Roth Event, Salt Creek, California

Elite Produtions International certainly lived up to their "elite" reputation pulling off day after day, night after night of jaw dropping events for Roth Financial earlier this month. It was our pleasure to be called upon to work with an incredible TEAM of event planners, florists, caterers, lighting, staging... entertainers.... including the one and only, Billy Idol on the final night!!! On Monday, the tent was swathed in orange draping, crystal curtains, and hip orange and white lounge furniture. The tent was filled top to bottom with go-go dancers, pillars of goldfish swimming, crystal curtains sparking, gorgeous floral arrangements... and more food than you could consume in an evening... from In-n-Out burger trucks, (two of them!), BBQ's with smoking Newport Rib Company's mouthwatering ribs, chicken and links... Dippin Dots, to of course, Candee by Sandee's candy spread! OC's Social Distortion blew the roof off the tent... well "figuratively", at least! GREAT working with http://www.eliteproductionsintl.com/, Lilli & Pawntra! Also a shout out to Kim Turcotte, Katie Doyle, Kerry Coryell-VanderLinde and Erin Taylor!

On Sunday, March 7, 2010, the San Diego Film Festival hosted San Diego's only Official Academy Award Oscar Party at the magnificent W Hotel. The estimated 400 guests sprawled out over the entire first floor and catwalk above the living room. I think a few brave souls even hung out at the "Beach" amidst light rain. Candee by Sandee was excited and flattered to be asked to host the "Eye Candy" bar and share our wide variety of sweets with all the SDFF partiers! We met some wonderful new friends, amongst them, the girls from Solana Beach's Cupcake Love cupcakes. SOOO Yummy! 'Key lime' was the hot ticket for me! After the candy and cupcake SUGAR RUSH, I'm sure the guests (especially the guy that came back about a dozen times to the candy table) might have found themselves in their own private 'Hurt Locker'! Special thanks to SDFF committee members, Natalie Acklin, Jennifer Petrini and Kari Tweedale for putting this exciting and fun night together, thanks also to the W Hotel's Andrea Ebbing for the warm hospitality, and event photographer Diana Delzio for the awesome pictures! Great appreciation, as always, to Angel, Veronica and Danielle of Fusion Linens for the beautiful candy table linens, too!

Meeting Planners International- Orange County

MPI-OC at the Discovery Science Center

The Orange County chapter of Meeting Planners International gathered together on March 3, 2010 at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California where they were able to channel their "inner child"! The carnival themed event featured a fire-dancer and entertainer, the Fry Girl mini donut stand, scrumptious appetizers such as sliders and mini corndogs and of course, Candee by Sandee! We featured not one... but TWO candy stations for everyone to enjoy. Old fashioned candy like Sugar Daddy suckers, Bit-O-Honey, Necco Wafers, Rootbeer barrels, and YES... (if you can believe it) Candy Cigarettes... well to be completley PC... they're called "candy sticks" now! And no we would not have pulled these out at a kid's party! But since we were all adults here... why not? A stroll down memory lane for "most" of us!

For the first time ever, we "rolled out" the Candee by Sandee Candee Cart! This station displayed "carnival" themed treats... kettle corn, gummy hot dogs, swirly pops, marshmallow "ice cream" cones, rock candy and Nik-L-Nip wax bottles! Fun, fun, fun!

I think everyone walked away feeling like a nine year old again! Good times!

Special thanks to Natalie Good of Colettes Catering, Robb Thornsberry of Infinity Events and Anne Curry of the Discovery Science Center. Great working with you!

Legally Blonde, the Musical... Cast Party

ok, I slipped into the black hole again! I noticed I never posted pictures from the Legally Blonde, the Musical Cast Party! Stephanie Jernigan of the Orange County Performing Arts Center put on another great shindig back in August. On opening night, OCPAC patrons and supporters were invited into Elle Woods' "closet" backstage after the show to meet cast members and party all night. Pictured here is the adorable and talented Becky Gulsvig, who plays Elle Woods, helping herself to the Candee By Sandee candy station! This table featured candy necklaces, ring pops, candy watches, candy lipsticks... and lots of pink yummy-ness!!! It was a (pink) dream!