The 21st century provides a unique opportunity to break the rules. Traditionally, at weddings, it was customary for the bride to choose a bouquet of roses. Subsequently, it became possible to use other colors and in the end we came to the conclusion that a girl can choose a bouquet of ribbons and even sweets as a wedding accessory. Why not, especially if the young lady has a terrible sweet tooth.
Wedding bouquets made from sweets are so good that from afar it is quite difficult to determine what is actually in the bride’s hands. This accessory promises a girl a sweet and happy family life.
In addition, a bouquet of sweets can be part of a gift from guests. On the one hand, this is very original. On the other hand, it is useful. Well, what married couple would refuse to sweeten their lives?
Sweet baskets
There are different types of candy bouquets, but wedding bouquets are different from the rest. In its appearance, it is similar to the usual floral arrangement of flowers for the bride, since, in addition to sweets, it also contains additional elements. These can be live plants or artificial buds made from fabrics, corrugated paper and other materials. A bouquet of sweets for a wedding is placed in a bouquet holder and decorated with beads, rhinestones and ribbons, so the similarity with the classic composition only intensifies.
This solution is suitable for young brides, as it will emphasize their lightness, femininity and some naivety. Since candies can be of any color, every girl will be able to choose an option that suits her palette. A candy bouquet is suitable for those brides who are allergic to fresh flowers, or those who could not find suitable buds in the desired shade, for example, blue, brown or green.
Interesting! Be sure to consider other options for unusual bouquets. One of the striking examples is a composition of soft toys.
Corrugated roses with candies
Another masterpiece caught my eye; if in the previous version they took a foil ball as a basis and made a flower out of it, then this one will be almost the same, only the ball together will be a round piece of candy. And the buds will not be as open.
Get to work, and these pictures will help you. Nothing difficult, do everything by analogy with previous works. Well, if something is not clear, then I described this master class in more detail here.
Matching style
The bride's image must be tailored to the chosen wedding style, this also applies to accessories for the dress. A bouquet of sweets will not suit every theme of the celebration, so you should not choose it just because it is an unusual option. First you need to think about whether such a composition will be combined with the general surroundings of the wedding.
A bouquet of sweets - wedding baskets with sweets - is an option for those celebration styles that are associated with childhood, fairy tales or magic. Using suitable sweet elements, you can create a composition that matches the chosen theme. For example, chocolate medals are suitable for a sports style wedding, and cockerels on a stick are suitable for a Russian folk wedding.
A candy bridal bouquet requires the same careful selection as a regular one. All elements should match not only the style of the wedding, but also the color scheme. The composition should be combined with other design details: bouquets on tables, fabrics, balloons. It is ideal for a winter wedding, when fresh flowers can wither, but in the summer it is worth choosing another option, since melted candies are not the best component of the bride’s image.
Important! A candy bouquet is not suitable for styles such as boho, glamor, Hollywood, Chanel and similar elegant themes.
Bridesmaid
Do not include more than 2 types of sweets in your bouquet. Remember that each candy has its own bright wrapper. As a result, you may end up with an overly bright and tasteless bouquet. Nadezhda Gritsenko
A sweet bouquet is suitable for girls with a romantic and gentle image, but severity, elegance and chic in this case are not the best tandem.
The composition of candies will be combined with a dress with a straight or tight cut, as well as an A-line silhouette. Ballroom models with a full skirt and crinoline in this case will not fit into the image. If the dress has colored inserts, embroidery or a pattern, then it is advisable to add candies in wrappers of the same color to the bouquet.
It is better to do your hair with curls. They can be loose or arranged in a simple, even slightly careless composition. It is better not to use a veil at all or choose a shortened version, or you can replace it with a tiara, a hairpin or a flower woven into the hair of the same shade as the bouquet.
Makeup is suitable in a nude style, that is, as close as possible to natural tones. If desired, you can make an accent on your lips that matches the shade of the candy wrappers in the bouquet. The manicure is suitable either bright with thematic patterns, or plain or classic French.
How to make it yourself
If the bride decides to create a bouquet of sweets for her wedding with her own hands, she will need to stock up not only on the sweets themselves, but also on additional decorations to make the composition look like the real thing. Depending on the image of the bride and the overall style of the wedding, the following elements may be needed:
- colored paper;
- corrugated paper;
- ribbons;
- lace;
- translucent fabrics;
- beads;
- rhinestones;
- decorative greenery;
- gift paper for wrapping.
The main elements of the bouquet will be the candies themselves. They can be one or more types - both chocolate and caramel are suitable. Particularly popular is a wedding bouquet of Raffaello sweets, decorated with your own hands. In addition to this, you can use lollipops, chewing gum, for example, Love is, which is suitable for the wedding style of the same name.
The candies are glued to thin wooden sticks with tape wrapped around the base in several layers. Cooking skewers work well for this. To secure improvised flowers in one position, you will need a boutonniere or a small pot filled with floral foam. You can make wedding bouquets made of sweets, photos of which are presented in our article, with your own hands.
The simplest option is a candy bouquet of “tulips”. To create them you will need to do the following.
- Squares are cut out of thick translucent fabric or paper to the size of the desired buds, then rolled into a bag, the edges of which are fastened with double-sided tape.
- The selected candies are secured to the sticks with tape.
- Each bag is placed on the candy so that its sharp tip is on top.
- The ends of the bag are carefully secured under the candy.
- The stick is wrapped with green ribbon made of the same material as the buds.
- Another tape of dense material is attached to the base, which is twisted into a spiral in the form of a sheet directed upward.
If you wish, you can make a bouquet not of tulips, but of roses. This will require a little more time and materials, but if done correctly the result will be spectacular. To make your own wedding candy bouquet, you will need everything listed below.
- Cut out individual petals from corrugated paper: some a little smaller, others a little larger.
- Tape a round wrapped candy to a long wooden stick with tape.
- Using double-sided tape, glue the paper under the candy - this will be the basis for attaching the petals.
- Glue the petals under the candy in a circle, starting with small ones and ending with large ones, forming the necessary bends.
Candies in a bouquet can be presented not only in the form of flowers; it is enough to simply pack them in a beautiful wrapper. For example, you can wrap each sweet with a piece of tulle and tie it with a thin satin ribbon.
DIY candy bouquet for beginners
Any person will like such a surprise, especially girls or women. You can even just come to visit with such beauty. And the one for whom such a thing was intended will only be happy. I suggest that at the very beginning we disassemble the craft in the form of a bouquet of flowers in its simplest form.
As is probably tradition, most of us love to give roses, but I want to suggest that you first learn how to make snowdrops. They look very cute and gentle, and if suddenly you don’t know what to please your loved ones, then here’s an idea for you. It will fit perfectly if it’s spring and you really want warmth and the first flowers. It will also be a nice gift for Teacher’s or Educator’s Day, as well as for September 1st.
Moreover, you can take absolutely any box of chocolates, or a bag of sweets, etc., and put your creation on top. In general, look below and you will understand everything yourself.
We will need:
- chocolate candies, preferably nuts (almonds or hazelnuts) in chocolate
- a box of any chocolates, such as Raffaello or cookies
- Floral crepe paper: green, light green and white
- green tape
- flexible wire
- threads
- scotch
- scissors
- yardstick
- hot glue gun
1. In order to build 5 flowers, you will need strips: from white crepe paper 5 strips, width - 2 cm, length - 50 cm, from light green - 5 rectangles 5cmx4cm, from green - 2 strips 50 cm long, and width - 2 cm.
2. Now load the gun with the rod and wait until it is ready for use. Glue each candy, or rather the tip of the candy wrapper, onto the wire, as shown in the picture below.
Advice! If you don’t have a glue gun, you can glue the candy wrapper onto double-sided tape, but do not touch the candy.
3. From the rectangles that you made in the amount of 5 pieces, carefully frame them with your hands and make a wavy edge. Squeeze a little, as if you were making an accordion.
4. Now you need to make a deepening.
5. The flower leaves will be white, so take the white strips and get started. Using a ruler, divide into three segments, that is, at a distance of 16.5 cm. Cut. Now twist each resulting strip in this way, as shown in the photo, around its axis by 360 degrees.
6. After rolling, fold each piece in half to form a petal. Make a small indentation.
7. Thus we have come to the final stage of work. Take the wire with the candy and hide it in light green crepe paper. To prevent the paper from falling off, secure it with threads. Then apply white petals and also tie with thread.
8. The result should be something like this. Everything worked out? Well done! Move on.
9. Here’s a top view to make it more clear to you what we’re talking about.
10. Carefully trim all excess with scissors at 45 degrees.
11. Now we decorate the wire and add leaves. To do this, divide the green strips (you have two of them) into four pieces each. As a result, there will be 8 blanks. Trim each piece so that it reminds you of a leaf. Take a look below and see how the job needs to be done. After that, also bend the leaves a little, then you will see why.
12. Now, to hide all the threads and wire, wrap the sepal and stem with adhesive tape.
13. A little lower after the sepals, take a previously prepared green leaf and fix it. There's another one a little lower.
14. Well, this is the amazing result that will await you at the exit. You can decorate with beads and tie a bow. Place the bouquet on the box, dripping it in one place with a glue gun so that the flowers do not fall, and give it to the one you love so much.
Or you can design it differently, add more toys and put such a miracle in a vase or basket.
If you are going on a romantic date or wedding. Then it will be possible to make a more expensive and rich bouquet.
We will need:
- Ferrero Rocher candies or other round shaped candies
- mesh fabric or other light and airy fabric, such as organza
The entire manufacturing process is outlined below in pictures.
Stages:
Additional Tips
It is important not only to create wedding bouquets from sweets, photos of which will decorate your holiday album, but also to think in advance what to do with it after the wedding. Throwing it to the bridesmaids or separating it into individual candies and giving it to guests are not the best options.
To help girls understand which of them will marry next, you can use a double bouquet, and it is advisable to save the sweet composition. You can eat it with your husband at home after the celebration.
If crepe paper is used to create “flowers,” it can be shaped into the desired shape by straightening it with your fingers or twisting the petal onto a pencil. To organize an interesting composition, you can use thick wire rather than wooden sticks as a stem. For figured bouquets of candies, a piece of foam plastic is suitable as a base.
The bride can start creating accessories for her look on her own, in which case she will not only save money, but also emphasize her advantages, imagination and creative abilities. A candy bouquet will be an excellent substitute for a real one: it looks original, does not require complex care, does not smell and does not burden the image.
Elena Piterova
Master of Cool Weddings
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No holiday is complete without sweets and gifts. We propose combining these components into one composition for a wedding, in the making of which sweets are used. Such a gift will be unique, inimitable, composed in accordance with your taste, color and stylistic preferences. Candy compositions for a wedding can be made in different ways: in the form of baskets, bouquets, ships, hearts and other shapes symbolizing this celebration.
Basket of sweets with flowers
A basket of sweets with flowers is an excellent option as a wedding accessory or a gift from dear guests. Such an attribute will attract many glances during the celebration and will be very memorable, and after the holiday it will give the bride and groom the most delicious memories. An unusual candy gift will always be appreciated and will cause a lot of positivity, especially if the newlyweds have a sweet tooth.
Composition of sweets in the shape of a heart
A heart-shaped composition made for a wedding using sweets is a very unusual gift. It consists of beautifully arranged sweets, decorated with all kinds of materials. When composing such a composition, they adhere to the principles of aesthetics and style of the celebration for which it is intended. By changing design options, basic components, color combinations, you can get a lot of heart-shaped gift options.
Wedding engagement rings made from candy
With the help of sweets, you can create compositions of any shape, for example, in the form of wedding rings, which will highlight the theme of the celebration. Such a sweet idea originated in the West and very quickly took root among us. Wedding engagement rings made using candy are very original. When creating them, artificial and fresh flowers, ribbons, rhinestones, feathers, and other decorative elements are used.
Wedding ship made of candy
An excellent wedding composition made with the help of candies in the shape of a ship is a symbolic beautiful gift. It is suitable for newlyweds who decided to style their celebration in a nautical theme. In addition, the ship is a metaphor that means the wish for easy sailing together on the waves of life. This composition can have different sizes and color combinations.
Composition of sweets “Swans”
An excellent wedding gift is a pair of delicate swans made with sweet candies. Such a surprise will delight the newlyweds for a long time with its appearance, and then give a very tasty pleasure. In most cases, white Raffaello sweets decorated with small feathers are used for swans. The composition can be supplemented with fresh or artificial flowers.
