buffet Ideas Red White Silver Black

These personalized lolly pops are adorable, of course change the candy color!

Cherry Gummy Rings

Swirl Slat Water Taffy, elegant and pretty!

Jordan Almonds!

Champagne Bubbles

Gummy Bears. Also available in a variety of colors, large 5 pound bears!

swirled taffy

Personalized M&M's

Licorice Logs

Licorice

Chocolate in silver wrapping. Hearts, rounds, stars

A variety of spotted cow candies

Gummy Penguins

A set-up similar to this. Apothecary jars, with ribbon colored as the wedding colors! Favor containers, tongs & more! (photo complimens of Wilton!)


Signature treats may include:

Adorable cake or Brownie pops!

chocolate/candy dipped Strawberries

Individually packaged White boxes with Bride and Groom Cookies!

More Strawberry Options!

A few more cake or brownie pop ideas

I love the lady bugs if you choose to go with a more whimsical design!

A fun treat for candy portion of the buffet (not a signature treat). Personalized little bags with a variety of jelly beans, of course in the wedding colors.

Custom jars plus apothecary jars:

Just a small sampling of some jar varieties. There are so many options in this color scheme. It would really be beautiful!

I believe that one could have a lot of fun with designing a Black, Red, White and Silver Wedding Candy Buffet! I am in the middle of designing a Gorgeous Periwinkle and White candy buffet for my own fall 2011 wedding!

There are many options for this above color scheme. It can be personalized, upgraded to a more elegant display or even a traditional rainbow candy land themed display.

I can customize this to add any of your favorites colors, a variety of decorations, ribbons, table linens, signature desserts and so much more!.

Please inquire for more information!

Learning to Recyle, compost and become self-sustainable

Imagine that we live and work in a self-sustainable welcome center in the upper peninsula of the state of Michigan.

An example of how we can maintain and create a self-sustainable environment can be a base for beginning our project. "Technically, geothermal energy will be harnessed for heating and cooling systems within the building. This system will be tied to a passive ventilation system to reduce energy usage".As shared by the Sustainable Living Program"
Garbage and Recycling are important aspects to consider when trying to live a healthier, self-sustainable Greener lifestyle. Everything in our self-sustainable green building will need to be recycled and reused. How shall we achieve this?

First, we must research how we can go about recycling our supplies.  There are many governmental documents to support living a cleaner, organic, green lifestyle. Blogs are also a wonderful way to research what we need to know about recycling. Visiting educational and environmentally friendly blogs can provide excellent information:

• bestgreenblogs.
• Green Living Tips
• SB10

An additional resource for information:

• EPA's Environmental Kids Club
  Learn how to protect our environment (air, water, garbage & recycling, etc.) using interactive games such as EPA's Office of Solid waste Planet Protectors club for kids.
  
  • Earth911.org Education
    Pick grade level activities that are made just for you.
  • Where does all the trash go?
    Ever wonder where all the trash goes. Go here and find out.
  For Students:
  
  • EPA's Student Center
    Everything about the environment from A to Z
  • Earth911.org Education
    Pick grade level activities that are made just for you.
  For Teachers:
  
  • EPA's Teaching Center
    Plenty of teacher resources all environmental subjects from air to water
  • Earth911.org Education
    Teacher resources with lesson plans
  • EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Teacher Resources and Tools
  For Researchers:
  
  • EPA's Researchers and Scientist Center
    This page gives access to scientific information that may be useful in understanding and protecting our environment.
  Additional Recycling Sites:
  
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
    EPA's national effort to conserve natural resources
  • National Recycling Coalition
    National Membership organization dedicated to maximizing recycling
  • SWANA
    Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Plasticsresource.com
    Information on Plastics & the Environment
  • America Recycles Day
    Your attitude, your actions, can make a world of difference
  • AmericanPlasticsCouncil.org
    Plastics and plastics recycling information
  • National Parks and Conservation Association
    Explore the National Parks and learn about conservation
  • National PET Plastic Association (NAPCOR)
    Learn about PET bottle recycling
  • Earth911.org
    Locate local recyclers by zip code
  • Curbside Value Partnership
    Learn about curbside recycling
  • Glass Recycling
    Learn about glass recycling
    
    
    For local environmental information, such as:
    • Household Hazardous Waste
    • Composting
    • Aluminum Can Recycling
    • Used Oil Recycling
    • Cellphone and Computer Recycling

Recycling and Reuse Module

Recycling and Reuse Learning Units

To h "become critical of the upstream and downstream effects of building design, construction, use, and disposal the problems of scarcity, costly extraction, and increased regulatory provisions associated with unsustainable natural resource consumption and waste disposal."
. This lengthy (100+ pp.) document, complete with more than 100 illustrations, provides an introduction (45K Acrobat file) as well as discussions, case studies, and exercises for each of the following topics:

Waste Prevention 1,291K Acrobat file

Construction and Demolition Recycling 2,261K Acrobat file

Architectural Reuse 951K Acrobat file

Design for Materials Recovery 748K Acrobat file

Recycling and Reuse Appendices, Bibliography, and Annotations

Appendices, a list of 100 books and journals specifically related to the recycling and reuse of building materials, and summaries of selected publications.
168K Acrobat file [Printed copy available for $11]

Case Studies Module

Sustainable Development Case Study

We can recycle our food consumption by running our organic waste into our custom designed water filtrating system and composting system and by catching rain water to recycle.

Capture, store, recycle, reuse rain and storm water with RainXchange

Composting: We are Learning to make a compost Bin to recycle :

We use recycle bins to organize our recycling efforts!

Recycle what is composted. We recycle the waste, paper materials and kitchen waste to sustain the welcome system and to nourish the compost bins.We use the composted material to fertilize our gardens, nourish the plant life and feed the native wildlife.

With recycling, composting and sharing of natural resources, the Welcome Center thrives. We reuse and recycle to reuse while reducing our waste materials. This helps us to be a wonderful new self sustainable welcome center!

Marie Antoinette Shoes!

I just had to share these gorgeous shoes with you!

I found this lovely photo @ bohochick Blog! She discovered these dainty Marie Antoinette slippers @ Found these Marie Antoinette shoes over at Terri Gordon’s blog and the DIY tutorial can be found here

Artful Affirmations offers a nice tutorial and vlog to make these lovely shoes!
I just love little pretties like this!

To Europe With Kids: Photo Friday: The Royal Wedding#comment-form

To Europe With Kids: Photo Friday: The Royal Wedding#comment-form

Etsy Featured store:

This is a fun and versatile store on Etsy.com. The place for handmade, vintage and craft supplies!


Please welcome Shanna 1717 Mommies and Beyond !
 Take a peek at the items currently offered :

(Photo compliments of Wilton!) Purchase a  custom design a Candy Buffet in a box for your wedding, birthday party, Sweet 16, Graduation party, bridal shower, Baby shower,Retirement party, corporate event and so forth

two teacups with roses spilling out of the cup:

A set of 5 Mickey Mouse Cut Gift Tags. Great for Gift Tags, Labels, Organization and crafting.

Scrap Fabric Surprise Bags:

This is a bag stuffed with scrap fabrics. It is great for any quilter, crafter or anyone that sews.

offering an Affordable Complete Candy Buffet in a Box:

The photos were provided by Amazon.com

50 Hidden Mickeys Mickey Mouse cardstock paper cut-outs scrapbooking

The store is offering many many more unique items. Please visit and show a little love to this fun and unique store!

 

Free printable vintage Valentines

Print your very own Vintage Valentine's Day images to make your holiday cards!

Free printable vintage Valentines are a fun and easy way to prepare for classroom Valentine's Day parties!

Read more here!

Photo compliments of: Pretty Little Studio!

Click it Forward: Supporting the Blog Community

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Wedding Flowers & Floral Arrangements : How to Make a Crystal Bead Brida...

Thank-you to You Tube user E  how for sharing this nice video. It is easy to follow. The video teaches you how to create an easy yet elegant bridal bouquet!