Hi guys! Yep, you must have guessed from my sneak peek and from my previous post that we are planning to throw our little monkey a safari-themed party for his first birthday. In my series of posts on our family’s party planning for DW, this one would be about the stuff we already have with us for the party.
Invitations
I asked Regina Silva of Wedgienet to create DW’s invitations. I asked Reg first if she was willing to do invitations and fortunately she said yes. We agreed on the design and the terms of our agreement. Reg was very easy to talk to and knew exactly right away what I wanted. I liked the invites to have cute animals and she did just that.
Giveaway: Personalized Notepads
Reg also makes notepad
s, tumblers and buttons. I asked her if she could also create notepads and buttons for DW’s loot bags and she agreed. All these took us about 4 months from start to finish, there was a long lull in between because we finished so fast that we just waited for October to kick in so that Reg could start printing.
The notepads aren’t really for the kids but for the parents. We wanted to have something for them in the lootbags that they could use. I had the pins made so that I could pin them on the loot bags as an extra.
Loot bags
BDW and I thought it would be easy to go to any party supply store or any tiangge and we could buy a generic paper bag with animal prints and that would be it. Well, that’s not the case. There is an oversupply of stuff out there with Winnie the Pooh, Cars, Dora, Diego, Transformers, Ben10, High School Musical designs but not enough of the generic stuff that we were looking for. We thought that any kids supply store would at least have some stuff with generic animal prints right? Wrong.
So BDW and I had to get creative. BDW’s sister had drawstring bags made for our nephew’s 1st birthday last year and so we thought that maybe we could do that. This option was very doable given that BDW’s family owns a t-shirt factory and the bag requires just a simple pattern and easy sewing. After being given the go-signal by BDW’s dad, BDW and I went straight to Market! Market! (ala Project Runway Philippines haha) to buy fabric for the little one’s bags. Animal prints are in style now right? It would be easy to buy fabric for bags right?
Wrong (again! huhu). The animal printed fabrics we’ve seen are very soft (th
ink chiffon). So I told BDW that we better try our luck in Kamuning, the place to go to for fabrics for us folks up north.
As you can see by the pic on the left, Kamuning came through alright! We found them in a shop that sells upholstery textile. They were just right and were only 150 per yard. Given that a yard can produce 10 bags hello jackpot!
More Loot for the Loot Bags
As of now, we’re still trying to figure out what else we could fill the loot bags with. We bought crayons, coloring books, coin banks, puzzle cards, luggage tags, cookies and candies. We’re waiting for the loot bags to be completed. I’ll post pics of the assembly right away! Promise!
Karina says
October 20, 2012 at 10:36 pmDo you accept orders for the safari theme loot bags? I don’t know where to hav it made Kasi. How much each?
Candy says
August 16, 2012 at 7:30 pmhi kwhat kind of cloth was used for the bags? 🙂
manilamommy says
August 18, 2012 at 6:06 pmhi! the bags are made of cotton 🙂 the zebra bags are made of nylon.
Chol says
July 8, 2012 at 3:24 pmWow the idea you have on the loot bags is very impressive! 🙂 hmmm makes me think what new idea I can do for my daughter’s sun, flower and bees garden theme party. She’s turning one this nov and your posts are really helpful in my planning. 🙂 thanks a lot!
manilamommy says
May 11, 2011 at 10:52 am@einahpets06 – hi, i don’t remember where exactly, we just went around kamuning market and looked at all the shops until we found the stall that had these prints 🙂
einahpets06 says
May 11, 2011 at 12:04 amhi..
May i ask where exactly in Kamuning is the upholstery textile shop located?
Big thanks
manilamommy says
March 23, 2011 at 10:43 amhi mommies –
i hope you understand if i don’t post how much we spent for DW’s parties from here on. i also suggest that you call our suppliers and ask for their most recent packages as the ones i have are from two years ago pa.
thanks so much for dropping by my blog 🙂 if you need anything else just let me know!
hca says
March 22, 2011 at 3:30 pmhi neva, if you don’t mind, may i know how much have you spent for your baby’s 1st birthday? Thanks 🙂
cuty_strawberrry8 says
March 22, 2010 at 12:34 pmhi neva! it’s really an awesome party! well-organized and creative. Nakaka-inspire magplan same as yours, okay lang ba i-copy ung theme? hehehe 😀
neva adelane says
March 22, 2010 at 1:31 pmhi cuty_strawberry! naku by all means go, copy and do better haha! i don’t think we’re the first to do a safari party too 😀 thanks for dropping by!
Anna says
November 24, 2009 at 6:38 am4 months in advance?? my goodness! i’m serious neva – you should do this as a living! or kahet sideline!
sanne says
November 23, 2009 at 12:46 pmlove the notepads! great idea, neva!
neva adelane says
November 23, 2009 at 1:43 pmhi sanne! thanks! hope you’re doing well 🙂
kendz says
November 23, 2009 at 12:46 pmang saya saya naman!!! 🙂 i love the loot bag!!! it’s so nice!
neva adelane says
November 23, 2009 at 1:43 pmhey kendz! thanks!!
Joy says
November 23, 2009 at 12:35 pmFour months in advance? I can’t even make a decision on travel to book 4 months in advance. Haha! Ang galing! When I become I mommy I hope to be as organized and resourceful as you, Nev! 🙂
neva adelane says
November 23, 2009 at 1:44 pmhaha kelangan joy e, september to november are toxic months for me work wise so we needed to plan in advance hehe