Hare-Brained Productions

08/12/2024

Several jobs this week that went well...

A clown for a manager at Modify Health for his 50th birthday...(he hates clowns), sang and made a balloon hat and sword for him. He kept saying "Is this really happening? I feel like I'm on something..." Haha...

A large event for a company Christmas party at Atlanta Design Group. We had my fire performer and juggler/stilt walker greeting guests outside in the cold. We had a mime, a caricature artist, a gold jester living statue, and my excellent magician, along with my DJ entertaining the guests inside. Got many compliments from guests and other vendors.

And I did a chicken with balloons for a Poshmark seller who was in the middle of an online show. I sang to her and her 100 followers and of course to her husband and the cute chihauha...

Still have dates open for any parties/birthdays or events coming up. Please give us a call 7706767527.

01/12/2024

I face painted and ballooned a first birthday party just around the corner from me (that never happens) and I realize that this mother is connected to the folks who I have done other parties for in Lawrenceville. She didn't tell me when we spoke, but I saw all the kids and mothers I had worked with before. They said hello and then of course I'm waiting to be paid by the husband who took his sweet time and did not give me the correct amount and then had to wait some more. The women and kids are fine and remember me and say thank you etc. The men in this group are another issue. Women are treated as second-class citizens. The first job that I did for this group I needed a table for face painting and they had a large dining table in that room that was being lauded over by the men. The women dared not ask for a portion of that table to be used for the entertainer. They stuck me in a dark hallway with a folding tray table. I asked for a lamp and they gave me one that kept flickering out. Nobody cared. Today, after dealing with the payment situation and then my other entertainer showed up as Ariel, I found that the pathway that I noticed and apparently someone else didn't, blocked the path out of the parking area. I asked the guys sitting outside if they could find the guy with the Lexus who stupidly blocked me and everyone in. I stood there for 15 mins waiting until someone else on the other end moved their car, and then another car followed them. At that point, the guys who were hanging out there stopped to chat with the guy in front of me for several mins. I yelled out that I needed to leave and they eventually moved. I'm sorry but passive-aggressive and crappy treatment of women/and/or entertainers is very uncool. I will have to decide if these folks call me again whether I'm willing to put up with this kind of treatment.

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30/11/2024

The last couple of weeks have been slow but we've had some great telegrams...
Couple of Buddy the Elves in Alpharetta and Fayetteville with Frangelico. The dude in Fayetteville is a voice-over artist and apparently very successful. A Hairy Fairy in Buckhead with an orchid...
And a Marilyn yesterday SW ATL for a husband and wife who have been together since elementary school and have the same birthday, and are a doctor and attorney.... Wow!!

December is pretty open and we have elves who can paint and do balloons, Santas, and other options for other types of events.

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19/11/2024

November has been Slowvember... Not much after killing ourselves in October. But last week we got a request for Club Diogi Doggy Daycare on Cheshire Bridge Rd. It was the manager's birthday and she loves animals, so we brought in an hour of farm animals to love on, as a kind of telegram, inside the training room while the dogs played outside. It was adorable and everyone had a blast! Check out the sweet video below...

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17/11/2024

"We have this opportunity, perhaps even responsibility to create our own little magical worlds in a world that is increasingly in need of a little more magic." Keep GOING!

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11/11/2024

There is such a lack of courtesy and respect with people these days and I just don't understand it. I tried to help a company find performers for the last couple of days... all last minute. Nobody was available yesterday and today I finally found one of mine to do it. When I call back they have already booked with someone else. Then ridiculously ask if my guy wants to join their agency...??? Huh? So you want me to work for you and then give you my performers?? Unbelievable.

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04/11/2024

So a few events last week. New Life Church did Bible Land on the 31st. We had multiple conversations on what they wanted. They wanted juggler/stilt walkers and they wanted them in biblical costuming....? I told them they didn't have that, nor would robes be safe with stilts... I told them they could tone down costuming and really was unsure why they wanted jugglers/stilts for a bible event. But come to find out, they were handing out candy, kids were dressed up in whatever costume they wanted and my folks wore their usual festive gear... ok

I had an Elvis for an 80 year old birthday who seemed happy to kind of finally meet him.

And Day of the Dead celebration at Chattahoochee Food Works again with face painting many sugar skulls and butterflies... wishing I had had a great partner for the event but had to settle.

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31/10/2024

Last week... long week... in only a few days....

On Friday night, thought I was able to make it to Croft and Associates company party, and was fine until somehow traffic was so locked up, my GPS kept trying to route me onto 75 express lane, but I have no pass... so kept having to try and find a new route... was pretty much a nightmare. I was supposed to just paint but ended up doing both painting and balloons and it was fine when I finally got there and my caricature artists were as usual a big hit.

Was supposed to be a face painter on Saturday, but somehow a painter was already there from another company so I stepped in to do balloons.. that's a new one.

A short time later a Chicken in a thong with balloons at Gate City Brewery... 50000 emails from the husband/client who just couldn't handle doing this in a 10 min phone call. Then when I got there to blow up balloons (challenging while doing it at the car), wouldn't answer his phone or text so I could find them.... ummm.... I was pretty uptight at this point. He took the time to send me a photo of them at a table.. somewhere in the brewery....great... Dear god... why??? Let me also explain that it's hard to see out of that mask ... in the chicken suit... Thanks so much for all your help... So I wandered around and think I found them... and hissed at him... YOu Need TO Pick UP A PHOne!!! Anyway... all went well I suppose but really that was uncalled for... Please help the poor person in the chicken suit who has no idea what you guys look like and needs to drive to yet another gig!!!!

Also had another balloon artist at a neighborhood party in Smyrna that went very well.

And then 25 miles further north on 400... sort of Cu***ng but really some neighborhood in Dawsonville... face painting pretty laid back kids who were creative in their requests.

Next day a fall festival at Marietta Educational Garden Center... I was doing balloons but there were arts and crafts, petting zoo, owl education from Chattahoochee Nature Center, games, etc... was slow but steady.

And I have nothing to do on the big day... I have stiltwalkers at an anti-Halloween event... and then maybe some other entertainers for an event westside... we'll see. But again, nothing fun to do...on Halloween in ATL.. 😕

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21/10/2024

Well feels like I have had to put out lots of fires last week... Just not real happy about it.

Had a Chicken in a thong with roses in Kennesaw sent from a friend to a friend. The mother was the contact person who would be the one to answer the phone and help with making it smooth. I finally get there after an hour in traffic and call the mother who says great and see you in a minute. I am at the front door and the bday girl is not there. I ask where is she and the mother tells me to keep going while she films.... She finally says that gal has COVID and has gone to Urgent Care... Why didn't she tell the friend this info? Wow, was hugely disappointing for me and maddening... but then had to tell the friend who spent the money who was even more upset.. What is wrong with people?

Hairy Fairy in Chamblee for a 40th Birthday at a Volkswagen dealership and she was embarrassed but secretly loved it.

Fall Festival face painting in Hoschten for Reunion CC... Not enough face painters for that amount of kids... very stressful, windy and cold.

Great Bday party in Smyrna with face painting and balloons.

Annual Fall Festival at 7 Oaks Subdivision which was pared down sadly but had a pretty good turnout and apparently lots of great reviews. Bounce houses, games, DJ, Magician, Petting Zoo, Caricature Artists, Face Painting and Balloons... last minute...Only had a couple of meltdowns which might have been avoided with proper communication from the client and another vendor..

And finally a Prince Birthday party.... Prince the singer was the theme but my talented performer dressed as a royal prince to sing Prince... so it was a little Meta... Prince on Prince... apparently the hit of the party and I've made a new friend.

Still have some openings left in October.... if you are in need for Halloween/Fall or anything else.

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14/10/2024

Trying to keep up... lots going on..
Senator Kim Jackson's Fall Festival 4th year with balloons and face painting... in the woods.. always cool.

Chicken in a thong in Vinings.

Long of Chatt in Signal Mountain, TN... I think our 8th year and we had face painting and three of my talented caricature artists... great day per usual.

Moana with flowers for a singing telegram in Decatur.

This was an odd request for a Bumble Mouse—a two-part costume—for a very embarrassed office cohort in Buckhead. He had a moment and would not dance with me, but maybe he appreciated it anyway.

Chicken in Sandy Springs with balloons and cake for an awesome 21-year-old who has been through some stuff of late. It was a whole obstacle course of crazy, from driving and issues with people.. almost comical, but this happens occasionally. It was over the top, that day. Birthday boy, when I finally got there, and was totally cool and made me feel better after a big obstacle course to get to him. He's a great guy, and I hope his life is magical. When I told him that it took a lot to get there, he said, "Yeah but you're here now and I was kinda bored until you showed up." Gotta be grateful when the birthday person makes you feel better...

Very last minute telegram across town in SW ATL... in a Chicken Suit with Heart for a 75-year-old... who was pretty happy when I got there but we made it happier..

Still some openings left for October if anyone is needing entertainers...

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30/09/2024

Busy past week... Hairy Fairy in Roswell, Chicken in a Tutu and Sombrero in College Park, Mime and Juggling Stilt Walker for a St. Vincent De Paul event for employees in Doraville, Pirate with Cupcakes in midtown, Balloons at the Faith Center in Tucker and back again a few days later during services doing Balloons and Two Stilt Walkers/ Jugglers...

Some miscommunications with some of the clients, but all went well luckily...

Tomorrow starts the crazy month of October... Please send thoughts and prayers!!!

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23/09/2024

Past week we had an Elvis with balloons in Alpharetta, Buddy the Elf with balloons in Covington...

And a large event for the employees and their families at Semperit Americas Headquarters in Newnan... Much fun was had by all though it was very hot outside on the asphalt... We had two face painters, two caricature artists, one balloon sculptor, an art/crafts person, and a couple of bounce houses/obstacle courses by Dowling Party Rentals. I am hoping to get paid by the company that has not been named here.

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20/09/2024

You know the numbers of clients this year, who have asked for crazy costumes? I mean.... Another client today asked if I had a stork costume for a baby shower.. when I said no, she said well, you might want to get that one.... Oh really? So you mean in 30 years, nobody except for you has asked for this costume, and I should buy it to store in my costume room, because it is so popular? I told her that I've been asked for a cow, goat, lobster, Mrs Doubtfire, God, Mariachi, waffle.... SMH... I don't have the money or the space to store costumes that I use once...

Even better, after she wants this, and might settle for something else, tells me that the shower is for tomorrow... OOOhhhh great... thanks for the heads up. Then says, I need to talk to my husband after I give her the price... (That's code for, I will call around now)...

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15/09/2024

Wow, this week has been a lot of squirrely callers. People that want immediate answers but won't let me finish with the questions that I need for a telegram or event... I've been hung up on, yelled at... Not exactly sure what is happening. When you call about an event or telegram, I will need details to give you a quote. It is not like a basic price because of travel, what the entertainer is doing, when, add-ons... I guess people don't understand this concept. Not a one price fits all.

And another restaurant bites the dust on letting a 10 min singing telegram happen at the end of the month. If you are eating at Breakfast at Barney's, they don't and won't let you have a singing telegram there. Very bad customer service, left a message days ago, would not call me back... Called again and finally someone said NO. I'm sure their food is crappy too.

We've since had a Chicken in a thong gifting a large bottle of vodka in Alpharetta, Leather Daddy in Roswell with horse crop swats, and a repeat client with a Chicken in a Thong and a gracious tip!

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02/09/2024

More Chickens in thong bikinis in Canton. A face painter in Childersburg AL for a Mapco grand opening. A Chicken in a tutu with roses in Buckhead. Buddy the Elf for a 7th anniversary to her poor husband the teacher... who was overrun by the students.
A juggling Jester in Cataulah with flowers for a Mom's bday.
More Chickens in thongs for multiple birthdays including one with a bouquet of favorite types of chips for a colorist at Sola Salon. A cop in Smyrna to scare a favorite Aunt. A male Dom with a horse crop for a wife in Woodstock at a mechanic's shop with flowers and balloons!!
And balloon sculpting for a bday party near the airport for some funny kids...

And on another note, I was a disgruntled customer as a telegram for a Willy's employee last year. But had to be a real disgruntled customer when the employees would not honor the free meal that I was sent via email because I didn't have an app... It was fixed and the manager remembered me from the telegram... Life imitating art.. or vice versa...

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14/08/2024

We have had some interesting events of late...

Did balloons in the heat at Blackburn Park for a dental office with food trucks abounding.

Had one of my guys do a Bridgerton character at Shepherd Spinal Center for an employee with balloons and a big cake!

I was a Chicken in a thong bikini with balloons in Canton for a fun gal who had a busted knee... She loved it!

I was also a Chicken in a tutu with balloons, for a gal at a big house across from Chastain.. She was scared of me but the dogs were unfazed.. that's unusual

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