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Nathan's Doljanchi :: Korean First Birthday "Dol" Party

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Korean American Mommy Grace has shared her first son Nathan's birthday celebration with us. She has tons of great ideas that made his First Birthday "Doljanchi" very special. There's Nathan on his Dol Sang (Birthday table) in his traditional Korean Hanbok. What a cutie!

Also, take a close look at the decorative towers. One is made of cereal and maybe you can guess the others. I personally like how the Dduk (rice cakes) are individually wrapped to keep them moist and yummy. Its a favorite after party snack for sure!  Below, is a table for the doljabi game has been prepared by Grace with a fabulous twig tree holding photo ornaments of Nathan's photo shoot.

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Party favors are a great keepsake and decoration for a Doljanchi (Korean First Birthday). Here Grace used small hand towels to look like ice cream in a paper cone. Anything wrapped in cellophane, especially holding yummy cookies are another fabulous flare for the party!

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The party banner was all mommy Grace's idea (colors, cow image and ice cream cones). Heesook of Dohl Posters & More gave it a final designers touch and the banner was printed with KOKO Printing Co. adding the perfect final touch to the whole celebration.


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Thank you Grace and Nathan for sharing your special First Birthday with us!

Words by: Kathy Choi-Lee

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Christopher's Korean First Birthday :: Doljanchi

"My Baby Boy Turns One" by: Sunny Pi (Christopher's Mom)

Bittersweet would be the perfect word to describe exactly how I felt the day my baby boy turned one. I have been super excited in terms of planning Christopher's dohl celebration.

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As crazy as it may sound, I was not feeling stressed nor overwhelmed the least bit. I don't know, perhaps it was because it was my second baby? All in all, I told myself whether it's your first, your second.. third, or fourth, each child deserves a special celebration honoring their first year. :)

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As I was putting him to bed in his room, there was a socky monkey right above his dresser. There you have it. The Sock Monkey it is! I thought the Sock Monkey theme would be so fitting for Christopher's party. Christopher reminded me what the Sock Monkey is all about: silly, playful, and fun!

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Since Christopher's theme was so easy to play along with, I relied on a couple close friends to do their 'magic.' Heesook Carrano from Dohl Posters and More created Christopher's colorful dohljabi board along with his wonderful dohljabi raffle tickets. I wanted to keep his party simple, colorful and fun for the kids.

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Dohl-goims, candy bar, and flowers were all done by myself. Favors for adults included dduck. The kids always deserve something special, so I thought why not a Sock Monkey lunch box filled with a pb & j sandwich, banana, goldfish crackers and juice?


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All throughout Christopher's dohl, I started fast-forwarding to a few years down the road when he won't just come up to me and give me kisses. To the time when I drop him off at school and he shies away from hugging me because he's too embarrassed. To the time when I won't be his whole world and he'll choose playing with his friends more than me. I fully realize how crazy I am when thoughts of my little boy getting married flashes in my head. Call me an emotional wreck..I am the biggest sap you'll ever know! I hid my tears from my husband. I don't know, I think mom's just think about so many things differently than dads do. Or maybe I'm just crazy. :)

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I now realize that I can't hold onto my baby forever, but Christopher is just growing up so fast. Sure, there are times when I get frustrated or feel like I could sleep for 3 more hours in the morning, but I'm not taking anything for granted. Babies aren't babies forever and I'm so blessed that I was chosen to be both Christopher's and Kelsey's mom. I love my kids more than anything and in the 'harder' times I remind myself of this. I'm cherishing the times, good and bad, because I know that they will pass so fast. Gone within a blink of an eye really.

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I am just so happy and proud that my baby boy is thriving and surpassed his first year! Do Cherish your babies and enjoy the time together. It goes by so quickly and before you know it, your baby will be all grown up and you will wonder where the time went.

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Thank you so much Sunny for sharing your son Christopher's First Year party with us. We are especially blessed to have heard your mother's heart and wish you and your family a healthy and happy long life with many blessings!!

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Doljabi Posters, Memory Boards, Dol Banners and MORE!

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To contact Dohl Posters and More  or KOKO Printing Co. - Email: [email protected] or Call 516.312.2952 (10am - 10pm ET ~ Monday thru Friday) for all inquires and prices. Turnaround time is 7-10 days. Rush Orders are accepted, but may be subject to rush fees.

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Tyler's First Birthday | Korean Dol Party

Words and Photos by: Jennifer Kim of Jennifer Kim Photography

Tyler celebrated his 1st birthday with many many many of his friends. My dohl babies seem to have more of a social life than I ever did in high school! Here’s big brown eyed Tyler and his cutie patootie friends.



Ever fabulous designs for Tyler’s dohljabi poster, labels and wall banner are from DOHL POSTERS AND MORE. Hollar~




Words and Photos by: Jennifer Kim of Jennifer Kim Photography
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Monica's Butterfly Birthday!

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Monica's Butterfly Birthday program~~Invites, doljabi board, raffle tickets and favor stickers. Looks like it's going to be a fun party!! All illustrations created by Dohl Posters & More. Complete program printed & delivered by KOKO Printing Co. Order the same artwork for your little one!

To contact Dohl Posters and More - Email: [email protected] or Call 516.312.2952 (10am - 10pm ET ~ Monday thru Friday) for all inquires and prices. Turnaround time is 7-10 days. Rush Orders are accepted, but may be subject to rush fees.

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BRAM's 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY | DOL

Words and Photos by: Jennifer Kim of Jennifer Kim Photography

Bram’s mom contacted me 2 weeks prior to his birthday party. (BTW, how cool is that name?) Due to unfortunate circumstances, she had to start planning Bram’s party decorations from scratch . . . that left her 14 days to plan his party!

But 14 days was all this mama needed. I’ve attended MANY dols in the past but this was one of the best decorated dols. She kept it traditional yet simple and it really worked! And I couldn’t step away from the candy bar!! You know she has good taste when you see Georgetown cupcakes being served.

Who needs to JD degree when you can plan a party like this in 14 days?:)

Doljabi Poster by the talented folks over at Dohl Posters and More.

I wasn’t the only adult who couldn’t stay away from the candy bar!

Words and Photos by: Jennifer Kim of Jennifer Kim Photography

Email: [email protected]  |  Tel: 703.994.7979

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Evelyn's Doljabi Board and More...

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Evelyn's Dohl Posters and More program ~ Mom provided her invite which we matched. Color theme of pink, fuschia, ivory & taupe complement the shining birthday star so well! What a cutie she is~~ If you like what you see.. order the "EVELYN" template or view more in Dohl Posters and More's gallery. Order yours today!  Friendliest customer service around! ^_^

To contact Dohl Posters and More - Email: [email protected] or Call 516.312.2952 for all inquires and prices. Turnaround time is 7-10 days.

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Eleni's First Birthday

Words by Eleni's mom Sue Moon  |  Photos by: Min Mi Photography

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Eleni's First birthday party was amazing event.  Like many of us believe to be like a mini wedding, it is totally like it.  A perfect reason to get together with far away family and friends to celebrate.  My mother-in law drove in that morning from Vegas just to be part of Eleni's special day.  What mattered most was that our close family and friends were all under one roof to be part of this happy day.


WHAT IS DOL?
Many of my non-korean friends didn't really understand of why I was planning a "mini wedding."  In our Korean tradition it is a celebration of survival of the first year.  This ceremony blesses the child with a prosperous future and has taken on great significance in Korea. The birthday babies wear a hanbok and a traditional hat; jobawi or gulle for baby girls and bokgeon or hogeon (호건) for baby boys.  In this case Eleni choose the stethoscope, so she will become a doctor. 

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The highlight of the dol is a ritual where the child is placed in front of a table of foods and objects such as string, books, brushes, ink and money. The child is then urged to pick up an object from the table, where it is believed the one selected will foretell the child's future. For example, if the child picks up a brush or book, he is destined to be a scholar. If he picks up money or rice, he will be wealthy; cakes or other food, a government official; a sword or bow, a military commander.  If the child picks up the thread, it is believed he will live a long life. This is followed by feasting, singing and playing with the toddler. 


Venue
We decided on the venue to be Lawry's because we wanted to provide a filling hearty meal.  Who doesn't love the spinning salad and the Lawry's cut prime rib?  We wanted to make sure each and everyone left the party very full.  We believe we succeeded in hosting a party if we made sure you enjoyed the food.  At least that is 50% of the time is all about the food.

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Colors and Theme
I wanted to give a light, whimsy, magical, feminine feel.  It was funny, but before the Alice in Wonderland movie came out, i always wanted to do mad hatter tea party.  I didn't quite follow the exact "alice in wonderland" theme since the new movie made it seem to be so dark...i decided to make my own versions of it.

In order to compliment the venue, I used yellow, white and pink.  Yellow to brighten out the room, pink  & white for the girly girl combo.  KiKi Events did a wonderful job putting this together.

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Decorations
I've gotten my inspirations from everything.  I used few key pieces from the movie "alice in wonderland."  I piled up coffee cups and added yellow and pink ribbons then topping with fresh hydrangea flowers.  Used rabbits throughout the decoration tables.  Not to mention Eleni favorite stuff animal is a bunny. Cookies were labeled as "eat me" and potion drinks as " drink me.

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Candybar and Cupcakes
With the help of my girlfriend Helen from Guestbookevents, she set up a beautiful candy bar and added my cupcakes that were baked the night before the event.   I've ordered yummy cookies from Eleni's cookies from NYC.  These cookies were actually flown overnight from NYC to make it to the party.

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Dol poster
My talented friend Sooki from Dohl Posters & More helped me design the best and perfect fitting of the theme.

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All photography taken by the wonderful mnm photography.  She is awesome, has been there to capture every beautiful moment from the start.

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Entertaintment
Magician was awesome, even kept the adults entertain.  Live bunnies and birds coming from where?????

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The party planning was all in all an experience.  There were times where i would be stressed out, but luckily to my wonderful friends that helped me from point A to Z, I was able to pull through and make the event as special as possible.  Thank you!!!!

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