COOL & USEFUL FAVORS

Hello everyone,

Hope your weekend was fabulous. I missed two days last week (including last Fri), but I will try my best to keep writing on my blog on the weekdays.

In any event, I was thinking of getting myself a 16 GB flash drive so I don't have to carry 3 - 5 flash drives in my purse. While I was browsing the internet last weekend, I found some cute flash drives. They're custom made flash drives. I know they're a bit pricey, but if you have the money and you want to give something useful for your guests at your party, I'll say flash drive is the way to go. They have so many styles and sizes. You can even draw your own creation and they will try to make them for you.

Take a look at the below images of some custom made flash drives I gathered from the internet.

For the music theme events, the below guitar is definitely a memorable favor to give to your guests.

Above image is from www.promotionalkeychains.biz

While for the wine lovers, this bottle of wine is so cute and surely will put a smile on your guests' face.

Above image is from http://www.gizmag.com/ via www.engadget.com

These heart shaped flash drives can be a hit at your teenage girl's party.

Above image is from www.geekstuff4u.com

You know how some people keep losing their flash drives. But with this key shaped flash drive, hopefully they won't lose it anymore.

Above image is from www.amazon.com

For more useful favor, this pen and flash drive hybrid would definitely be a hit.

Above image is from http://usb-depot.com

If you want to be more thoughtful to your guests, this credit card style would be the perfect one. It's thin, classy, yet simple. The guests can just put this in their wallet. Think this is my favorite too.

Above image is from http://thecoolgadgets.com

As you can see, the ideas are endless. Play with your imagination to create something unique but useful for your guests. Your guests will love you and they will always remember your wedding day.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEME PARTY

I know it has been a few months since the movie "Alice in Wonderland" with my favorite actor Johny Deep came out but the story itself is very popular. Thus, there will always be somebody who wants to have their party in "Alice in Wonderland" theme. I don't blame them. It's a playful and fun theme. I like the idea too.

So I browse the internet and found so many interesting "Alice in Wonderland" theme parties, from party for the little ones, to teenagers, to grown ups. Just let your imagination floats...

These below photos were from a little girl's birthday party by Jessica Claire Photograpy at www.jessicaclaire.net via Hostess with the Mostess blog at www.hostessblog.com. Even though the birthday party took place almost 3 years ago, but with the recent premier of "Alice in Wonderland" movie, the below photos could be an inspiration as well.

Look how they used the color for this kid's birthday party. And as you stroll down, you will notice the different colors between a grown up and a kid's "Alice in Wonderland" theme party.

One of my favorite blogs is Ritzy Bee and I found the below party that they did for a teenage girl. The event planner was www.ritzybee.com. Photographed by Rodney Bailey at www.rodneybailey.com.

As you can see here, the color they used for this teenage girl's birthday party were still pretty strong colors. I'd say probably because the girl liked these color combinations. It's still playful and fun for a teenage girl's birthday party or batmitzvah. Not bad.

Grown ups usually like a more classy look so they will prefer to use softer color combinations on their adult "Alice in Wonderland" theme party as you can see on the below two photo shoots.

The first photo shoot was created by My Sorted Affair at www.mysortedaffair.com and was photographed by Jessica Frey at www.jessicafreyphotography.com. It was supposed to be a bridal shower tea party idea. Actually, I kinda like this one. Looks adorable...

And the second photo shoot below are my favorite photo shoot. This can be for an outdoor wedding, or even for a bridal shower tea party. Lovely!

The images were from a photo shoot created by Simply Modern Wedding at www.simplymodernwedding.com via www.stylemepretty.com. Photographed by Kim Le at www.kimlephotography.com.

PARTY FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES

Was sitting at my desk and waiting for some inspirations for my blog today. Somehow for no reason, I remember how my boyfriend told me that if I have kids, I would be a very good mommy. Then I decided to look for birthday party ideas for 'lil ones. Of course there are soooo many of them, but I'm just going to post a few on my blog today.

As we all aware, most girls would want to be a princess and they love pink. Here are some pictures of pink birhtday parties I found online today. You can tell your planner what you want based on the below ideas, or if you're one of those creative and dedicated moms, you may be able to pull these off all by yourself.

Below photos are from Bella Grace Party Designs at http://www.bellagracepartydesigns.blogspot.com/ via Kara's Party Ideas at http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/.

The Pink Lemonade stand.

At the table setting, each little girl will get this cute mini candy machine they can take home as their favors.

Pink cones with a cute bow that can be filled with anything you can think of, from pop corn to mini marshmallows, to nuts, to candies or chocolates.

Something for everybody that they can grab on their way out.

While the below birthday party was for a 4 year old girl with "Princess" theme. Look how cute the cake is.

Pictures on the below birthday party are from Tracie Stier Johnson at http://www.tsjphotography.com/ via http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/.

Great color coordination and softer pink color than the previous birthday party.

For a Not so Pink party, I found these below pictures from a birthday party with "Pinwheels and Pearls" theme. They definitely used a softer pink color here and were incorporating other colors as well.

Photos from The City Cradle at http://www.thecitycradle.com/ via http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/.

They said they made these mini pinwheels by melting, flattening and re-shaping starburst candies. Talking about a dedicated and creative mommy.

The Lemonade station.

Of course we can't just ignore the boys. Found pictures of birthday parties with "Airplane" theme", and as you can see below, they were from two different parties. Usually for the boys, the most popular theme is nautical theme. But of course you can tailor the theme based on what your kids like or if your kid is only 1-2 year old, then you can tailor the theme based on what you have in mind.

The first birthday party on the photos below are from Not Just a Mommy at http://www.dawnypoo.blogspot.com/ via http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com.

The mini sandwiches in a nice display.

Look at these cute marshmallow propellers. They said they made them from M&M's and melted chocolate.

A fun activity for the kids at this "Airplane" birthday party theme was coloring your airplane.

Before they left, the kids can grab their goodie bags at this BAGGAGE CLAIM section. How cute...

Photos from a different birhtday party below, but with the same theme "Airplane". As you can see on the below, they used blue shade instead of red. But you can combine both colors or create your own based on these "Airplane" theme birthday photos.

The below images are from Charm Event Design at http://www.charmeventdesign.com/ via Kara's Party Ideas at http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/.

The other thing I will do is making a suggestion to the parents to use the plastic containers instead of glass for the cookies, chocolates and candies so they're more kid friendly. I will also put the dessert table in a lower table so the kids can take anything they want by themselves. But again, it all depends on the parents. I will make my clients happy so I'll follow what they want.

What a clever idea. I believe at the ARRIVAL section they put something that the kids should grab before the party starts for their activities, while at the DEPARTURE section they put the goodie bags that the kids can grab on their way out when the party is over.