Shu-Yin's Sanctuary

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Khye's Modern Fullmoon Gift Pack

Khye's Fullmoon Gift Pack to relatives and friends

During my confinement, I had plenty of time for myself, so I was thinking about Khye's fullmoon party. Back in my mind, I knew I wanted something special for Khye's fullmoon gift pack. As our family's second grandson, we didn't need to be all traditional, so I wanted something different for our friends.

I tried to google for samples but I didn't like what they all had to offer. None actually appealed to me, even those personalized ones. So I was whatsapp-ing my buddy Josie and told her about this. Josie is also the erm...CEO of Favor-It-Shop. She then gave me plenty of suggestions, and we both came out with a plan I liked. So I told Josie I wanted to engage her, knowing I won't have time to do all these during my confinement month.

So from my estimated 25 packets initially to a total of 60 packets in the end, and Josie was such a great sport to accommodate me.

For the packaging of the gift pack, the brown paper bag is packaged into an owl shape, an idea we got from Pinterest. I've always loved owls, there is even a paper-cut framed photo of a mother owl and her baby in my home living room.
The little strips of white paper at the bottom left corner of the owls read 'May you grow up healthy and wise...'
I wish little Khye will grow up healthy and as wise as an owl. ;D

Photo by Josie

Inside the gift pack is a glass jar of colourful M&Ms, tied with a white transparent ribbon. The personalized sticker is an added cute element.
M&Ms is one of my favorite chocolates. And I love the jar. After finishing up those M&Ms, you could use the jar to store spices, or any other things you like. I have a jar just like this one which I store buttons for my scrapbooking hobby. :)

Photo by Josie

Another hidden gem another one of my favourite chocolates, a 4-finger Kit Kat! It is nicely wrapped with with polka dots white paper and tied up with twine. Tucked inside is a little Thank You Card with Khye's details and photo.

Photo by Win Win

Another thing we included into the gift pack are 2 red eggs. I feel a fullmoon gift pack is not complete without these dyed red eggs. And Josie packaged it so nicely. There is a cute little 1-month-old sticker on them, and the eggs sit on very cute blue polka dots cup cake liners. Very cute indeed!


Photo by Win Win

And so the whole fullmoon gift pack looks like this. Personalized and best of all, handmade...every single one of them! Prices are reasonalble too. Aren't they lovely?

Photo by Win Win

Photo by Win Win

I also requested for a tray of red eggs and Josie did it for me so very very nicely. In fact, this tray of red eggs is my favourite deco at the mini fullmoon party in my home.

Photo by Josie

I took some photos of Khye together with the fullmoon gift pack on that day! :D

Photo by Win Win

Photo by Win Win


Photo by Win Win

So people, if you are looking for unique personalized items, be it wedding or any other special occasions, such as handmade cards, wedding props, etc, please look for Josie at Favor-It-Shop! She is very very nice and humble, and she is one of my best buddy! ;)

Thanks Josie for making Khye's fullmoon so wonderfully nice! Thank you so much!

Click here to view Khye's Mini Fullmoon Party.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Khye's Fullmoon

Khye's Fullmoon - 14 October 2012

We celebrated Khye's fullmoon last Sunday 14 October 2012.

We had a very small celebration, all family, including both sides of grandparents.
I didn't plan to do much initially, maybe just order some food and take some photos. But then my buddy Josie said she would lend me a very nice banner and a pretty 3-tier cake stand for deco. So I thought ok, I would deco a desert table for photography purpose and ask Win Win to come snap a few photos.

So I then took out my nice white tableware and started arranging the night before.
I actually did everything the day before. ;)
The photo above is the very nice banner Josie did for me.

Ok, let's look at my 1-month-old baby boy.
He behaved superbly well that day, waking up during photo shoot session, and then slept throughout the eating session.

Ain't he my cute little baby?

He even smiled when A-Ma tickled his chin. But I know it was just a 'muscle-cramp smile' ;)

This was how the whole 'so-called desert table' deco looks like.
Impressive or not for a last-minute planning?
All the food were not cooked/baked by me ok? Even the table cloth is too small to fit my dining table. Up to the night before, I could not make up my mind which table to transform into the desert table.

I was thinking 'hmmm...should I use the consol table or dining table?'

My 'so-called desert table' were not just sweet bites, but savoury bites as well.

These were the compulsory hard-boiled red eggs for fullmoon celebration. This tray of eggs was beautifully done by Josie.

There were some traditional fullmoon food like these savoury ang ku kuih, and nasi kunyit with curry chicken. Bought from Eaton by mum at the last minute. ;)

I bought some macarons from Ritz, which ended up me eating 5 out of 6 of them. No others liked them. Guess they don't have such a sweet tooth like me.

I made the little banner as the cake topper, using the extra little stickers of the eggs. Made it the night before.

Another favourite savoury food were these golden egg rolls, a must-have in all my parties, as everyone in my family loves them. They looked very golden and pretty on Josie's cake stand. :)

These colourful fruit tarts were placed on my not-so-pretty cake stand. lol.
And the colourful M&Ms were Shern's favourite.

These cake toppers were made by me rather hurriedly the night before, together with the little cake banner just now. As I didn't have cupcakes/muffins, I just topped them on the fruit cake, and I think they looked lovely too, didn't they?

I love these very mini apples from South Africa. They are very sweet and always crunchy. I always buy them from the pasar malam. 10 for RM5. Cheap and healthy and delicious.