How-To

Candy Artifact Display

Martha Stewart Living, October 2010

Tempt your Halloween party guests with an array of candies masquerading as botanical or nautical artifacts. Fill large glass jars with sweets, and then mark each jar with a label that sounds convincing -- the meringues are "jellyfish skeletons" -- while being completely made up. Create your own cabinet by arranging the jars in wooden cubbies; we painted these a deep slate gray.

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FOR THE PROJECTS
Studio wood cubes, areohome.com

Burken jars, ikea.com

Berry candies, Bed Bath & Beyond, 800-462-3966.

Dark-chocolate-covered cherries, traderjoes.com

Rock-candy crystals, candywarehouse.com

FOR THE LOOK
Bronze snake, Diadema black porcelain urchin, and ceramic anemone, ruzzettiandgow.com

Natural magnetic dragonfly and natural magnetic spider, areohome.com