Monday, 09 November 2009
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Very Belated Dol Recap
We just got back from China on Thurs night and it feels so good to be back in the US. I meant to post these dol pics before we left, but as usual my procrastination got the better of me and I spent every spare minute packing.
Lila's birthday banner
Luckily there was just enough patterned/color paper left over from the globes to put this together.
We taped this photo in the elevators to greet guests. It says "Oh! You made it. I'm on the 4th floor!" I love her expression. The Hello Kitty is a balloon holder that I got from Party City.
Petitemandoo's friend printed out/mounted photos of Lila in 3 different sizes from different months. Then sue_shi's hubby was kind enough to help us hang them like a gallery wall using the 3M removeable mini hooks before the party started.
"Hanbok Cake" baked by Ruth (our friend's sis) of brooklyncake.com
We played one game/raffle - What Will Lila Pick? Everyone wrote their name on a ballot and dropped it into the pocket they predicted Lila would pick. From those pockets, we picked 2 winners.
Guests took lollipops (that Sandy so kindly assembled) on their way home from this lolli garden. The letters, crate (cd holder) and pink/green paint were from Michaels. I glued them on with regular craft glue, then used the leftover crinkle paper from the invites as filler around the inside floral foam.
And the globes that I already posted about.
To package the dduk, my Uncle brought empty take out boxes from his restaurant and we attached these labels printed from avery.com
And our birthday girl~
With Grandma
Playing with the balloons
The doljabee
Lila picked the abacus first, but YSB's family didn't count it, so they made her do it twice more. My family counts the abacus, and my in-laws count the rice and pen. Here's a video of her grabbing the abacus.
And the penLila Doljabee 1 from angie bae on Vimeo.
Sue_shi & Sandelion23 - thanks so much for all your help!
Lila handing a prize to her Uncle D.
And finally, eating cake for the first time
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Comments (24)
Beautiful Dol! Great idea for the doljabi board too~ Everything turned out super cute!
everything looks great!!! i was going to say that i like the banner, but then i wanted to say i like the photos too, and then....i like everything! and what a happy girl you have, as always.
Great job. I love the lollipop garden and the birthday cake. Wish I thought of it for Ellen's Dol. Oh well. There's always the next kid.
beautiful details to the dol! i love the idea of having guests pick what they think lila is going to pick and then you pick winners. i think i'll try and implement that for my nephews dol!! =)
wow i love all the details! you make dol planning look so fun! hahaha. love the lollipop garden and the globes...you're very creative.
Wow, I love all the details that went into L's party! I feel like such a slacker compared to you xanga martha stewarts...
every detail was so beautiful and cute. i love the pic of her taped to the elevators...so freaking cute. great timing with the pics -- i was just trying to figure out how to put the doljabi board together...thanks for the reminder! :)
and welcome back! can't wait to hear about your trip.
Lila's birthday party must have been a blast and all the beautiful details just top the chart! Great job.
I love the birthday girl picture...that face it just too precious.
i love all the colors and decorations. great pictures!
=) for the record, you can call sam samshimi. get it!? sueshi and samshimi. LOL.
such pretty details! i think this may be the first time for me seeing a picture of you and your husband. :) and i also recognize couple xanga mommies. happy belated 1 year, Lila!
fantastic job! everything looks great and it seems like you all had fun!! =P
Wow you did an awesome job!!! Everything's so pretty!!!!
everything was perfect ang...u never cease to amaze me...awesome awesome job and one day lila will see all these pictures and videos from her first bday and know how much you love her and how much you did to make her first bday extra special...*muah*
@AnnaBanAnna - @a_nut07 - @cheendy - @efficientb2 - @LAMAY123 - @yunbug - @pinkkitty1101 - @jiNNie_g - @mamajoyjoy@momaroo - @always_ss - thank you! :)
@hongfamilia - that's so funny! i guess we dont have many photos of the 3 of us together. it's so hard to get everyone looking in the same direction at the same time with eyes opened :p
@sue_shi - lol and what should we call your little edamame?
@tubecozy - thanks! and actually i read somewhere that chinese people used to put out objects for 1 yr olds to grab but that tradition kind of went away whereas korean parents still do it. my parents said the abacus is a chinese thing - sort of like a calculator i guess, it's supposed to mean smart, i think. can't wait to see you guys this weekend! i'm sure everything will be wonderful :)
@injeannieous - you're no slacker! did you already pick a venue? that's the hardest part. i'm sure j's will be AWESOME :)
your ideas are so unique & cute! i LOVE the hanbok cake~ it seems like lila had a great time on her 1st birthday! you must be so relieved that it's all over! i get all stressed about it, then somehow forget for awhile, then panic & stress again! haha.
You did an awesome job! all your idea are so good. Good to see you guys got back safe.
you did an awesome job.. so creative .. I'm just sorry we couldn't see it in person.. the hanbok cake was a great cool idea... Lila looks so happy.
@wedBliss - thanks! yeah i'm def relieved it's over. don't stress! i'm sure c's dol will be amazing!
@Mrs_Cho08 - thank you!
@jpjchen - thanks! and thank you for the super cute gift! cant wait to see you guys this weekend :)
awww~ lila's dol was soo nice! the details are amazing. i see photos of parties all the time but yours is one of my faves!! lila looks SO adorable in her hanbok. i love that photo of her sticking out her tongue, hehe. oh and her chubby little hand with the gold jewelry~ so cute!! that pic of her at the elevators is so cute and perfect~ it looks like she's saying the quote! do you know where the big photos were printed from and on what material? i wanted to enlarge and print a bunch of photos of evan for his dol bc we have an empty venue that i need to fill!!