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Ribbon stakes lined the pathway to the house.

A silver wreath with a tiny purple fairy bearing a birthday wish greeted guests at the door.

I made tulle garlands and decorated their family tree with snowflake ornaments and ribbons.

One of the giant quilled snowflakes I made for the party.

I made gingerbread houses for each child to decorate as an activity.

The party was held at dinnertime, so we had an Italian fe... [read more]

I made an apron with a Swarovski rhinestone snowflake for each girl.

Royal icing, ready to decorate.

Beverage station.

The kids LOVED having little plastic goblets, and the nam... [read more]

Simple branch-and-gumdrop centerpieces.

Large-scale quilled snowflakes I hung from the ceiling.

The flower hair clips I made for each girl.

I made little Fritz swords for the two boys--a HUGE hit with them.

Homemade Christmas crackers filled with Swarovski necklac... [read more]

The dessert table! I tried to make it look like what the... [read more]

I used leftover hardwood flooring to create the dance floor.

A photographer's backdrop (Craigslist score) made the per... [read more]

Stage lights, of course! Made from repurposed booklights from the dollar store.

What Land of Sweets is complete without a Gingerbread hou... [read more]

The birthday girl requested cupcakes. A chance to try my hand at making custom cupcake wrappers!

Rosettes have always reminded me of snowflakes, and taste like funnel cake. Yum!

The mouse king and his soldiers.

Authentic Sugar Plums, of course!

Kaitlyn's older sister gave Sugar Plum Fairy makeovers when the girls arrived.

Snowflake wands for our fairy ballerinas. Tutus, too!

Decorating gingerbread houses.

Enough sugar yet?

I love the look of satisfied pride on her face! She worked so diligently on this house!

The birthday girl requested limbo. I wrapped an extensio... [read more]

This little girl is actually in this year's Nutcracker ballet, and gave us an impromptu performance!

The birthday girl requested a pin-the-tail game, so I mad... [read more]

I made a custom blindfold so everything would match.

I love the look on their faces when they see where they've placed the crown!