60th Birthday Surprise!

Unlike most women having trouble with the mother of their husband, I am just so glad and thankful to have a very loving and supportive mother-in-law. She celebrated her birthday this month, 60^th! So when my sister-in-law asked me to help her plan and set-up a surprise for the celebrant, I immediately said yes. Of course I would love to make her birthday extra special as well.

How to Make a Pinwheel that Spins!

You need: colored paper, pencil, ruler, scissors, colored thumb tacks, superglue, bbq sticks or wooden skewers and small pieces of foam mat

Outdoor Photo Shoot for Baby Sophia's First Birthday

            Beginning of April, I’ve been really busy doing all the DIY props for my daughter’s first birthday. There are just a lot of nice and cute crafts one could make for a little girls party, I was able to make the Pinwheel, Pompoms, Banner, Buntings, Loot bags and even some Marshmallow Pops for the dessert table . I also wanted to have both indoor and outdoor photo shoot of her.  Normally, a professional photographer will charge around 5,000Php per session. Of course, we don’t want to spend that much, since we have our own camera. The goal is, to capture all the special moments of her 1^st birthday for lifelong keepsakes. So we just did everything ourselves, hubby as the photographer and myself as the over-all assistant. Mind you, it is never easy to take children’s photo but it was certainly all worth it! J

A day before our darling’s birthday celebration, we did the outdoor shoot at Rainforest Park in Pasig City. We only paid Php10/person upon entering the maze garden. No additional fee for the pictorial, you just have to ask permission, nicely! J