Here is a post from the vault… aka from a few crazy, cloudy months at the beginning of last year . It is too cute not to share with you guys!
….cue dream sequence music….
My little La La {short for Lauren} just turned three and we celebrated by throwing her a Winter Wonderland party! With all of the winter weather we have had this past month {very strange for South Carolina} and her love of all things snowmen, it was the perfect theme for her big shindig.
Couldn’t you just eat her up? She is full of grins and giggles and loves a good party! I love her pose… such a little lady!!!
The decorations for the party were my favorite part! I snagged several three dimensional snowflakes in aqua and red in the post-Christmas clearance section at Target and scattered them all around the house. They were hanging from chandeliers, from door knobs, the mailbox, the mantle, and as part of the dessert display area. La La loved that they were so bright and shiny. Oh to have the wonder of a toddler again!
I had seen the most adorable snowman balls that Amy at the Idea Room had made for Christmas and wanted to incorporate them into the party decor. I saw that she had placed some in an apothecary jar and made two of my own to go on both ends of my mantle.
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The food for the party was kept super simple. For munchies I served snowman noses with snow sauce (carrots and ranch dressing), a chocolate chip snowball with vanilla wafers, key lime cooler cookies, and cheese pizza. Of course, a party just isn’t a party for La La without cupcakes. Her favorite is also Mommy’s favorite, devil’s food with buttercream icing, topped with the cutest toppers from the TomKat Studio. I love all of her stuff and think she may be one of the most creative talents in blogland. I was thrilled that she had something in one of her collections to fit the occasion.
The party activities included a marshmallow snowman craft, snowman bowling with yarn-wrapped snow guys for the pins, and a snow ball toss.
We finished up the party by reading “Snow Wonder We’re Friends” and goodie bags, of course! The boys took home stocking caps and the girls took home red crocheted ear warmers. Both were wrapped in a simple bag with a felt flower pin.
Get ready for La La’s next big day coming up in a few weeks! Her choice of theme… Minnie Mouse! See you then!
*Trish
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Trish Flake
Owner at Uncommon Designs
Hey y'all! I am Trish and the creative voice behind Uncommon Designs. I adore party planning, holiday celebrations, and all things crafty! I am so excited to share my creative adventures with you!
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Wow, you put so much thought into that birthday party! Well, it was for a very adorable little girl. ~ Maureen
love the colors! so pretty!
I was wondering if you would want to be a guest one Blissful and Domestic. I do a Getting to Know You post each Sunday. Where you get to introduce your cute blog to all my readers. Interested?
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These all look great 🙂
So fun! You always do such a great job on your parties! I am very impressed by all the adorable details!
She is adorable – and her party looked awesome.
adorable party!
How adorable! Love the snowman bowling.
Such a sweet party idea. I just bet that Lala loved it!!
What a fun party theme! I especially love the bowling… so cute!
Love the winter party theme!
This is a beautiful party!! I love the color combination that you used.
Have a great weekend,
Liberty
What a wonderful party1 My 5 year old daughter is sitting here drooling over the pictures too. I’ve pinned this for her next b-day party- thanks for the inspiration!
Such great b-day decor. Snowman bowling, so cute!
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Love the color scheme!
So sweet! Love the color combo.
i have some of those target snowflakes and LOVE them. gotta love anything that velcros and stores that easily. 🙂
and my name is lauren and my nieces call me lala. 🙂 i like her style! xo
What a great project! Won’t you consider sharing it with my readers at sassafrassalvation.blogspot.com/2012/01/architectural-salvage-jewelry.html. Thanks! Happy New Year!
Kathy
She is adorable!! What a fun party idea.
This is such a cute party! Love the colors! 🙂
Love the blue and red together! Not your typical ‘little girl’ party colors, but so cute!
Very cute! She’s one lucky girl;)
LOVE this!! Hope you can link it up at my turquoise lovin’ party going on right now!
Your little La La is gorgeous.You really put a lot of thought in to this party, and how beautifully it turned out shows it was so worth it. Really love the snowman bowling no less Thanks for sharing your treasures at Sunday’s Best!
What a beautiful winter wounderland party – I love red and blue – It is so pretty! I am stopping by from TT&J –
Amanda
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WOW!! You know I love red and aqua, and this is incredible!! I think I love the snowman bowling the most. This would go perfectly with my “W is for Winter” mommy school! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Oh my gosh, I love this color scheme so much. Especially for winter, as it’s something I would normally reserve for 4th of July season, but it works so GREAT here. LOVE! Well done!
(Visiting from It’s Overflowing)
what a fun idea. i love it!
I love the colors you chose. They are so cute. What a cute idea. Thanks for sharing. I would love it if you could link this to our linky party going on right now.
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Oh what a sweet party! I love the winter theme and the fresh colors! Thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful party! I lovw the use of the bright red against the blue. It really adds a great pop of color and beauty!
Your little one is uber cute too! I miss when mine were that little. They were so easy to make smile and cuddle. Now my boys are too big to snuggle with me. So sad.
Thanks so much for sharing your party at Shindig Saturday! Can’t wait to see many more amazing projects from you. You have a wonderful talent and I’m thrilled to be a reader!
I love themed parties and this one is awesome! And can I just have the turquoise wall behind the cupcakes?!
I love the “snowman noses with snow sauce”…What a creative party! Thanks for linking up!
XO, Aimee
What an adorable party! I love the cute colors too 🙂
What a fun party! I wish I could have gone and experienced all the fun first hand! 😉
Oh my goodness, I love it! Your colors are fantastic and pictures are stunning! I’m going to pin this to remember for school parties for next year too! Thank you so much for sharing at my party!
Oh, I LOVE those snow balls from the Idea Room! Thanks for putting this post together!!
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Sarah @ Dotted Line Crafts
So cute! I love the snowman bowling game! I’m hosting a winter theme link party today and would love it if you linked up!
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-Melissa
Such a cute little party! Love the color scheme!
This is such a cute party idea. Both of my kid’s birthdays are in November. Right in the middle of our hot summer. I might have to make a special mid year one just to try some of these ideas. Just wanted to thank you for linking up on my Thriving on Thursdays linky party last week. It’s on again tomorrow (Thursday Australian time) and we’d love to see what you’ve been up to.
Anne @ Domesblissity xx
What a fantastic party! You did such a great job! Thanks so much for sharing at Taking A Timeout Thursday!
Thanks you so much for linking up to Bird’s Party!
XOXO
Bird
Thanks so much for linking up to my Manic Monday link party…it was a huge success! Make sure you check back tomorrow when I feature the top 3 posts. I’ll be hosting another Manic Monday linky party this week- the theme is LOVE. :)www.serendipityandspice.blogspot.com
Would you mind sharing what you used to make the bowling game? I’m doing the same theme for my baby’s birthday and would love to have the game :). Thanks!!!
What did you use to make the snowmen for snowman bowling? Thank you.
Hi Mary Beth!
I used a foam bowling set and wrapped them with yarn and added the accessories. It was such a fun little game and the kids loved it!
Take care,
Trish