Xavi's Party Souvenirs from Booths Republic

the photo balloon from Booths Republic

For Xavi's 1st birthday party, we sent our guests home with personalized souvenirs from Booths Republic. Yep, personalized with the guest's name, even a photo in the case of the photo balloon, right there on the spot, thanks to their Instaprint booths.

It sounds like a lot of work, but it's not, I assure you. I just told Sarah Chan of Booths Republic that we were having a Cat in The Hat/Dr. Seuss inspired party and she recommended the Craft Camp, Photo Balloon and their latest Cartoon Keychain booths.

Just a few weeks before the party, we talked about images that we could use for the personalized keychains, and they came up with these four.

Cute no? 

During the party, our guests could just choose among these four designs, advise the name they want on their keychain, and by the time they got their cotton candy, could pick up their finished keychain at the booth.

Apart from the personalized keychains, the guests enjoyed the photo balloon booth too. They would go and get their photo taken, and it would be printed on the other side of this balloon. Very cute!

I think the most popular booth of all would be Craft Camp. From 2 year old toddlers to 7 year old kids, they all had a blast coloring and decorating their own masks.

It also took care of entertaining the kids prior to the party proper. It was nice and also a relief seeing the kids congregating at the Craft Camp booth, because for sure, there were no bored kids in our party!

Even the big kids gave Booths Republic a thumbs up!

More than just party or event booths, you may order stickers and printed products as giveaways, or for personal use from Booths Republic.

We love these waterproof stickers that we use to label Berry's books, sippy cups, lunch boxes and snack containers for school. These withstand washing and don't peel off even if they've gotten wet countless times.

Booths Republic offers practical, personalized products that your guests will love. As for you, it is so easy to work with them. Just advise them of the day of your event, and if it's available they can then block it off for you. Just tell them your theme too, so they can recommend the most complementary products and designs. They can customize stickers, balloons, keychains and more just for you and your guests.

Thank you Lala, Sarah and the Booths Republic team for being a part of Xavi's birthday bash! The kids, even the mommies, loved their Booths Republic goodies!

Booths Republic 
Sarah Chan / Lala Tsai
+63917 800 3323, +63922 888 3427
boothsrepublic@yahoo.com
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Xavi Turns One at Seussville!

I can't believe Xavi is one today. Our big, chubadubs baby boy who we call Spider Pig at home because he likes to crawl and climb everywhere, and whose hands are the stickiest (he can literally grasp a glass with one hand, no kidding), is officially a year old today. I'd spare you the sappy, sentimental bits, but I would just like to greet Xavi here a HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY! Heehee.

Whoever said "time flies" certainly knew what he was talking about. Because that's how it feels. One minute I'm pushing out Xavi, next thing I know, we're celebrating his first birthday. Which we did last weekend.

I shared photos on Instagram because I was so happy with how Xavi's party turned out. Many have been asking me about my suppliers, so I thought I'd do a quick post to share with you what Xavi's party was like. I'll do more thorough posts too, as these are just snippets of the party.

Background: I've been doing DIY parties for Berry and I did the same for Xavi too.  I planned Xavi's party myself, but this time, I was lucky enough to meet my friend Cathy Lim's sister-in-law, Michell Lao of Party Magic, who tastefully turned the Greenmeadows Clubhouse into Seussland!

Initially, I just wanted to order balloons from her, but as I told her about my theme, and she started sharing her vision with me, I found myself so excited with her ideas that I just let her do her thing, heehee.

The party invite was designed by Pat of The Candy Shop:

At the entrance, Michell set-up a Cat in The Hat balloon wall:

The stage was a great backdrop and looked like a page out of a Dr. Seuss story book. The kids loved having their photos taken here, sitting on the chairs. I used our own IKEA chairs:

Which was kind of like the ones in the Cat in The Hat book!

Michell was also inspired by the trees from The Lorax:

I loved the paper lanterns that Michell used, it made the Greenmeadows Clubhouse look very festive:

We had two types of centerpieces, which were either polka dot pails or these inverted felt Cat in The Hat hats handmade by Anne Mateo of Ant's Pocket.

The character cut-outs, as well as the Happy Birthday letter cut-outs on stage, were also from Pat of The Candy Shop:

My sisters Dianne and Nicole gamely wore the hats, haha. The big one was supposedly for Dada and the small one for Xavi, but the boys did not want to wear these, corny. Haha!

The Dessert/Candy Buffet aka Xavi's Sweet Treats were also set-up by Michell of Party Magic:

With baked treats by Joanne's Kitchen:

The actual cake was by Cat del Rosario of Tazzy Cakes:

Catering was by M Catering, and I arranged for an adult buffet as well as a kids buffet. The chocolate chip cookies and milk shots was the hands down hit for both kids and adults!

Apart from "real food", we also got corn dogs and cotton candy from Jeriz Food Carts, and fries from NYFD. Ice cream pops were courtesy of Nestle.

To keep the kids occupied before food was served and before "entertainment" started, Sarah Chan and Lala Tsai of Booths Republic set-up a Craft Camp...

...as well as personalized keychain and balloon souvenir booths, which were so cute! The guests loved this!

Rather than the usual entertainment, My Masterpiece Movement kept the kids entertained, with Cat in The Hat storytelling, games and music:

My brother Andrew was our official photographer for the day, but everybody got to bring home photos right there and then, thanks to Print Social's Live Instagram Printer. Pretty much, the party place was the studio, and anything our guests took a photo of using the hashtag #XavisFirstBirthday was uploaded, displayed live feed style on a TV set and printed automatically, right there and then:

All our guests loved Xavi's party, and I think, if you just go with suppliers I got, you would have an easy, stress-free party like we did! I promise more details and photos in upcoming posts! =)

One last photo by the balloon wall before it went pop! pop! pop!

Booths Republic

With Berry's birthday coming up in 3 months, I have started thinking of what to do for her third birthday party. This will be Berry's first party in the Philippines so I really was researching on suppliers, having been out of the loop for a while now. Thankfully, Sarah of Booths Republic emailed me a few weeks back telling me about Booths Republic.

Sarah Chan and her sister Lala Tsai are full time working moms who started Booths Republic, a business setting up party booths for kiddie parties. I actually first heard about their venture from Daphne's blog, when they set up uniquely themed booths like iStickers and Photo Balloon booths for Stella's first birthday party, which Daphne said was a hit. Sarah and Lala have since expanded their repertoire with 3D Me, 3D Me Pens and Craft Camp booths.

I like how Sarah & Lala niftily put together an activity/souvenir in one booth, making it a no brainer for parents planning birthday parties. I mean, it keeps the kids occupied, and well, who doesn't enjoy going home with unique, practical and personalized souvenirs right?

iStickers are personalized, waterproof stickers that can withstand washing

These are the iStickers that Sarah sent for me and Berry - I've attached mine on my mobile phone and camera. Still looking for things to stick it to, heehee. Berry loved the Hello Kitty stickers! You can also request for other characters like Angry Birds, Dora, Thomas the Tank Engine, etc. depending on your party's theme. I think kids and adults will both enjoy this!

Craft Camp gets kids involved in decorating inflatable balloon masks to color, decorate and wear.

Craft Camp balloon mask

3D Me dolls are cute and hilarious! I couldn't help but laugh at my 3D Me doll! But, Berry looks cute! Haha! When she saw it, she said, "So, so cute!" While these are best used as bag hangs or accessories for mobile phones, Berry wanted to wear it on her hair!

Booths Republic is also coming out with 3D Me pens, so instead of a doll, your kids get to see their faces on a furry head sticking out like a lollipop on a pen.

Meanwhile, Photo Balloon takes your photograph and prints it on the balloon while you wait. These balloons last up to a year with proper care.

Booth Republic's prices range from Php3,900 to Php9,500 depending on the booth and package you are getting. This is inclusive of the booth, the person manning it, a set number of pieces, the materials needed to get the booth up and running. In short, you have nothing left to worry about. Sounds so easy and a lot of fun no? Now I have to decide on which booth to get for Berry's party! Heehee!

Booths Republic

Sarah Chan / Lala Tsai

09228883427

boothsrepublic@yahoo.com