Woodland Party - 2011

3d decor done by Balloon Imagination

My beautiful girls! The two cousins and BFF.

Baby J & I love the balloons

Better snap a quick picture to document the cake before the kids dig into it!

End of the party, the girls continue to play with the decor. Dresses are by our favorite brand- Luna Luna Copenhagen

Woodland Birthday Cake

Source of Inspiration - Andrea Sweet Cake

 I made some sketches of some woodland animals and tried to make my first fondant 3d characters from scratch. It would be easier if I purchase books on how to make 3d fondant characters step by step... All I can say after this cake is that - I will be on a long hiatus to make characters

 The base was my sister's favorite Rose Levy's Grand Marnier Chocolate Chip Cake. I will probably find time some day to post the recipe up. Frosted it with chocolate ganache, then fondant the cake.
 

 The tree trunk needed a extra layer of cake and each layer was frosted with vanilla buttercream.Since I don't have brown fondant, I made chocolate from scratch with marshmallow and cocoa, which was surprisingly not very difficult as I expect it to be. Using toothpick and fondant veiner tools, I tried my best to give textures to make the trunk look somewhat real.

Use buttercream to pipe the vines and leaves

The birthday girl and her woodland friends

More friends. Making the wordings was another challenge.

The cake

 Grace, my darling niece, I hope when you are old enough for your mommy to let you use the internet browser, and that you come by to read Auntie's blog, you can feel my love for you. Hugs and kisses from Auntie!

Crimson Laser Cut Invitation

Lovely laser cut invitation by Siem Offset

Pillow Invitation with Headbands for Baby J & I Birthday 2011 Party

I first bought the princess crown headbands for my daughter and my nieces from Pasar Pagi (traditional wholesale market in Jakarta) and decided to go back and buy more to give as invitations so all the little girls can be princesses. Since they sold out of the crowns, I went about to buy few dozens of other cute headbands from  for average $10 for a dozen.

After making few boxes of these, I decided to save paper and make these:

Pillow case envelope! Inspired by Watermark invitation for my bridal shower

One pillow case envelope only uses one A4 paper. I used local bookstore bought Conqueror 250gr fancy paper, drew and cut a prototype. Once I have the prototype done, its easier from there to draw the sides to cut. Using the blunt side of scissors to pressure carve on the curves so that it will be easier and neater to fold. I the double-taped the sides. To finish the envelope, fold in the curves. One done...30 more to go...

 Next to do was printing the invitation. Cut them and used a puncher to punch round corners on the invitation. After that was to put the invitation and headbands in. Ummm... the double tape didn't do much a good job on sticking the sides and the envelope was bursting. I tried to a tape to stick the sides from the exterior then almost decided to overlook the imperfections... then finally, I resorted to staple the gaping envelopes.

Made the name sticker tags with vintage image found under free printables. The envelope looked very plain with just the name sticker so I spruced it up with ribbons. Voila! Invitations done!

J & I Mickey Clubhouse Birthday Party - 2011

All the decor was done by Balloon Imagination

My children birthdays are only 1 day apart with Baby J turning 3 and Baby I turning 1. Baby I favorite character since infant was Mickey Mouse, so we decided to throw the kids a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme party. Upon Baby J's request, Tinkerbell 3d was also included in the backdrop.

Reception locket area for guests to register names. All little girls received necklaces and the boys watches. Mickey and Minnie photo booth area for the guests to take instant pictures for souvenirs.

 Baby J's princess dress is by I Love Gorgeous and Baby I's traditional Korean costume was from my mother-in-law who had it custom made in Seoul.

Mommy's hard work on the cakes. Making full tiered cake was not easy at all. Should have been smrter annd used cake dummies instead. I bought the cake pop online and had them shipped to my NY hotel when I had business trip there. All 200pcs! I had to purchase a new luggage to bring these pops back. My sis made 50 pops for me for the kids birthday and I don't think she will be doing more pops any time soon after this :)
Font used on the sticker was Budmo Jiggler.

 Goodybags were custom made art bags by Masterwork's second line, Giving Bag, and inside the bags were Crayola Twistables pencil set. More souvenirs for guests to bring back was custom caricature done by the artist hired for the party. Photo frame was a gift from the artist for the birthday girl.

We were so beat after this party. My husband swore off big birthdays but I told him we have to throw another big party for #3 1st birthday only to be fair. And guess what! 1 year after this party, our #3 is out! And her birthday is the same as her elder sis!

Baby K 1st Birthday - Travel Around The World Party

Its all in the details and my sis love doing all the decor details by herself. Here's my niece's, K's 1st birthday pictures and the theme is Around the World

Welcome table decor

Globe, framed world art map, family pictures, party hats, and a mini luggage

Candies for little guest

3d and balloon decor by Fairy Floss

My sis own decor. Cake stands, candy jars, and other decor were sourced online. The vintage balloon can be sourced by FB sellers, such as Shiori. Cake and cupcakes by Cupcake Moment.

Crayola goody-bags for the little guests