Disney Cars Themed 1st Birthday Party at Benaz Garden, Greenland Exec. Village Cainta Rizal

This is our first event at Cainta, Rizal. We though the venue of this party was too far from our place.. but my client was able to prove me wrong through the sketch she made. We too were surprised that it was nearer than our catered events at Las Pinas (our farthest reached place so far from our Metro Manila events).


I love how our table was setup for this event. It was beautifully decorated with a Disney Cars themed table cover and Lightning McQueen stickers.


They got our Gold Package with Red Chocolate Fondue, Marshmallows, Chocolate Wafer Sticks, Mini Donuts, French Bread, Banana, and Apple as their chosen chocolate and dippings. They also ordered for red, white, and chocolate brown mixed color of sprinklers to match the theme.=)

Disney Cars Pixar Themed 1st Birthday at Ysabel's Garden, Las Pinas

This is our second time to cater at this venue. And.. hmm.. not sure how many times we've catered to this kind of birthday theme. But so far, of all the birthdays with Disney Car theme, this one has the most detail.

Our client here got our Silver Package and chose Blue Milk Chocolate fondue to match their event's motif. It really looked so good because it perfectly matched their table skirts. Their selection of dippings included Choco Wafer Stick(in Brown and Red colored to match their theme), Vanilla Wafer, Marshmallows, Banana, and Apple. They also got themed Sprinkles, Mini Candy Coated Choco Drops, and Honey Coated Crispies.

Happy that our setup was as colorful as their balloons=)

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Disney Princess themed 1st Birthday at Las Pinas

This is a Silver Package catered event for Patrizia's first birthday last May 3, 2009. It's the same day Pacquiao won his fight over Haton. =)

The event's motif was yellow and pink. They ordered a Semi-Sweet Chocolate fondue with Breadstick, Marshmallow, Chocolate Wafer Stick, Melon, and Apple.

We're so glad that Ms. May and her guests enjoyed the chocolate fountain=)

Ms. May and her beautiful baby girl=)

Our April Events

Not enough time to blog right now so i will just be posting all our April events (after holy week and our long vacation break) in one shot.=)


April 18 at Prestige Tower Roof Deck


-This is an 18th birthday in red and gold theme. They got the Gold package with Milk Chocolate fondue. Their dippings included Vanilla Wafer, Breadstick, Marshmallows, Mini Cup Cakes, Apple, and Melon



April 19 at Shakey's Magallanes

- Here's another Shakey's event from another branch this time.=) It's a 7th birthday in Speed Racer theme. They got our Gold package with Bittersweet (my favorite) chocolate. Their dippings included Chocolate Wafer Stick, Vanilla Wafer, Marshmallows, Mini Cup Cakes (Ube and Cheese flavor), Banana, and Melon. They also got sprinklers in blue and brown and mini candy coated choco drops as add-ons.



April 24 at One San Miguel Bldg.

- This is our first wedding event for April. Their theme was orange and yellow/gold. They got our Gold Package with Milk Chocolate fondue. Their dippings included Choco Wafer Stick, Marshmallows, Churros, Melon, Banana, and Apple. They also got sprinklers in white, yellow, and orange to match their motif.


April 25 at Tom's World Robinson's Galleria

- Our first Sesame St. themed birthday party! A second birthday party for a baby boy. They got our Silver Package with Milk Chocolate fondue. Their dippings included Choco Wafer Stick, Bread Stick, Marshmallows, Banana, and Apple and with Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow mixed colors of Sprinkles and Honey Coated Crispies (comes free with the new package). They by the way brought their own Melon dipping.



April 25 at Shakey's El Pueblo

- This is our third event at this branch (reason why some prospective clients are already asking if we're tied up with them..ahem.hehe. ) They got our Platinum package for their two son's 2nd and 3rd birthdays in blue and green motif. They chose Milk Chocolate fondue on one chocolate fountain and Premium Chocolate fondue on the other chocolate fountain. Their dippings included Marshmallows, Chocolate Wafer Stick, Vanilla Wafer, Graham Crackers, Churros, Mini Donuts, Banana, Apple, Pineapple, and Strawberries. They also got rainbow colored sprinkles, honey coated crispies, and mini candy coated choco drops in green and blue to match their event's motif.



April 26 at Central Bicutan, Taguig City

- This is for a baby girl's first birthday in Hawaiian Luau theme. They got our Silver Package with Darksweet chocolate fondue. Marshmallows, Choco Wafer Stick, Breadstick, Watermelon, and Melon. They also got themed sprinklers and mini candy coated chocolate drops in green, red, yellow, and orange colors.



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Late post events for March 13-14-15

I'm just gonna make this quick. Was not able to do a post about these events last week due to another soon to be lunched product which i am currently still researching and perfecting. Anywayz, here are the details of the events we had the week before..

March 13. It's a simple corporate get together party for some of Pointwest Technologies' IT professionals. This was held at UP Ayala Techno Hub. I loved the location of their building! It's too green.. bermuda grasses and trees can seen everywhere. How I wish our company's office was also located along this place. The package they had by the way was a customized silver package. My contact, Ms. Carla, said they wanted strawberry and churros dippings. So to cut cost, they removed 2 regular dippings and added 2 special dippings instead.





March 14. On Saturday, we had a wedding event at UP Diliman Balay Kalinaw Hall. Their theme was Orange. What I liked about this setup is that their caterer provided us 2 of their table centerpieces (which I presumed was supposed to be for the principal sponsor's table. Don't know why they decided to put those lovely vases on our setup though.). Our client here got our gold package. It is also a bit customized package since they had 3 regular fruit and 2 regular non-fruit instead of our usual 3 regular non-fruit and 2 regular fruit dippings.




March 15. This is probably one of the biggest 1st birthday party we've catered to so far. It was held in Shakey's MCU branch (Monumento, QC). They had over a hundred guests! They also got a pop-corn cart from another supplier but still our chocolate fountain was a hit! This is a platinum package setup in Barney's theme. It consists of two chocolate fountain with darksweet and milk chocolate as their chocolate fondues.



More pictures from our website's chocolate fountain gallery album=)

Feedback and Thank You's on CJ's 1st Bratz Birthday Party at Jollibee McKinley Branch

This is an overdue post about my feedback on CJ’s birthday party supplies. I made an earlier post to thank all our friends and relatives who were able to make it to the party. You can click on this link for that thank you post.
Here goes my feedback:

1.Venue and Setup – Jollibee McKinley Branch
I already knew that Jollibee offers Bratz Pixies as one of its party themes. Considering our limited budget and the fact that everyone loves Jollibee, this venue was for us a perfect choice.

We initially wanted to hold CJ’s birthday bash at Jollibee The Fort branch. But after going there to inquire about their packages, we got a bit frustrated..

Reasons for our disappointment:

• There was only one slot available for the September 20 event so we had very limited choice on the time of our occasion.
• The manager mentioned that they do not offer any other themes anymore except for the Jollitown character themes. I was upset after hearing this since I have already started creating my Bratz themed layouts for CJ’s banner and favors with thank you notes. Worst is, he mentioned that all Jollibee branches now are only offering the Jollitown character themed birthday party.
  

However, since we always pass by Jollibee McKinley branch, I know that that guy we just talked to was probably misinformed because I just saw the McKinley branch hold a Bratz themed party a week before we went to The Fort branch.

To cut the story short, we went to McKinley branch and reserved the 4-6pm time on September 20. We were so fortunate that nobody yet has reserved for an event on that day=)

The party package we got already included 30pcs of balloons and Bratz themed party supplies such as the party hat, name tag, banner, loot bags, prizes, plus a gift for the birthday celebrant.

We were so happy that we decided to hold the party at Jollibee McKinley branch. Everyone enjoyed the entire time because the two party host were amazing! They really knew how to make the party fun and full of life. I personally enjoyed Jollibee's four wishes because he always dances before and after he gives his wish.

2.CJ’s dress – Muńeca from www.sears.com
This dress was given as a gift from my aunt Becky. Both my two girls had exactly the same design. I wanted both of them to wear it on the event so that the elder one won’t feel at lost. These dresses looked so fabulous on them. It even has an underwear to match the gown. Thanks for these gowns ninang Becky!

3.CJ’s shoes – Baby Shoes from SM Makati
We were already set to buy CJ’s shoes from Chicco. But since my two girls are wearing the same outfit, I thought it would be nice if they too wore the same kind of shoes. Unfortunately, the cute Chicco shoes we saw doesn’t have a size that would fit her sister’s so we opted to look for another one. Luckily, we saw this adorable pair of shoes that both has CJ and Missy’s size. The color of the shoes perfectly blended with their dress. We also bought the black knee high stockings from SM. I could probably say that both the shoes and the stockings were comfortable on them cause they would normally remove it if incase the stockings made them itch or if the shoes didn’t fit right.

4.CJ’s Cake – Max’s The Bake Shop and Kitchen Krafts
CJ had two cakes on that day and I was so blessed that those cakes were sponsored by two of her godparents. We were not able to distribute it on the venue though since Jollibee prohibits distribution of edible items other than those they have. Anyway, we shared the cakes to some of our guests and neighbors when we got home. Without doubt both cakes were yummy! I enjoyed eating Kitchen Krafts's cake because it was moist and not too sweet. I also heard lots of complements from Max's Caramel Butter cake. Thanks for the cake ninang Lourdes and ninang Che..!

5.Banner, Favors & Thank You notes : My DIYs!
I created the layout of the banner, Cj’s images on the favors, and the thank you note using Adobe Photoshop. I had the banner printed at Signex for a very cheap price=). The printed copy was a bit darker that expected though. So, incase you plan to have your banners printed by them, maybe in would look better if you give them a bit brighter image.

Since the thank you note was in a form of a picture and was not covered or protected by any plastic or frame, I decided to have them printed at the Kodak kiosk. I’ve heard that pictures that gets printed from these kiosks are water proofed and has lifetime warranty (from dust and lost of color due to age). Sweet..!

We bought the favors from Divi mall in bulk for an incredibly cheap cost. Like what I mentioned on my previous post, a piece of this favor would cost you Php50.00 in Market! Market!. The ones we got were 50% lesser than that! Another cheap buy for us;-)

6.Photographer – Tita Lala
Due to our limited budget, we had no choice but to utilize our own digital camera. Thank God my cousin offered to take the pictures on that day. Thanks tita Lala..!

Unfortunately, some of the images didn't come out well since the camera had low resolution. For this reason, I just though of grouping the images into a digital scrapbook pages.

Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as everyone enjoyed the event.=)

Carrie Justine’s 1st Birthday Party
NOTE: For a bigger view of the images, please double click on the slide show above.

Happy 1st Birthday Carrie Justine!

I am so happy that everyone enjoyed CJ's birthday bash last Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. We held a simple celebration of CJ's birthday last Sept 18 (that's her real birthday) and schedule for a bigger celebration at Jollibee McKinley on a Saturday. I'd like to use this post to send our heart felt gratitude to everyone who made this event a success.

First, I'd like to thank God for making this special event in our child's life a success. All my little prayer requests were granted such as that there'd be more kids than adults on the party, that the final cost wouldn't reach our limited budget, and that everyone would enjoy the party.. Thank you Lord for always hearing my prayers!

Next, I'd like to thank my husband for being supportive while I plan for CJ's birthday party. My hubby really doesn't agree in giving out big parties like these but I'm so happy that he allowed me do anything I want for this one. So..thanks for that dad!

Third, I'd like to thank our family for the BIG help and support! They've always been behind us and I know always will be. Special credits goes to my mama and papa=)

Fourth, I'd like to thank the party hosts (coz we had three of them), Jollibee mascot, and the rest of the staff of Jollibee McKinley Branch for making the birthday party a hit! I really believe that the party's success also greatly relies on the party host.

And lastly, I'd like to thank CJ's god parents (specially those who sponsored some of her party supplies), and all our guest who came over, played, laughed, and enjoyed the entire time with us. Words are not enough to say how much we appreciate the time you devoted to help us celebrate and make this day a fun-filled one=)

Since I am still not able to edit the pictures at this time due to my dead laptop, I'll just put you on hold and keep you excited for a while. Anyway, I'd try my best to post the pictures latter this week or most probably early next week.

Thanks for the read my friends:)

CJ's latest Photo shots for her coming birthday=)

This is the last weekend before Cj's big day. So obviously my entire weekend was devoted to her birthday preps. Yesterday I again had another photo shoot with the coming birthday girl and this time I made her wear her birthday outfit. You can check out our first photo shoot from this link.

I am really happy and excited that everything is ready (except for the tarp and the signature frame which needs to be printed early this week of course.)

Anyways, here's her gown from US which really looks extravagant on her,







Her adorable shoes which nicely pairs the color of her gown,


I got her this cute crown at the well know Divi Mall for only 75.00PHP!,


My do-it-yourself favors with the ribbon,


And some of my favorite shoots of CJ! (pictures edited by me)




Hope you liked my shots! Wait til I post the birthday pictures next week:)

DIY Preps for My Little CJ's Coming 1st Birthday - Part 3!

My official count down to CJ's birthday is now down to only 1 week and 6 days! And this time, I'm almost done with my to-do's.

Here are additional updates I have as a continuation of the Part 2 post:
1. We have already given our down payment at Jollibee McKinley. The cost of the down payment broken down into the following:
a. 50% of the food package for the kids which already is inclusive of the Party Favors (with 20 assorted game prizes, 10 crayons, 1 mascot appearance for 30 mins, 30 party balloons, and a themed guestbook)
b. 50% of the food package for adults
c. 100% of other party add-ons such as the loot bags, nametags, party hats, party liners, etc.

My side comment : I find this branch better than the other branch we visited along Fort Bonifacio. All the staffs here from the service crew up to the manager are very friendly, courteous, and easy to talk to. Even if we were not able to get the invitation the day we paid our down payment (due to their stock shortage on their bratz themed invites), i still would recommend people near these locations to choose this branch rather than the other i mentioned earlier.

2. I'm almost done with the thank you note / souvenir item.=)

This is what we're giving out on that day


Here is what it looks like with the Thank You note clipped

Check out the different selection of CJ's growing up pictures that will be given out on her birthday from here.

I just need to add white or gold or both colored ribbons before I consider it done.

3. We already got the party invitations and have already distributed them to most of our guests. I really love Jollibee's Bratz Themed invites!! So glad we decided to choose Jollibee and this theme for our baby's birthday.

Sharing some sample shots of the Bratz themed invitation card

This is the back portion


This is the front portion


And what you'll see when you open the card


4. Her growing up collage which will also stand as her signature frame is also almost done. I only need to take a picture of CJ on her real birthday(September 18) before i have it printed.

DIY Preps for my little CJ's coming 1st birthday: Part 2

This is a continuation of a previous post I made last month.

I'm starting to get really excited coz it's only a few more weeks to go before CJ's birthday! Here's a list of what we've added to the preparation:

1. For the Cake - I've already called up Kitchen Krafts to explain what design I have in mind. The invoice have already been faxed to me. Payment will be deposited to their account within this month.

2. For the souvenirs - We bought a few boxes of picture clipper from Divi mall. I was so happy for choosing those as my souvenirs coz I saw exactly the same thing at Market! Market! which costs 50PHP each. The ones I bought were more than 50% cheaper than that!

3. To make my daughter's souvenirs personal, I bought sticker papers at National Bookstore so I can print her pictures and stick it on the picture clippers.

4. We have already reserved the 4-6pm slot at Jollibee McKinley. When we got there last week, I was happy to find out that no one has reserved a schedule for that day yet which is a bit weird for me coz I thought a lot of kids are born on September.=)Check out Jollibee's website if you'd like to find out more about their party packages.


5. I found a cute white chicco shoes for CJ which we plan to get a week before her birthday. But i'm still looking for a pair of shoes for Missy. Hope i can find one that looks similar to the one i'm getting for CJ..

Birthday Parties!

One of the things I enjoy as a mom is doing the preparation for my daughter’s birthdays. And since I love art, I get pleasure from adding my personal touch on the DIYs I make.

As mentioned on one of my previous posts, I have already started with some designs for the favors and tarpaulin for my youngest daughter’s coming 1st birthday this September. I’m still not done with the other birthday party supplies though. Right now I am focusing on searching for a good cake supplier near our area. I have already received an email from one of the popular cake suppliers in my mommy group. But since I want the design of my daughter’s bratz cake to look cool and unique, I have to search for sample designs on the internet so I can have a better idea of how I want my daughter’s bratz cake to look like. I am really excited to do this!

Other than the cake, I might also get other bratz party supplies as well. Thank God I have some funds on my Paypal account! With this, I believe ordering online won’t be a hassle.

However, since we’re on a tight budget, I have to search for suppliers that can provide me discount party supplies. I hope I can find one that sells edible bratz cake design so I can order it and give it to my cake supplier soon! :)