JUNE 24, 2011
Wedding Planner
Cool wedding beans
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ourmet jelly beans in bridal colors and exotic fl avors are making
appearances at the most posh weddings. Mindy Weiss, wedding planner for Hollywood’s biggest stars, used 10 flavors of Jelly Belly beans to create a Candy Shoppe at the wedding of Trista and Ryan of “The Bachelorette.” Their reception featured every flavor of pink Jelly Belly beans. Guests were invited to scoop their own selection of flavors from a gorgeous reception table filled with huge bowls of pink grapefruit, cotton candy, raspberry and strawberry daiquiri jellybeans. The hot citrus colors of the tropics are the fashion colors of the bridal world this season. And the jelly beans from the California company that sent the candy to President Ronald Reagan come in a full palette of each color. The versatile sweets add a new twist to the traditional wedding bonbonnieres. Savvy brides are filling satin bags with bright jewel-like jelly beans. Bridal showers offer another place to make a sweet, yet personal statement. According to jelly bean maker Jelly Belly Candy Company, many brides and moms are
Jelly beans can be a colorful way to add fun to wedding favors. scooping up the company’s new mint trio flavors. The company has received so many enquiries from brides that a new area of its website, www.jellybelly.com, offers ideas for wedding planning. A clever Candy Calculator even helps brides figure out how much they’ll need based on the number of guests, the type of candy and the size of the wedding favors. – Courtesy of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
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