Cupcakes, Candy and Cookies - Oh My!!

No worries - I'm not devouring things like this as I write this.  Instead, I've been checking out ideas for our dessert table for the wedding.  I'm off work this week and while being lazy this morning, decided to peruse some ideas online.  Typically my not working leads to me spending money (I mean, who wouldn't want to shop when they don't have to work?) - however, I think this morning is resulting in me saving us some money for the wedding.  Crissy and I have planned all along to have various "mini" desserts at the wedding.  Let's face it - I'm indecisive and would prefer to have 2 bites of 3 different things than have one big piece of just one thing.  So, lots of options there will be!

We've talked about cupcakes - which I've decided today that I may just make myself.  One flavor will be carrot with cream cheese frosting.  Crissy and I have talked about little ways we can honor my mom and one of those ways will be carrot cupcakes.  I remember carrot cake and my request for birthday treats were often carrot cookies.  I might also have to enlist the help of my friend, Audrey, to make some fancy icing swirly things like this:

Audrey makes her own cupcakes - and they're pretty wonderful, with a variety of unique flavors to choose from.  We're looking to save money, so Crissy and I probably aren't likely to pay for someone else to make cupcakes when I could do it myself....but if you want to check out Audrey's cupcakes, you can order through Etsy (and she'll ship!).

I've also shared with Crissy that I think small tarts would be ideal, too - to add something "non-cake" to the assortment.  I, personally, LOVE lemon - so it seems only natural that we would offer a lemon tart with berries on top like this one:

I'm sure we'll also do things like gluten-free brownies for all of our celiac friends.  And, I perused the Jelly Belly website this morning to check out their flavors in greens, browns and a peacock color.  I'm pretty sure we're going to have to have some margarita, mojito and Dr. Pepper flavored jelly beans, too.  Plus, they just make tables look so pretty when they're in glass jars of various heights like this table:

Check out these other ideas I've found today, too:

Marshmallows dipped in chocolate and sprinkles

Oreos dipped in chocolate

Rock candy - that's just fun and kind of glittery :)

There's a good chance that we won't incorporate all of this....or if we do, all of these things will just be in small quantities.  But, oh the possibilities!!!