Raizo Turns 1: Ant's Pocket

Ok a little history first, I met Anne last year during the World Bazaar. I was looking for suppliers for a possible business venture (which didn't happen) and I chanced upon her booth. I got her number and you can say the rest is history. We became good friends and now we join bazaars regularly as partners and also separately. She really is a heaven sent!

Ant's Pocket

I didn't want to hire a party planner or event stylist to do the venue because of budget constraints. I initially got Anne to do our giveaways, centerpieces and robot antennas.Then eventually I asked Anne if she can also do the backdrop.  

I really appreciate the time and effort they put in their work. Everything was handmade! All photos below are grabbed from their Facebook Page.

Chie doing our backdrop

 Ang dami nila! I sent her the favor bags and stickers to pack the giveaways. Thank you so much talaga!

Anne went to Shakey's early to set up along with Chie and her kids.

Our simple handmade backdrop!

Our centerpieces! I bought the tin cans at Divisoria for Php40 each. Used Paper Chic paper straws to hold the robots and balloons from Yan-ple's Party Shop.

I had about 100 bag tags made. I gave these away to everybody and I still have some with me pa. My sisters collected them all! LOL. They were all put inside Paper Chic's favor bags and sealed with Thank You stickers from Candy Shop (blogged about it here)

Cute noh?

I also had robot antennas made. I gave one to each kid. I'm glad some of the boys were game to wear it hehe!

Around two weeks before the party, I was thinking of "making" robot costumes for Y and R. I thought kaya ko pa mag DIY. Saw these on Pinterest.

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Cute diba? But I had no time to make it so I had Anne made it for me too! I showed her the photos and sabi ko siya na bahala. No measurements were taken. She had it sewn by a  modista they know. And I was happy with the outcome! And the kids are using them again for Halloween! Yay!

Whattafez ako pero I want to show you how the costume looks like! Ganda diba?

I'm really happy with Ant's Pocket! And I'm really glad I met her last year. She's really a blessing to me! Thank you Anne and Chie!!!

We'll be at the Mommy Mundo Bazaar! Visit us there! Meanwhile, check their Facebook Page and Instagram accounts!

Raizo Turns 1: Tazzy Cakes

Ok, 4 months later I'm still not yet done with R's party suppliers! Let's do this!

I was already set on having Raizo's cake to be made by Tazzy Cakes. I wrote about my niece's cake which is also made by Tazzy Cakes here. It was so pretty that I'm sure R's cake will also be as fab!

Catz, the owner and mother baker of Tazzy Cakes is super easy to transact with. I gave her my budget and some pegs and our invitation. Not necessarily copy the pegs but to serve as inspiration for the cake. 

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It was really hard to look for robot cake theme inspiration on the net. I initially wanted robot cake, a standing/sitting robot cake but Catz said the cake won't hold. Baka hindi din abot budget ko, ambisyosang frog lang hihi!

Cute noh? 

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And so the week before R's party, Catz called to confirm the colors of my theme and if it's possible na surprise na lang daw ang design ng cake. Of course I said YES! You can never go wrong with Tazzy Cakes! Wala pa ata akong naririnig na bad feedback from anyone who had their cakes made by Catz!

So on the day of the party, I was excited to see what Catz did. And here's the cake!!!

May sitting robot pa din!

I loved the cake! Galing mo talaga Catz!

I also had cupcakes made. Forgot how many I ordered. 24 cupcakes I think. But for the budget I've provided, it's super sulit! Her chocolate cake and cupcakes are super yummy! Seriously! My sister asked for four cupcakes, one of each color.

Super yummy promise!

Thank you again Catz for the cake! It was a super easy and smooth transaction! I highly recommend her to every mom! You won't be disappointed!

Tazzy Cakes

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TazzyCakes

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TazzyCakesPH

Email: cats@tazzycakes.com

Raizo Turns 1: Yan-ple's Party Shop

When I was canvassing for balloon decors, most of what was quoted to me was in the range of 10k-16k. OMG. I didn't have that big of a budget and I only need simple decors.Then I remembered I kept a file from Y's 1st birthday and that's where I got my supplier for party decors.

Yan-ple's decor packages are very affordable which was swak na swak sa budget! We only transacted via email. I showed her our theme colors and what she recommends for the venue since she already did decors at Shakey's Quezin Ave already.

I had balloon drops, 2 pillars and a cake arch.

I had everything done for less than Php7,000. It was simple but enough to may the place looks festive! At nagamit pa ng next party... Hihi!

Raizo Turns 1: Shakey's Quezon Avenue

I wanted a fuss free party. I started looking for venues like clubhouses and events place but when I computed for the estimated costs, I had to think twice. I was still working when I was planning R's party and I was strict on the budget I set so I had to look for another option.

I remembered a friend of my sister mentioned about Shakey's Quezon Ave have their own arcade inside the restaurant. I Googled and stumbled upon couple blogs. So we decided to do an ocular first one Sunday and had our dinner there. And right there and then, I picked and reserved our function room and put a downpayment. I didn't get their package because I didn't like the only theme available which was Justice League. Pwede naman daw. :)

This was the function room when set up

The function room can fit upto 120 people but siksikan na. I think 80 people would be just right. 

For the food, I had 9 orders of the monster meal and had it served buffet style.

Pasta! Carbonara and Bolognese!

My favorite!

Medyo nagkulang kami sa food. Yeah. Some of my relatives came late and the pastas were finished by the time they arrived. Kahiya hihi! 

I also availed of their promo of when you buy 200 tokens (which I gave away to the kids and what the stubs were for) for the Fun Zone you get a 32-inch pizza!

Pizza was HUGE! We had tons of leftovers that lasted a week! Haha!

Verdict? The place is a bit a small. I had a photobooth placed at the back so it became a little cramp. They are strict with the time. My party as scheduled 10am-12nn. The party started at almost 11am and by 12nn, the manager was already telling us our time is up. Our program wasn't done yet that I had to hurry up our host. We ended at 1pm. Hehe.

It's either I should went with my original plan of getting a venue or get a later time. I hope my guests had fun despite the place being so cramped and a short program that had to be hurried up.

Shakey's Quezon Ave

Lot 3 Blk. W-39-E Quezon Ave. corner Abad Santos St Brgy. Sta. Cruz Heroes Hills Quezon City

Tel. No. 351-0221 

         351-0223