christmas winter wonderland party tables

oh i am sooo far behind in christmas posts 
but with good reason.

today i wanted to show you what i was up to the past week 
at a work christmas winter wonderland party that 
i was in charge of decorating.

i made a few buffet tables with some products from 
my fave party company oriental trading, 
the ultimate christmas headquarters for some really cool stuff!

ok so let's start.

here's the buffet table i created 
for all the pot luck dishes:

first lemme show you these 

beau-tee-ful snowflakes i used.

i just pinned 2 of them to the white cloth backdrop 

i got at the fabric store.

 these jumbo iridescent snowflake are about a foot tall and a foot wide and are super shiny!

look here

we weren't allowed to be hang anything at the party place we rented so i pinned this garland to the tablecloth like so:

i folded the front of this snowflake garland

to have a 3-d effect but if you were to hang it, you would get a full snowflake.

look here

so now lemme tell you this,

sometimes things come from heaven and 

smack you right in the eye.

such was the case when i was driving down my street one day and happened to see this at the end of my neighbor's driveway for the garbage man to pick up:

my heart skipped a beat and i did a double take! i couldn't believe it was exactly what 

i wanted without even knowing i needed it!

i spray painted it as you can see then 

added some glitter and pom pom trim.

my snow village fit on it perfectly! yippee!

i would've put the larger snow homes on the top shelf but didn't want to block the merry christmas sign.

regardless, it still worked to my delight,

even though my hubby now calls me a scrapper. lol

i was also able to winterize the counter for the coffee buffet with a simple snowflake runner.

it's not on a table but heck this snowflake runner still worked don'tcha think?

look here

next up is the set up for all the desserts:

no backdrop for this table but i think it still worked out,

with the help of some lovely light up decor.

i got 2 mini white light-up trees and had the large one from a previous party i had. these mini trees were a perfect size on each end of the table.

look here

and the light up glitter icicle fringe was a blinking border that really caught everyone's eye toward all the sweets displayed.

look here

both of these are battery powered so there was no worries about ugly cords showing.

next up is the winter log next to santa.

this merry christmas table top sign had faux metal letters, was lightweight and had a touch of faux snow on it. i added the poinsetta to match the rest of the decor.

look here

i think everything came together nicely for everyone's desserts they brought.

some of the treats i made were snowball cookies, m&m cookies, and mini hot cocoa mug cake pops.

i did make my cookies to match the decor too cuz that's what happens when one has christmas OCD like me. 

my friends call me an elf. lol

then last i also had these that i am gonna use on 

christmas day for my own family.

you have to squish the snowballs for the light to stay on and the mugs are HUGE and oh so fun! 

plush light up snowballs

look here

winter snowflake plastic mugs

look here

so there you have it!
now you know why i had to take a few days off from "elfing"!
but no worries cuz i am back again on a roll with 
the 10 or so days til the big day!
cuz i sure don't wanna disappoint buddy the elf!

HOOO WEEEEE!  
CHRISTMAS IS COMINGGGGGG!!!!!
HAPPY RUNNING AROUND GETTING THINGS DONE! hehe

for this review i was provided the party supplies free of charge by Oriental Trading Company. 

no other type of compensation was received for this review and i provided my own 100& honest opinion.