Sweet tooth!

I'm really excited about the candy buffet for my party as it's the first one I've ever done myself! I've been doing a lot of research online for ideas and what kind of candy to purchase. Unfortunately a lot of black candy consists of black licorice and if I dislike the flavor, I'm sure most of my guests will too.

I've already begun buying glass jars and other materials to decorate them. The first one I did features a glass jar I bought at Walmart ($4) and the jar isn't small, either. I also purchased black satin ribbon (12 feet) for less than $2 also at Walmart.

As for the Hershey's kisses... I took advantage of the fact that Valentine's Day is around the corner. It's a great opportunity to buy a bunch of red candy! At Target they were selling the jumbo bags of Hershey's kisses for $2.50 a bag (they were regularly priced at $6 per bag). I ended up buying 5 bags total. The Valentine mixed consisted of silver, red and pink kisses. I took out the red and silver and kept them separate from the pink ones. I ended up using the pink ones for the class goody bags my 2 children will be giving out on Valentine's Day. So it all worked out!

As for the apple, I created it on photoshop. I created it as a vector image so that it can be easily edited. I created white and black borders around the apple to give it some dimension. I also used the official 'Twilight' font (it's free!) for the name of the candy in the jar.

I also thought writing "Hershey's Kisses" would be boring, so I replaced it with "Vampire Kisses". Very fun! I can't wait until I present the entire buffet here.