winter "one"derland part 5: the favors

i skipped the pinata and bag of candies and went with something much simpler for the kids who attended the party.

snowflake ornaments. purchased at hobby lobby for half price. of course. i printed out a little tag for each ornament that says "thank you SNOW much for coming!"

simple. cute. and the kids seemed to like them!

winter "one"derland part 4: the menu

well. the party has come and gone. i think it was a success. we even had snow.



wanting to stick with an all white theme for food, this is what i came up with:

- white cheddar popcorn

- roasted red pepper cheese dip with french bread
- marinated mozzarella cheese and snowflake shaped ritz
- homemade cinnamon tortilla chips with fruit salsa
- mitten shaped cookies

- snow flake shaped white fudge
- white chocolate dipped oreos

- white cake with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting


to drink a hot chocolate bar with two kinds of chocolate, marshmallows and peeps. for the kids these snowmen milks that i made using baby food jars.


as always i wish i would have taken more pictures, but with the busyness of the party, this was the best i could do. enjoy the pictures!


to sum it up if you are planning on doing a winter wonderland themed party two words: sugar. cheese.

winter "one"derland part 3: food tags

about a week to go until the big party. so excited. i mean, snow excited!

the menu is set. i think. originally i planned on a dessert bar but have since changed it to include some appetizers that are white {basically a lot that include cheese}.


so here is what i came up with for tags for the food. easy. cute. perfect for a woodsy winter theme. just a few items needed. corks. toothpicks. tape. cute winter themed names for your food. voila! winter "one"derland food tags!

serving platters

guess what i am gonna do for serving platters at a certain girl's winter one-derland themed birthday...


saw this on hostess with the mostess. we have logs waiting to be used for our fireplace that can first be used at the party.

winter "one"derland part 2: snowmen

oh. my. gravy.


bh&g today had an enormous amount of really cute food ideas for snowmen. perfect for a winter themed birthday party. i was so excited when i saw their email today. so excited. no. snow excited.


hopefully you like these ideas too. i plan to copy like... all of them.


i know the food at the party will primarily be sweets, but why not for my sweet little girl? i plan on filling some of my jars with white candy as part of my decor. but i loved these ideas too!





any ideas for glass bottles i can use for the snowmen? the ribbon and donut holes will be easy, but what about a kid friendly white drink that comes in a glass bottle?

winter "one"derland part 1: the idea

since december 21, 2008 i've been thinking about december 21, 2009.


why?


my beautiful daughter's first birthday. i know for many moms it is enough to put a cupcake in front of their child and sing them a quick "happy birthday". the kid will never know the difference so the gesture is more than adequate.


not for me.


i am a doer. that is how i love. i love to do things for people. even though isabel will never remember the effort i put into her first birthday party, i will. i want to love her with 110% of all my love. for me, that is doing something special for her - even when she will never remember it. to know that i showed her my love in my own way.


so. on december 21, 2008 when i held my beautiful baby girl for the first time, my mind started to conceive all of these ideas of things i could do for her to show her my love. one of those many ideas was the beautiful parties i was going to throw for her. the first being an important one. for her and for me. i knew i wanted to have a winter themed birthday party. my sister suggested a theme to me.


"winter one-derland".


perfect.


over the past 10 months i've been creating a file of ideas that i can use for her party. {well, that sounds like a lot of work, but really it is just copying and pasting pictures i like into word documents or saving webpages in my bookmarks when i come across a picture i like. not that much work. really.}


so slowly over the month of october i've been gathering a few supplies here and there. today the half price snowflake stamp to make the invitations. a few weeks ago it was some snowflake ornaments on sale at hobby lobby. before that some plates on clearance at target.


now over the next few weeks it will be making things for her party. invitations. snowflakes. decorations. finding recipes.


i know. how silly of me. how could i think that me covering my house with snowflakes could make her feel loved. somehow and someday i hope it does.