Aaron's 1st birthday

A couple months back, a dear coworker of mine was planning her son's 1st birthday party. In Korean culture, the first birthday (dohl) is a big celebration in a child's life. Historically, dohl celebrated a milestone for children during a time when many kids did not live to their first year.

For this big celebration, I helped out in decorating the party with the them of winter ONEderland in mind. Unfortunately, we didn't realize how mild this winter would have been.

Glued white wooden sparkly letters from Michaels onto dowels to create a unique cupcake topper spelling the birthday boy's name!

Blue frosted chocolate cupcakes with handpiped chocolate snowflake courtesy of PaulineBakes!

Vanilla cupcake with frosting coated with sprinkles. The cupcake topper with more sparkly snowflakes  to add to the theme.

Mini vanilla cupcakes with blue frosting and a pearl accent by PaulineBakes

Our doljabi/welcome table. Six cups representing different items were placed for a raffle guessing which item Aaron would pick. The wish tree was a DIY project made by spray painting branches in white and hanging ornaments and snowflake photo frames on them. These were also centerpieces for the table

Snowflake personalized gift bags with dduk (korean ricecake) for adults to take home. The frame holds the invitation for Aaron's birthday

Dessert table. Sparkled the snowflake I found hanging in the background myself. The ones I ordered were plain silver foil and the silver glitter spruced it up. The birthday bunting banner on the bottom reads Aaron's 1st birthday!

Snowflake fondant 2 tiered cake with a bunting banner on top. Amazing work!

I wish I had a better picture of the whole room but unfortunately people started coming in before I was finished decorating :P Nonetheless, all that work pulled together nicely and I am pleased with how everything turned out!