Pregnant Tummy Painting for Easter

Today I joined Karen and Lindsay and all the other attendees & pregnant Mums at the Portishead Pregnant Tummy painting jam.  This was my Easter/Spring inspired design.

Best wishes

Helen

www.catswhiskers.biz



Face Painting at Weddings

We received a lovely e-mail today from one of our clients that we'd like to share with you.  It was expressing why she uses our services for her Wedding Planning business - Happy Every After Weddings (http://happyeverafterweddings.com/index.html).

I write in regards my daughter`s wedding - you provided services for her at the Tewkesbury Park Hotel in April 2007. For myself, as a wedding planner I know the importance of filling the gap when the room is turned round and photos are taken, we therefore booked with you to cover this time. The price was very reasonable and the guests talked about it for months afterwards.The children waiting to have their faces painted were fascinated and also were able to look through an endless number of photos to give them ideas of what they wanted.



I can truly say that the finished faces were the best I have ever seen.I was amazed at the detail, and that the full face was painted in a really quick time so the children were never bored.Eventually the Bride had her name in sparkly writing and other guests had small sparkly images for the evening.The children enjoyed the rest of the day playing together acting out what they were, it was so much fun for them.

I have since recommended your company to all my brides.Thank you for such a fantastic service, the lady on the day was truly very gifted and the following are just a few of the many comments from guests which I would be happy for you to use;


My little boy had his face painted as a pirate - the result was unbelievable. He had his full face painted very quickly but it looked like an artist had done it and taken hours.


What a fantastic idea! I will use this service for my own wedding next year!


My 2 girls were at first a little hesitant about having it done but the lady asked my 7 year old what her favourite thing was so she had a lion`s face, then my 5 year old had a fairy face with beautifully blended colours and sparkle and was truly stunning.They looked ready to go on stage at a theatre yet it only took a few minutes. They will never forget it.

I would never have thought that this was a service that could be provided for a wedding - it was lovely to watch the young - and old - ones have such a great time. No-one wanted her to leave!

From Lauren,my daughter and the Bride - my mum planned my wedding and when she mentioned this idea I thought it would be good - a little like a stand at a shopping centre. On the day I was totally amazed at the children`s painted faces - I have never seen anything like it before or since. My only regret is that I wish we had booked her to stay all evening too ! I want a party so that I can book them again - a huge thank you xxx

Best wishes
Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

So much fun, so little time!

A big thank you to everyone who booked us during the summer! The Cats Whiskers team have had SO much fun!! :) We've been to parties, festivals, summer camps, fun days and open days all over the area in Bristol, Bath and the South West. So, my apologies for taking so long to update the blog - but there has just been way too much fun going on for me to catch up until now.

So, the children are back at school, the tree's are turning colour, nights are drawing in and we're really looking forward to Halloween!!

But before we get carried away with the witches and vampires, here are some of the highlights of the summer:

Camp Xtra workshop -

Private commission for a fancy dress party - quote from the client, "Thanks very much, it was a great success and was cool how realistic it looked. I'm sure that I'll be in touch again if another opportunity arises to be painted for some reason. It was great fun and just made the costume come alive."

Henna design for a holiday:

From South Gloucestershire library workshops:

A Ben 10 party:

Freshers welcome weekend:

Pictures from our Summer adventures

We're fully into the swing of events and fun days at the moment! It's very busy and loads of fun. :) Here are some pictures from our events.

We also had a lovely Thank You note from one of our clients: "Face Painting is one of the top tens of school children and no matter what idea they come up with, you make them look, and feel as special and unique as all children should feel. Thank you." ~Brockeridge Infant School PTA & all the children.

Other comments from Clients: "Nina was great with the children and our adult guests! She was patient, friendly, professional and really skilled. Almost everyone comment on her super work, and Rob and I would like to thank her for helping to make our wedding reception so memorable." ~Mr & Mrs Taylor.

"Thank you. Helen was friendly, well prepared, great with the children & all of them enjoyed themselves." ~ Stagecoach, Trowbridge - Wounds workshop.

Keep enjoying the Summer sun! Hopefully we'll see you at an event soon. :)

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

Too busy to write at the moment...

... so here are some pictures of what we've been up to and what others have been saying about us!

"Everyone was impressed and amazed by the quality of the work. Very impressive and one of our guests exclaimed it was the "best party ever" after being turned into Spiderman!" Mrs Rawle.

A promotion in Bristol City Centre

Pants in the Park event at Ashton Court.

This is my favourite picture!! We did a balloon modelling workshop for our friends at Frampton Cotterell WI and they loved it! Much amusement. :)

"Firstly thank you so much for the course last Monday, Not only did I learn a lot about face painting I picked up many other tips of the trade as well, Please give Tracey my love !!!!!!. you will be glad to know that I had a party for 12 girls this weekend and manage to beautifully paint them in about 15mins. Butterfly brush was a godsend.
Well thank you once again and I am sure I will be in touch very soon for an upgrade in my face painting repertoire.
Much love to you both
Donna
http://www.bejewelledparties.co.uk/ "

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

Too busy face painting to take photos!!

We have had a fabulous couple of weeks working hard to entertain people and assist in promotions with face painting, balloon modelling, temporary tattoos, workshops and henna. So busy in fact that we've not been able to take many photographs to show you!

We have entertained at birthday parties with face painting, balloon modelling and even a casualty and wounds workshop!

We have face painted at promotional events for Clevedon Children's Centre, Tescos Metro Staple Hill and in Villa Park for the Aston Villa versus Hull match! The Villa Park football event was incredibly busy but really amazing fun!

We have partied with the students at the May Ball creating delicate eye masks for the girls and obviously painting one or two spidermen and tigers for the boys. ;)

We've undertaken a private Henna booking and private training workshops.

And we've had a slightly more cultural moment face painting at Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Here are the three pictures the team have managed to take that were in focus! LOL!


Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

Go Wildcats!!

My daughter is a little crazy about High School Musical!! So for her latest birthday we had a High School Musical party - obviously with face painting!!

This is Sharon's fantastic Wildcats face painting design, which was so popular with all the girls that we're planning on adding it to our design portfolio!

Go Wildcats!

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

Festivals, Funerals and Christenings

I had a first at the weekend! I was booked to balloon model at a funeral!! Ironically, I was booked to face paint at a Christening the next day, so I experienced both ends of the spectrum.



Actually, as parties go, this celebration of the life of a loved one lost to cancer was amazing! It really was a celebration of her life bringing together all the aspects of life that she loved. There was flamenco dancing & Scottish dancing, singing and an open mic to share stories of her adventures. Nobody was dressed in black and there were loads of family and friends there. She must have been an amazing person.



The girls, meanwhile were at several other events in the area enjoying the Summer weather!! The team that went to Keynsham Music Festival on Sunday had a great time but were swamped under the gazebo when the heavens opened!!



Here are some of Sharon's pictures from Keynsham.

Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/

Face Painting fun

Another busy weekend in the face painting calendar. Lots of events and parties to attend! The girls went to a Music Festival and had a really busy time of it! Solid painting for five hours!! The sun came out and so did the people - which is always great for the face painters.

I was booked to face paint at Holly's birthday party. I started face painting at this families parties when Holly was three and I've been to a few of her sisters parties too so it's wonderful to see how the girls are growing up and catch up on their news.


They also know me well enough to know that they can request anything and I'll give it a go!! This year the girls wanted dolphins - not ones with waves, or a dolphin princess, but something new just for them! Here's what I came up with:

Here's Holly's sister:

Here's a black cat requested at the second party I did.

Helen

http://www.catswhiskers.biz/