My boyfriend’s 19th birthday – the preps and the props
Published by Sylvia Giacinta March 18th, 2008 in day by day, personal and photolog. 5 CommentsMy beloved boyfriend turned 19 on March 18th 2008. I know, I know, he’s young. But so am I. I’m only 2 months younger! *hint hint*
anyway..
Arrrgghhh why is my FLickr post bar not working??? It hinders my blogging!! Grrrr
*turning to ScribeFire*
Okay, first off. Get a piece of paper, a pencil, a ruler, and a pair of scissors. Ready to go!
I have prepared “19 reasons why you should be happy that you’re turning 19 on March 18 2008″. Well if you can see in the picture it’s not 19 yet.. Well it took time to think about 19, you know!
I hand-wrote all the reasons on the paper lined earlier.
And sooo the reasons are cut one by one..
Finished cutting. It was kinda tiring..
Getting the pencils ready. You didn’t think I was going to give the reasons just like THAT, right? These pencils are metallic and colourful. Got them from Daiso. Hehe.
Another type of pencil I used. Just a simple wooden pencil. Got them from Daiso too.
On to the wrapping!
Wrap wrap wrap..
They look like birthday candles no?
The close up of the pencils.. This could have been a pretty picture had I had a better camera.
Hehehehehehehe. This is the 19th reason! Guess what the 19th reason is! =P
The mess left.. Hahaha
What’s left of the paper. My reasons were too wide so I had to trim them one by one.
Now is time to package them!
Due to time constraint.. I can only use this white envelope.

I hand-wrote those decorations too! It was “reasons” using different styles!
Stuff the pencils inside..
Add two cute rabbit-head pin and it’s good to go! LOLz
Now is time for the next present…
After finished packaging suddenly a crazy idea pops out in my mind. And I quickly grab my purse and go to the nearest FairPrice at Shaw Plaza.
And here it is…
Chocolate cornflake “cake”!
You will know why I put the cake into quotes…
The first step..

Melt the chocolate!
I have very few cooking utensils at my home (I and my housemates usually eat out anyway). So I use anything I can find.

Arrange the cornflakes into cupcake cups. Hahaha. Couldn’t find any other appropriate cups and my time was limited.. So yah I juz bought whatever was available.
Initially I only wanted to make a few pieces.. Maybe like 10?

I poured the chocolate and sprinkled hundreds and thousands. I ended up making 19 pieces. Coz it’s his 19th birthday, remember?
I know, I know, the chocolate cornflakes are far from pretty and super messy. My very first attempt, ok?
Oh and because I don’t have any tray whatsoever, I juz used serviettes and spread them on the kitchen counter. It’s pretty easy and clean, actually. After finished doing everything I just gather the serviettes and throw them away. No washing necessary.

The close up.. Damn, I really want a proper digital camera. Preferably with macro. =(
And thennnnnnn….
I was confused about how to present the chocolate cornflakes for him. I didn’t have any board or anything that resembles that and I didn’t have time to go out and buy something again. And sooooo.. I proudly call myself creative. I took a plate and arrange the pieces in a circular way and pile some of them up and ta-dah! You can see the result!

And here’s my boyfriend with the “cake”. Wonder what he’s looking at. Hahahaha.

He’s opening the presents! And as expected.. He only found 18 reasons inside the envelope and asked me for the 19th reason. So I gave him that enormous pencil… Hehehe.. I didn’t have time to take photo since he was already busy… Ehm… Hehehehehe =P
Happy birthday my darling! Hope you have a blast!
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The pencils idea is really good! I just might “borrow” it =)
hehe.. i reuse my idea from my last-minute valentine’s day gift for him. (http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2008/02/15/how-to-make-last-minute-valentines-day-gift/) but of course you can use it too!
do blog about it if you do and tell me!
cece.. tw ga seh, matthew jg ultahnya 18 maret… what a coincidence!
hehe… trus tmen greja aku jg ada yg ultahnya persis jg, ampe taon2nya..
gilak yh, banyak bgd yang ultahnya 18 maret…
you should list the reasons here!
for ideas haha
BB, hehehehe! it’s confidential!
Anyway to give you some hints, it was about being thankful to have family, to have the opportunity to study, to be able to breathe air everyday, you know, those simple things!