Red's First Birthday

- Digital Layouts by Jeff

Kail's 8x10 Birthday Album

Sharing with you an 8x10 album I made for Kail. Thanks again Mickee and Clifford for your trust and patience. Wishing you all the best!

Click on any layout for a larger view. Thanks for looking. Enjoy!

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-Photography and Digital Design by Jeff

Dito Tayo sa Jollibee!!!

Two weeks ago, a client inquired through text if the chocolate fountain is available on March 18. She's Jozel Pajuelas (third from left), friend and neighbor of a former client, Ranch. She attended Ishi's birthday party and she immediately said she wanted the chocolate fountain for her nephew's birthday too! Wow, what a nice aunt she is, she gave a chocolate fountain as a birthday present!!!

After a few more text messages, she booked the said date. When I asked for the party's venue, Jozel said it's at Jollibee-Metropark. I was really puzzled and I have to ask her if Jollibee would allow a chocolate fountain in their restaurant. It took awhile before she texted back and when she did, she assured us that Jollibee agreed to!

On that day, Jeff and I arrived early for the 11 am party. The store manager saw us carrying fruits and she was looking as if we were carrying bombs (hehehe). She asked if those were for the party and of course I said yes. She asked me again if the one who booked the party informed them of that, I answered, "I guess so." Well, to make the long story a little shorter (mind you gulong-gulo na kami sa mga taga-Jollibee if they will really allow us to set up our fountain!) ... one of the crew approached us and said there was a miscommunication. Apparently when Jozel called him to inform him about the chocolate fountain, he thought Jozel was referring to a "fountain" for display! Oh my! I almost fainted! But since we were already in the venue, he said we can continue with the set up provided that the chocolate fountain would not be served among the kids especially the fruits before meal time! Oh alright ... now the kids who know about this chocolate treat were all lining up and asking if they could have some. Well, after awhile chocolate was served "but only for awhile". As soon as the games started, we were asked to stop serving. Oh well, I understand what the crew was trying to explain to us ... the kids might not eat their lunch because they're already full or what if anything happen, they might be held responsible for the food we served. I was waiting for them to ask me to sign a waiver. But they didn't. Jollibee parties are always short... now I'm worried the chocolate and the dippings would not be consumed. I actually feel for Jozel who will pay us in full but will not get her money's worth.

But guess what? We let the staff and crew taste our chocolate treats - grapes, melon, marshmallows and wafer sticks dipped in chocolate... and after that they were raving about it hahaha! They even said, "Ma'm, masarap pala"! A crew even went back and asked, "Ma'm pwede ko po bang ihingi yung manager ko. Pinatikim ko po kasi, masarap daw."

Oh don't get me wrong, the party at Jollibee was a fun experience. We were just amazed at how things progressed during the party. The crew from Jollibee were all helpful and I know where they were coming from, they just want to protect their name and their jobs. Well, in a way, what transpired brought out good results. The kids were very careful not to make a mess. They would even go back to ask us where they could throw their paper plates. So, after the party, there weren't anything the Jollibee crew cleaned up.

As for the leftover chocolate and dippings, of course we gave it to Jozel, after all she paid for it! And she should get her money's worth!

-pia

Alisha's 1st Birthday Party

Last November 18, we had our very first client for the chocolate fountain! Ranch, a fellow n@wie hired us only a few days before her daughter's (Alisha) first birthday party! Being the "buena mano" that is, of course we gave her a good deal - a discount and some freebies! Oh and I forgot to mention that the venue of the party is sooo near our place!!! It didn't even take us 10 minutes to get there huh!

Ranch and Ruel are both very warm. It was my first meeting with Ranch but it was like we've been friends for years already. We have only been exchanging e-mails since the time I learned she's also from Dasmariñas, Cavite.

I'm sharing with you the pictures of our chocolate fountain taken by the party photographer, Ken Go. It was lots of fun to serve chocolate to kids and adults. Everyone was very excited. The kids love it when they dip marshmallows, wafer sticks or fruits into the cascading chocolate! We had enough chocolate and dippings to last the whole party ... that was almost 3 hours!

I'm also sharing here what Ranch wrote in her supplier ratings:

Chocolate Fountain: Pia and Jeff Lopez

Rating:10+++

Savior ko ang chocolate fountain...di nainip ang guests and di na nila napansin na di pa nakaset up ang sound system etc etc because of the chocolate fountain:-) Pia gave me also a discount plus freebies na strawberries :-). Sobrang sipag ng wifey and hubby tandem na to they make sure na laging available ang mga dippings coz guest come and go talaga .... friendly rin cla sa mga guests akala nga ng iba relative ko cla Pia kc ang bait daw and laging nakasmile whenever guests approached the choco fountain :-) Buti na lang Pia was thoughtful and gave me a serving kung di .... di ko rin cguro natikman........the taste....superb!!!

To view other photos of the chocolate fountain, click here:

http://www.photosbykengo.com/ishi/page02.html

Thank you very much for getting our services, Ranch and Ruel!