Halloween in August

Halloween came early for paperminties last year as we celebrated Alana's birthday in August.  Little Alana L-O-V-E-S all things Halloween and since I am all for unique parties, this party was a treat to plan with Alana's mum! ( Special thanks to Rej for the referral!)

From the party invites, down to the full party package with cut-paper art for the centerpiece sticks and wall decor, paperminties got a fair slice of the cake and boy, was it fun!

Additional story bit: Alana's mum intended to surprise Little Alana with this Halloween-themed party.  It was super gratifying to see Alana smiling from ear to ear when she saw the decorations! 

A shout-out to Alana and family for entrusting this project to us! 

Another shout-out to the Periwinkle and Lace team who did the dessert table!  We enjoyed working with you and admire your work.  Great job!

Here are the Halloween in August party paperminties.

Birthday invite.

Birthday invite.

Table centerpiece sticks.

Pumpkin Wall Decor.

Green Spider Wall Decor.

Black Cat Wall Decor.

Witch's Hat Wall decor.

Large Wall Decor

The Manila Polo Club banquet and events staff did a great job coordinating the table covers with the party theme!  We are grateful!

Thank you, Polo Club, for nice, purple table covers!

Wall decor behind buffet table.

Spot the black, velvet-y table cover!

Large wall decor.  

Hope we got a better shot of the dessert table by Periwinkle and Lace!  They did an exquisite job bringing in the Halloween vibe! 

Backlog Posts Teaser!!!

Just like that, six months passed.  Life happened, literally, as we welcomed Baby #2 in August (plus I went back to teaching at a new school).

The blog took a backseat and party paperminties posts were shelved.

With the recent party paperminties inquiries, the nagging urge to post the paperminties-decorated parties surfaced.

Please watch out for the delayed posts as we will post them soon!


Teaser photos of what's in store.

Halloween in August.

Shabby Chic Tea Party.

Poopoo Party (yep, you read that right!).

Party Paperminties - Cute as a Button Party

This Cute as a Button Party was in early August.  Birthday girl Kristiana turned two and her mommy and big sister thought it best to throw her a button-themed party since she loved fiddling with buttons!  Really clever theme!

Mommy was very hands-on with the preparations.  When I met up with her to discuss the party details, she had already finished decorating brown paper bags with circle cutouts and making paper pinwheels as centerpieces!  It made my work a lot easier.  All I had to do was add buttons to the pinwheels and paper bags, make table confetti and the large wall decor.  As an add-on, I decoupaged paper buttons on a letter K that mommy saved from Kristiana's Baptismal celebration.

Here are some pre-party photos and photos of the party venue on party day!

Brown paper bags made by Kristiana's mommy with the help of her loving Yaya Amy!

Paperminties paper buttons on the circles of the brown paper bags!

Pinwheels by mommy made from scrapbooking paper!

Paperminties paper buttons added onto the pinwheels.

Table Centerpiece pinwheels with paper buttons and paper button confetti on the table.

Table Centerpiece pinwheels with paper buttons and paper button confetti on the table.

Table confetti - Two-layered paper buttons from cutout circles.  I punched the four holes in the middle with a one-hole ticket puncher!  Labor intensive but results were satisfying.

Decoupaging Letter "K" with the paper buttons.

The finished product!

Large Wall Decor by paperminties!  How many buttons do you see?! = )

Brown paper bags with the thank you tags made by Kristiana's mommy! = )

Buttoned up Letter 'K' waiting for the cupcakes and cake!

Buttoned up letter 'K' with cupcakes and cake.

Posting more August projects soon!  Do watch out for them! = )

party paperminties was on tata&anna's blog!

Last week, party paperminties was mentioned for the very first time on another blog and it was on tata&anna!  

Tata&anna's blog post was all about parties and celebrations.  It was a walk down memory lane seeing the beginnings of party paperminties - "The Cat in the Hat" hats as table decor and Under the Sea large wall art which I worked on years ago, not thinking yet then that it could be possible additions to the paperminties line...And seeing how it has somewhat evolved to what it is now with the "Snakes" and "Light Blue and Lavender" parties.

It made me so happy to have party paperminties featured, much more so because it was on THEIR blog!

The lovely ladies behind the blog tata & anna.  Anna (L) and Tata (R).

The two lovely ladies behind the blog tata & anna are no less than Tata Mapa and Anna Chan.  Tata Mapa is a freelance writer, book editor and was the former editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Weddings Philippines.  Anna Chan was contributing stylist to Martha Stewart Weddings Philippines and still is for Smart Parenting magazine ( check out her article on labeling school materials which came out in the June 2013 issue of the magazine.  You may also have a look at it on their FB page - tata & anna ).

One of the Martha Stewart Weddings Philippines covers they worked on together.  Every MSW Philippines cover was so unique and gorgeous.  Martha Stewart herself approved every one of them. 

Anna's article on labeling which came out in Smart Parenting magazine, June 2013.  Visit tata & anna on FB to see the complete article.

On a side note, both Tata and Anna met Martha Stewart herself during their stint with Martha Stewart Weddings Philippines.  I mean how many people can say they were able to work on a Martha Stewart project, or that they set foot and walked through the Martha Stewart studios in New York, or met and chatted with Martha Stewart herself, right?!?

Tata with Martha.  NY, 2009.

Anna with Martha.  NY, 2012.

Such credentials to boast of and to think I've only scratched the surface!  So yes, it humbles me to have party paperminties mentioned in their blog!

Since I started following their blog, I realized how much they deserve this platform to share their insights, creativity and inspiration with the rest of the world.  In one of their blog posts entitled "Work in Progress," Anna sums up how their blog has now become the "magazine" where they are able to share their life experiences.  I so agree. 

So, wow, party paperminties was featured...and featured in a blog that matters!  Pinch me now.