Justice League Invades Shakey's!

Superheroes are such a great hit with kids today! Although I'm not an expert when it comes to superheroes, I watch a lot of The Big Bang Theory and they talk a lot about Green Lantern, Flash, and the other Justice League characters. And so I started introducing superheroes to Y and R but I know a lot of kids love Justice League! My brother, although is not a kid anymore, loves Superman! And what delight it would be if kids can celebrate their birthdays with their favorite superheroes!

Our family's favorite pizza place, Shakey's, is making this possible! Shakey's now offers the Justice League Unlimited party package, inclusive of signature dishes, activities, and even props! We had R's first birthday party at Shakey's Quezon Ave and we were all happy how it turned out! Check out R's first birthday party here!

As for the food, you can pick from any of the food packages on Justice League Unlimited! 

You can never go wrong with anything from Shakey's! The thin crust pizza is good, the mojos are always a hit, and I love love their chicken!!!

Book your birthdays now! Or why not have your Christmas get together or party here? Right? 

TIP: Book a Shakey's with a Fun Zone inside! It's one of the reasons why we booked our venue. 

For more information, you can go to their website https://www.shakeyspizza.ph/ and follow and like Shakey's social media accounts and get updated!

Facebook: Shakey's Philippines

Instagram: @shakeysph

Twitter: @PHShakeys

DIY Birthday Cake Toppers

I love DIYs! If I only have more time, I would do more! It's so fun, therapeutic and fulfilling to make DIYs! :) Plus it's really pocket-friendly too! I think this topper costs less than Php50!

Here's a close-up of what I did for Y's birthday! I really had fun cutting the buses and Pororo kahit ang sumakit mata at kamay ko kakagupit sa kanila! I had fun taking photos too that the icing on the donuts are melting na! Haha!

Wag na pansinin ang magulo naming bahay!

I really love how the birthday donuts turned out. I wish I had a photo with a cleaner background hehe!

Then the Pororo, Eddy, and Crong toppers are bath toys which I bought at Sulit for Php450 + 50 shipping. It has 2 sets, I picked this one. The other one is Pororo, Petty and Loopy!

I love it! :)

I still have a few DIYs I want to do! I'm just waiting for some of my stuff to arrive from the US! Yay!

Y's Birthday Series: Hi-5 Parties

Note: This is a lengthy post! If you just want to see the decors, scroll down to the bottom. If you want to know my encounter with Hi-5 Parties, sit down, relax and prepare to be bored. LOL! Haha.. I just want to share my experience! That's all.

Services I got from Hi-5 Parties were the decors (ceiling, backdrop, and centerpieces), candies for our giveaway, kiddie tables and chairs, and the dirty ice cream cart.

I really saved this blog post on Hi-5 Parties the last. We had a different party planner/decorator at first. I canvassed from three planners, mind you. I didn't get to confirm on our first party planner which made me panic and sad because it was two weeks before the party, I really wanted to get them and I didn't have a decorator anymore. So I had to contact whoever is available to do my decors and Hi-5 was the only one that was available on our date. We agreed to have a chat on YM to discuss what I wanted. I chatted with Kathleen dela Merced that same night, asked her if she's done decors in Mann Hann, showed her some pegs, our theme, that I wanted to have pompoms and lanterns as decors, and what we wanted her to do.

After chatting, we agreed to meet personally and discuss some more. Hubby was with me when we met up, she discussed how she'll decorate Mann Hann, what kind of balloons she'll use, how many balloons, lanterns and pompoms she'll use. For the centerpieces, I bought small plush toys to be used for the centerpiece, and I instructed her to use them. Her assistant or one of her co-planners, Sheila, was also there with her during our meeting and she quickly drafted the estimate cost of the decors, which I liked and gave us a good idea on how much we'll spent. They gave us two options with decors and also two options for the cost. Another things that I liked about Hi-5 Parties is that they sent us a digital layout of how the centerpiece or decors would mostly look like and giving us options! They mentioned what they did before was set-up the decors at 12MN in Mann Hann. After discussing with them, I felt relieved that decors for the party will be ok. That night or the night after, they sent an email on how the decors and centerpieces options.


For the centerpieces:

We chose the third one with the balloons.

Here's what we got for the decors:

• 20 pieces Pom Poms ( orange, white, and aqua blue)
• 15 pieces Lanterns (rental - orange, white and aqua blue)
• 150 pieces balloons in Balloonderitas
• Custom Styro (rental - 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide)
• 2 pieces Link-o-loons wall (as pictured)
• 12 pieces centerpieces ( flying balloon and custom base option only)

And here's another option they gave us for the decors. But we opted for the above.

During our meeting I asked them if they have orange and blue candies since I knew they also make dessert buffets for parties. It took a lot of follow-ups by SMS before they got to reply on my request on the candies. We met another night for the contract signing, me giving them the plush toys, and getting the 5.5 kilos of candies from them! Kathleen told me that on the day of the party, Sheila will be there to see over things. At this point, I was happy and lax since I had nothing to worry about until the day of the party. NOT!

Eto na ang climax...
At 10:30PM the night before the party, Mann Hann's manager texted me to call them. So I did. They said that Hi-5 Parties was there at Mann Hann ready to set up, and they don't allow that. They told them to come back the next day at 7AM to set-up. I was freakin' panicking a day before the party. If you follow me on twitter, you would have read my live tweets. GOSH. If Mann Hann didn't text, I wouldn't know about it. So I called Kathleen to check, she said they were "making pakiusap" because they were already there and she already paid the workers who'll set up the balloons. I was the one who had to talk to the manager and the manager to their boss and convince him to allow them to decorate for at least an hour. After a few more calls, they allowed them to decorate, but if they exceeded the one hour they gave us, I will charged for a set-up fee. I WAS CHARGED for Php1,500. I can't get mad at the manager because he was just doing his job. Hi-5 Parties didn't inform Mann Hann that they'll be setting up that night, they didn't coordinate with them. It was partly my fault too as I was supposed to inform Mann Hann pala (based on Hi-5's contract), I only assumed because they've done decors at Mann Hann before. I was a bit disappointed. But! They did a GOOD JOB decorating the ceiling! I loved it. I arrived around 2:30PM at Mann Hann, they were still setting up the backdrop and inflating balloons for the centerpieces. I liked the backdrop too, they copied the Tiger! Yay! Sheila was there, she helped me set-up the dessert buffet, she also checked everything. Another thing that disappointed me that the ice cream cart came late! Oh well. But nevertheless, I liked how it turned out!


Oh, and our dirty ice cream cart came an hour late! But I didn't bother to complain anymore. I was ngarag already from all the preparations and entertaining guests, I couldn't care less anymore. Sayang lang ang daming leftover and we weren't able to take it home. Anyways!


Here's how the venue looked liked.

 

They did well!


Guests even got to take home the lanterns and some balloons. Oh well. Pikit-mata na lang ako nagbayad sa Mann Hann ng extra charges. All in all, I love what they did with the decors. They are affordable! I would get them again on my next party (baby#2's birthday or maybe when Y turns 7!), I would just make sure to check everything!



Hi-5 Parties
Kathleen dela Merced
http://hi5parties.multiply.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Hi5.Parties
+639178950017
ask.hi5parties@yahoo.com

Y's Birthday Series: The Cake and Cupcakes

I first learned about Les Sucreries thru a friend's friend who was also planning her daughter's first birthday. I checked her Multiply site for the work she's done and I was impressed. When I emailed Veronica around April, she replied and said to email her back on June since it was still early. I emailed her on June, I indicated how many layers I want, sent her our sample invitation to give her a peg, and the colors I wanted. (She only makes buttercream cakes, no fondant.) She asked if I wanted to see a sample layout on how the cake would look like, she requires a Php400 fee that will be deducted from your total bill, I said YES!

Here's what she sent me:

And here's the final layout (which is the combination of the two layouts):

I also ordered fifty cupcakes, 25 with orange frosting, and the other 25 with blue frosting. I asked her to deliver the cake and cupcakes to our venue. She charges delivery fee depending on your location. It was a bit pricey but I don't want to worry about the cake. She only delivers when your total bill is Php4,000 and up.

I only got to see the cake on the day itself. When I saw the cake, I was shocked on how orange it was! Honestly, I was a bit disappointed with the appearance. I had a high expectation based on her work and photos in her site. It wasn't cute. But lots of people complimented the cake (or maybe they were just being nice haha!) Her work is pulido naman but of course first thing you would see is the appearance of the cake. But what can I do? I can't return the cake, it's already paid for. I just hoped the cake tastes good. And it is good, kulang lang sa moist! She only makes chocolate cake, by the way. For the cupcakes, I ordered for the ones with plain frosting only, no toppers. The cupcake was so-so, it tasted more like mocha/coffee rather than chocolate.

All of these, we communicated thru emails and text. She's very nice and accommodating, she may not reply to your texts right away, try emailing her. For me it was faster since I'm on the computer almost the whole day. Her price for the cakes are reasonable, as well for the cupcakes. Would I order from them again? I might but only just the cake.
Les Sucreries  
Veronica Ngo
vtn_mkc@yahoo.com

Am I Ready Yet?

It's officially September!
Three days to go before Y's birthday and baptismal party and five days before Y's officially turns 1!

Am I ready yet for Sunday?
Here's what I've done so far:
I've finish doing the party giveaways and game prizes. All I need are boxes so I can pack everything in.
The BOS is also done making the cupcake toppers.
I've paid our party planner for the decors and Les Sucreries for the cake.
I re-confirmed our booking with the face painter and with My Chocolate Heaven.
I sent out last minute invitations.

Things I still need to do:
I have to pick up the desserts for Sunday on Saturday morning.
Buy a scooper.
I have to call the restaurant to confirm the head count.
I have to make sure my orders of Y's outfit will arrive on Friday!
I have to beautify myself hahahaha!
Ready payments for balances!

There's few things I want: I hope it doesn't rain on Sunday, for things to go smoothly on Saturday. My OCness is starting to kick in.. haha!

Busy Busy Long Weekend!

No vacation for us! No rest, no down time.
It's all about Y's upcoming birthday party!


Our weekend was all about packing the party favors, making cupcake toppers, wrapping tokens for godparents, sending out of invitations, ALL ABOUT THE PARTY!


We bought candies this weekend. I washed and sterilized all 90 spice jars! Yes, I sterilized them to make sure! I filled all ninety jars with candies and chocolates. Stick labels to the lids. It was sort of fun actually hahaha!


BOS made the cupcake toppers. We also DIY-ed the toppers. If you follow me on twitter, you most probably saw them. He sticked fifty toppers, one by one. He's OC, so it should be perfect. We even bought this scallop puncher just for this.


I bought craft boxes at National Bookstore for the godparent's tokens. It so cute! We also sent out invitations we haven't sent out yet!


We bought outfits for the day itself! Haha.. I'm tired and stressed but also can't wait for the day of the party! :D