DIY Inspired Dessert Bar by Chic Sweets
This next feature is really special for a couple of reasons. For one, it was inspired by my amazingly talented sister-in-law’s DIY templates that we debuted about a year ago. Laura Larson is the designer of the brand Two Yellow Shoes and crafts ready-to-print templates for your wedding day paper goods…along with the cutest details a bride could ever want. Well, Natalie Clamp, the owner of the yummy Chic Sweets, took Laura’s templates to an entirely new level with this awesome, budget friendly dessert bar (buffet). It’s so easy to replicate and just might be the one thing that inspires your entire wedding day style! Click here to see even more goodness.
click here to see the full photoshoot!
From Natalie at Chic Sweets … Last year, I had the pleasure of seeing a beautiful, yellow and navy wedding, featured on Style Me Pretty. The wedding happened to be that of Abby’s sister in law, Laura Larson. Abby posted some great DIY templates, created by Laura herself and so I decided to create a dessert bar centered on the yellow wildflower motif that was used throughout and of course, using the printable templates. During the dessert-table design phase, I decided to collaborate with a few other fantastic collaborators (including my source of inspiration, Laura of Two Yellow Shoes). Somehow, one thing led to another and before I knew it, we had a full-fledged, fantastic team assembled and a photoshoot set to take place in breathtaking Anna Maria Island, near Sarasota.
A few of the details…
Dessert Bar / Table: We had the concept and color scheme pinned down (light blue and yellow); however, since now the shoot was taking place at the beach, we knew it had to reflect this we-just-put-this-together, but still looks amazing table. We also wanted to stay in this budget-friendly area so we worked with desserts that were accessible but still looked great on the table. Oversize chocolate chip cookies, white chocolate-dipped oreos; powdered donuts. Since we love to collaborate with fabulous dessert vendors, we also asked Better Bit of Butter to create gorgeous fondant-covered cookies with a dozen, yellow and blue flowers on them.
And since you cannot have cookies without milk we set up a bucket of various sizes of milk bottles and shot glasses. *Budget-Friendly Tip: a few of those bottles, are actually Starbucks bottles, with the labels taken off and the bottle cap spray painted. The larger bottles were another budget-friendly option, purchased at IKEA. The shot glasses we had on the table were topped off with blue-striped paper straws and a cute little, “I-do” wildflower motif tag, courtesy of Laura’s ETSY shop, Two Yellow Shoes.
We also took some plain, vanilla cupcakes and spruced them up with these amazing fondant toppers, created by another ETSY love of mine, Two Sugar Babies, again, reflective of this wildflower motif that was used throughout. And finally, in order to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth, gum balls, gummi bears and chocolate-covered sunflower seeds were added to the mix.
Dessert Bar / Table Backdrop: And though we had the gorgeous Beach House Restaurant as our venue, I love to work with ribbons as a great (and affordable) source for décor, so we did a ribbon wall, working off various shades of yellow and blue. When we got there, we had this lovely wind running through so the ribbons kept on blowing back and forth and it could not be more perfect.
Tablescape: The table, created by MMD Events was done in shades of sunshine yellow and corn flower blue, held a large distressed ivory urn holding a mass of hybrid white delphinium as its focal point. A custom runner played up the color scheme which was further accented with antique glass bottles, stacks of vintage plates and milk glass containers filled with crespedia.
Model: This is our favorite part! MMD Event’s lovely intern, Vanessa played our model in a $5.00, that is right, a $5.00 dress found at a local, vintage store. There was extra, yellow table runner available, so that was wrapped around her dress and put into a fun bow. And finally, some adorable felt flowers were pinned to the runner with some crespedia balls.
Photography: Limelight Photography / Dessert Table Concept and Design: Chic Sweets / Tablescape Concept and Design, Model: MMD Events/ Printed goods, Signage and Custom Blooming Pillows: Two Yellow Shoes / Linens: Linens by the Sea / Venue: The Beachhouse Restaurant / Fondant cupcake toppers: Two Sugar Babies / Vintage Labels: Paper Eclectiques / Cookies: Better Bit of Butter & Gum Drop Cookie Shop / Candy and all other Desserts: Chic Sweets /
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so pretty!!!!
So cute! I love that curvy cake stand.
Lovely, but disappointing that it's not a real wedding. I really feel like these staged shoots are cheating.
Hey Anne...nothing quite compares to a real wedding, I totally agree.
With that said, staged shoots are PERFECT for ideas and getting steal-worthy inspirations...from color palettes, to detail ideas, there are so many fun little tidbits tucked inside. Plus, they are the perfect chance for the artists to have even more fun and do something super creative that they have total creative freedom over. Hope that makes sense!
Love!! I used Laura from twoyellowhoes for my 6/18/10 wedding and she has FABULOUS templates! Ironically I discovered her from Stylemepretty last summer!!
The templates are not available...there's a 404 error. I sooo wanted to see them!
Try www.twoyellowshoes.etsy.com and see if there is still an error :)
Hey guys...is it not working for anyone else? I checked the links on our end and they are working. Kate, what browser are you using? xo, Abby
I'm so excited to see this feature today Natalie! Your dessert bar is gorgeous, and I LOVE all of the details.
My wife and I were transported by the entire backdrop, beautiful designs, and inspired 'sweet' favors displayed at Natalie's dessert and candy bar. Your templates are wonderful, but your inspiration and artistic design difficult to replicate. Congratulations.
Love this color combo. So fresh and bright!
Ugh those Kikkerland straws are soooooo cute. I see them all the time with dessert tables, and every time I try to order them they're sold out! I guess everybody else has the same sentiments about them!
So excited to see our Chic Sweets' dessert table. A terrific team of vendors (including Abby's terrific sister-in-law) pulled this wonderful shoot together...but yes, all came down to being inspired by the DIY templates posted on SMP. Thanks for all the lovely comments!
Thank you Abby for featuring this photo shoot! We are so excited we were able to capture the vision that Chic Sweets and MMD team that brought this idea to life. We at Limelight Photography are honored to be included on the Style Me Pretty blog!
Awesome!!!
This is a wonderful photo shoot. Really beautiful colors and ideas!
Congratulations! "Chicsweets" and the team did a great job!
This is so beautiful! I love the streamer backdrop.
@Sabrina - the cake stands are by Martha Stewart for Macy's. I have the curvy one! : )
Love the ribbon backdrop. . . An I'm trying to find a way to include it in my wedding. . .
Maybe a desert table like this one is the answer!!
Love that tip on the starbuck bottles by the way :)
More sweet, delicious inspiration! I completely agree with what Abby said...while it may not be a real wedding, it is fabulous inspiration and just plain fun to look at...it's giving me ideas for a variety of occasions, including a new apt. housewarming party i'm planning...thanks for sharing : )
I LOVE the color scheme here!
old fashion things are my favorite. love the style of the old chair in the first picture..and the pillow is pretty cute as well..
I help run a http://www.woodrowhall.com/ " rel="nofollow"> wedding event facility and am seeing more people going big on the dessert table and smaller on the very expensive wedding cake. Saves a bundle and satisfies more tastes. In the SE US, we have a tradition of a "grooms" cake. Typically a sports team theme or something similar. My one son went one further and had a "cookies and milk" table where the aunts and friends each baked a different variety of cookies. They were gone before the bridal cake was even cut!
Wow! The colors really pop!
I love it! What a great idea! I'm not a big fan of cake, it's so filling. This sweet bar is what i'm going to have in mind as I continue planning!!
Thank you for sharing that with us! We think all of the pictures are beautiful and are full of great ideas!
precious. you take inside and it will be the same with light blue lights hanging from the ceiling.
I saw the cutest favor boxes from Box and Wrap that would've been perfect for this. They look like "Tiffany" boxes. http://www.boxandwrap.com/candyboxes.html
I'm completely in love with the felt flower sashes!