I'd seen something about using M&M's for effect, so I gave it whirl. There's certainly potential here. Just one from my first effort.
Having seen that (above), I got the "brilliant" idea that perhaps I could try to make a similar image using the products I sell in my day job for a different that typical presentation. It didn't occur to me initially that using something "bound'ish" is a lot easier than an object with clearly defined edges. I'mnot giving up, but it's gonna take a good bit more trial & error to get it the way I want it.