Method of Packaging Candy for Forming Gifts and Keepsakes

Abstract

A method allows candy to be sold in customized bottles to form gifts and keepsakes. The bottle and candy can be form a “pill” motif. Candy selected by the customer is placed in a bottle. The bottle appears like a pill bottle. The customer selects a label from a plurality of labels to reflect a given event, mood, or message. The message in the label can have a pill or medicine related theme. The overall product becomes a customized gift or keepsake by virtue of adding the customized label.

1 . A method of packaging candy for providing a user-customized gift or keepsake, which comprises:
 providing a bottle for holding candy;   providing a plurality of labels, each of the labels being associated with a different message, mood, or event;   selecting at least one of the labels based on the message, mood, or event; and   attaching the label to the bottle.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , which further comprises filling the bottle with candy by a customer. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the label includes a message, said message involving medicine. 
     
     
         4 . A system for producing keepsake bottles of candy, comprising:
 a container being configured to hold candy; and   a plurality of labels, each of said having a different respective sentiment expressed thereon, each of said labels having an adhesive disposed thereon, said adhesive being configured to attach a respective one of said plurality of labels to said container;   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , further comprising candy to be stored in said container. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein said labels do not describe the candy to be stored. 
     
     
         7 . A retail store for selling customer customized keepsakes, comprising:
 candy;   an empty bottle being configured to store said candy;   a plurality of labels, said labels not being connected to said empty bottle, each of said labels having a different respective sentiment expressed thereon, each of said labels having an adhesive disposed thereon, said adhesive being configured to attach a respective one of said plurality of labels to said container;   said candy, said empty bottle, and at least one of said labels being purchasable by a customer to be assembled into a keepsake.   
     
     
         8 . A keepsake customized by a customer of a candy store, said keepsake being made according to a method that comprises:
 selecting a bottle while at the candy store, said bottle being configured to hold candy;   selecting a label from a plurality of pre-printed labels, said label not being initially connected to said bottle, each of said labels having a different respective sentiment expressed thereon, each of said labels having an adhesive disposed thereon, said adhesive being configured to attach a respective one of said plurality of labels to said container;   adhering said label to said bottle; and   disposing said candy into said bottle.   
     
     
         9 . The keepsake according to  claim 8 , wherein said label does not describe said candy being disposed in said bottle.