I and my hubby enjoyed decorating this cupcake tower for baby keisha's wonderland themed 1st birthday party last saturday. Now our wooden tower looks more elegant=)

Mommy Joanna ordered for a chocolate fountain setup (Gold Package) and 50 pcs themed cupcake in a tower. The flavor she initially wanted was Vanilla, but since she ordered for 50pcs, I asked her if she wanted half of her order to be chocolate flavored. I was all smiles when the guests were already eating their cupcakes esp the grandpas who weren't contented with just some bite. Normally I would see cupcake or icing leftovers at party tables.

But for the cupcakes I baked, you'd see guests eating everything. One grandma even approached me just to say that the chocolate fountain tasted great and that guests said the cupcakes were yummy.

Here's the chocolate fountain silver package for her guests.

Thanks for getting and trusting our service Ms. Joanna. Until our next event;)


Cheers!

Party Menu from Baby Nathan's Kitchen and MyChocolateHeaven

Just to add excitement to our special guests, i'm sharing below foods that will be served for Missy and CJ's birthday party.


From Baby Nathan's Kitchen Catering, we ordered the following menu for the adults:
1.Steamed Rice
2. choice of Pork: Porkloin Tips with Oyster Sauce
3. choice of Chicken: Lemon Chicken
4. choice of Pasta/Noodles: Baked Macaroni
5. choice of Vegetables: Vegetable Tempura
6. DESSERT Leche Flan
7. One round of Iced Tea

For the kids and yayas we ordered the following :
1. Chicken
2. Spaghetti
3. Tetra juice


From MyChocolateHeaven, i'm adding the following items for dessert:

1. Black Forest Mini Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting
2. Moist Lemon Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
3. Carrot Walnut Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
4. Cheesecake Brownies
5. Creme de Menthe Brownies
6. Dark Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
7. Purple Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
8. Pink Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
9. And the following dippers :
- Marshmallows,
- Chocolate Wafer Sticks
- Rosquillos
- Pretzels
- Melon
- Apple

For the cupcake souvenirs, cupcake flavors would be the following:
1. Peanut Butter Cupcake with Chocolate Cream Icing
2. Banana Chocolate Cupcake with Purple Whipped Cream Frosting
3. Moist Chocolate Cupcake with Pink Whipped Cream Frosting

Their cake would be a guitar and star shaped Moist Chocolate Cake.=)

And we're also bringing in chips and nuts as pica-pica and additional iced tea beverage for everyone!

Some additional notes:
2 kinds of food stubs will be distributed to the guests upon registration. Stub in pink Food Stub message will be given to kids ages 3 to 12 years old and yayas. And stub in purple Food Stub message are for guests ages 13 and up. Note that the dessert bar does not need any stub and will be open to everyone at anytime during the party. And lootbags will be given to all kids regardless of their age:)

Missy and CJ's Baby Gift Registry

So glad that our girls are now registered at Rustan's and Toy Kingdom! Thanks to GT about this idea. Initially I thought gift registries are only for soon-to-be-wed couples, baptisms/dedications, and first birthdays. Well, I was wrong about that:)

For those who were able to get the invite with the discount cards from Rustan's and Toy Kingdom, you may buy gifts from any of their outlets even outside Metro Manila.

The difference:
1. At Rustan's - Guests may choose what they want to buy

2. At Toy Kingdom - We picked our wish list so guests can easily identify what the kids want as present


We know Missy and Cj will be very happy to get of any of those items but of course any gift would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance to our guests:)

For our online invited guests, here's what you'll see on their wish list at Toy Kingdom:

UPC	Product Description	Retail Price
2068380532335	WINFUN 8030 POWER LAPT	999.75
2068380462168	TOMY MEGASKETCHER 65	849.75
2068380236103	WINFUN 11288 MEGA TOUC	1549.75
2068101456858	DISNEY CHARC-BHM DISN	549.75
2068380439870	TARA ROLLING ART DESK	799.75
2068380230903	BARBIE BARBIE HAIR BEA	499.75
2068380439900	TARA SIT N47 PLAY ACTIV	999.75
2068380518537	UNEEDA UNEEDA DOLL TWI	1499.75
2068320290509	PLAYGO-GAMES & HOBBI	1079.75
2068101487708	WD DISNEY PLUSH	649.75
2068320289282	PLAYGO-EDUC TOYS TEA	1499.75
2068380500587	STYLUS SPRAY ART STATI	799.75
2068380548930	BEADOS DISNEY PRINCESS	749.75
2068320290424	PLAYGO-GAMES & HOBBI	849.75
2068380439863	TARA REFLECT N47 DRAW P	799.75
2068380411968	POOH MY FUN CAMERA 9	249.75
2068810148932	DISNEY IMC	449.75
2068101579144	LONDON (DISNEY PRINCES	900
2068380596559	DORA DORA BRASS BAND S	399.75
2068320339789	BOOKS-LIF STATIONERY	299.75

One thing I like about this is that guests can easily pick what gift they can bring at the party. And of course they'll be able to buy that item at a discounted cost because of the discount coupon these stores provide.:)


Cheers!

Disney Princess Themed Mini Cake Castle for Chloe=)

I almost forgot to share this cake I made the other week.

Mommy Tina requested me to bake a disney princess themed two-layer mini cake and mini cupcakes for her cute daughter's 1st birthday party. The party was held at the second floor of Mcdo c5 libis, pasig city.

It was fun conceptualizing this cake because its my first time to bake a cake with this theme and my first time to make a castle-like cake fit for our birthday princess.

If you're interested to bake your own castle cake, all you need are the following:
- One 4x3 mini cake
- One 6x3 mini cake
- royal icing
- edible beads
- ice cream cones
- and your decorating materials (spatula, turn table, icing tips, gel icing colors in pink, green, purple, & lemon, and pastry bags)

Befor you begin decorating, make sure you have baked your cake the night before and have kept it safe on your freezer. Also, you may want to put colors on your icing ahead of time so that all you need to do on the day is decorate=)

First step: Put your cake together using a dowel rod and cover with icing

Then pipe green icing to create big leaves at the bottom portion of the cake and vines with small leaves surrounding the 2-layer mini cake.

Then add edible beads to make it look more "princessy"! Is there such a term?

Then add the ice cream cones.. and cover it with whatever icing color you like. I think it will also look cute even without the icing=)

And here's my finished product with some more icing, a flag, and the celebrant's name..

Here's how the setup looks like at the party venue..

They also got our Chocolate Fountain Gold Package..

Cheers!=)

Part 3: Missy and CJ's Rockstar Princess themed Birthday Party

The final backdrop layout. I so love it!

This is the last series of my post re: our party preparation for our two daughter's coming Rockstar Princess themed party.

It's exactly a month and a day more to go before our girls' big day! Honestly, am sooo excited!

Here's my updated check list..
1. Balance for the side entertainment, host magician , and photographer are already ready (thanks to ninang robe, ninong leo, and ninang lourdes for the extra help este gift:) )

2. The cupcake boxes for the favors are already bought and almost ready. Cupcake na lang and kulang!

3. Missy and Cj's outfits have already been bought last weekend. Shoes to follow this coming weekend. We got it from SM Megamall. Daddy chose the items and his fashion statement.. Simple Pero Rock. The tutus I made are big no no daw sabi ni daddy.. lol :)

4. Backdrop and welcome tarps have already been printed.

5. AVP is already done. Thanks to tito dop for the help (eto na ba ang gift?hehehe)

6. Styro guitars for the table centerpiece are ready for painting

7. Taste test done last week. My favorite was the pork, veg, dessert, and chicken=)


Hmm... So with these, my final to-do's would only be the following:

1. Remind the caterer a week before the party that:
- we need 7 more tables for the dessert bar, cupcake tower, cake, gifts, prizes, lootbags, and registration area
- we need to use their overhead screen projector for the AVP
- remove the free floral table centerpiece (as advised by Party Boosters) and instead add floral decoration on the dessert bar, cupcake tower, and cake tables (is this too much to ask na ba??hahaha)

2. Buy nuts and chips for pica-pica (to be served by service crews)

3. Buy litro pack iced teas for extra drinks since the caterer's package only includes one serving of iced tea. The iced tea will be made and served by the service crews. Cool huh?

4. Buy edible treats as addition to the kid's loot bags

5. Buy stuff for Pabitin game

6.Go to Rustan's, Toy's R Us, Toy Kingdom, and SM Baby Co. to have our kids registered for their wishlist so guests who plan to come won't have a hard time guessing what gift they want to buy.. Thanks in advance na rin!=) . This is done!


A week before..

6. Remind our online buddies about the party. Also, distribute the invitation to those guest without facebook account. Now I see how important it is to have an fb account, lesser expenses on the invite! lol

7. Look for a friend who can lend me her curling iron for my girls. Anyone..??


A day before..

7. Remind the suppliers about the party

8. Bake dessert treats, cupcakes,and cake (so dami ng DIY ni mommy. Buti na lang supportive si daddy sa pagbili ng mga needed ingredients and materials and matyaga si yaya magligpit ng mess.lol)


Oh gosh.. how come it looks like I still need to do a lot!?!?