Candy Buffets

So it's the start of wedding season and Candy Buffets are in full swing again this year. Well who doesn't want a deliciously eye appealing display of candy on a table for everyone to eat!? It's a great way to add more colour and fun to any party and for weddings it's a great way to (kill 2 birds with stone) and have it dual as part of your dessert and guest favors. What we have been getting lots of interest for are Candy Buffets for Dry Grads. I love it!  We have one booked so far and I hope we get to do more. Along with our Candy Buffet's we are renting our 6 flavour Pucker Powder machine where kids can make there own flavoured sugar tubes, Yum ! We brought it with us when we had our Pop Up shop at Holt Renfew this past Valentines. Which I still need to post about. We also rent out our cotton candy machine which is always a big hit at parties. The smell alone makes you smile :-)

I love Easter. Everything about it is so cute, fun and colourful.  I can't wait for this Easter as Peyton will be way more into searching for her eggs and other yummy treats. We have some new candies in this year like these NEW Peeps Crispy Rice treats. They are basically a rice crispy treat that's been blended with their marshmallow to give it that sweetness known from their Peeps marshmallows. They even have little bits of sprinkled candies in the treat to make it more festive. I wonder if you were to try making your own rice crispy treats and substitute the plain Jane marshmallows for Peeps if it were to taste the same. I will have to put that on my baking list t try one of these days. Another Peeps candy we have in are the chocolate covered peeps! So delicious.

We also have in the store for those Easter egg hunts, Baby Bottle Pops Easter edition, Easter Ring Pops, Rock candy tubes, Edible Candy Grass, Cotton Candy, Hello Kitty Chocolate surprise eggs, Dots, Flower Twinkle Pops, Mini Robin Egg Whoppers and the list goes on and on.

So come on over to our store and stock up on the fun and different Easter treats for your kids this year. They will be bouncing like Bunnies with excitement.

Easter Treats !

Piggy Paint has arrived !

Say good-bye to harsh, smelly chemicals and hello to

Piggy Paint . . . it’s as Natural as Mud®!

I just love this nail polish. I bought one for my daughter last year and since then we've received some other brands as a gifts and they cannot compare to Piggy Paint. The fact that they don't smell makes me not want to use any other polish on my nails too. We just received our shipment for Frankies and I can tell you that all of the colours are just too cute for Spring time. I will have to snag a few before they sell out. We also got in their Piggy Paint Pen which I am looking forward to using on my daughters nails. Where was this product when I was a kid? This really is an amazing product even if your kids are old enough and don't stick there fingers in there mouths. They even have a line for furry friends! Now how cool is that.

Caramel Goodness

Today I had the delight in trying the famed Frans chocolate Grey Salt Caramels and boy was I tempted to eat just more than one. I was pleasently surprised that the pieces were small so in this box you got 7 little bites of yummy goodness. What makes Frans special not only for there use of natural and organic ingredients but the line is also loved by President Barack Obama. I know that helped us sell a few of the boxes for Valentines gifts. Another yummy treat from Frans that we try and carry is their Gold Bite,s a combo of creamy caramel and roasted almonds covered in rich dark chocolate. Yum !

Sweet Success

Valentines (day) is now over and wow what a crazy last few week we've had. Our Pop Up shop turned out to be a huge success with next to nothing left to bring back to our shop. We are so grateful for the opportunity we had at Holt Renfrew and we look forward to doing it again soon. One of our customers who visited us came back to the store and said we should do it for Easter! So we need to think and re group and see if this is something that could be done. I think hands down I would do it again for Christmas. Being back at the store now coming from such a small set up for 2 weeks, WOW we need to order some more candy and fill this place up! So were looking into Easter and seeing what can be brought in along with now we need to work on our Easter display ideas. I love Easter and all the cute little bunny and little lamb characters and of course the super cute candy that goes along with Spring time. I'll post some more photos of our Pop Up shop soon.
Bye for now.
Have A Sweet Day!

Were Popping Up!

This Valentines Day not only can you check out our shop in Kerrisdale but you can come see us at our Holt Renfrew Pop Up Shop ! We opened for business there Feb.3 and will stay until Valentines Day Feb.14. This is an opportunity to not only sell more product but to get our name out there with a whole new clientele. Were hopeing this weekand will be super busy with gift giving to all the sweethearts and BFF's. What's been popular is class gifts, our twinkle heart pops are already sold out but the next best Valentine for kids to give to there friends are the conversation boxes. A fun thing we brought to the Pop Up Shop also is our mini Pucker Powder machine. A sweet way to say Pucker Up ! to a loved one. All you do is fill a tube with your desired flavoured sugar then close and we can ribbon it for you.
So if you haven't already got your sweets for your sweet then head on over to Holt Renfrew in downtown Vancouver or our Kerrisdale store and stock up on some yummy treats.
XO

Coming Soon!

New website is coming very soon! I am so excited as it's going to be amazingly wicked and yummy! ( if a website can be yummy?!) Well this one will be so it doesn't really matter. Everything is going to POP and make you want to grab the candy right from the screen! Wouldn't that be cool though to grab stuff out of the screen ! Like Willy Wonka's teleport through TV ! Yum. Were also going to be selling candy online with our new shopping cart we are adding. This means a lot more work for me to do :-( But I am ready cause I know it will be great and really bring Frankies to a "whole nother level". Frankies is going to take over! I only wish but hey you never know.

Summer Love

It's well into Summer but it sure doesn't feel like it. The only thing I feel is the hotness inside in store which def. helps the gummies stay soft! So that's a plus. Summer at Frankies has been a busy one as we have done more candy buffets than last year and several Birthday parties also. It's always fun to put candy buffets together as each one is unique depending on the special event. We just did one for Samsung/Rogers where we had to have all red, white and black candy with a little bit of music inspired candies. Next coming up is a vintage inspired candy buffet with candies in the pale muted tones. I just need to figure out how to combine lace into the mix with what we already have to use. So pretty! I can't wait to see the end result. In the Birthday department we just booked another one for August but now need to come up with some fun new candy games. So I am on the search for some ideas. Maybe a game using the marshmallow shooters? We will have to play around and see what we can come up with that six years can do.

Well I need to get back to eating candy, have a sweet day!

Sunny Days

Sunshine lollipops and rainbows and gummy bears too! Can you imagine what it would be like if the weather produced candy. Now wouldn't that be delicious! A cross between two movies I've seen Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Bedtime Stories. I would definitely ask for a sandwich right about now, so hungry and I'm trying not to eat candy to fill my hunger pains. The only thing that is working right now are some elmo crackers I had in my purse. I knew there was a reason why I always stuffed my bag with stuff even when my daughter isn't with me. Thanks Peyton but I'm eating all your treats!

Spring a New Beginning

I'm not sure if it's the fact that we've been open a total of 6 years (including our years in Dundarave) or just the fact that people actually admitting to themselves that they love candy and just have to have it or should I say have to have "Frankies"candy! But this past month(s) have been so amazingly good for us that I can't wait to see what the next few months have in store for us. Last week in particular was super busy with a huge order from Google which entitled me to make 8 super fun candy ball center pieces! Then a Around The World themed candy buffet for Reportex, and a massive candy buffet for a wedding consisting of 450 guests! Oh and Sunday morning we hosted yet another Birthday Party that went over really well with the 9 year old girls. I don't think I would have been 100% (or close to that) if it wasn't for my daughter sleeping through the night all last week, it felt so good to not wake up at 1:00am. Back to our Birthday parties, kids have been spreading the word about them and now everyone wants one! Well who wouldn't want there Birthday party in a candy store that is closed just for them, candy crafts, candy games and of course eating a tonne of candy! We just booked our first all boy party so that will be interesting as we will need to tweak a few games so there's not a focus on danging :-) Maybe our worms and dirt will be a hit with them.

Popcorn!

Nothing beats fresh popcorn. I wish I had my own portable popper at home as I'm sorry (Orville Redenbacker) but you can't beat this taste even with your new bowl bag. Now I just have to stock up on some Kernels seasoning mixes then I am set for any party. Speaking of party now I can use the machine for all of our Birthday parties that we have host at the store. It's perfect! Cotton candy and fresh popcorn, they're going to love it!

Pucker Up!

Pucker up with something sour at Frankies Candy Bar. Finally something sour enough to make me sweat. We've carried them for awhile but I've never tried them, Pop Rocks extreme mini tubes. I would have never tried them but my sister and I were trying to come up with fun candy rims for drinks so we tried the pop rocks then just ate the rest. My sister's tongue was def. torn up a bit after! ouch but she's ok now :-) What makes them sour is this super sour powder at the bottem, like if Impact Confections made warheads as a powder this is what it would taste like. The next sour thing that made me sweat was the new Sour Punch Straws for easter. There called "Strikin Strawberry" ( not sure on the name and why they spelled it like that). They are the a bubblegum pink sour straw covered in sugar and you get a whole lot of them in the one pack. I took them on our hike yesterday and I couldn't stop eating them! I had to eat some spits to get the taste out of my mouth or else I would have eat like 24 straws all by myself. That has happened before though with the Haribo spaghetti sour straws! DELICIOUS!!
So if you are looking for a gift for a sour lover then either one of these you can't go wrong with.

In the groove.

When your in the groove of something keep on going as when you stop for a second you might get distracted or just get out of the groove. I've always been creative and loved crafting but since having a baby my brain litteraly has shut off and trying to get creative and make things has been really hard. Recently we were thinking of our future and what we want to achieve and it made me realize that I need to start focusing more and just try. What harm can trying do? Well the other day I took Peyton to the book store and bought some new books. She loves book and I love reading to her. Well I bought this one book in particular because I wanted it to inspire Peyton when she is a little older. It's called " Dream Big" starring Olivia. It has several quotes from famous people and it just made me want to be creative. So yesterday I took out some canvases and my scrapbook supplies and went to town on these 2 canvas's. The plan is to sell them at our store then possibly show them to other retail gift boutiques to sell. I'm not entirely in the groove but I am happy to have made something that I can say wow I am talented how come I stopped?

The joys of organization!

Another Holiday down, well actually not a Holiday as we don't get it off so let's say Celebration? Ok well whatever it is today I had the task of taking it all down and storeing it away until next year. It's always hard to put together a window display when you have another Celebration only a few months away, Easter. So for now the window is just our normal everyday window until I can come up with something that pops! for Birthdays or something. Easter will be a fun display but I am trying to still figure out what we can blow up and have in the window. Our Dundarave store was a lot smaller and had a nook for the display so we could display fun figurines and such but with this store and all the kids that love to touch everything and anything it is hard to put stuff in the window without it getting damaged. I also had the joys of organizing our back room! So much fun as I can't stand mess and things out of there place when there is plenty of room on the shelves. So a few hours later and I'm pretty much done just have a few bins that need to be stored.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to all the lovebirds in the world and all those who haven't found that special someone in their lives. Even though this day is marked so that your significant other showers you with love why not make every day filled with love! At home we let Peyton know how much we love her to pieces and to eachother before work in the morning. Don't get me wrong there are days we don't say it and don't kiss hello once home for work. It feels weird not to like were some old married couple. In the paper today there was an article on a couple who've been together for 65+ years and there motto was "don't try and change eachother". That definitely is the key as why are you together in the first place right? Love eachother for who you are.

My sister gave me the most amazing roses I have ever seen! Can you tell by my picture? I don't usually care for roses as they always die on me so I was a little hesitant when I saw how many there were, 4 dozen! She said they are fare trade and that one dozen regular roses would have cost the same. I still don't believe it and next time I go to Whole Foods I'll be sure to check to see if they have them instock. The colour pink they are is breathtaking and I love how they fill our room with love. So thank you sister I love you.

Change all around

Not only is our website getting a 2011 update but our blog will be forever changing as well. Thank you LeeLou blog for your beautiful design template. I may just keep it until Easter. I am still on the hunt though for an everyday candy wonderland/paris-y themed template so if anyone has some ideas please pass them along.

Mi Amore

Valentines Day is just around the corner and what better way to let your sweetie know you love them by giving them something SWEET from Frankies! We have put together some really cute candy grams that everyone will love. A few weeks ago I got back in the groove of crafting and made some cute heart tags to attach to our packaging. It definitely makes a difference having a decorative tag on anything, it completes the look and that is something we want show off. Now I'm addicted to Michaels Craft Store so I had to go and stock up on a few more punches and stamps. I wish they had a better selection of stamps as I'm not used to the new silicon type ones but I bought a Martha Stewart starter pack to test them out. I couldn't find a heart punch that I liked and that was big enough so luckily on one of my cricut cartridges there is a heart so then I can cut out what ever size I want. I think now with every good bag we make up were going to add a tag but maybe not for the boys as they don't appreciate things like that like girls. Or maybe I can make a robot cut out or something to attach? I'll have to brainstorm and make some samples up. I'd love to make up some wrap tags to go around chocolate bars so that the every day chocolate bar can be seasonalized. I guess I have something else to add to the list.

The time is here.

Only 2 more days will we close the doors on our West Van location. It always amazes me how fast time goes but this year has flown by just like that already. I need to buy more rubber maid containers to pack all the candy up then hopefully sell a few more pieces of furniture so we don't have to store it in our locker. I am definitely sad to leave west van since I've been here for 4.5 years but time to move on to better things for Frankies. I am really looking forward to being able to create new things with packaging and contacting cooperate business to potentially book candy buffets and all that stuff. Next weekand my sister and I are heading to LA to do some research for Valentines and see if we can find new and yummy candies to bring into the store. I am really looking forward to this trip a much needed break from all this crazy moving business.

2 more sleeps!

Only 2 more sleeps till Christmas. Are you ready? cause I am not. I don't really know why this always happens to me as I know Christmas is coming and the fact that the day doesn't change I should be prepared after all these years. I just figured out last night what to get for my sister who is incredibly hard to buy for. I can't really say what I am getting as she might read this :-) Let's just say I don't know why I didn't think of it like over a week ago. Now all I have to do is go buy some vegan peanut butter to make peanut butter balls for my brother and then I am done, I think? Oh well, at least Superstore is open 24 hours now! I can head on over there once my daughter is asleep and husband is watching hockey.