A Glam Rock Party

Sharing the suppliers and DIY stuff at my friend's 30th birthday bash.

Venue: Euphoria Room, Victoria Court Pasay (near Heritage Edsa, Manila)

The celebrant was able to get a promo on their party package inclusive of cocktail food and drinks at CashCashpinoy. Buffet tables, chairs with covers, cake table and the celebrants chair were provided by VC.

Event Coordinator: "Everything in Place or EIP" in coordination with the celebrants' friends (me included)

EIP is a team of good-looking and OC ladies who helped organized the party.

Food: Delivered from  CCME 

The food was a bit bland.

Mobile Bar: Elation 

VS&F Compound Winston Ave., East Fairview Park, QC
Tel : 0917-8249762;9374989
Email :  vsfclassic@yahoo.com

The celebrant was able to get their promo at Php10,500 (good for 50 people). 

They arrived very early for the set-up. I like the fact that the barista's were really approachable and that they wore a uniform. All drinks were neatly arranged on the bar. Looks very nice in the pictures. 

Decors:

Balloons - Ordered metallic balloons (hot pink, black, and silver) from MOA

Fabric decor for the table and cupcake - bought at the "Fabric Warehouse" (VC provided pink table covers, so we just added black fabric for accent)

Damask fabric - already had this on hand 

Game Prizes:

Chocolates and clear canisters from Chocolate Lovers

Starbucks GC's for the best glam rock look

Others were bought from the mall

Birthday Cake: Charlene Ebersole of Babybearsecretbakeshop

We ordered an 8" chocolate cake covered in shimmery black fondant with big silver star.  toppers. She was also the supplier of my daughter's baptism last year.

Souvenirs: Cupcakes by SWEETMAV (That's me hehehe)

Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting decorated with silver star toppers. Also made a black top with pink ribbon, ring, and a bag as added decor. All pictures were taken by Alan Mercado.

Photobooth props:

Chalkboard

white and yellow chalk

Old frame

Photographer: Alan Mercado

I am fortunate to have such talented friends. The party pictures were just amazing.

Other DIY stuff:
Printed out food labels
Decorated cupcake tower with 1/4" black ribbon

Celebrant's outfit:

Sm Department Store

Celebrant's hair and make-up:
Piandre Alabang

Planning a Birthday Bash

I am super excited for my friend's birthday this coming Saturday. Its a glam rock party. So, all attendees are required to come in their glam rock look.

The event coordinator is a good friend Janice of "Everything in Place." She and I will be prepping the venue to make sure that everything will be ready before the party starts.

I will be making red velvet cupcakes. The cake supplier is Ms. Charlene of babybearsecretcakeshop. She was also the cake supplier of my baby's baptism party.

For the decors, we purchased black fabric from the Fabric Warehouse G5 for only php35/yard and black 1/4" ribbons at Carolines G5. Also, bought a hot pink metallic tulle for only php50/yard. I will be bringing my black and white Damask fabric as an added decor.

I finished lining the 3-tier cupcake tower with black ribbon last night. The birthday celebrant bought the cupcake tower from RM Boxes at only php240.00. The store sells, cake boxes, cupcake liners, etc. I think they supply most of the cake shops in the Metro.

A Hearty 1st Birthday (Part 3)

Venue Decor

Labor of love by me and the family. I prepared all of the decors weeks before the party. Thanks to my hubby, FIL, sis-in-laws who helped put it all up.

For the stage decor, my hubby and I set-up a colorful party canopy that I bought at divisoria and the happy birthday banner that I made using board papers, colored papers, and red lace. For the ceiling, we hanged tissue pompoms (red, b&w) and red cherubs. My hubby manually aired the balloons which I simply arrange on stage because my baby loves to play with them.

Game Prizes

I gave out bubbles in fruit containers with whistle caps and big bubbles, mallows in heart shaped containers and chocolate balls in small glass jars.

I downloaded printables at the Catch My Party for the prize labels and name labels.

Giveaways

I gave out the cute dollies to my girl-friends and chocolates for the boy-friends who made the party a success. Thanks to Sweets and Ni, the emcees of the party. Thanks to Ully and Ron who facilated the kids and adult games. Thanks to Efren for the photobooth and Alan for the photos. You all gave life to the party.... XOXO

Thanks to Erin and Rose for leading the prayer.

Thanks also to Paul who helped in doing the errands for us when the big boys were not yet home.

For the rest of the guests, hugs to all of you. I gave out cupcakes (definitely made with love). There was more than enough for all of them. Many had seconds and even thirds. ^-^

Invitation

A labor of love by the daddy ^-^ Perfect! Yun lang masasabi ko. Will post pic soon.

Other DIYs

Food signage
Gift signage
Welcome signage
Photobooth signage

Celebrants Attire

Bought at Tutuban mall, stockings at SM, and hair accessory at a nearby tiangge ^-^

Program Details


Welcome Guests
Opening Prayer
Kids game 1
Kids game 2
Prayer
Dinner/ Open Bar
Happy Birthday Song/ Cake Blowing
Adult games
Thank you by parents

Guests were late. Many came by 5:00pm. So we started the program at 5:30pm then dinner at 6:00pm. My hubby and FIL were late 'coz the lechon was delayed.

A Hearty 1st Birthday (Part 2)

Fotomania (Photobooth)

Sponsored by a good friend. This is his baby business. Ofcourse, this was a hit to many guests. I was so happy that they enjoyed using the props I prepared and posing with their birthday message written on a white board.

Pics to follow.

Photos

A good friend, Alan, who loves to shoot, covered the party pics. Two thumbs up.

A "hearty" 1st birthday (Part 1)

My baby is officially 1 year old. I am so happy her self-catered party was a blast ^-^ Everyone claimed that they enjoyed everything from the giveaways, cupcakes, choco fondue, drinks, etc.

This was definitely an impossible feat if not for my family and friends. Kudos to all of you.

Here are the party details.

Food Menu

We prepared spaghetti, chicken pastel, "Humba" a pork belly dish with boiled egg (my MIL's specialty dish), hotdog with mallows on stick, and spring roll (c/o Jm my sis-in-law). Other food items we ordered were fish relleno and cebu lechon.

For the set-up, the venue owner provided only yello and red table cloth for the buffet. We did the whole set-up and decorated the center buffet table by overlapping the yellow cloth with the red one. I also pinned on the buffet Miel's name but we forgot to take a pic. You may view the DIY banner here.


Dessert

I borrowed chocolate fountain from my gorgeous Tita Maricor and just bought ready made fondue from Chocolate Lovers. I bought 2 kilos but only used up 1 kilo. There was even a pint of fondue left-over.

Drinks

Bottomless iced tea for all. I just bought powdered iced tea (800g/pack)... ordered 2 big containers of mineral water with faucet. One for plain water and the other one for the iced tea. I borrowed a cooler for the ice cubes. We actually bought 7 packs of ice cubes at 7-eleven but I somehow overestimated . We had like 4 packs of ice cubes left.

Mobile bar - I actually mentioned in my previous post that I got boozeondmove at a discount rate purchased thru buyanihan. Though it was difficult to contact them because there were either unreachable or they don't immediately respond to your queries. All my requests were done. They arrived early and set-up fairly fast. I expected them to wear matching shirts or uniforms, it would look fairly nice for the party. But then all the guests said that it was definitely a hit. So two thumbs up to them.

Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

Labor of love by the little celebrant's mommy ^-^ So proud to say that it was my first time to make a birthday cake. For a beginner, well I think it tasted yummy according to my little one hehehe and ofcourse my family. I made chocolate cake with white frosting.

For the cupcakes, I made 3 different flavors (chocolate, red velvet, and classic vanilla) and 3 types of frosting (buttercream, cream cheese, and italian meringue). Everyone claimed it tasted yummy. Most of the guests said that their fave cupcake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting.

I was able to borrow a cupcake stand from my Tita. I just bought a styrofoamed happy birthday sign. A friend helped put red glitters since the text color was pink. I decorated the stand with black and red ribbons then used stick-on gems.

I designed and made the cupcake toppers using free cliparts and MS word ^-^ I got printable red damask toppers here.

For the cake table, I used the extra fabric I got for the photobooth backdrop as table cloth.  I placed tissue pompoms I made on the table top and a cutie doll as added decors.

1st Birthday Planning

My baby's 1st birthday is 3 weeks away. I have so many do-it-yourself ideas... and I'm crossing my fingers that everything will turn out great.

It will be a "hearty" valentine themed party. I will be using shades of red and black and white for the party decor. I will be requesting all my guests to wear a red top and their fave jeans.

VENUE
The party venue is just near our place. Very affordable. Inclusions: tables and chairs, table cloth and with a built-in sound system.

Very convenient for me, "kaya mega career" ko ang diy.

FOOD
Plan to self-cater... I already planned the menu, the ingredients needed, and the number of serving platters and utensils that we might need. I will be assigning family members to take charge in preparing the party dishes. For easy clean-up, I plan to purchase disposable plates, cups and utensils.

Note: I'm on a tight budget that's why I opted to self-cater.

DRINKS
Since my guests are mainly adults, the first thing I booked was a mobile bar. I was able to get a deal at buyanihan, a group buying website offering discount deals from hotels to anything you can think of. I got a deal from boozeondmove for a 50pax unlimited party drinks for only Php6,000. It is actually my first time to purchase at buyanihan and hopefully the mobile bar will be a hit.

Add-ons: I plan to set-up a drinking station where guests can get iced tea and water, and ice.

DESSERT
I plan to set-up a sweet treats table. Hope I can pull it off like the ones I "googled". I saw a beautiful and elegant set-up by Britanny@GreyGreyDesigns. You may see it here.

BIRTHDAY CAKE and CUPCAKES
Labor of love ng mommy. I started baking two months ago lang. So major major prep talaga. I will be preparing the goodies a day before the party and the frosting on the party day itself.

PARTY DECOR
I made a banner. However, I am not so sure with the color coordination hahaha It doesn't go well with the theme but then I think it looks cute hehehe. I just purchase gift wrapping paper, cartolina, board paper, crepe paper and ribbons.

I still have to make the Happy Birthday banner... I will make another post on this when its done.

For the ceiling decor, I will be hanging tissue pompoms and maybe paper hearts and cupids. For the walls, will decorate balloons too.

We plan to set-up the decor a day in advance. Para on the day of the party yung mga madali nalang.

PROGRAM
I so love my friends ^-^ They will take care of the program activities.

GAME PRIZES
Chocolates???

GIVEAWAYS
I haven't decided on this yet.

INVITATIONS
Labor of love by my hubby.

PHOTOS/VIDEO
By my talented friends. Official photographer is Alan M, he professionally covers weddings and other big events.

PHOTOBOOTH
Will be sponsored by a friend. ^-^ c/o Efren of "iFotomania"
^-^ I only need to provide the backdrop. ^-^

GUESTBOOK
AT first I plan on making one. I even made an initial layout for the book. But then, I think that my baby will not be able to appreciate the messages with just hand writings of guests. So, I though I'll incorporate the message part in the photo booth. How? Well, I plan to buy a message board where guests can write down their b-day message for my baby then post with the message on hand at the booth.


OTHER PARTY AMENITIES
I want everyone to wear party hats and name labels... I searched at divisoria but then all I can find where character themed ones... huhuhu I will try to check at the malls. If not, I might diy again waaaah!



That's it. I hope I did not miss anything.

A Family Celebration ^-^

My family planned and organized an intimate renewal of vows at my parents house held on August 29, 2010 on a Sunday at the terrace of my parents' home. It was also a perfect time to celebrate the 56th birthday of my dearest father.

My Auntie and I talked about this event a lot since January this year when my Papa was confined for several months due to complications of his diabetes. But everything was organized about a month before the event. The wedding was held at my parents' home to prevent unnecessary stress on my father at the same time to cut costs. We were on a tight budget due to the bills incurred from hospitalization, medicines plus dialysis of my father.

Sharing our "kwento" on how we organized the wedding and birthday event:

Theme and motif
Theme: Garden wedding
Motif: Fuschia

Officiating Priest
My father had a priest in mind months before the event. A foreign healing priest at the hospital where he was admitted. He's originally from Nigeria but amazingly he speaks our native dialect fluently. He promised my father that he will officiate the wedding. He had a car so we did not have to worry on his travel to the venue. On the day of the wedding, he was late for almost an hour since he got lost. But then the wedding definietly turned out great. He delivered a touching homily and we laugh eveythine he says "Ang amigo ko, na gwapo, si Ramon" (hehehe) By the way, my father's name is Ramon.

Decor
My Auntie's hubby brought a tarpaulin that we used as a backdrop. We decorated the place with balloons (pink and white). My parents had an L-shaped table in their kitchen that we used as the buffet table. My Aunt just covered it with white linen and use pink for the skirting. We borrowed a tent from a neighbor. Rented tables and chairs. Then placed tealight candles with rose petals as centerpieces.
For the altar, we used a white linen and a golden runner. We then placed two glass candles and a cross.

Food
We hired a cook instead of acquiring catering services. We computed for the costs and it was way cheaper if we just get a cook.

Lechon - provided by my cousin
Goat adobo (yumyum)
Goat meat curry - the goat meat was provided by my Kuya
Papaitan
Pina Rice
Fish with white sauce
Fried Chicken
Spaghetti
Cupcakes: Labor of love; baked by my Aunt and decorated by my sis-in-law and pamangkins
Chocolate Cake: bought in Cebu
Chocoate fountain: DIY

Drinks: Wines provided by my ninong; provided 8oz softdrinks

Photographers
Labor of love by my Auntie's hubby and my dearest hubby ^-^

Videographer
Labor of love by my sis in law

Men's attire
Barongs were bought in divisoria for Php300 each. Groom's barong cost at Php2500.

Women's attire
For the women in the family, we bought ready made dresses at Tutuban Mall.

Bride's attire:
Bought fabric and had it sewn at a local seamstress. My Aunt just got my Mom's measurements. Buti nalang walang problema sa fitting.

Girl's attire:
Bought fabric in Tutuban and had it sewn at a local seamstress.

Flowers
Ordered a bouquet worth php500 (imported roses) and long stem red roses for the altar flowers.

Mass offering
Mass wine, host, fruits, etc.

Choir
We requested our community choir to sang at my parents wedding. Game naman sila since kilala naman nila family namin.

Make-up and hair stylist

My aunt and me hehehe

Wedding Rings

Gift from my Aunt

Ring Pillow

Our own pillow from our wedding ^-^

Other DIY

I copied from the net a program for the renewal of vows. I also designed and printed a certificate for the renewal of vows.

My pamangkins showcased their talents after dinner... It was a wonderful celebration. Napaiyak si papa sa homily ni father at kahit sobrang bumuhos ulan during the ceremony proper it went well as planned. The happy faces of our parents were priceless... Kudos also sa Auntie ko na all-around from baking, decorating lahat yata na career na niya hahaha  

Kuya Dennis sumakit lalaluman sa pag ihip

Mass offering (Fruits, Mass wine, host, etc.)