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2022 Year in Review

Happy new year!! I always love to look back on the previous year on new year’s day.

It’s SO hard to pick just one photo from each month, especially those summer months! But here are just a few highlights…

Window painting – My little covid pivot has really paid off this year, as I took on 4 brand new clients and got repeat work from my existing clients. Dunkin’ is definitely my biggest window client, and their locations grew from 4 to 6 stores this year, which now gives me about 24 painting jobs every year just from them! This year I did interior paint jobs, exterior, and vinyl!

The Glitter Glamper – The Glamper had a huge year!!! In May was our first year participating in the MN State Fair’s “Kickoff to Summer” over Memorial Day weekend. We were slammed for 5 days, and I believe this was the Glamper trailer’s foot in the door to landing our new fair location, as shortly after I was offered a huge, new space to park the trailer in August at the MN State Fair! In between the two, the Glamper set up camp at Interlachen Country Club (our 2nd year with the Glamper there) for the 4th of July, and we also set up at the Carver County Fair for 5 days in early August. This was the year I really got to see my Photoshopped renderings of this Glitter Glamper concept turn to reality!

Private Sessions – I love painting for private sessions! I don’t do a lot of them but when I do they are SO much fun. This year I got to paint Rachel’s belly for the 2nd time, this time with a super cute “Up” theme! I also had the opportunity to paint Diane to complete her jester costume for Halloween!

County Fair – This year’s Carver County fair was like no other! I was able to bring in the Glamper and set it up right outside the building where my face painting booth has always been, and bringing in some of my amazing team of artists to help, I was able to juggle two booths at once! I had SO much fun having friends with me (normally I work alone here), and my boys got a chance to run the cash registers too!

MY AMAZING TEAM! – In looking back at my year’s worth of hundreds of photos, my favorites are always those of the amazing artists and family members without who’s help I would most certainly NOT be able to pull ANY of this off! Thank you all for doing such amazing work in sometimes very challenging scenarios, but always with smiles on your faces! You all make my job SO much fun and I am SO INCREDIBLY thankful for each and every one of you! Here’s to many more adventures in 2023!

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Birthday Window Painting: Happy 13th Birthday Wyatt!

We’ve recently started offering window paintings as a fun, no-contact alternative to help you celebrate your family’s milestones! Window paintings are great for birthdays, graduations and other special events, especially in quarantine! Last weekend I had the opportunity to paint a surprise birthday window for Wyatt! Above is my initial sketch, with the final window in the background.

Here you can see the progression. First I start by cleaning the window, then apply a base coat of white. In the center photo you can see the gradient I laid down for the “13th.” I then carved out the numbers & letters using a razor blade!

There’s just something that is oh so satisfying about scraping off fresh paint! Haha!

Me with the finished product!

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Now Offering Virtual Zoom Paint Parties!

We are super excited to announce one of our pandemic projects…something that has been in the works now for months: Live zoom paint parties!

How Does It Work?

First, you book your actual party date and time, simply by filling out a form on our zoom party page! We’ll get back to you to arrange the time and send an invoice. (Booking a virtual party includes a full 1-year membership for the birthday child to our Future Face Painters Club, including the full club kit full of supplies and instruction!)

Once your date is booked, you put together your guest list and we’ll help invite them AND equip them with the supplies they need to paint along! We’ll create a pdf invite with your party details that can be sent out to your guests. If you wish, you can send us a photo of your child that we can turn into a practice board! We’ll include that with the invite and your party guests can paint their practice designs right on the birthday child’s face!

Once you know how many will attend, decide how you’d like to get our party guest packs out to each guest! (pick them up from us and distribute yourself, have us ship them all to you, or ship to each individual guest) Our mini party packs include the paints, glitter and brushes each child needs to paint along, in a convenient zipper pouch with your Zoom call information!

Party Time!

When the party day arrives, everyone logs into Zoom for a live session with a professional artist! We’ll give the kids a basic lesson in how to use their paints, and show them how to paint a design or two, in about 30-40 minutes. You can even request a specific theme for the designs, or we can incorporate a favorite sport, hobby or character of the birthday child!

The Fun Doesn’t Stop There!

The fun doesn’t end when the live zoom stops, however! Kids have been known to keep painting for hours afterwards! You are encouraged to set up an additional conference call with the kids so they can continue painting together as long as you wish! Afterwards, we’ll encourage your guests to share photos of the paintings they’ve done. The birthday child can also get access to our club members’ Facebook group where he or she can share their work with us and other artistic kids as they continue to learn and build their skills through the Future Face Painters Club members only content library!

Discovered a New Passion?

Should you discover that your child has really taken to face painting and has found a new passion, our members only online learning resources will show your child more techniques and skills, and we can recommend additional supplies if you choose to grow your child’s kit of supplies. Likewise, if one of your party guests wants to upgrade their party pack to the full club kit, we offer that as well!

Learn More or Book a Party!

Interested? To learn more about our virtual paint parties, check out our virtual party page, here! And feel free to contact us if you still have any questions!

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Hello everyone! It’s been a WHILE since I’ve posted…been busy since then with Christmas, my son’s 2nd birthday, and then the birth of my new little boy, Toby in January! Needless to say I haven’t been doing a lot of face painting the last few months either, although am gearing up for spring and summer gigs as we are experiencing an unusually warm March here in Minnesota!

I’m also turning 31 tomorrow! (Tomorrow being in about 50 minutes) Above is a photo that my mom dug up and posted on Facebook tonight of me and my dad (his birthday is the day after mine), 24 years ago at his company picnic. If you look closely, you’ll notice that I have a pink flamingo painted on my cheek! I remember having my face painted at those picnics as a little girl, and the tough decision of which design to choose.

Who’d have thought that this many years later I’d have my own face painting business, painting dozens of flamingos on other little girls out having fun with their daddies! So, I am an example that it’s worth the few bucks it costs to get your kids’ face painted…so splurge on your little ones and get them a face painting at your next event. The artwork may only last until bath time, but you’re making great memories that will last a lifetime!

Happy birthday Dad, and thanks for the funny old photo, Mom! 😉