I have this thing about sharing design & theme links for anyone who's planning events i.e. birthdays, weddings, bridal showers, baby 1st birthday etc etc etc... It came time for mama to plan the little princess's 1st birthday (mama is Korean, and baby's 1st birthday is traditionally a big celebration in Korea) so she was looking for ideas. Me? I don't have a child, I am not getting married & the extent of my craftiness is cooking & maybe doing some frosting piping work on a cupcake if you're lucky. But I peruse all sorts of blogs for inspiration & stare in awe at other people's "ambition"... So I did what I do best - I shared blog links and mama took the ideas and ran with it. She made her own dohl towers (dohl = 1st birthday in Korean, and the dohl towers are a traditional decoration for the table) and such for little princess's 1st birthday - it was a sight to see. Job well done mama!
Fast forward to present day - birthday party planning time rolled around & I once again shared cute links with mama. Well, acutally it started with sharing a cute craft idea to make Easter theme treat eggs and it all snowballed from there I think? I forget how she determined the theme of this year's party but I remembered I saw an "It's a Small World" (you know, the Disney ride?) themed birthday party and I HAD to share the idea with mama... I have a photographic memory so I can always recall SEEING something but I usually forget when I saw it. I remember seeing that Small World party on a forum but I could NOT find the archived post about it but I knew it was there... I found it in a couple hours but I couldn't rest until I found it. I also googled & came across another party that interpreted Small World differently. It was equally cute but I was looking for something specific in the original party - the invitation. This invitation was all Small World & it was wonderfully designed to fit around an invitation... (you had to be there... all right?!) Anyhow, I found it. I shared. I went crazy with ideas on how to carry out the Small World theme throughout the rest of the party (I probably scared mama a little with my ideas).
Ok so we both calmed down with our grand ideas. And then do you know what mama did?? She asked me to make some mini desserts for the celebration... =) She had such blind faith in me (she's never had the chance to partake in any of my creations). The days were flying by & mama shared her pics of the birthday party preparations - little princess is gonna LOVE her party. Mama made all sorts of banners, bunting, signage, treat bags, etc etc etc... Her craftiness amazes me.
I think we've made a birthday tradition - we've already got a theme idea for a birthday in the future! We're on top of planning miss princess's birthdays for the next 5 years! (kidding, really.)
I didn't want you all (all 4 of you who read this blog... and I know who you are! j/k) to think I was forgetting about my blog. My mind has been mired in cookie dough, cake batter & cheesecake custard... I hope to share some pics of said treats soon!
Sneak peek at one dessert for little princess
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