My new found hobby..

Taking pictures! I've enjoyed doing this for quite some time now but never really had the chance to buy a good camera. Anyhow, now that I have a digital camera along with me, i'll try to show you how I see things my way.=)

Take a peek at my new pHoto bLog!

Our Missy @ age 3+

While enjoying the party preps, also want to share to you some of Missy's developments that i'm proud of.

1. She's really becoming a good ate to her younger sister. Like for example pag nangungulit si CJ and I would try to scold her, ate Missy would always scold me instead and tell me not to get mad at her sister. lol! Every time this happens I need to explain to ate Missy why I'm getting mad at her sister.

2. She's multilingual. As in sa house English and mode of language niya pero when she's with her friend, who talks pure tagalog,nagtatagalog din siya. Sometimes when her friend is in our house naman and her friend talks in Tagalog, I would ask Missy to translate it in English. So far, so good:)

3. She is so creative. She loves drawing! Nakapag-draw nga ng mermaid swimming in the sea. Ang galing! Tapos she explains to me what's on her drawing.. Also, she would always try to make stuff around her into something else. Like the cookies, she'll make it into a flower. There was even this one time when she asked me to cook butterfly pancakes.

4. She so loves dancing! Naku eto ang sigurado kong namana niya sakin.lol^_^ Basta makarinig yan ng music from a movie or song from you tube, siguradong she'll dance like a ballerina. A lot of times when I see her do that, i feel guilty that we stopped going to her ballet lessons (malayo raw kasi yung place sabi ni hubby plus the business is keeping us busy over the weekend). But, we're planning to check out the dance studio in Market! Market! Sana lang maganda dun..

5. She knows how to play online games. I'm so proud that my turning 4-year old knows how to click and drag the mouse to play online games over the net. Sometimes almost 5 hours siya infront of the computer just playing games or watching interactive stories from disney.go.com and fisher-price.com/us/playtime

So far am happy about my Missy's mental, social, and skills development=) Pero we plan to put her to school by next year kaya I'm already checking out feedbacks of other parents from tge different progressive schools. Will blog about those schools that I find interesting on another post;)

Part 2: Missy and CJ's Rockstar Princess themed Birthday Party Preparation

I've been wanting to post update on our two girls Rockstar Princess themed birthday party since last week but just didn't have the time. So glad I've got some spare time today. So here it goes;)

Proud to say that we've already booked all of our suppliers. We've decide(actually kinulit ko si hubby) to start booking our suppliers as early as March just to make sure that we'll get those ones we really want. Am so glad ok naman sila lahat except for Prestige Towers. Na late kami ng konti kaya naunahan na ng slot.

Oh well, good thing they recommended OSMA Bldg. And another good thing kasi parang newly painted pa rin ang walls. as in parang pang debut ang feel kasi nice lighting fixtures din and it's at the 49th flr kaya so so ganda talga ng view from above.:) We've catered at this venue once and it was for a wedding.

Here's the final details of our party and list of suppliers:

1. Venue :49th flr. One San Miguel Ave.(OSMA) Bldg
San Miguel Ave. cor Shaw Blvd, Pasig City (Down payment settled)

- Again, would like to mention that i love this place! The only thing I don't like i guess are the big posts inside the venue. Anyway isa or two lang naman ata yun so isasara ko na lang ang eyes ko jan.

2. Date and Time : August 7, 2010 from 10:30am - 3:00PM. Hope our guests and suppliers all arrive on time.

3. Balloon decorator : c/o Jacque of PartyBoosters (Fully Paid)
- We got her star package which includes a pair of balloon pillars with star mylar balloons,
balloonderitas, and a balloon burst with 25 small balloons. All balloons will be in purple, fuschia pink, black, and silver. I am sooooooo excited to see the outcome!

4. Cake/Cupcakes/Dessert Station : c/o us;) of MyChocolateHeaven (Free syempre hehehe)
- the cupcake toppers for the cupcake favors are already ready=)hehehe.. They're in guitar, crown, and star shapes.
The cake which i will be baking will be guitar shaped in fuscia pink,purple, and black lining. I will also be baking assortment of brownies, cakes, mini cupcakes, and cookies for the dessert station. Might be including parfait here.. plus of course the chocolate fountain. Or siguro ihihiwalay ko na lang ng table ang chocolate fountain sa dessert station para hindi messy? What do you think?

5. Photograper : c/o Liza of Mediaworks (Down payment settled)
- This girl is so easy to deal with and answers my queries fast. I love her na. Hehehe.. Hope she give me her best shots sa party. And by the way, thanks in advance to Liza for the freebies!

6. Side Entertainment : Face Paint with Hair Salon c/o Liby of Arts n Faces (Down payment to be settled later or tomorrow)
- I think I first contacted Liby last March or Feb? But during those time, the promo i wanted was not valid for August. Thank God I waited coz they made another promo (a better one pa ata) which includes the face painter and hair salon that i'm really dreaming to see at the party!

7. Host : c/o Boogie of Boogie and Friends (BNF) (Down payment settled)
- Since we're also a party supplier, we do see bnf hosts at parties once in a while. We've seen Boogie host for i think 3 times already and he and his sidekick clown are really good at making the entire crowd laugh. I was amazed na affordable ang rates nila knowing that they've already been invited to some TV shows from ABS-CBN and QTV11. =)


BTW, last weekend we used the entire afternoon to shop for game prizes and loot bag treats at the ever reliable divisoria mall. Here's what we got:
- guitars, candy with guitars, mini laptop looking piano, jump rope, glow in the dark lollies, bubbles, gel pens, candy sprays, lots of painting/coloring stuff,beadwork stuff,race cars, and chopper toys.we also bought some crayola and barbie crayons from SM (need to add some more pa).

The loot bags are also ready! Also got these at divi mall for a cheapo price.
I first saw it at American Store in Market! Market! and they were selling it for 66 pesos per 2 pieces. But this one was pramis sobrang fraction of that price lang.=) We didn't find purple or black kaya blue na lang for the boys. There are goodies inside those bags already. I just need to add some edible goodies pa such as:
-long jellies, chocolate candies, mini cupcakes, lollipop, and a jack n jill goodie.(specific brand pa talga!hahaha). Oh.. i was by the way looking for a star shaped sun glasses at divi para sa lootbag but i didnt find one.. Sayang.. Where in the world can i find those kaya..

As for my girls costumes, right now here's what they got..
Tutus na DIY din ni mommy=) I bought the materials from divi and made these together with yaya. So happy it came out the way i imagined. We still need to buy our girls converse looking shoes, leggings, and rockstar shirts:D

And lastly, here's the final layout of the rest of my DIYs.. (ticket and thank you tags have already been printed!)

the invite

the map
the guest list


the thank you tag

the name tag

the welcome banner

I'm left with creating the layout for the backdrop and printing the rest of these layout. Cheers!=)