Winter Onederland

I wanted to transform the venue into a true Winter Wonderland so we hung lots of glittery snowflakes and blanketed everything we could with faux snow. We also placed decorative trees all over to give it that holiday feel. Since it’s December, I felt a Cocoa Bar was mandatory (even though we live in California and it was 80 degrees:) I found the kraft paper cocoa cups at Lola Loves a Party on Etsy and wrapped them in pale pink ribbon as “sleeves” and finished them off with an adorable sticker made by my favorite designer, Where the Green Grass Grows Designs. The favor boxes were my budget-friendly detail…I found them in the dollar section of Target after Halloween for 70% off! They had black twine so I just replaced it with pink satin ribbon, added a sticker and the scalloped edges gave them such a delicate look. I always like to add some sort of whimsical element to the parties I style which in this case, were the “melted snowmen’, definitely my favorite detail:) Party and Home Design did a fantastic job on the banners and cupcake toppers. The dessert table is always my favorite part of the event to style and I especially enjoyed this one with the tiered shelf we used. As far as the decor, I found most everything at my tried and true trifecta of HomeGoods, Marshalls and TJMaxx. The feather trees, which I absolutely LOVE, were from a local party supply warehouse and eBay. Jenny Wenny Cakes did most of the desserts…the cupcakes were Banana Chocolate Chip with buttercream frosting, she made the beautiful themed sugar cookies with the most intricate snowflakes, raspberry macaroons and the adorable smash cake. The silver snowflake cake pops were made by Simply aMayzing Sweets and not only did they look cute but they were delicious (as usual)! The dessert table was finished off with handmade Madagascar Vanilla Marshmallows with pink glitter snowflakes by Sweet Whips, they were to die for! All of the party details were captured by Grace and Joy Photography. I had so much fun styling this party that I’m a little sad its over…”

• What People Ate

  Adults ate breakfast sandwiches, fruit and yogurt parfaits catered by Panera Kiddos enjoyed a pancake bar where they could top their own snowflake pancakes.

• What People Drank

  Poinsettias, mimosas, "Man-mosas" made with Spulpin and a splash of grapefruit juice, water and juice boxes.

• Desserts

  Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with buttercream frosting Raspberry Macaroons Snowflake Sugar Cookies Peppermint Bark Handmade Madagascar Vanilla Marshmallows

• Party Favors

  Boxes filled with winter-themed goodies- playdoh with winter cookie cutters, crayons, stickers and bubbles

• Activities / Games

  Snowball Toss Photo Booth Music for kiddos

• Jenny Wenny Cakes

  Cake designer

  I've worked with Jenny many times and she is extremely talented. She designs the most beautiful desserts and they are always delicious!

• Where the Green Grass Grows-Etsy

  Graphic Designer

  Andrea is very talented and always creates exactly what I am looking for. She has an amazing turnaround time and is extremely accommodating.

• Simply aMayzing Sweets

  Cake designer

  Maybelyn is aMazing!!! She can create the most intricate designs and does custom tags to match your party theme. She delivers for a minimal charge and she's the sweetest person to work with.

• Sweet Whips

  Other

  Sweet Whips made the delicious and beautiful marshmallows for the cocoa bar.