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

Halloween Trick or Treatin' 2014!

My kids and I visited The Forum last weekend for our first Halloween Hirit for 2014. We were #teamfrozen for the day :)

This was like a dress rehearsal for our Hans and Anna costumes prepared for Allson and Allison's bash this coming November 8th. I had Aton wear a dress I bought the day before, which was a little big for her since she lost weight from last week's confinement (bad dengue!). The dress resembled a bit of Elsa, thus, we are #teamfrozen.

GE Volunteers, HealthAhead Healthy Nutrition and Fraud Solutions also held this year's Healthy Trick or Treatin'
for the students of Food for Hungry Minds. Of course, my kids can't be absent on mommy's office's event! Aton was in school (and she cannot be absent), so I was only able to tag the two little ones with me. They dressed up as a cat and a witch (who didn't want to wear her hat).

Of course, that cat was a DIY costume, hand-tailored with love :)

And we brought home these goodies:

On the 31st, I had the two little ones visit SM Dasma in the morning for an early trick or treatin', and Ate followed us after class. :) The two indians dressed up as Batman and Princess Anika :)

When their ate came, we had lunch to celebrate her birthday at (where else?) Kenny's. The staff sang a happy birthday song for our celebrator.

Mom brought the kids home while Aton and I stayed for the Costume Contest. We joined the "Fairies" category thinkibg that the theme would be fairies talaga. When we came though, there were a lot of kids wearing princess anna, princess elsa,  spiderman, hulk, and batman. Asan na yung fairies dun? Ayun. We weren't that prepared so we just got away with whatever we had handy. We didn't have a headdress and a wand. So I got that blue glittery leaf thing from the christmas tree, and bobby-pinned a couple onto Aton's hair.

These were the times you'd wish that your make up pallets' shades are complete. My pallet's mostly nude and pale. Good thing I have one pink lipstick! That's all we have for Aton's look here:

Buti na lang she's pretty! No make up needed. Hehe...

Anyway, back to the TOT thing, here's what the two little indians brought home from SM City Dasma on the 31st:

Now for the last leg of my indians' trick or treatin', we visited The Summit Ridge Tagaytay City on Nov 1st. We dressed up as #teamwizardofOz.

That's Dorothy, Glinda (the Good Witch of the South), and Scarecrow. Too bad, mommy didn't have a picture. I was the Wicked Witch of the East with my red shoes and black and white striped socks.

That scarecrow was obviously DIY :) I got some dried grass from the manong egg vendor, and sewed them on Allson's old 3/4's and hat. I found some thick fuchsia craft paper and sewed them on his pants to look like patches. Easy :)

Aton wore the same dress from our tot at the Forum. This time, ibang character naman! Hehe.. This was the peg kase:

The kids enjoyed the activities at the event. There were games, coloring activities, face painting, bubble and magic show, and a costume partey!

We had a hefty lunch at the hotel's Classic Cuisine. Great food! And i feasted on their blueberry cheesecake! Haha.. All-time favorite! 

Our table was reserved for a certain Lorie VErata. Oh, was that me?! Haha..

The girls also enjoyed the snack buffet. 

And according to Aton, it was the best buffet ever!

The kids were given bags of looties after the party..

We so enjoyed this day! After party, we stayed for almost an hour so the kids can play pa.

For sure, we'll visit the Summit Ridge again next Halloween 2015. Their package was so sulit! And we all had fun!

For the love of my three little indians,

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,

DIY Career Shirts

Here's a DIY project for Aton and her classmates' costumes for their 2014 Nutrition Month performance:

I wasn't able to take a picture of the last two shirts I painted, while they're drying. But here's Aton's:

For the love of my indians.

Xoxo,

Lorie :)

Project Polka Dots =)

Frugal mommy bought three almost identical dresses of the same size for 50 peso powers a piece.

Shortened the first one and tightened the bodice to fit our Bebs. Lengthened the straps of the second one so it would fit my Aton.  Deconstructed the third one so i can make one for myself.

And DIYed an appliqué to sew on my Pukoy's plain white shirt :)

Had to hand sew everything! Bcos my vintage sewing buddy has not been fixed yet. Good luck, frugal nanay. You are so kuripot! So, pangatawanan mo yan!

Here's how the project fitted my kids:

And here are a few pictures of me and the kids:

Oh, let me share as well... We bagged an award when I took them to work last night: 

And the pangkabuhayan showcase we brought home:

Congrats to my self. For a DIY project well done. And to my competitive indians. Hehe...


Xoxo,

Lorie