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Thursday, December 05, 2013

Sugar Plum Fairy Party

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I must confess that during the holidays my inner child comes out. I LOVE them! You'll never hear me utter words like, "why are the decorations out so soon"? Do they need to start playing Christmas Carols so early? Nope, I'm the one with the twinkle in my eye, a smile on my face, and singing Christmas Carols to my hearts content. So strap on some gossamer wings and join the party.


This year I decided to just give into my inner child and have a Sugar Plum Fairy Party. It's my childhood fantasy, but Moms, Dads, Grandmas, Grandpas, and anyone else who wants to come is invited :) To Start this off in a magical way, I pinned 300 white twinkle (Fairy) lights to the back of my freshly laundered lace curtains. I can tell you that they're much brighter in person than in the photographs, but it really set the mood. Then I attached gossamer wings below an angelic banner (don't worry, we have extras ).
I started off by decorating a small live tree with white cotton candy, didn't you always want to pick cotton candy from a tree? I used battery led lights, because they won't heat up and melt the candy. I covered the soil with plastic wrap, to keep moisture and soil away from everything, then flew in several white doves to finish off the look. They got to take home any leftovers to fluff their nests. The white urn is from World Market.

Each guest gets their own jar of Fairy dust (artificial snow) complete with fairy wand and topped with a Flower from Hallmark. There's a pin attachment on the flowers to affix them to lapels, hats, or mittens. The glitter favor boxes are from Hobby Lobby.
This is Fairy Tea and pillows. You had to know that Fairies would drink hot chocolate for tea and rest their delicate little heads on marshmallows. I also set out white chocolate coconut fairy snowballs in Wilton's mini cupcake liners. The marshmallows are peppermint Peeps.
Willy Wonka has nothing on Sugar Plum Fairies, from left to right, pink gumballs, pastel candy canes filled with green and white gumballs, Green sixlets topped with snowflake lollipops. To dress up the lollipops I set the stick in a pink striped straw, tied it with pink satin ribbon and attached a ribbon flower. As the Dowager Countess Grantham say's, "nothing succeeds like excess". lol

Cupcakes, cookies and milk, oh my! Gingerbread cupcakes frosted with whipped cream frosting then sprinkled with silver edible glitter and topped with fairy wands. I'm not sure if I had more fun making them, looking at them, or eating them. My daughter makes the most heavenly Russian Tea Cookies and they taste even better washed down with Ice Cold Milk. I have straws with flags (to write your name on) so everyone knows which milk bottle is theirs.
I'm a firm believer that no cow should go unemployed during the holidays, so to keep Bessie busy, I offer you Peppermint Frappes, topped with whipped cream and crushed candy canes. I used Bluebell Peppermint Ice Cream, but there are several brands that offer this flavor during the holidays.
Need some fun ideas for your Sugar Plum Fairy party? Well you have to play Candy Land, I don't care how old you are, lol
How about printing Bingo cards from your computer and playing with some of your candy?
Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have in case I left anything out. 
Have a Merry, Magical, and Blessed Holiday Season
Shannon Imlay

12 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful! It brings back the little girl in me! Shannon, you are so very, very talented and gifted.

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    1. Thank you so much Debbie, I wish you and Baby Jack could come over and play <3

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  2. Shannon you are so creative and this is one of my favorites ! I love that you strayed from the predictable red and green of the holiday and put a fresh spin on it ! I just may strap on my gossamer wings and join you ! The Dowager Countess would be impressed...can you imagine her playing Candy Land ! ( giggle)

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  3. Thank you so much Angela, I love the scene when they play charades

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  4. You have such creative ideas! I LOVE ths soft colors and the lovely presentation of all the yummy sweets!

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    1. Thank you so much Debby, it was so much fun playing with all those treats :)

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  5. Oh my!!!!! So many beautiful ideas and images!! My favorite is the Peppermint Frappes ...... they look so delicious!!!! Great job!

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    1. Thank you so much Susan, my kids grabbed them so fast after the shoot. They were yummy ;)

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  6. You inner child is magical and sweet as are these wonderful creations!

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  8. Every detail is pure magic - it is everything that dreams are made of Bella...you have created the sweetest winter wonderland I have EVER seen ♡♥♡

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