aston's superhero 5th birthday party

last friday, paula of frog prince paperie first featured aston's superhero party in her blog. that was exciting because paula's team was responsible for all the party printable designs including the invites!

our little guy just turned 5 and after a long debate who won over the party theme (spiderman vs superman), we finally decided on doing the complete superhero party in case he changes his little fickle mind again. and in the event he did so, we got every superhero covered! 

 

 

 

 

we had the big celebration at planet wow - an indoor playground place where all the kids (and adults) released all their morning energy in the bounce houses and giant slides. it was truly fun and we all had a blast! 

 

the day of the party i had to consider transporting all  the party decor to the venue, so i decided to use unbreakable reusable stuff we already have at home. aston's spiderman toy box organizer served as the cake stand. his standby lunchboxes (i didnt realize he had half a dozen of them) also were part of the decor and held strings for the balloons.

for the party signage, an old ikea plastic frame held an invitation placed atop a shoebox from his new superhero sneakers his grandparents gave him. i just personalized the shoebox by sticking some of his party printables on them. it was a great way of adding height to the dessert table (see first photo of this post). i also had coloring sheets printed, rolled and tied with coordinating ribbons as an inexpensive addition to the party favors. they also served as tablecenterpieces and part of the dessert table to add color and height! 

 

 

i utilized some of the printables in different ways this time. the cupcake round toppers were used as stickers for the gable boxes, crayon toppers and cookie toppers. the scrapbook paper were used as placemats for each place setting and liners for the white platters that held the cakepops. the small favor boxes were cut to use as tags for the gable boxes as well.

each guest get to take home a gable box filled with crayons, pens/pencils, masks, superhero candy and coloring sheets. they were treated with sweet desserts such as star sugar cookies, cupcakes with superhero rings, cakepops and cake. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

we are so blessed to have all our family, relatives and friends there to enjoy aston's memorable 5th birthday party! see you all next year!


party printables and invitation : FROG PRINCE PAPERIE
cake and cakepops : THE SWEET BOUTIQUE
cookies : JOLIE'S DELIGHTS
venue : PLANET WOW
cupcakes : HEB

all photography by AILYNNE ABARADO-REMIGIO

meeting amy

last friday i had the chance to sneak out from work and head over to williams-sonoma for the book signing event of Amy Atlas' sweet designs book. i was there early along with party planner jennifer of petit delights, who i planned to meet at the said event. we both had a chance to chat with amy for a little bit. she was just wonderful and warm as she can be and i think i was a bit starstruck and overwhelmed just meeting her! 

she did a meet and greet with each arriving guest and took time chatting with us even before the event officially started. her whole presentation was engaging and full of amazing party styling tips. they served delicious strawberry trifle and the most refreshing red zinger iced tea with watermelon wedges during the brief presentation (both recipes are in the book). she also took time for pictures with every single one of us lining up for the book signing. she was so gracious and humble and i am so glad to have finally met her! 

the picnic in the park setup

amy chatting with us before the event and yes, isn't her hair gorgeous?!

amy and jennifer of petit delights.
and oh, i did briefly meet the fabulous bridget of Bake at 350 ~ that was a blast too!

my amazing niece photographer/teacher/mommy ailynne who also joined us

starstruck at the book signing event

to wrap it up ~ meeting amy was one of the highlights of my blogging "career"! 

to check her book signing schedule, click here

julep maven

i am excited to get my initial julep maven subscription box in the mail today! 

after signing up for the monthly subscription (for only $0.01 initial fee! code : PENNYINTRO) just the other day, i got my first box just days later. and i am in love with the first colors they sent me. renee, is a dreamy lavender and eva is more of a raspberry pink hue. i love that julep's nailcolors are free from the 4 dreaded Fs : formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene and DBP. to try them out, sign up for the monthly julep maven box! 

HAPPY SATURDAY ALL!