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Pink Lemonade Dol Party Theme :: Korean 1st Birthday

Pink lemonade party with Pink & yellow Theme.

 
 

 

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Evan's Korean 1st Birthday at Maggianos

Photos Courtesy of Jennifer Kim Photography

Theme: Prince of Candy Land
Location: Maggiano’s Littly Italy – Tyson’s Galleria
Event Coordination: Event Stylists

Photos Courtesy of Jennifer Kim Photography

Ryan's Korean 1st Birthday Party :: Dol / Dohl

Words by Mia of Illumia NYC Photography

 

Little Ryan's birthday party was special, not only because he was turning a year old, but because we share the same birthday. And also, Illumia NYC was there for the maternity and baptism photos as well.

Ryan was in a great mood, and the party started with his grandmother singing The Lord's Prayer. 

During the doljabi, it seemed like Ryan really had his eye on a mic that his father was using, but he chose the bowl of rice for abundance.

The party was held at Dae Dong Manor in Flushing, Queens, NY with close friends, family, and church members.

Lauryn's Dol :: Korean First Birthday Celebration

Photos by Sooae



Party planning for a dol? Everything in this party started with an idea. Korean American mommy Susan wanted a rainbow lollipop theme for her little girl Lauryn's first birthday party. She made sure not to miss any detail to make the party extra special.

A lollipop and candy bouquet on every table.

 Cutey Lauryn making a cute face while playing with her guests while wearing her fabulous Korean Hanbok (traditional clothing).

Lauryn's big brother and his friend enjoy the balloons at the party.

A blessing prayer for the birthday girl and also a hug from the pastor.

Prepared Korean Rice Cakes which are traditionally served at Korean parties and celebrations. They also make great party favors for all the adult guests.

She also prepared goodie bags for the little guests.

Doljabi Board for the Doljabi "Birthday Picking" game designed by Dohl Posters and More. To keep with the theme, they used the same colors from the colorfully twisted lollipops.

{Click here for a free printable Doljabi game guide }

Mommy Susan was very creative for choosing jelly jars for the raffle tickets stubs - which is part of the doljabi game. Matching printable PDF files for the Doljabi Container Labels are free with most every doljabi poster order.



Happy Birthday Lauryn, from everyone!!

Katelyn's 1st Birthday Cake :: Cakes By Chrisitne, NY (Dol/Dohl)

Words and Photos by: Eun Mi Oh of Illumia Photography

The theme for Katelyn's 1st birthday party was, "cupcakes".  Everything at the hall was decorated in pink

with Katelyn and her mom wearing matching hanboks. The children of the guests even had a chance

to break the cupcake shaped pinada to get candies. Katelyn was in a very good mood for the most part and even made

some new friends.

Cake created by Cakes by Christine NY

Tiffanie's First Birthday Party :: Made In Heaven Event Planner

 

This was at the clubhouse in Irvine. It was lime, lavender, and off white color combo. The birthday girl Tiffanie has a beautiful big twinkling eyes and we loved her so much! Her mom already had color combos and few ideas how she wanted the party to be set up. So it was much easier for us to work with and enjoyed our times together. The bright sunshine on her birthday made this party more special and pretty.

 

We DO Everything from sketching the ideas and color combos to food prep, flower deco, and stationery.

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Monica's Korean First Birthday Party : Dol

Thanks to Korean American mommy Anne G, we're able to share with you Monica's fabulous first birthday! Enjoy her photos and leave a message for the happy family.

After twin boys, we were blessed with our baby girl Monica and a chance for us (actually, me) to plan a beautiful dol for our princess.  I started out with the idea of a butterfly theme.  There is something whimsical, fresh and beautiful about the butterfly.  Then, as I was surfing the net for some ideas, I came across a cupcake design for a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" themed party and I fell in love with that as well.  So, for a very short while, the theme was going to be "Very Hungry Caterpillar" with bold, primary colors and all things Eric Carle.  But, I could not get the butterfly idea out of my head.

So, after getting people's thoughts, a metamorphoses theme came into being--our little caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly--and then everything started falling into place with the help of the incredibly patient and creative Sally Shin of Harvest Event and Design.

Dohl Posters & More and Koko Printing Co. were also instrumental in tying our theme and color scheme through from invitations to doljabi raffle and poster through party favor labels.

We had just moved into our new home, so it was important to us to celebrate Monica's dol at home, rather than at an outside venue.  We had to pick a color scheme that did not center around pink (which I don't really like except that we love our little girl in that color) or primary colors that would remind someone of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Harvest came up with a yellow, tangerine orange and lime green color scheme that pulled everything together nicely.  Entertainment was also a large focus.

We wanted baby friendly entertainment that adults would enjoy as well.  We had our swimming pool open for the kids to enjoy if they wished to, and a lifeguard on duty so that parents could enjoy themselves with a little less worry.  And, after pondering several varying ideas, we honed in on Korean traditional dance--fan dance, spinning hat dance and drum dance.  Booking such a vendor, however, was easier said than done.  Just as we were about to give up, we found Ko's Korean Traditional Dance Institute.  They sent their dance students to Monica's dol and the performances were 10 minutes each, for a total of half an hour.  What was important to us was to celebrate our baby girl, but also to share our culture with our friends, so the traditional dances were very meaningful.  Traditional Korean food was provided by Shinmi Catering, which did an incredible job.  We ordered cake from Dorie Kinney who has always put together the most memorable creations for our biggest events and moist cupcakes from Becky Lehman of Heaven Scent Cakes (who put together a display caterpillar in two tones of green based off the Very Hungry Caterpillar cupcake set up I had earlier seen on line).

The biggest logistical issue was how to seat 70+ adults and 70+ children while leaving prime grass space outside open for the Korean traditional dancers, but ELM Concierge was up to the task in providing us with very manageable seating schemes and all our rentals.  Harvest put together a wonderful treat station that kept true to the color scheme and had butterfly wings custom made as party favors for the girls and insect nets, bug jars with magnifying glass lids and plastic bugs as party favors for the boys.  We also provided a variety of tattoos and silly bands.

Monica had an outfit change, of course.  She started off in a pink and brown/crystal embellished top with a tutu custom made by my friend Chris to coordinate and then changed into a traditional Korean hanbok with traditional colors.  During the traditional doljabi, Monica first chose a stethoscope (doctor like daddy) and next chose a golf ball (athlete).  Monica was an angel until cake time at which she started sobbing likely because there were dozens of children screaming the tune of Happy Birthday To You at her.  I couldn't help but laugh.  We closed out Monica's dol with a butterfly release.  Although it was a good idea in concept, the execution was not as smooth as I had pictured in my mind (imagine not-so-coordinated little kid fingers trying to open a delicate package with a more delicate butterfly inside...).  But, a majority of the butterflies were successfully released and the kids and adults all seemed to enjoy it.

Come see a video of the party with all the gorgeous details of Monica's party!

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Monica's dol was everything we had hoped for and more.  We had such a great time (and stressful moments, of course) planning it (with the help of our vendors listed below).  We celebrated Monica's big day and our culture with our close friends.  My husband is a little worried about what it will be like when it comes time to plan her wedding, but that is years away and we plan on enjoying every moment of being Monica's parents until then.   

 

Event Planner: Harvest Event and Design, Sally Shin (decor, balloons, dduk, party favors, treat station, butterfly release)

Cake: Dorie Kinney, dorie.kinney@gmail.com

Cupcakes: Heaven Scent Cakes, Rebecca Lehman, heavenscentcakes@hotmail.com

Catering: Shinmi Catering

Korean Traditional Dance: Ko's Korean Traditional Dance Institute, Sue Hee Ko, (213) 427-0525

Rentals: ELM Concierge

Invitations, doljabi board and party favor labels: www.DohlPostersnMore.com

 

KOKO Living's Dol Planner Guide :: A Korean First Birthday How-to DIY

   
 
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Print out your FREE KOKO living Dol Planner Guide for you to use or share with your friends who want to learn how to plan a Korean American "Dol" First Birthday Party!

The Exclusive KOKO Living Dol Planner : Checklist includes:

1. An Event Checklist for you to easily plan your next Dol Party
2. A Doljabi How To Game Planner (materials etc)
3. "What is a Doljabi game?" Explination for your guests who may not know what the game is about.

If you'd like to share a DOL event you've successfully thrown for your little one, send us your photos and a description of your party day to Kathy@kokoliving.com.

Cheers to a Happy Dol Day!

Annabelle's First Birthday Party

Words & Photos by: Yokeun Oh of Youkeun Oh Photography

When I arrived for Annabelle’s party at Tri City Park an entire crew (aka friends) were hard at work putting the finishing touches to the party.  There were a ton of DIY details and all of the deserts were made by friends!  They also had a friend cater tacos and they were so good!  Annabelle is such an easy baby to photograph…not just because she’s a cutie, but she would stay so still and hold poses for me haha!  Happy 1st birthday Annabelle!  Hope you had a great party surrounded by loving parents, friends, grandparents and a photographer.  Enjoy the shots!

 

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