Happy 12th Birthday!

Well, my little girl is now 12 and has officially reached babysitting age….I can hardly believe it! The birthday celebrations are behind us, but I thought I would share some photos to show you how the theme all came together for the party. Click on the links below to visit the original post for each of the theme elements:

• Snowflake birthday invitations
• Tissue Flowers (Pom-Pom Snowflake tutorial)
• White Chocolate Snowflakes
• Oreo Cookie Chocolate Cake
• Shabby Chic Cupcake Wrappers
• Loot Bags and Snowman Soup
• Homemade Snowflake themed birthday card with poem
• 3D Snowflake tutorial
• Snowflake Prints (for banner, gift tags and loot bags)

Here is the finished invitation.

and pulling until all the layers are pulled apart and you have a nice full pom pom.

These oversized paper flowers were made out of white tissue to create a snowflake…ish look.

We added a few white balloons to our fig tree to look like snowballs.

Completed 3D snowflake.

3D snowflakes

I picked up this twig snowflake garland in the after Christmas clearance. I got it for $6 regular $60 and it became the inspiration for the whole theme.

The snowflakes on the banner were printed with old paper towel tubes.

Finished snowflakes with a few clear sugar sprinkles and a silver candy ball in the center of each.

Snowflake Cupcakes

Finished cake pops. I used white chocolate and white sprinkles.

I tried to wrap her gifts in paper that tied into our colour theme.

Decide on your focal point. In this case, I wanted the message to be the highlight of the card.

Homemade loot bags.

Hot chocolate, mini marshmallows, Lindor chocolates and little cellophane bags. These were included in the loot bags.

I did end up making cake pops and I have to say I was quite surprised how easy they were to make. I have heard lots of people say how much work they are. To be honest, I found them much easier than many of the cakes, cupcakes and cookies I have decorated. Watch for the upcoming post on how to make Cake Pops.

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