Rent 100th Day Hanboks and Korean First Birthday Hanboks!

 

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Here is one of our customers who ended up renting the 100th day hanbok for Baek-il from us and then later renting the first birthday (Size 1) hanbok from us later for his Doljanchi. Kids outgrow their hanboks, so renting is a practical option instead of buying one! Our hanbok rental selection is always being updated and we are open to adding more - feel free to contact us if there is a specific design you are trying to locate.

How to Save Money on Your Baby's Dol Korean First Birthday Party

Renting your baby's hanbok is a great way to save costs while planning your Korean baby's first birthday event (doljanchi). We have several options for you and have recently added more hanboks to choose from. Here is one of my favorite boy rental hanboks. It comes with the upgraded hanbok bokgun hat and good fortune and prosperity belt as shown. This is a Size 1 Hanbok.

 

http://littleseouls.com/collections/hanbok/products/1st-birthday-boy-traditional-dolbok-little-royal-prince

Another saving option is instead of buying items for your doljabi event, you can rent our doljabi set!

 

http://littleseouls.com/collections/doljabi-rentals

We have also added some more economical options for decorative  Korean birthday banners. They are smaller in size but offers you significant cost savings.

 

This banner is currently on sale for $39.99 and size is 2.5 by 4 feet. If you want a larger size, we do have it for sale for $89.99 and size is 4 feet by 6. 

New Hanbok Design Available in Size 1 and Baek-Il (100th Day) Size

This adorable hanbok will make your son look like a royal crown prince! 

This design is available in Size 1 (Dol) and 3 to 6 months (100th Day Baek-il)!

http://littleseouls.com/collections/hanbok

Customer Gallery: Pink and Blue Hanbok Size 1

Here's another photo of one of our customers. She looks absolutely beautiful in the Korean First Birthday Pink and Blue Hanbok Rental (Size 1). This hanbok design comes out great in pictures due to its vibrant rich colors. If you would like to rent this hanbok, please click here.

Customer Gallery: 1st Birthday Girl Princess Lavender Hanbok

This first birthday Princess Lavender Hanbok (Size 1) is one of my favorite girl hanboks that is available to rent!  Thank you to the Lee family for sharing this photo! Their daughter, Madeline, looks absolutely stunning in the dress and behind her is the doljabi board that we made for her first birthday celebration (dol).

http://littleseouls.com/collections/girls-hanbok-rentals/products/size-1-princess-lavendar-hanbok

http://littleseouls.com/collections/doljabi/products/pink-butterly-doljabi-board

Little Seouls Customer Gallery Spotlight: 1st Birthday Korean Red and Navy Hangul Hanbok

Here's a picture of the First Birthday Red and Navy Hangul Hanbok Rental (Size 1) being worn by one of our customers. Isn't she is a cutie? Mom also rented the hanbok shoes to match the hanbok.

100th Day Baek-il (백일) Hanbok Rentals

Korean 100th day birthday (Baek-il) continues to be favored tradition among Koreans and Korean Americans alike. One hundred days after a baby is born, Koreans have a small feast to celebrate the baby's survival and health. The celebration is usually held at home and is less elaborate in comparison to the Korean 1st birthday (Dol) party. Rice cakes, red bean cakes and other traditional Korean food is usually provided.

Little Seouls has several 100th day hanbok rentals available for boy or girl!

Since they are 100th day hanboks, the sizing is equivalent to US Size 3 to 6 months. 

Click here for littleseouls.com and go to Party Rentals.

Korean Hanbok Birthday Banners

We just added this design to our birthday banner collection. These Korean hanbok boy and girl banners can be customized to say anything you want. Perfect for your baby's first birthday, doljanchi, event decoration! These are printed and shipped to you!

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New Website

Hello! I know it's been awhile since we blogged! Thank you for still following us! We really appreciate it! We wanted to let you know that we merged littleseouls.com and littleseoulsparty.com back together again unto one site: littleseouls.com. We hope that you will find the new website more user friendly. You no longer have to go to two sites to order!

You will notice that we have made some changes to our business - the most significant being that we now offer digital files for dol (first birthday) invites, banners and doljabi boards. Unfortunately, we no longer offer printing services anymore on these personalized party banners, invitations, and boards. Esther, who handles all the design and printing, is working reduced hours at Little Seouls, so we unfortunately had to make adjustments.  I know some of you still prefer printed products, so we do offer a limited selection of non-personalized doljabi boards and banners that we can print and ship out to you. You will find this under "party supplies."

This year will mark 8 years of us being in business! Each year has brought on different challenges and we hope you will continue to support us so that we can continue on for severals years to come.

Sincerely,

Susanna and Esther

Little Seouls 

Hanbok and Hanbok Accessories Restocked!

Check out some of our newest products in our Korean Hanbok Section! Click here to go to Little Seouls  Most of the hanboks are Size 1 for baby's first birthday event (doljanchi). However, our hanboks come in larger sizes too and we can special order them from Korea for you. Email us at info@littleseouls.com.

Lunar Year Free Shipping on Orders over $100

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No shipping code required for littleseouls.com. Discount will automatically be applied when purchases total over $100. Korean Lunar Year Free Shipping Sale ends midnight, February 2, 2014.

Purchase your hanbok, children's Korean books, traditional items, toys, CDs, and DVDs now!

Celebrating 5 years! Anniversary Sale at Little Seouls!

Another Little Seouls Birthday Cake!

Take a look at this adorable first birthday cake designed after our Little Seouls boy logo!
This custom cake was created by Sweet Grace Cake Designs in Haworth, NJ.

Little Seouls Birthday Cake

Look at this cake designed after our Little Seouls Girl! Credit to Debbie Does Cake! Here is her link if you want to see more of her fabulous creations. http://www.debbiedoescakes.net

Having a Dol? Try making these...

All Korean dols have these candy towers on the table...it usually has some Korean words on it. I came across this photo and thought this looked pretty easy to make. You can make it more custom by inserting the baby's name, or decorate it with his/her favorite character...Just glue beans and candy (i.e., mentos, skittles, gumdrops...anything round with color).

Dol Photo Table

The big trend in dols are photo tables, a montage of pictures of the baby during his/her first year. Some are elaborate where they have pictures of the baby hanging on branches (see first pic), or picture cut-out stands like these:



























They also have professional posters of the baby made like these:


























And yes, almost all of them use a professional photographer. You go to any Korean photo studio, and it's either weddings or baby's first birthday pictures displayed throughout the store. It's a big deal. It's probably just as big as a wedding...crazy, I know.

Little Seouls is in the press again!

A couple days ago I was interviewed by Helen Jung, a reporter of The Oregonian, an Oregon publication. She and a group of reporters have a blog called Omamas, Journalists Moms Working For You. The interview was about the dol (baby's first birthday). Check it out here!

First Birthday "Dol" with Paul Frank Theme

I thought I'd share some photos of a dol party I attended this past Sunday for more dol ideas!



Birthday cake



Picture of head table and Paul Frank Backdrop



















Table Centerpiece

Korean Dol Party Favors

Can you believe these are all towels?? Towels are very popular party favors in Korea...so cute! Other popular items include cups, clocks, chopsticks, mugs, and plates.

Dol party planning is a big business in Korea. There are many stores that sell just dol products!

Thought we'd give you some ideas for your baby's dol!

*Little Seouls now offers towel cakes at our store. Click here for more info.

Korean Dol Today (U.S. Version)

Dol's among our Korean-American friends are quite fancy. It's just as fancy as a wedding reception! And yes, probably spend just as much! They usually have them at restaurants, hotels, reception halls, etc. These pictures are from Cara's dol.

As you can see there lots of decorations. The balloons are quite popular at dols. In Koreatown, there are several balloon stores that do this....and it's not cheap!













Guests also get party favors. For adults, they will all get Dduk (ricecake) to take home and kids will usually get some little gift.

They will also hire some sort of entertainer for the kids like a magician, puppeteer, clown, etc.

Not everyone goes all out like this. Some keep it simple like a bar-b-q at the park or in their backyard.

Here she is in her hanbok! A little Korean Princess! By the way, those things in front of her is the dduk (ricecakes).