Snowflake Themed Birthday Party

Last weekend I had my DD's first birthday party.  I never knew how stressful and how much work went into throwing a party until I was putting together this one.  It definitely doesn't help that I am one of the biggest procrastinators.  But, it all came together nicely (thank goodness Whitney came over extra early to help me out) and DD had so much fun running around and seeing all the family and friends that came over to celebrate her special day. 

Since DD was born in winter I decided to throw a snowflake themed party in light pink and light blue with silver accents.  I ordered some printables from The TomKat Studio to help add a little extra umph to the party decorations.  So I got a Happy Birthday banner, some cupcake toppers, labels and some 4" round circles from them in their Snowflake Christmas party printables.  I just had them switch out the colors to what I was wanting.  It is an extra charge but, well worth it.  What is great about ordering from The TomKat Studio is that once you purchase your printables you have them in your inbox in 2 days and they are ready to print.

So here are some pics from the party.

Here is DD in front of her banner by The TomKat Studio. We just added some pink bows onto it and dangled some snowflakes at the end of the banner.

For the dessert table I had chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cake pops, chocolate covered oreos, and chocolate covered ritz crackers with peanut butter.  Yummy!! Desserts are one of my favorites so, I went a little overboard with them. Oh, and my DD had her own special little cake.

To make the chocolate covered oreos and chocolate covered ritz crackers with peanut butter I used Wilton's snowflake cookie candy mold. 

Vanilla Cake Pops.

Here is a close up of my cupcakes.  The cupcakes topper is from The TomKat Studio.

Here is DD's cake.  It turned out really good.  One of my hubby's co-workers made it for us.  I used the 4" round circle printable from TomKat and hot glued it to a popsicle stick.  Then I added a ribbon on to it.  I think it just adds the perfect finishing touch to the cake. 

We decorated DD's highchair with some snowflakes and the 4" party circles.

And finally here are the party favors.  I made homemade marshmallows and cut them out into snowflakes.  I then put the marshmallows with some hot cocoa and you have the perfect favor for a winter birthday party. 

Click here to learn how to make the marshmallows
http://biscuitsandburlap.blogspot.com/2011/12/homemade-marshmallows.html

One thing I did learn about throwing parties is less is definitely not more. You want more more more when it comes to decorations.  Whitney and I felt like we had so many decorations but, in the long run we could have used a ton more.  So next time I think we will be better prepared.

-L-