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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.