Flightpath Festival...

a huge, great big thank you to Katie at Leichhardt Council for organising such a great day...and for letting me be a part of it.  You have helped me on my way to KOTO Katie and I am very appreciative.

Total raised so far...

From what I can tell...(I forgot to count the float before I started painting today...doh!)  the total raised so far is $1,332.55.  Only $3,667.45 to go!

Flightpath Festival...

The day was sunny and bright, the music was loud, the drinks cold...but where oh where were the children?  For the first hour of the festival I painted one enthusiastic adult...oh no...not another Fair Day debacle.  But as a woman said to me on her way past the stall..(I must have looked very dejected)..."It will get better...you'll see."  Thankfully, she was right...first there was a little girl who wanted a dolphin..then a delightful wee person who wanted to scare his daddy and be a vampire...then a bunny, then another dolphin, then a princess...a spider...then I couldn't draw breath.  It was full on....I barely had time to think.  

The kids were all great...a little wriggly sometimes but great...and only one parent stiffed me by getting her little girl Coco painted then telling me she only had a $50!  Who comes to a community stall with a $50...she promised to get some change from her in laws but I don't think I saw her again...ah well, it was only the one...and she was compensated for by the generosity of the others.  Thanks to all the parents who understoood that artistic skill sometimes has to be sacrificed for speed when painting very little people with short attention spans. 

 

Special offer...

I've decided to further publicise my wonderful cooking classes that once a month - starting in April - one lucky follower of this blog will win a free one on one cooking class!  I will come to your home and we will have a lesson devised as a unique one off just for you.  This prize can only be won once by each follower, so join up now and be in to win!

Comments...

I've just discovered that people have left comments on this blog!  Oh my goodness...I am such a dinosaur...I didn't even realise that they could!  So let me please appologise for my tardiness in not responding sooner.  I will endeavor to check much more closely in future. 

More ideas...

I sent out an eamil today to several schools in the area.  Since my face painting seems to go over well with the kids I meet at festivals I've decided to take it a step further and offer a birthday party package...1 hour of my time, all paints, hair decorations (if required), fun and frivolity for only $50.  What a bargain.  I can also offer kids cooking classes as the birthday activity, and even the birthday cake.  Imagine the peace and quiet of a kitchen full of little ones concentrating on perfecting their cupcake decorating skills, or their pizza making talents...then they get to eat what they have produced!  Magic.  Let me know what you think...

Flightpath Festival on Sunday...

I'm all geared up...new paints..a large bottle of barrier cream... some funky pipe cleaners for hair embellishments...what else could you need.  The weather has been gorgeous here so fingers crossed for Sunday.  Come on down to Callan Park and have some fun while helping me get to Vietnam.