WELCOME TO BEDROCK (pop. 2,500, Stone Age) Following off in the same vein as my previous post, Aerin: Meet Riverdale’s New Sweetheart, here’s another novel idea for a theme, this time coming from one of the greatest TV cartoons of all time: The Flintstones! Meet the Flintstones. Can anybody say, “Yabba Dabba Doo!” Margaux Rocks One in this Truly Unique Party Part of the allure of designing children’s parties is the sheer breadth of the possible: one week I’m working on a pastel Gems party, and...

A RIVERDALE PARTY While my brother was busy collecting his Marvel and DC comic books, I was happily flipping the pages of my Archie Comics, getting updated on the life of America’s quintessential boy next-door, and the predicament he usually found himself in by being in the middle of Betty and Veronica. But wouldn’t it be the bee’s knees if you could relive the life and times of Riverdale, but this time as your own character? Meet Aerin, Riverdale High’s new transfer...

A THEME STEEPED IN HISTORY AND CULTURE If you are like me (that is, a thirty-something Filipino-Chinese), there is a 90% chance that you are intimately familiar with that shopping-mecca / Christmas-holiday-destination, the land known as Hong Kong. But besides this, Hong Kong represents an ideal: it’s the land of progress, of modernity. It’s inextricably linked to the Motherland, that vast giant called China. For me, it is also a land that I call my second home, not because I go...

A NEW FRONTIER FOR EVENT STYLING I’ve known Ery, my client, since we were young kids. And every time I get to work with friends, I am always reminded of how lucky I am. As I’ve always said, nothing is as fulfilling as providing top-notch quality service to the people you genuinely like and admire. So when I suggested this particular theme to my friend, it was partly done on a whim, a sort of last-minute idea that flashed before my mind. It also helped that I wanted to do something...

DEFINITELY NOT YOUR RUN-OF-THE-MILL PARTY What do you do when you want to celebrate God and Jesus in your child’s birthday but at the same time don’t want it to be too serious, boring, or that dreaded term: typical? At this point in the conversation, the usual suggestion would be made: do a theme based on Noah’s Ark. My client, Merianne, wanted something different though. Welcome to Samuel’s Bible Town Party, where we celebrate the miracle of Jesus in our lives. PARTY...