Scrapbooking falls under the arts & crafts umbrella. People who like to scrap like to do other things like knit, needle point, card making, cooking, activities to express their creativeness. I don't knit or needle point but I game for other things like a CANDY BAR.
My nephew Donovan turns 4 tomorrow, wow has time flown. He had a karate b-day party on Sunday and since he is obsessed with candy I came up with the idea to do a candy bar. I enlisted my good friend Michele to help since she had the glass jars, scooper's and she also loves to do this kind of stuff as well.
I started off last week at one of the most ridiculous candy stores I've ever been in, Economy Candy on Rivington St on the Lower East Side http://www.economycandy.com/. This place is like Willy Wonka meets Dylan's candy but at a dive bar.
They have every candy you could imagine and then some. I was completely overwhelmed. I left there with 50 pounds of candy, literally. I knew I overdid it, but I couldn't help it, that's who I am, I always have to take it to the next level. I had to make sure this candy bar made a huge splash.
We made a lollipop tree, I bought a Styrofoam cone at Michaels (craft store) and stuck the lollipops in there, it became the focal point of the table. We had spaghetti licorice, jelly beans, m&m's, gummi bears, gum balls, red licorice spirals, chocolate soccer balls and basketballs, sour patch kids & sour watermelons. I bought chinese take out boxes at container store, decorated the table with some confetti and Voila! Dylan's who?
PS- I'm for hire :)
