Preparing for a book launch is no small task. At least not for me, because I admit sometimes I get a bit carried away with my party ambitions. Luckily, I have some amazing friends that are willing to help me with my grandiose schemes. My super-cool friends worked late, late into the night before my book launch just to make sure everything got done.
Ranida stamped bags:
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Luke and Alvina made the boxes and prepped the goodies for the bags:
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And Baby Maia did the heavy lifting:
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All this while I frosted the cupcakes with the apropos Chinese characters:
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See, I'm smiling because I realized that with all this help I'm actually going to get everything done!
Then, Maia chose which cupcakes would
be the prize winning cupcakes, with special coins underneath them:
Which were mixed randomly with the others, boxed and bagged:
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and finally ready to be picked for the next day: