Allson and Allison's Frozen-Inspired Birthday Partey :)

Now, for a little late blogging on our Frozen-inspired party ❄️

I have already shared in the past how much I am into frugal party planning. This party, so far, was the best I have ever planned and executed with a not so big budget. 💁

Let me share with you what we had for Allson and Allison's birthday bash....

Starting off with the venue. We initially planned on holding it at Pizza Hut the District, but since the place was too small to hold our expected number of guests, we opted for Kenny Rogers again. This was the second party we had at Kenny's, so I am familiar na of the contract and stuff, and the great food. 👍 

Our stage was set up like this:

We got DIY'd Olaf, Anna, and Elsa standees, DIY'd balloon columns, and snowflakes (from National Bookstore).

We had VIP passes (courtesy of Tita Ginny):

and (again) DIY'd invites for our guests:

I have again commissioned Cakes and Memories for these Olaf and Elsa cakes:

And made a hundred vanilla cups to compliment them. :)

My #threelittleindians dressed up resembling Anna, Elsa, and Hans:

Bought tinnie winnie tiaras for the little girl guests 👸:

They looked pretty wearing those tiaras. Happy ako as most of them were dress code compliant! Hehe.. Here are a few of our pretty little guest princesses-- 

Then, I got these stuff for the game prizes and loot bags: 

Everything was all set. So, Tito Bubbles the Clown commenced the partey by introducing our celebrators.

The first game was... (Hindi na ito surprise. Lol) the longest "happy birthday" greeting.

We had some magic show..

And a bubble show, too. :) Tito Bubbles had the kids experience being inside a big bubble.

And oh, that's me! Haha... Ayoko talaga ng nagsasalita in front of an audience. Hehe..

Big thanks to our guests. Big big thanks! Most especially to the Special Science Class of D2CS! They have afternoon classes but they all managed to come and celebrate with us! 😃 Nag-apologize na naman ako kay Teacher Mina and Teacher Irene before and after the event. Hehe.. Sabay bigay ng invitation, then cupcakes. Haha.. 😝

Thanks, too, tita Lia for this family picture:

The party was fun! And really, a successful one! Parties don't really need to be expensive.👌 I am always proud of sharing this party to my mommy friends. Nagugulat sila when they discover that this really didn't cost much. Hehe 😉

For the love of my #threelittleindians,

Xoxo,

Lorie

October is Here!

It's October again! This means a lot of party preps for me. And a bunch of trick or treats to get ready for.

Will have more than a couple of DIY's here. Starting off with the costumes...

Our trick or treat and birthday party will be Frozen- inspired. So we'll have an Elsa, an Anna, a Prince Hans, and an Olaf. (Guess who's gonna dress up like Olaf?? Hahaha)...

Anika will be wearing her Ate's old dress (that one she wore on our wedding). I'll make a cape for her from some leftover satin from a previous project.

This tutorial kinda helped.

Aton will be wearing a powder blue ball gown. 

I had their dresses drafted but we had revisions when I showed her how I wanted her dress to be. She'll be wearing a haltered top instead of an off-shoulder. It pretty much looked like Cinderella but still resembled Elsa since we used some soft tulle and galaxy tulle for most of its highlights.

Allson will be Prince Hans. He'll be wearing an old pair of navy blue pants, his black school shoes, an old polo under a black vest we bought from Little Prince. Looks like I will be DIYing his tie for this.

And frugal mommy plans to wear a white tee and a white pair of shorts. I'll sew three black appliques for the shirt,

My Birthday 2013

I have recently turned ===toot tooot===! Lol

I have celebrated this with my loved ones. Ngayon na lang uli ako nag-celebrate ng birthday na totoong, honest to goodness, super happy puso!

06/28. Visited Alabang with Mom and the kids.  My plan was to have our lunch at Cravings in Molito but the kids (and my mother dear) insisted on eating at Jollibee.

Then we visited Tita Lia @ SummerPointe.

Then off to The District for Metro's opening.

Wala naman. We just did our usual grocer stuff then uwi na din. It was not a good idea pala doing your grocery on the supermarket's opening. All aisles are crowded and it was super queueing at the counter. Binusog ko na lang eyes ko sa mga delights ng Suisse Cottage:

And while Mom was on queue at the counter, Aton had a photo op with Virginia Hotdog's mascot:

Anika was not on mood for the op. She was tired na kase. Kaya ayan.. 

06/29. A Visit to Tita Ginny's

 06/30. A Dinner with a good friend. :)

Gaya ng nabanggit ko kanina, this was one of the bestest birthdays I have ever had. I am blessed with a wonderful family, and a lot of good friends. At never Nya talaga akong pinabayaan.

Naughty and Nice @ The Tent

We have long planned for this twin outfits:

Naughty Ginny and Nice Lalai ü

A Retro and Vintage Christmas with Book Trees

Frugality = Resourcefulness + Creativity = Less Expense :D Winner!

Christmas 2012's theme was A December to Remember.  I thought of having a retro and vintage motif.

Vintage because people are attached to their memories and identify themselves with their past.  And the most interesting pop-art then was in the Retro era. So here we go....

 

We made these christmas trees and ninja stars from old Avon brochures (thanks Mommy Rache!) and recycled Nescafe Alegria and Starbucks coffee cups.



We didn't expect to win the bay deco contest, but i guess the spirit of creativity and resourcefulness prevailed over aesthetics.  The major plus was probably from the i ♥ mother earth idea. Well, thank you judges. Whoever you are :)

Wonder Pets + Hi-5 Party Preps 2012

Here we go again with a short-planned party. I have already made arrangements with Action Station Robinson's Place Dasma for my little boy's party venue last September. I just needed to scrump up a few details for his Wonder Pets inspired celebration.

Here are some pegs:

My greatest thanks to my bff for the invitation layout:

And here's Ate Allison's very simple invite:

And her pegs:

Credits ti the owner of these. :)

2 weeks to go! We'll print the invites later and give them out soon. Weee weee weee... Can't wait!!


Xoxo,

Lalai

Party Preps 2012!

Some party ideas for my dearest little coocoo boy:

And Ate Allison who's turning Hi-5!:

My Birthday Wishlist =)

Let me share with you my very simple birthday wishlist:

Nenuco. Gap So Pink. To relive my olfactory mem'ries.
A pair of canvess sneakers.
And a happy puso.

Happy 25th birthday to me! =)

Wishlists

My Kids' Ties, Tutus and Stache Bash

Wheeew! Finally! It's over!

We had a very simple event for my kiddos' birthdays as we celebrate Allison's 4th and Allson's 1st birthday.  I'd like to thank everybody who attended the birthday bash--


Mom
Ate Irish
Kuya Terry
Tita Nids & Hubby
Tita Marlyn & Andre
Tata & Joshua
Maricel & Kim
Lala & Denise
Jep & Ginny
Jiro & Yana (and their yaya)


I knew it. This would be a very small event. We made a reservation for 50pax. And never realized that only 18 guests could make it. That's 12 adults and 6 kids. :( My boss and colleagues were absent. Bad! But that's okay. I just felt like a loser though. But again, that's okay...

With 6 kid guests (with a 1-year old kidlet), I should not have rented a clown then. But of course, since everybody was booked before the event, I had no choice but to push through with everything.

I had a lot of DIY stuff done for my kids' celebration. Like my kids' outfits:

These cute tutus for the little girl guests:

Necktie shirts for the little boys:

Mustache sticks for everybody:

I even DIYed the cupcakes:

and the Cupcake Stand:

I also made the layout for their invites:

And the envelopes of course:


And have commissioned the services of these suppliers:

Pizza Hut- for the party venue

Pixels 2 Prints- for the pre-celeb pictorials

 and event coverage

Ties, Tutus and Staches Bash Part 1

Ties, Tutus and Staches Bash Part 2

Ties, Tutus and Staches Bash Part 3

Cakes and Memories- for Allson's cake

Mylene's Party Needs- for the Clowns