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We got to thinking the other day how awesome our lollipops are. I mean, no kidding, right? Awesome enough that we want to pay you for your designs!
Image courtesy of Kyle Lamere - Instagram
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Kyle used Vintage Confections lollipops at his art gallery opening - he did not sell or receive commissions for the sales of lollipops. The image above depicts his art encapsulated in sugar as gifts with purchase of his beautiful artwork.
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June 18 marked the 7th birthday of my 4th son, Jack. (His "real" name is John...since my husband says we don't give kids nicknames. How Jack is a nickname for John - both 4 letters - is beyond me but he wins...I digress).
We hired a local reptile show Dave DiNaso's Traveling World of Reptiles which was worth every penny. After the show, kids made an edible reptile terrarium. Here's how we did it. First, a picture of the birthday boy Jack giving an alligator a hug:
MAKE YOUR OWN REPTILE TERRARIUM - EDIBLE!!!
What you need:
.33 oz. terriarium/fish tank (local pet store)
5 Oreo cookies (aka dirt)
1/2 C edible chocolate rocks
Qty. 1 super long gummy snake
Qty. 1 green rock candy (branch for the snake to wind his long body around)
Qty. 1 Tootsie Roll (aka log for frog to perch on)
Qty. 1 gummy poison dart frog
We assembled these into kits for each kid.
Each component was in its own snack bag making it easy to remove all of the bags
keeping the edibles from getting mixed up.
Easy instructions: have kids remove all of the components from their kit.
Crush the Oreos inside the baggie - empty onto terriarium floor
Empty edible chocolate rocks on top of crushed Oreos (dirt)
Wrap the gummy snake around his branch and insert the base of the rock candy into the corner.
Unwrap the Tootsie Roll "log" and place it in the terrarium
Prop the frog up on his log
The whole project took about 30 minutes from start to finish. The kids enjoyed eating some of the candy while making their terrariums but we love the relevant "favor" for each kid that kept them involved in the theme of our party. We also gave each kid one of these edible image lollipops featuring snake skins!
Happy Birthday 7th birthday Jack!!!
We have been so proud and honored over the years to have been featured in blogs, newspapers, television and international events such as London Fashion Week. Today was a big day for us being featured in our home town of Chicago and by our very own Chicago Tribune. Particularly Bluesky Innovation recognizing our innovative abilities and talents as successful entrepreneurs. We have a lot of surprises this year for our fans and followers. Meanwhile, we are #rockinit with the Chicago Tribune's Bluesky Innovation team. Thanks to everyone who keeps in touch with us and to our friends, family and staff who stick by us every single step of the way. We would be nothing without any one of you.
To our amazing staff - You guys #rockit every single day and night. We are so grateful for every single one of you and look forward to many years of { sweet } creativity. You never complain (at least not to our faces!!) and you come to work every day to have fun. We love that there is laughter in our kitchen and music playing in the background. We believe in each and every one of you and are so glad you enjoy coming to work no matter how demanding it can be.
Candy makes people smile. No one better than your own employees to whistle and sing while they work. Thanks again to the Chicago Tribune for this article. It meant the world to us to have our local paper out to learn about our business.
"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams..."
-Willy Wonka (Originally Arthur O'Shaugnessey)
