Samantha's Candyland Celebration

So now that you have seen all of the components of the party, lets put them all together shall we :) Here is Samantha's Candyland Celebration!!!

In the front yard as you walked up the drive on the left was The Gingerbread Tree

and Lollipop Lane

Here is the front door entry

A close up of her door sign hanging on the door

As you walked through the front door you got a glimpse of Gum Drop Pass

A close up of the signs I made to label everything

But Upon entry to your immediate left was

The whole buffet

The right side

the center with a sign that I made that says " Thank you for making my day so sweet, dont forget to take some treats"

and the left

After all the oohs and aahs at the buffet you then immediately ran into the face painting station. A HUGE thanks to Derrek's cousin Jennifer (who majored in Art and is an art teacher) for face painting all the kids.She did an awesome job!

My nephew Zachary getting his face painted

Mason getting in on the action. A big shout out to my friend Jenny for making Mason's ADORABLE shirt!! Thanks Jenny it was a huge hit!

The finished look

Even the birthday girl got in on the fun and had a tiara painted on her forehead. Here she is with her Ya-Ya.

Just past the Candy shop and to the left of the face painting station was the drink station

As you passed through Gum drop Pass you came upon the make your own gingerbread table

And behind that was her happy birthday banner. All of her presents got place underneath this area at the bottom of the fire place.

And to the right of Gum drop Pass was the Peppermint Forest Potty.Thats right even the potty got a festive make over for this party. heehee

To the left of Gum drop Pass was our food station. We had rainbow goldfish, pin wheels, Pb&j sandwiches cut in the shape of gingerbreads, a veggie platter and in the far right you can see the chocolate fountain with the fruit to dip in it. The fountain had a sign over it that said Chocolate Swamp Fountain but I dont have a picture of it running or of the sign :( It was really awesome though and worked great!! A big shout out to my sister Ronnie for making me all the adorable table runners!! Thanks sister!!

Just past the food are was the Dessert Table. This was the table I was second most proud of. Doesn't it look so pretty? We had the rainbow frosted cupcakes, Samantha's Smash cake, chocolate covered rice krispy balls, eclairs, cream puffs and white chocolate covered popcorn. DELISH!!! A big thanks to my friend Heather for the giant ice cream cones.

As you headed into the backyard there was King Kandy's Castle and a jumping house to the right of it. This part kills me b/c I have pictures that i took in the back yard BUT I completely forgot to get pictures of my adorable centerpieces and the large candies hanging :( This just makes me want to cry. We also had a beer cooler that had a sign on it that said Adult Liquid Candy on it. haha I crack myself up :)

Now its time for cake. We had to hold her arms down while we sang b/c she wanted to grab the candle. This is also a good shot of her high chair banner that i made her.

At first she wasn't quite sure what to think of it all. I absolutely adore this picture b/c she looks so happy.

She started out slow

and got a little taste

Then I cut a piece of it to make it easier for her

and the girl went to town

But wait I forgot to get a family picture. Hurry do it now in the middle of Samantha chowing down on cake.

As you can see once she figured out that it wasn't going to get taken away from her

She had the best time eating it. Child ate about 1/4 of it by herself before we did have to take it away from her. haha! My girl sure can eat :)

Mommy with the Birthday girl

Thank you to everyone who made my precious girls 1st birthday so wonderful and memorable. We were so glad to get to share it with so many of our family and friends!!!