Sofia JaeTurns 1! Whew! After a month,Finally I had time to finish and share with you my little princess Sofia’s birthday
It’s my first time to share pasensya na at sooooobrang haba
Here are the suppliers who did great job during Sofia’s party
I will also be writing Supplier ratings and photos below for the future mommies out there who is planning their kids party
January 29,2011Theme: Disney Inspired,It’s a small world!
Motif: Pink, Light Blue, Lavender and Gold
My Baby’s Outfit : Cecilio Abad and Rajito by Rajo Laurel
Party Venue: Silk Pavillion, The Blue Leaf
Caterer: Bizu
Hotel Preparation: Hotel Celeste,Makati
Photographer: Ging Lorenzo and Pie Lorenzo
Back up Photographer: Fat Boy Studios by Richie Dela Merced
Videographer: ThorProductions
Party Planner: Hi5 parties by Kathleen Dela Merced
Host/Magician: Alex Lagula
Souvenirs: Storage box and Lunch Bag
Themed Candy Buffet: Sugar and Spice
Cake: Les Sucreries
Photoboth: Poof Photobooth
Food Carts: Potato Corner, Red Mango, Assorted Balls & CornDog c/o Hi5 Parties
Side Entertainment: -Glittler Doll Salon Aka Sofia Jae’s Salon
-Dog Show Bantatay and Friends
-Bubble Show
-Face Painting
Hair And MakeUp – Tracy Conlin
DIY c/o my brother - Animated Save the Date, Water Bottle, Guestbook Layout
Theme: It's a small world From the very start of the party planning, I knew what kind of theme that I wanted. I wanted something unique and magical. I wanted a theme na hindi masyado common to all. Since Sofia is baby pa and cant decide pa what she wants, so I grabbed the chance na to choose. Haha! although she already has fave characters which is Hello Kitty and strawberry shortcake ( Don’t worry sweetie next year will be your own choice ) and I know few years from now or even in her next party, she’ll have own decision na
And so we came up with this kind of theme (Big Thanks to Kathleen for the suggestions ) At first, I was kinda hesitant with It’s a small world theme because super onting resources of ideas and party supplies. But after the brain storming and convinced by Kathleen and hubby, I finally decided to stick with it
Thank God, I did the right decision. We had magical and unique party for our little princess
Venue: Silk Pavillion, The Blue LeafOne of my criteria when choosing a venue is always should have a high ceiling. Then when i saw nga yung Blue Leaf.I instantly fell in love with it:) It was my dream venue just incase if i get married in manila
I actually first saw Blue Leaf at Cheska kramer- Garcia’s Wedding.
Caterer: BizuBizu is one of the accredited caterers of Blue Leaf. I have only 2 choices either K By Cunanan or Bizu. I heard both have great foods and set up. But since only Bizu have tiffany white chairs for kids, and I super love white tiffany chairs,so we finally decided to get Bizu. And hindi ako nagsisi, my guest love the food especially the 10 hour Roast Beef!
actually, my husband went to phils last dec to have the food tasting, and he said sarap sarap daw ng food. My mom in law who is into food ( they have food business ) said ang sarap daw. Thank God, pumasa sa mom in law ko
She was wondering agad how much daw per head. Haha
and one more thing, We were only expecting 140 Adults and 40 Kids, but on that day, I think around 180 adults attended the party, but still they enough of food to serve
Here’s our menu:
Adult Menu:◦
On Table:Garlic Herbed Focaccia, Bow Knot Rolls
Garlic Parsleyed Butter
Salad: Potato Caesar Salad with Romaine Lettuce, Bacon and Parmesan
Pasta Three Cheese, Spinach and Mushroom Ravioli
Main Course Grilled Chicken in Cajun Hollandaise
Pan Seared Cream Dory with Caper Butter Sauce
Roast Porkloin with Sauce Marsala
10 Hour Roast Beef
Kids Menu◦Bizu Burgers
◦Corn Dogs
◦Buffalo Wings
◦Tuna and Mushroom Casserole
◦Brownies
◦White Tiffany Chairs for Kids
Bizu Refreshments - Flowing◦Butter Fly Iced Tea
◦Soft Drinks
◦Apple Juice ( for children )
◦Coffee and Tea (Upon request only)
◦Bar Service which includes hi-ball glasses, mineral water and ice
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I super love my daughter’s gown. He will always be one of my favorite supplier
Sofia in her Cecilio Abad Gownhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/59513830@N03/5511218044/in/set-72157626102337719/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59513830@N03/5511108878/in/set-72157626102337719/Sofia’s 2nd outfit was made by Rajito by Rajo Laurel. We just communicated thru email and phone calls. Just gave them the measurement of my daughter. And we just had the first fitting 2 days before the event. What a super cute gown!
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She’s one of my dream suppliers for my baby’s party. I love the way she style and decorate parties. She’s very hands on and she will make sure talaga na dadaan sa kamay nya lahat. even the small details
Super OC cya. Hehe She will make sure na unique at elegant talaga ang party
I am so glad that I found her. She is super patient pa. Ang dami ko request and pabago bago ng isip but still she is very accommodating. But sometimes delay lang sa pagsagot ng emails but she has valid reasons naman and she will make sure na masasagot ang tanong pag ngreply cya
worth the wait naman ang reply nya
We just communicated thru email throughout the whole party planning.we did had any phone conversation at all talaga purely emails talaga. We paid her 50% thru bank lang, I didn’t had any problems with her even after paying 50%. One of the most trusted supplier talaga
She did super great job during our daughter’s birthday party. Expect the unexpected. Ang Fabulous ng setup. I super love everything, the moving 3D backdrop ( especially made for my daughter’s party), ceiling elements, ceiling decorations, balloon decorations, centerpieces, 6 Moving Doll Standees infront of the Backdrop, plus daming freebies!
I highly recommend her. She can also works with your budget
and Super easy to work with
You can never go wrong with her. She will be your instant bestfriend
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And as expected, she did great job during our baby sofia’s 1st party. She really captured a lot of candid/precious moments. Btw,we have instant 2nd photog during Sofia’s party, since she is 4 months preggy, she brought along her sister,Pie Lorenzo. Thanks Ms. Pie for the wonderful photos.
It was nice working with you Ladies
Cant wait to work with you again
Photos are posted in my FB and the photos that i posted
Back Up Photographer: Fat Boy Studios Richie Dela Merced What can I say about this guy? Super bait,super tyaga and super galling
It was my first time to meet Sir Richie at the Party.I super love him kasi lagi cya nakasunod samin for the pictures
kaya ang dami dami naming pictures
Photos are posted in my FB and the photos that i posted
Videographer: Thor ProdI super super super love this team!
Ang babait at very professional. I super love the onsite. Guests were telling me parang kasal daw yung party ng baby ko kasi may onsite pa.
First time ko din sila nameet during Sofia’s party na. They went to hotel first to shoot for Sofia’s onsite video. They arrived at the hotel around 12pm. And my baby is sleeping. So super swak talaga yung pagdating nila.
Onsite Video: http://vimeo.com/19659445Host/Magician: Alex LagulaI super super love this guy! Ang galing galing talaga. Lahat na entertained with his tricks. I love the way he hosted too. Even the adults enjoyed the program. Even me, haha super tawa ako ng tawa while watching him. One of the suppliers who made sofia’s party a memorable one
I highly recommend Alex! You’re the man!
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Super yummy!
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Gaganda ng elements na ginamit
btw Sugar and Spice was owned by no other than Kathleen
Here’s whats included in the package:
◦Choco Fountain - Belgian Chocolate Fondue with marshmallow, fruit and bread stick dippers
◦Treat Bar ( 9 vases of sweets and treats)
◦Cream Puff on Tower (200 pieces)
◦Choco Chip Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting - 200 pieces
◦70 Pieces Cake pops
◦24 Themed Cookie Pops
◦50 pieces Themed mini cakes
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and their bag tags is super nice din for giveways
Food Carts And ofcourse, this was hit to our guest. Ubos agad!
Potato Corner – Me and hubby are potato corner addict. Whenever we visit phils. We never missed to buy potato corner.
Red Mango - I’m a Froyo addict. So we decided to get Red Mango.
Themed Assorted Ball/Corndogs- c/o Hi5 Parties- I didn’t had the chance to try their food cart. But as per my guest masarap naman daw
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at take note kaya pala lahat nakaprincess crown lahat ng girls guests yun pala galing sa glitter doll salon. Nakakatuwa.
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Giveaways – We got Storage boxes and Lunch Bags. Our supplier for this was Personaized It and Layout by Kathleen Dela Merced. The Bags are so cute! I wanted kasi something na magagamit ng kids
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59513830@N03/5510498593/in/set-72157626102337719/Storage boxes and Lunch bags Content and Prizes – Thanks to me! Haha I was the one who bought the contents of the bags and boxes. Eto ang kinarir ko, I bought the contents depending on my kids guest age. Medyo mahirap pero Masaya naman to buy the loots.
and super worth it when the parents of my guests told me na gaganda ng contents sa loob.Mukhang pinaghirapan ko daw talaga
Hair and Make Up - She did great job! She used air brush
Ms.Tracy is super nice. She is very mkwento
One thing lang, that I didn’t like was they were late during the preps. So we ended up arriving at the party late din.
DIY – This was made with love by my her ninong John, my super creative brother
Animated Save the Date- http://vimeo.com/18012762Personalized Water Bottle – http://www.flickr.com/photos/59513830@N03/5511109042/in/set-72157626102337719/Hope this helps!
Goodluck mommies on your preps!
