Saturday, July 11, 2009

Family pics @ Marissa's 1st Birthday Party!

Finally! Received the much-anticipated DVD from Grace Tan of Integricity Visuals.

The family photo portraiture was less than half an hour but Grace managed to take so many shots of us!



My parents also joined us for the photo shoot at Marmalade Cafe. We also celebrated Marissa's 1st birthday there.

Party Decor

I bought the party decor from ebay USA and the Marmalade Cafe staff helped me decorate the place.

Hello Kitty 'Happy Birthday' Banner

Hello Kitty Lantern Garland

Hello Kitty party treat bags & cookies

Hello Kitty helium balloons - a huge hit with the kids. Balloons Bouquet Bangsar charges RM2 blowing up each balloon. Since they are located within walking distance to Bamgsar Village II, they delivered the balloons for free.

Buffet Dinner

Marmalade Cafe @ Bangsar Village II has a special section for private functions. For 50 guests, it was a cosy setting.

The buffet dinner menu served that day was.....

Seafood Fried Rice.........

Spaghetti Aglio Olio......

Mini Cupcakes.....
and.....
Roast Chicken with Mashed Potatoes
Havana Salad
Iced Lemon Tea

From the feedback given to me, the food was tasty but portions small.

Billy the Clown

I was glad that Reuben was available to entertain the guests at the party especially the little ones.

'Uncle Billy' made this balloon for me!

Evan enjoying the performance

Cookie Monster also made an appearance

Evan assisting during one of the magic tricks. I was surprised that he participated this time because the other time he saw Uncle Billy performing magic (at Joy-Anne's birthday party), he didn't want to watch.

Birthday Cake

Evan helped Marissa blow out the Hello Kitty candle cum cake topper

Ordered the cake from specialcakes.net (Tracey) who's based in Riana Green Bandar Utama. It's a basic butter cake with Hello Kitty decorations. Cost? RM160 - which I think is on the high side as the cake was quite plainly decorated and I didn't like the writing on the cake. I added a few bento picks on the cake so it doesn't look so plain and empty.

These mini cupcakes are from Marmalade Cafe. Decorated with Hello Kitty cupcake rings.