Candy Bouquet

My husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary on April 8th.  It was our 6th year and the tradition for 6 years is candy.  I was so excited when I found this out because my husband L.O.V.E.S. candy!!  I had seen some ideas on the infamous Pinterest for candy bouquets and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. 

Supplies:

4 boxes of Movie Theater candy (to make bouquet holder)

Candy (this could be anything, get creative!)

Wooden Skewers

Floral Foam Squares or Styrofoam

Hot Glue Gun and Glue

Tape

I apologize, I did not take a picture of each step, only the end result.

I used 2 floral foam squares (approx. 5" x 3") and stacked them on top of each other.  Then I took the boxed candy and hot glued one on each side of the foam squares.  (I did a double layer, but a single layer is perfectly fine.)  Then I taped candy to the wooden skewers (I broke some of the skewers to make them different lengths).  For the lifesavers, I simply poked each one on the skewer like a kabob.  I inserted the skewers into the foam squares until I was happy with the look.  Then I took the DumDum suckers and poked them into the foam squares to use as fillers.  After that, I had some lifesavers left and I just simply sprinkled them around the open areas to also use as fillers. 

This was so fun to make and my husband loved this!! 

In the anniversary card I gave Jad, I wrote a poem to go with the candy bouquet. 
Of course, this is personalized to things between my husband and I, but you could use this to for some ideas.
This is what it said:

You say that I'm your sweetest  heart.  So that makes you my Sweetart.  You have become my Lifesaver.  You keep my heart going TicTac.  You're no DumDum.  I love how big of a Smartie you are.  Anything I need or want, you make sure I get it.  Some people call that a Sugar Daddy.  I disagree, but if it were true we sure have cute Sugar Babies.  As we grow older, we'll continue to put each other's medicine Bottle Caps back on.  And I'll try my hardest to keep that Starburst in your eye.

JMD

The Sweetest Thing

My husband and I will celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary in April this year.  Of course, like any couple, we have had our ups and downs.  However, my husband, whom I will refer to as Jad is so sweet.  He spoils me.  He caters to me.  If I want or need something, he does whatever needs to be done to make sure I get it.  I am one lucky gal!  To make a point to telling you all of this, we found out this week that Jad had the early onset of Parkinson's Disease (PD).  He's only 37!!  We are very saddened by this diagnosis, but we know that God will not give us more than we can handle.  I told Jad that we will take one day at a time and that it won't all happen tomorrow.  Well, the other night I was sitting on the couch.  I went to get up to get something.  Jad was already up and told me to sit down and that he would get it.  I told him he didn't have to and that I would get it.  He came over to me, leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Let me take care of you while I can."  I just hugged him so tight!  That was the sweetest thing!!!  He likes doing things for me because he knows one day he might not be able to.

I started this blog not knowing which direction it would take.  It looks like to me, it is going to be about life and that is perfectly fine with me.

JMD