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Five Little Monkeys Entertainment

I offer professional Face Painting for any occasion! Birthday party , wedding , corporate, glitter bar or baby bump Im your girl :) I paint EVERYDAY !!!
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Five Little Monkeys offers a wide range of designs using nothing but top of the line cosmetic grade products! I dont even know where to begin here but I will give it go :p

I guess first I should introduce myself, hi Im Amanda ! Im a mom to five wonderful, creative, energetic monkeys who drive me crazy but keep me sane all in the same day lol.. I get asked all the time how I started my face paint

ing journey and its kinda hard to answer… it was such a fly by the seat of my pants decsion… i will say i was always creative , I was the 5 year old watchng craft shows and cutting up my mothers things to make my grand creations. I could draw, i could bake and even taught myself how to knit a crochet (my kids love my hats i make them )
Now even though i could do all this totally cool stuff at such a young age I never really got apperichated for it … it was just silly little things i did, until that is I met my husband …. He seen my creativity and nurtured it , not being a crafty person himself he was amzazed by all these silly little things I did. It was life changing for him when he seen me drawl pictures on the kids toaster strudles instead of just globing on the icing (seriously Iv never seen a grown man so mind blown by a pastry hahaha) So he gave me the confidence I needed to even start this path. I have grown so much over the past year I still cant wrap my head around it. I have met so many wondeful people and have done so many awsome events , you guys have shown me so much love this year and I hope you feel the same about me ! I keep my prices low because i know how expensive life can be, I dont take a deposit for the same reason sometimes life just happens and theres nothing you can do. I feel blessed by every opportunity to work for you and dont stress over the ones I dont. I am forever trying, learning , practicing to better my self for you !! (I make sure to tell the kids that when they ask …practice, practice .practice !!!) I know it seems like I just show up and make it look all easy ,get paid and home but its because I spend countless hours working on my craft that Im able to do that. So I guess thats my “story “ sorta summed up anyway lol
I feel like I have finally found my calling. I truly love my job and am excited to see all the new places it will take me and what new things I can offer to you in the years to come. What things do I offer you might ask ?? High grade professional paint
Uv reactive paint
Water/Sweat proof paint
Cosmetic glitter
Festival glitter
Birthday parties
Corporate Events
Fundraisers
Baby bumps
Body art
the possibilites are ENDLESS !!

08/15/2024

Ugh … I really hate to sound like a broken record but it has happened twice in the last three weeks so I don’t know what else to do and maybe someone has some suggestions.

Payment is ALWAYS due when we are done , we are ok with you finishing up your event or party , but payment is due the day we done our work .

I don’t ask for a deposit but it’s extremely important that payment is paid when due .

We take cash , etransfer , or cheque if given at the event because I don’t like anything going in the mail .

A few weeks ago we had a huge event that we do every year . My normal contact is no longer working there so she introduce me to the next person .

Had everything sorted with that person and then that person went on vacation before the event so he put me in contact with two other people but said everything was good to go .

For this event we can’t fit in any other gigs because of travel time and the whole event there’s just no room.

So event is done and I’m looking for my cheque … but there was no cheque .. they said they could send an etransfer the next day so I said ok .

Waited all morning and nothing came through so I sent a message , all day long it was back and forth trying to get it sorted . With me being the one having to keep reaching out each time, which made me feel like I wasn’t important to them .

Basically in the end they said there was nothing they could do , except send out cheque which would have took weeks to get to me .

That is not ok …. It was a very large sum.. I spent money on supplies and traveling and I couldn’t work any other gigs that day . So I was out alot . And to make matters worse it was when all of my payments were due .

I explained my stressful situation and someone kindly sorted it out quickly thank goodness or else I would have been charged nsf fees for a mistake that wasn’t mine .

Today it happened again( different company ) … this one was a little bit easier to swallow because it was a very small event but still that was money I was counting on in my budget for today not two weeks from now you know 🤷‍♀️ and I still had to travel and use my supplies .

I told them exactly how they can pay me , when it was due and it was written all over the invoice for payment instructions . But when it came time for payment all I get is I’m sorry for our mistake but you’re just going to have to except it .

It’s hard not to get frustrated in these situations because I have checked all my boxes and it’s not my mistake but I’m the ONLY one that has to pay for it which isn’t very fair 😥

I can assure you no one would be pleased if I showed up unprepared or two weeks late .

What do I say when this happens again? .
How to I make sure everyone is on the same page when often there is many pages to sort through lol .

I am not a huge franchise , I’m just a small company that tries really hard and has too many mouths to feed .
Which means these small things really matter .

Sorry for the rant lol🙈

Picture is another flower bouquet from a couple of weeks ago

07/29/2024

PSA ** Please be respectful…. Its free !

I’m going to hit you with the bad then I will finish with the good .

I had full plans on making a road balloon for everyone today even though I am completely wrecked from a crazy week.

However ….

Someone has decided to leave a used colonoscopy bag at the top of our road.

First of all absolutely disgusting 🤢..

Second of all if you think for one second I’m cleaning it up for you , you are wrong .

However now I’m not going to do the balloon because a lot of kids and adults stop to take a pic with the balloon and I do t feel comfortable bring traffic to the area with human waste laying there 😢

So until that is resolved there will be no balloon I’m sorry .

But this is t the only issue we have with our road so I’m just going to educate some people incase they are unaware of how things work.

WHITE road signs are PRIVATE PROPERTY.

GREEN road signs are public .

Our road is a white sign …. That means unless you are asked to be here you are not allowed to be here .

Recently we had a water guy not only tell off two of my kids but also my husband when we tried to talk to him.

He tried to say that there is no gate at the top of the road so it’s not private …. Incorrect sir ..

We have had people come in and dump their whole car of garbage right infort of us and then get aggressive when we confronted them on it ..

People are leaving used condoms and drug paraphernalia where my kids and dogs walk every day .

Countless people coming down to do “ relations “ in their car where we can see .

We even watched with our own eyes as someone pulled in and p**ped while 3 of us were standing there .

And people camping here twice … on our road ..

Enough is enough people !
If you’re not allowed to be here don’t be here .

So tired of being so nice to literally be crapped on no matter what …

So the good … ok don’t really have a lot , it’s been hot and busy both work and house wise . Late nights and early mornings have been my jam for so long … but this week is actually bit more calm work wise so I should be able to sort myself out here 😂

I do have pics to post but I don’t really want to post cute/cool pics on a post tied to p**p soo we will wait lol

07/24/2024

Hubby went to check the mail today and this was written on one of the envelopes 🥰😂

Also I meant to ask this the other day when I posted the banana …. But I think there may be an unsung hero when it comes to the road balloons .

First couple of times I thought it was a coincidence …. But it’s been to many times for it to be that so I believe I have a helper out there somewhere . 😂

Is someone cutting the grass for me by the sign . ?
Once in a while Barrett’s use to do along the road area but this just seems to be right at the stop sign and right where I put my balloons lol so not trying to sound conceded but really starting to think it’s done for me now .

Who ever you are thank you so much !! It definitely is a big help as many times I would be up there stomping down the grass .

07/22/2024

Life is BANANAS !!!
So here is a banana 🍌 😂

It’s hot and windy , everything a balloon hates … so we will see how long it takes to have mashed banana lol

I am taking the morning / afternoon off ( other then making the road balloon ) but will be tackling messages tonight :)

07/21/2024

Getting ready to go to Mavericks Donut Company!!!!

Will be there from 11-2 🤩🤩 then off to some private events 💨

07/16/2024

ATTENTION ALL DARTMOUTH and EP PEEPS !!

Tomorrow I will be at the 1104 Main road Tim Hortons for CAMP DAY !!! ❤️❤️

I will be doing face painting and I will also have a monkey doing glitter tattoos .
Everything is by donation so let’s send some kids to camp 🏕️

Will be there from 10-12 !

See you tomorrow !

07/14/2024

I am cooked !
I don’t know how we survived this week but we did …

Even in full shade I got burned have had a headache I can’t shake for the last two days.

Taking the night off to cool down and relax I will be back to messages tomorrow :)

But here’s a pic from the last event we did ! Heaven was painting and I was on cotton candy ! Both were big hits🤩

I do have a complaint to the cotton candy people though because the machine only comes with a right handed scoop … do you know how hard it is to be forced to do something backwards . Lefty’s have to do it often … where’s the love? lol

Here’s to surviving another week of the mess 😭

07/13/2024

Pikachu I choose you ! 🤩

07/11/2024

Just giving everyone a briefing :)

It has been an extremely hot and busy week and I still have three more days to go 😅

Messaging will be spotty for bit but as always I will try and get to what I can .

Late night install for Micmac tonight , and will be here there and everywhere tomorrow !

Tomorrow we will be at Jill’s world of fun from 11:30-1:30 celebrating their one year anniversary with face painting !!!

Then off to two private events .

Saturday I will be all afternoon at the Halifax mural festival doing balloons ! Don’t remember the exact location I will be at but will try and post that day . All other gigs are private but hope to see some familiar faces along the way 🥰

Also a heads up I have tried three times to order black balloons …. So unfortunately that sucks . I have some sizes but my main one was a no go , also could t get my regular white but atleast could get my hands on something 🤦‍♀️. The struggle is real !

This will mainly effect my line twisting balloons not so much my sculptures .

Anywho here’s some pics from heaven working a couple of weeks ago .

07/01/2024

Happy Canada day !!

I know people are sitting in my messages I’m so sorry it has been an extremely exhausting week/weekend .

Have been gone for 12 hours and on little sleep so glad to be home !

I am taking tonight to rest but will answer messages in the morning I promise 🙏
I completly understand if you need to move on but can also promise you we are worth the wait 🥰🥰

Were you at Bible hill Canada Day celebrations?? If so you probably seen us there 🤩

This was our second year there and I’m sure it will not be the last .

Then after that we rushed back to town to do a private party that also had us last year and had to have us again this year 🥰 ( like I said we are worth the wait) . Normally if you have us once you will want us again !

Anyone happen to have any videos of the kids playing with the light sabres they want to share ?
To many times I seen the cutest little battles going on and I’m like dang I really want a video of that big thank you to balloon Josh for showing me the sabre ways because it quickly became one of my favs 😂 if I had a video to show people how awesome they are I would love you so much .

Onto the balloon before I call it a night and try and outlast my monkeys

So not technically Canada Day but Canada Day .

They wanted a #47 birthday girl with Canada Day themed .

You can see through the flowers well but the dress is covered in beautiful maple leafs .

Stay safe and have fun tonight , I’m going to take a whole lot of Advil to curb the migraine I have going on and crawl in to bed after stuffing my face … living the dream 😂

Also please excuse the balloon dog on my wall in the background … never noticed until I went to post this 🙈 I’m sorry

06/29/2024

Came home and collapsed after today 😅

Heaven is going to do a video for me of what I was able to get during the madness but this will have to do for now . But my gosh isn’t it GORGEOUS !!!

This is not the first time we have had these clients and every single time they go above and beyond for their employees, which is just simply an amazing and a rare find these days . 🥰

Ontop of this GIANT yeti and beautiful balloon wall they also got 75 CANDY CUPS 😮 and I twisted and tied and packed d every single one .
Heaven was marker master and did all the faces .
Hubby was the candy runner and got all my candies and helped bring everything over because in my lack of sleep state I was trying to tell myself this would all fit in my van 🤦‍♀️😂saved me from having to do two trips so I could create this masterpiece in time .

Taking the kids out for grading supper then I will probably fall into another coma … 😂

GreenFoot Energy Solutions

06/28/2024

Feels like I have been twisting for days on end … oh wait I have 🙈😂

Candy cups off to the schools with the kids , with their mascots as toppers !

And do you see all the candy cups under the butterflies!?!!? My kids are not shocked by a lot …. They were however shocked over the amount of cups I have going on atm …. Big things coming 🤩

06/27/2024

Just giving everyone a run down ! Lol

Things are extremely busy so you may have a hard time reaching me .

As always I will do what I can when I can and often more then I should 😂

I can assure you there will be a rainy day nap today !!! So many 1-2 am nights and 5 am mornings . But I will get to you after that when my mind is a bit more clear before a night of more twisting 🥰 trust me you don’t want me taking bookings atm 🙈

Have a massive event this weekend solo so I will be plenty stressed by Friday naturally( who are we kidding , stressed now haha ) . Patience and kindness is always appreciated ❤️

But it wouldn’t be graduating time if we didn’t make some of these !

Still freaking adorable everytime ! 🤩

Thumbs up to all the grads out there !!!

Also don’t mind the state of my office it’s seen some things the last couple of weeks 😅

06/25/2024

Contrary to what this picture says …last night was supposed to be to be my only night off this week. 😂

Let’s just say that didn’t happen but I’m ok with that 🥰

Just got back from a gig after running and doing set ups all day so gonna take a breather for a bit , was another gig where I was only hired for an hour and half and end up doing double because they loved me soo much 🤩 then I’m off to clean and back at er !
Need a secretary to keep up with my crap because the last thing I want to do is paperwork right now 🤦‍♀️

06/24/2024

Oh the round perfection !!!

I can not express to you the happiness I feel when things just look sooo ….. perfect 😍

I do have OCD , so it could just be me 🙈 but uniform and organized just makes me feel whole !

Little Gym has been fantastic clients of ours for YEARS now , but this was their first balloon request from us so I surly didn’t want to disappoint.

The worries were it had to last for a week and they didn’t want the “ dusty “ look ( which is called oxidation)

This happens in the warm months , as soon as balloons hit heat and sunshine they will oxidize.

My office is like a cave in the summer and part of the reason why I choose not to do balloons last summer . No curtains can be opened and I have to keep temperatures just right because just warm air flowing through the house will do it to .

So i suggested we go for pearl balloons . They are made a bit different than regular balloons and I find they do stand up to the heat much better . They will still oxidize in extreme conditions but you stand a better chance.

Thank you so much to Little Gym and the momma for sending pics ! They look AMAZING!

06/23/2024

What an amazing week that was !

I am zonked but so many sweet moments, sometimes I don’t believe how lucky I am 🥹

Not only did I get to see sooo many familiar faces ( it warms my heart when people see us coming and you can instantly hear the excitement ) they know we come to mean business!

At one point as I was airbrushing a tiny human and she looks into my soul and said “ I’m a fan of your work “ she was 4 …

Another school we walk in and there was a sole little girl finishing up her McDonald’s at the dinner table while her friends were getting cleaned up .
Heaven and I go to set up and she comes over clutching a fry in each hand and generously tried to share with us 😭😭🥰

Another gig I was steady painting , was only suppose to be for an hour and half and ended up going 3 cause it was so popular, little girl walks and hands me a bag of cookies as a treat .

So many times kids asked if I need help , needed water or if they could help in any way and had lots of manners , big shout out to them and all their owners for raising them so well 🤩

I got sent this little cutie from an airbrush event . When I found out it was going to be crazy hot that day and they were having field day , I suggested they go for airbrush so that there may still be something there when they get home to their parents 😂 did your little one attended this class ? Was there still a tattoo after the heat and a full day of play ?

Answered a ton of messages as soon as I got home , will go for more in a little bit but have a ton of stuff to do also so it’s a juggling act . Plus I can hardly keep my eyes open , I’m not making promises for tonight but will first thing in the morning if I don’t .

06/20/2024

This was my work yesterday for Monarch 🤩🤩🤩 hopefully everyone had fun getting pics !

Breaker came with me to get out of the house and see all his friends . He was nervous at first but then ended up abandoning me to the point I had to get him called down 😂

Everyone definitely lifted his spirits so thank you 🥰

I have not stopped all week , heading out early to airbrush some littles in a bit , will be on messages this evening if you can wait :)

Hope everyone stays safe in the heat today going to be a crazy one !!

06/19/2024

Psa if you see me at Monarch in a little bit completely covered in glitter looking like I havent slept in a foritenite ….

No you didn’t …..no.. you.. did.. not … lol

Rough night ontop of a very bad morning.

Breaker has hit the stir crazy point and I am officially the worst mother in the world for simply just trying to keep the boy alive …. No you can not jump on the trampoline…. No you can’t go swimming the pool …. I’m sorry you have to take medicine 😭😭
I’m just trying to do my job man lol

Send caffeine and strength …

Echo tells me 23 mins before having to leave it’s someone’s bday and she needs a candy cup 😅 check ✅.

Currently working on something pretty awesome for the grade 5s ( and I’m sure every other kid there at some point ) Will post pics soon !.

After that I’m just trying to survive the heat and prep for tomorrow .

In the mean time here’s the biggest Mario I have built so far ! Which is also pretty awesome if I do say so myself .

Still not FULLY taking on balloon orders until breaker is a bit better . Up till now I have only been doing ones ordered before I knew he was going in .

So depending on when , size and what I might be able to do it but not looking to completely over whelm myself either as I have just been taking everything day by day. ❤️ thank you so much for everyone’s patience and understanding.

If you would like to brighten my day a bit feel free to post some pics of our recent works !
Heaven and I have been in pretty top performance these days and I know there is some nice paints out there somewhere ! ( I never ask for pics even though I am dying to ask so many times 😂)

Please note if any one does post there will be a big difference from party painting to free event / school paints … they are still nice but there is zero time to do what we actully want to do .

06/19/2024

I have learned a long time ago I will never be able to make everyone happy but I do try my very best to do so .

I just recently had a couple of issues in regards to bookings so I just want to go over a few things with people so you are familiar how things get booked :) .

I do not ask for deposit! I go by trust and hope for the best. But payment is due when we are done . That day , not next week or next month .
No you will not change my mind , I don’t want to have other peoples money unless I worked for it 😂

To book me , you just have to be sure you want me tell me when and where and if I’m available my team or I will be there . It’s really that simple .

Your spot is not held until you do these things and I will often say “ you are in the book “ when I write you in .
Asking about prices , services , availability does not mean you are actully booked .
I answer so many messages everyday . Pricing , days , services and the list goes on … not everyone goes with me …nor do I want to bug people to see if they want to follow thru on a booking .

So you can always take as much time as you want to think about things but I can’t hold your spot while you’re trying to figure things out . Everything is on a first come first serve basis .

I’m sorry if that is an inconvenience to anyone but if I waited for everyone to think and a bunch to not follow through I just miss out on gigs because others that are trying to book me will have moved on .

I have tried going back and forth and people still get mad because it takes too long . 🤷‍♀️

Doing my best over here 😅

Any who … normally I would put this in the comments so I wouldn’t offend any one , because to many get offended these days .
But after the week Iv had I say who cares ! … its all legal and it’s BEAUTIFULLY AWESOME and I should want to show it !

06/13/2024

We are finally home !!!
Wow that was a long day .

But Breaker made it through ok and is in very good spirts for now …

Thank you everyone that sent us love , wished him well and checked in on him .

My poor tough guy with his busted up face and now busted up throat … when the nurse came to get us she was like “ I know he had the bruises on his face , but did he have a busted lip before going in ? “ …ummm no ? Lol 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
So now we add a bruised fat lip to the mix 😭 kid deserves an award !

I am definitely taking tonight off of messages but I will try and get to some tomorrow but I also have a an extremely busy Friday/ weekend so it’s gonna be rough , please bare with me 🙂

Pics of before , middle and end . Rush was so cute she needed pic updates to make sure he was hanging in ok 🥰

Been a mom for almost 22 years and this was my first big hospital visit for one of them … we were commended for having so many healthy kids from hospital staff lol ( as I’m looking at my poor child black and blue 😅…but he’s healthy 😂)

06/12/2024

Oh my gosh …. The mirror saga continues …

A key part to this story is My little guy is heading into the hospital tomorrow to get his tonsils out . So he’s going to down and out for a bit .

Also keep in mind Breaker is covered head to toe in scrapes and bruises like most 8 yo children .

Now to set the scene

Kids say good nite Breaker is tucked into this super cool shark sleeping bag that he can’t live without since he got it from his nookums .

I go to bed at 12 am

12:30 the dog am I are jolted straight out of bed to a horrendous crash and instant wailing .

Run to the room to find Breaker on the floor still wrapped in his sleeping bag asleep but crying .

I’m trying to lift him but he’s slippery from the sleeping bag and dead weight because he’s still asleep in his mind .

For those of you that are picturing me wresting a shark fighting for my life in a dimly lit room you are correct and are probably worth the chuckle so don’t feel bad for doing so .

My next tactic is to get him out of this bloody sleeping bag but it only zips half way day and the boy is sweating profusely which is only making him stick to the complete inside of said sleeping bag .

Finally free the boy and throw him up on the the bed .

He’s whimpering but still in a very much dead sleep , nothing I could do would wake him . Got him cooled down and rubbed his back till he fell asleep .

When he woke this morning I instantly go and look for damage and he’s is puzzled . He remembers nothing of last night and I tell him he has a good ole shiner and cheek is swollen double the size 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

So now I have to take the already bruised scarped up little guy to the hospital but now to do so with a him looking like he just walked out of a boxing ring lol …

Needless to say I’m a wreck for a bit but here’s some none bruised children covered to glitter from last weekend 😂😂

06/10/2024

Recouping a bit after the messed up weekend . Heaven broke a mirror a while ago and I think it’s infected the whole dang family .

Leading up to the weekend while at a gig I get a text asking if we are still good for sat .

I wait till I get home to look at it and the is no previous conversation so instantly I’m in panic mode .

Frantic writing this person and they say I’m booked with them for a school fair on sat . Except I definitely do not have them in my book .

Entertainers worst nightmare is missing an event /double booking . So feel like I’m punched in the gut .

Turns out I wasn’t booked , they never responded after I gave price so I was in the clear 😅 but still an emotional roller coaster.

Sat night after working all day I’m trying to make glitter tattoos for Sunday only to find out 90% of the were GONE from the computer … that was a very late night . lol

Sunday I woke up to pic #1 ….. and quickly wanted to go back to bed .
One child seems to have left a bottle of paint in her laundry .
And another child decided to just shove heaps of laundry into the washer AND dryer without checking anything .

Didn’t have time to deal with that off to work .

Hubbys truck broke on the way coming home from getting the girls . There’s all the money I made this weekend.

Came home after working all day and spent a good time cleaning the dryer of the purple and then continued to do laundry so kids can have clean clothes to throw on the floor .

Take the kids to school only to see the beaver has been hard at work and our road is good a flooded … pics 2 and 3

That beautiful water view there …. Is actually suppose to be dirt . And there’s a flowing babble brook crossing our road that we have dubbed the beaver bank canal .
Wet feet for everyone !
Have to go put some stepping rocks down there so we can cross .

Then the dog decided to be a typical kangal and decides to jump all over me the way home being a lunatic because he wanted to sit at bus stop all day . I’m only slightly wounded 🤦‍♀️

Plans for today so you’re informed .

House reset
Stuff my face
Take a nap of a life time
Then I will be juggle messages for a bit till bed time .

06/08/2024

I have a gazillion quirks … honestly I can hardly stand myself sometimes 😂

But one of those quirks is I HATE TO SIT !!!! … and when I do it’s never normal .

Today I tired to do a gig sitting because it was airbrush ….well I will prob never do that one again lol . I don’t know how people sit to paint or do balloons . Kills my back and I feel like I’m in a cage 😅.

Gig was awesome though !!

Airbrush is becoming more and more popular! So I decided it was time to really buckle down and get a good board going . And I did that all week long .
But it looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself . I will keep adding as I go but it’s a pretty decent start .

What is awesome about airbrush?

Super fast especially if just doing black like you see here , if we have more time we add colour to the back ground .

They will last a few days if you take care of them so that’s means they don’t smear like you do with face paint

They are water resistant!

This means if you get it wet you are still good .

This does not mean to jump in a pool and rub it to if it will stay , it will not stay lol

But yet like magic it washes off with a little bit soap .

Whats hilarious is a bunch of kids from this gig went immediately went to a birthday party where there was another Monkey waiting for them to face paint 😂😂 small world !

Now to go make a gazillion glitter tattoos for tomorrow ….

I was able to get to some messages the others will have to wait a bit because I’m going on fumes ! Will be back on Monday

06/03/2024

When I heard Snoop was coming to Halifax I was like I HAVE to do a balloon !!

I could have went so many ways here but where a lot of kids look for my balloons I wanted to stay safe so I used his Doggy Land show character Bow Wizzle 🤩

It’s more windy than I would like it to be so not sure how long he will last .

If anyone has any connections to Snoop tell him Beaver Bank says hi 👋
And if he ever needs to fly out an awesome face painter or balloon twister for his grand babies I’m your girl 😂!

06/03/2024

Yall we have another “ finding Jessica “ situation lol

Only those that have been with me for long haul will get that 😂

Ok here’s the problem .

Have a date booked in my calendar for a client . June 26th
Says one face painter one balloon person . There is no time listed .but the phone number .

I had another booking come in so I went to see what the first bookings time and address was .

However ALL of our messages are gone ! ( the number is in my search but no words at all )

I did text this number twice to see if I was still needed and have gotten zero response.

I don’t know if I some how wrote the wrong number down but then why would it be in my search ? Obviously I talked to someone because I would just put in otherwise .

I have dug through all my messages on all ends and still nothing so now I turn to my awesome group if they may be able to help me out the parts together lol

Do you or do you know someone having an event on the 26th that may have a balloon twister and face painter for two hours . If so please reach out . Even if you don’t want us please just let me know so I can put my mind to rest lol

And just because I don’t like to post with out pic here is our set up for another one of our large events this weekend that wasn’t sail gp , we like to keep things bopping over here 🤩

06/03/2024

WOW what a weekend !

Sometimes because of what you do you get to see some pretty cool stuff . And some times even if you don’t get to see the actual events it’s still the amazing vibe that surrounds the area 🥰

But that last two days we were basically front and centre of the races for Sail GP .

We’re talking special wrist band , 5 security gates , safety classes and special escorts deep !!! When the winning team celebrating shot off Champaign bottles Heaven and I were RIGHT there 🤩

It was cold , windy and at some points raining … but we made it through and had an amazing experience!

So many were cheering for team Canada ! Infact I didn’t paint any other team but Heaven did .

Anyone here went to Sail Gp ?
I’m the worst at finding photos of our work , I know they are out there cause we could see them on the screen … but where !?!! lol

This morning I’m on a bit of a recoup as it’s been a long few days , then I’m heading over to messages to get everything sorted , please bare with me a little as there is a lot and I work from bottom to top .

Also really trying to get a road balloon up for a certain someone in town 🤔😂

05/28/2024

It’s finally time ….. grab a tea this is a long one .

Event season is at full speed ahead .

I would like to take this time to go over some things for a successful and productive event line .

First thing to know is the face paint line is always going to be long … definitely one of the most popular things at any event but especially if it’s for free .
When you get there line up straight away then go play .

We open up shop when we are hired to open . Sometimes we have to be there early for parking or setting up .
This does not mean we are ready to start painting just because we are there . Ask us what time we start or look for signage and line up according to that, do not ask us to paint you in the parking lot as we are coming in 🥰

Some of you may remember an episode on Senfield where there was certain “ soup “ guy . You had to order just right or NO SOUP FOR YOU .

Well we need you to think they same way about the face painting line in the kindest way possible 😂

A key thing right out of the gate is if your at the beginning of the line pay attention to us and when the chair is avaible or atleast listen to us when we say next .
Often we will have to yell out next many times because the people at the head are not paying attention . After repeated attempts I yell NEXT really really load and it’s scares people so let’s keep it easy.

When you get to your time , Know what you want .
Know your favourite colour
And know if you want glitter or not . These are the three things we will ask.
Everytime we have to ask a customer repeatedly what they want or if they are having trouble deciding it will slow us down and that really adds up minute wise.

This also goes to the shy kids that don’t want to tell us what they want. Parents will make their kids tell us when they clearly don’t want to . And trust me I totally get it , your teaching independence and vocalizing but it makes it extremely hard when there is legit 200 people standing behind you also waiting .

If you have a child with long hair and you wait an hour in line and then wait until their butt is in the chair as I have a paint brush loaded and ready to go and you tell us to wait because it’s absolutely necessary to have their hair in a pony tail …. I just have no words …. I could be done the paint by the time the hair gets up but instead I am forced to wait because there was no thought to do it when you were like 4th in line . That’s not fair to me or the others in line .

This also goes for face washing . You know the face is dirty before you get there , clean the face before the chair . ( and also please note we can’t paint over food or snot nor should you want us to so you do run the risk of us not being able to paint ) we will not clean the child’s face for you

Special requests …
plain and simple there is none 😂 during a busy event we ALWAYS go by the board . Why ? Time of course !! I’m not sure if I mentioned the 200 people in line yet but if we take a special request from just one child it starts a train of every kid after doing the same.
That would be the equivalent to everyone ordering a Tim Hortons pizza in the drive thru . Yikes
We strictly have to keep to the board but you can choose your colour :)
I know it really really sucks when a kid just wants that one certain thing but that’s a time for a birthday party setting not an event .

While we are painting please stay back . We can not work if we are crowed or if mom or dad is fully shoving a camera over our shoulders while we work .

Speaking of phones 😬 don’t hand your child a video to watch to help us paint …I can assure it does not help us . You have unknowingly now made us paint upside down because the kid is now looking in their lap and not where we need them to be .

And for the love of monkeys peeps wait until they are out of the chair to take the final pic . Step aside and get a good shot so we can continue onto the next 199 people because again it adds more mins .

Before our time is up we will “ close the line “
This means we take a sign to the back of the line and ask that poor person to drag it with them and to tell anyone trying jump in the line that the crazy lady at the front will say no lol

We then stamp everyone’s hand In line on the way back so we know who was actully in the line when we closed and who was not … because believe it or not people will lie to us often . If you do not have a stamp then we will not be able to paint you .

We have to close the line before we end or else we would have to stay later or turn people away that have been standing in line . I can not tell you the crying that would cause so we do try very hard to close it at the perfect time so there no hard feelings and no one is wasting time .

And lastly when our time is up our time is up .
We are hired to be there for a set amount of time .
We do not get paid extra if we go over .
Often we are due at our next event right after also and can’t stay .
As much as it pains us to see your kids cry or you making us the bad guy for closing our hands are tied and we have to go, it’s not personal I promise but a great teaching moment of wants, needs and priorities;)

Now I know after reading all that you think I’m a cranky old Karen
But if everyone could just keep these little tips in mind I promise you we can go even faster which just means you can have more time to stand in another line .

Every Time we are hired pleople ask us to go faster , faster , faster …. I know me and Heaven are both extremely fast painters so I have come to the realization that we are not the problem , it’s everyone else😬 and I mean that in the most loving way 😂

I think some people get confused because our paints are extremely nice and they think it must take a long time.
However it’s because we are good at what we do it looks nice not because of time .

You can ask people who seen us paint , u could look away for two seconds and the paint is half done already.It’s actully funny to see the parents freak out “ like how did they even do that “ .

I have spent 8 years building this business , mastering painting , expert line closing, professional set up and keeping as many people as I can happy.
This year I’m working on mastering the people because things only keep getting more and more busy which means lines are even longer .

You and only you can save a face painters sanity, be the hero of the line up and tell your friends how it’s really done ! 🤩

Thank you that is all , don’t hate me because I’m direct 🙈

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I was INVADED last night ! I know the saying is multiply like bunnies but this is crazy lol After what felt like 5000 trips , I’m out of breath …. But pick ups will be in the CAMPER at the end of the drive . Please give me a heads up when your coming because I might not be done there atm because I’m bouncing around lol If it’s an emergency please text me at +1 (902) 240-3185 I believe all the cups are done to order just have one stuffed bunny left then I will jump back to messages .

Wolf hit this weekend in style ! He takes his chauffeur duties seriously 😂 He also says if your driving 20 or more under the speed limit and there’s not a lick of snow , then take all the back roads please 😅

That was one long day !!! Other then stoping back home briefly I was gone 13 hours today .. we were here there and everywhere we were together and apart , I ballooned , I painted , I glittered . As much as I would like to pack it up and call it a day … now I have to tackle tomorrows things , going on 2 hours sleep 😅 but tonight won’t be half as bad as last nights 🥰 Soooo if your waiting to hear from me and haven’t yet , that’s why 😂 Let me survive tomorrow , then later in the day Monday I will be onto messages 🤩 Here’s a lil sneak peek where we were for our last one . Everyone looking at Heaven in the bar , like who brought their kid here 🤔 calm down people she’s 19 😂 This company went all out for their employees and gave a lot of love along the way ! Awesome people !!

Grab your tissues !! 😅🥰🥰 This was my first time making a pregnant lady , I have been talking with this mom for a bit now to make sure we got everything just right 🥰 She was pregnant with a rainbow baby and I was so happy to be a part of it 😭😭😭 It felt special before … but when I seen her reaction when the belly popped I couldn’t hold myself together … I knew she was going to be over the moon with a little girl …. Over the moon and right to the floor ❤️❤️ I made this tik tok but I will post the video in the comments so you can hear the words . But then it gets even better 😂😂 Check out the ADORABLE way she used her balloon when she was done !!!

Happy Friday the 13 th everyone ! Hope everyone faired out ok !! We had an awesome time at the beach ! ( if by awesome you mean me holding my breath and having a heart attack every 6 seconds 😂…) It’s a hard balance at the beach for me , there is more fear then enjoyment 😬 but that’s my life on the reg lol But I actually go in and swam with them which is something I haven’t been able to do in YEARS !! So it was so worth 🥰

Don’t hate me because I’m …Ballooniful Love me or leave me I am who I am 🤩😂

Just popping in for a second but there will be a long post later ! Bare with me 😅 But LOOK at this !! I’m just saying … crazy hair day at school could be pretty cool this year ! Echo got a fresh shave so I had an awesome surface . Uv paint was used so it lights up under black light or blue LEDS !! How does the water proof paint come off you might ask ? It’s a good question so let’s get into it ! First of all , it will wipe away effortlessly with rubbing alcohol. If you don’t want to use that then you work up a lather or soap either on a cloth or by hand and gently work onto the paint. Wipe with a clean wet cloth and repeat if necessary. Because it takes a bit more then reg face paint to wash this is why we prefer not to paint on the face of small kids . Kids skin is super sensitive on their face and all I can picture is a mom trying to spit shine it off a kid 😂 Echo is older and we wash paint off her face a lot so I knew she would be ok in that way and she knows to sit still so I can work around the eye with the paint and she won’t get scared . With such a good model I was able to bring the design down to corner her eye and it looks soo good !!

I am BEAT !! However I COULDN’T resist having a play with our new toy !!!! We are down a painter this year. Heaven has another job and is hard to pin down so that left a problem . I am only one person and surprisingly im incredibly loved lol . In our group I’m the only one that knows all areas . Heaven knew glitter tatts and face paint . Adam knew glitter tatts , cotton candy and some very basic balloons . With Heaven not with us we couldn’t really offer two painters at one time , or to have say balloons and face paint in one hour ( she would paint and I would do balloons ) So this should help alleviate some of the stress I have been having because Adam can jump on air brush ! 🥰 . What is cool about this you may ask ? It dries supper fast !! It’s smudge proof ! Annnnnnnd ITS WATER RESISTANT 🤩🤩🤩 Added bonus, it goes on hair super awesome 😎

Good morning my beautiful people 🥰 Finally starting to get caught up , just before I’m slammed again on the weekend 😂 Sorry I have been so quite . There’s been lots going on here ! Just stopping in to give a SNEAK PEEK of our new toy for parties 🥳 Just putting some final touches before we launch but I can assure you the kids had LOADS of fun ! We will be doing a GIVE AWAY for a one hour foam party as a treat. Not sure what we are going to do yet , so keep watching the posts 🥰