Every mom’s dream is throw her son or daughter the PERFECT birthday party. Who wouldn’t? As with everything else though, reality steps in all too quickly, and we are confronted with something as unavoidable as death and taxes: BUDGET To give you an idea, if you are a middle to upper-middle class parent, and would like to throw your child a decent party, the going all-in rate right now is anywhere between P100,000 to P300,000. Before you pull out your pitchforks, let me tell you that...
3 Quick Ways To Reduce Your Birthday Party Costs By 70% (or more)
There are basically 3 main factors that comprise 70-80% of your total budget for planning a party. If you are a mommy on a budget and you are finding it such a hard time to reduce costs, zeroing in on these 3 things will help you reduce your expenses drastically! 1. PARTY VENUE. This is probably the 1st thing you need to finalize when you are planning. Depending on your choice of venue, rental rates can range from P10,000 all the way up to P80,000! Scarlett Kramer’s Barbie Princess Party...
Top 10 Kiddie Party Venues in Metro Manila
Whenever we have a meeting with our clients at Party Magic, the very first question we ask is: where is your venue or events place? This is the first question because of practical reasons: the venue or events place for your upcoming kiddie party will have an effect on such matters as the theme, the logistics, the suppliers (some venues only allow a certain set of suppliers), the caterer, and ultimately, the costing or fee for styling the event. Make no mistake: if you are a mommy on the first...
Elle’s Happiest Place on Earth
When my client walked into the store for the first time, I knew that this party was going to be special. The client was none other than Robina Ko, the owner and marketing extraordinaire of the famed Status Hair Salon. Now at 6 branches, the salon is fronted by the luscious goddess Karylle Tatlonghair-Yuzon (and the business is open for franchising as well!). Now you might be wondering at the title of this blog post: why the “happiest place on Earth?” What place could that be...
The 7 Best New Birthday Party Themes for 2015
Time flies very fast. While this is true for most people, I find that this is all the more true for the event styling industry. Consider this: in less than 2 years since my company, Party Magic, started styling birthday parties, we have done in excess of a hundred parties. What I’ve realized is that event styling is a very dynamic industry; people’s tastes evolve. So a person choosing a theme for a party in 2014 may not necessarily choose that same theme in 2015. And so if, for...