Spa Party by Butterfly Projects and 12 Awesome Collaborators! - The Inside Story
Is there any girl in the world who doesn’t love pampering
session?? Well, not that I know off so
far J This time around I would to share my
experience from the point of view as one
of the SWAT (super woman admin team) for
The Butterfly Projects. This time around I am going to try my best to give you
the inside story!
Do you now that the planning of this Spa Party were done
months and months before the actual date? From the draft and paperwork’s of the
campaign, the process of communicating with the collaborators, the kick start
of the entry contest, the consolidation of the contest entry, the winners announcement,
the follow up and so many other that it might need a separate post just for the
process.. haha
So where do I come in? Basically Ayna and me help Tammy in terms
of corporate communications and we also help with other clerical and admin
task. Which is such a small contribution comparing all the hard works done by
Tammy. We were not monetarily paid (okay la to be fair we do get lots of TLC
hahaha) neither does Tammy. We do all this voluntarily. Ayna and me come in to
help out because we both believe in what Tammy is doing. We love her
determination in organizing fun n sweet community (imagine all of that hard
work) with no monetary goal or self-benefit at all. To me it is amazing and inspiring.
Literally, we spent our time (sleepless night) effort (cut all the items la tampal this n
that la prepare the goodies la) money (yes own hard earned money, the cost of
the spa designs template, the cost of printing, cost of the name tag, cost of
the balloons, numerous phone call and etc) minyak pergi sini sana and own sweat
(nasib I punyer peluh wangi hahahaha) just to ensure that all of the
collaborator and all the guest are happy before, during and after the Spa
Event. We are so grateful that we have
Laura, Nikki and Sabrina who willing to lend a hand and understand what we
trying to do and what we go through.
We hope everyone understand that we have tried our best and
we are not a company (with lots of marketing budget) that is launching a
specific products and invite guest to test the products and all that pampering.
First of all, it is not a profit company it is a community, we are not making
money (spend money lagi ada) the only reason we sells those lips scrubs is to
covers the cost of the helium balloons (n yes, helium balloons is not cheap *cry*)
Tammy made the lip scrubs by herself and I help tampal sticker on the bottle. Even
though we manage to sell only 20 bottles but we are so happy that we able to
use that money to pay for the balloons!
We are actually aiming to sell more so that we can use the money to fund
for other activity.. Well it is okay, we still deeply appreciate butterflies
support!!
Let’s start with the last 7 days before the Spa Party going
to be held. We received few cancellations of RSVP. Walauwei.. heart breaks! Anyhow we totally understand as some of it is
personal reasons. The sky is not that dark after all, good news is there is no
ffk on that day! Thanks Butterflies!
The night before the event, Posh! Nail Spa owner and her
staff helps us during the goodies packing session. You think packing so easy? Kami
macam factory worker tau hahaha.. yang comel punyer factory worker :P Thanks to Suanne from TT Mask and her two cute
boys who came n help on the night before as well.
During the day, we came at 10am to continue touch up the
place while waiting for other collaborators to arrive. We have 11 butterflies
who came earlier that others at around 12pm since they need to rehearse for the PnP
runaway show. Ciklily is very early and
we truly appreciate her support ;) comel je die duduk at tangga tunggu event
start. We love you!
Around 12.30pm, I was assigned by Tammy to give the brief of
the timeline and event flow to all the awesome people who will work on that
day. We have Aspen Spa staff, Posh Nail Spa Staff, TT Mask, PhotoBox, Tres
Chic, Good Friends Café, and the 11 pnp models on that day. Thanks you so much
for the great cooperation on that day ya!! Do you know that Signoria Ferragamo came all the
way to visit the Spa Party too? How Sweet right?
Then we have butterflies arriving one by one… I was at the
registration counter kacau’ing Laura. Had a great time working together with
her. She is such a sweet heart!
I cant help myself but to hentam some of the foods provided
by The Good Friends Café since it is within my view range. Hahaha.. I mean
literally the food station is just opposite of registration counter! (Do you know that the our earlier catering
collaborators pull out on last minute due to some reasons, so we are so touched
that Good Friends Café willing to jump in and become our Saviour!) Thank you
for that!
On that day, I was also assigned to be the time keeper. So you
can see me running around with papers. I help to ensure Tammy & all collaborators
aware and proceed as per the timeline. It
is one of the fastest 5 hours of my life. From the event start at 1pm -5pm (we
extended till 6pm) But Phew… time is ticking on that day like nobody business..
Out of all the treatments and the fun station setup, I
managed to redeemed my TT MASK (after the event end haha) able to get superb
pedicure (thanks Sabrina jaga pintu while Laura n me buat pedicure) and try to
make my DIY lemongrass bath salt and yes sempat selit2 take picture with the
photobox machine. To me it is like an accomplishment haha…
Congrats to all winners, yes we have lots of competition on
that day! We have best photo contest, we have 10 lucky draw by Posh Nail Spa,
we also have 10 lucky draw by Onlybeauty.com.my (do you know that most of the
items in the goodie bag is sponsored by Onlybeauty.com.my) , we have Pink n
Proper Model’s Winner and consolations prize and we also have 3 best dress
winners.
Thank you for taking time to read my lengthy post, I just
like to share the Spa Party experience from my point of view. The Butterfly
Projects are not perfect, definitely there are few hit and miss before, during
and after the event. My intention of this post is just honestly want everyone
to understand that we have tried our very best and we will continue to improve
from time to time. Last but not least this Spa Party will not be materialize if
we don’t have the support of all the collaborators and all the butterflies!
Please don’t forget to check out all the sponsors link as
per below ya J
- Posh! Nail
Spa
- Good
Friends Cafe
- Aspen Spa
- Fotobox
- Tres Chic
Party Planner
- The Body Shop Malaysia
- so Soft. so JOHNSON'S®
- Havaianas Malaysia
- PinkNProper
- TT Mask Malaysia
- Onlybeauty.com.my
- Signorina by Salvatore Ferragamo
All of the photos credit to Butterflies Awesome Volunteer Photographers
Tammy from http://www.plusizekitten.com
Laura from http://lauragashley.wordpress.com/
Swee San from http://thesweetspot.com.my
Nicole Sim from http://www.peacemusicbabe.blogspot.com
Jeniffer FurFer from http://www.iamfurfer.com/
Thanks darling for spending the night to arrange this party.. I trully appreciate your effort... So this few days take some rest okay?
ReplyDeleteI tolong sikit2 jer :) thanks Cindy.
Deletelengthy but totally worth to read lor...really...so much stuff and efforts you all had done and contributed in! Bravo and applause from me!!
ReplyDeletethank you for taking the time to read it Abigail :) I really appreciate it :)
Deletethans for your kind effort of writing up a post during the contest session even-though you cant make it.. WE really appreciate your kind help to spread out the words!
Even though I wasnt there, I can still feel the blast! I hope when I have the means, I can be part of the SWAT team too :)
ReplyDeletecome and join our future program Mieza :) We need al lthe help we can get :) Hugs!!
Deletewow love the pics, must be fun! hehe..
ReplyDeletenice color red.. robe there :D
it is fun babe!!
Deletegreat event..:)
ReplyDeletehttp://asyikmaiburogu.blogspot.com/
Thans Asyik :) I will drop by and check out your blog too!
DeleteAgain, i can't thank you guys (Tammy, Illy & Ayna) enough for having me on board. I look forward for more volunteering avenues in the future :-)
ReplyDeleteWe love you babe!! Thanks for the willingness :)
Deleteso cool event!!! Tammy memang hebat!
ReplyDeletea ah.. tammy memang iron lady.. da tgk lagu yg ayna nyanyi?? :P
DeleteAwww it's nice to see the 'behind the scene'. you guys put in lots of effort into making this event a good one. I bought the lip scrubs too! hehe but what are my lip scrubs compared to all you guys' effort :P Good job and take care k!
ReplyDeleteyou are best swee san.. thanks for supporting babe :)
DeleteIt was nice working with you girls. My 2 tornado kings would love to join the party too ... but I told them, strictly for girls ;)
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure experience working with you too Suanne :) bdaway your two boys, I love them so cute!!
DeleteYou girls are awesome and the reason why I keep telling myself "faith in humanity restored!" haha. You, Tammy, Ayna and every butterflies hold my highest admiration. You have my support no matter what. Stay strong and passionate, don't let anyone put you down. People can take advantage for their own benefits but nothing beats originality and the will power you girls have. I'm so glad and happy I got to know you <3
ReplyDeleteU girls are awesome behind the scene. Very work hard for sleepless night. Bravo!
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work Illy & Tammy, muahssssss <3
ReplyDeleteWow, I wasn't there but I wanna say, "Thank you for all your hard work". You entry is an eye opener for those who think that all the projects are just for fun. For me, it's something more than that.
ReplyDeleteWow, I wasn't there but I wanna say, "Thank you for all your hard work". You entry is an eye opener for those who think that all the projects are just for fun. For me, it's something more than that.
ReplyDeletethanks for your lovely sharing
ReplyDeletewhile looking at the photos, I can feel the funs you all had that night. very touching~
ReplyDeleteyou deserve to have a great night which well organised by yourself & the team.
ReplyDeleteyou all are the pretty & outstanding butterflies from the project. ^^thumbs up!
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