New Body Painting Norouz Bazar

I painted yesterday at the Norouz Bazar, a Persian Festival at the La Quinta Hotel in Secaucus, NJ. This is my second year in a row at this event; I have been hired both times by Hirbod Azmi, a Financial Services Representative with Met Life to draw attention to their table.

Draw attention I did! With a background of dance-inducing Middle Eastern music and the smells of amazing Iranian food, I painted and painted and painted. In fact, while I was still in the midst of setting up I had two kids, a brother and sister, waiting for me! I recognized them right away as two I'd painted last year as well. I had hardly any time to take photos, painting nonstop for three and a half hours, but I did have to get a shot of this one, my first ever request for a full-face penguin.

Personally, I think I need to look at more penguin photos and practice this, but he was really happy! And I do say that I love being challenged, so trying a penguin was fun.

I also stopped momentarily to take a photo of these two, a butterfly and a frog. They were just too cute together.

It was a crazy and fun event, kids crowding around me, the hustle and bustle and movement, and the neverending line. I felt bad having to turn people away at the end while I was packing up, but I had to get to rehearsal for my show. We go up in May.

Yup, I'm in theater too! If you're in or near Bergen County, you should come see us.

Yesterday, though, the show had to wait a bit. The smells were just too good, so I stopped at a table to get some amazing chicken over rice with a grilled tomato, and some pitas with a wonderful Iranian version of baba ganoush. Leftovers for lunch today!

New Body Painting A Saturday Evening Party

I was hired to paint at a birthday party this evening, only it wasn't a children's party. Some couples were getting together for the adults' birthdays, and wanted to keep the kids entertained. I'd painted these beautiful girls before, at the McFaul Environmental Center in Wyckoff, when I was there for Bergen County's annual Cabbage Night Festival. Their mom showed me a photo from that day, and I recognized my work instantly.

Tonight, mom had me get there a little early so I could paint up the sisters before the others arrived. The younger went first, a beautiful butterfly who informed me that her favorite color was purple.

Her older sister decided on a puppy.

Later in the party, though, the puppy was washed off in favor of a leopard to mach her shirt.

I also got to do a whole garden full of flowers. The girls' teacher, who was there to watch them for a while, and another older relative got them on their fingers; the smaller girls and one mom got them on their hands.

There were also princess swirls, a vine with butterflies, and a very cute penguin to match one young man's shirt. I love painting for such nice families!

New Body Painting Throw a Party

An Alice in Wonderland party! Now, you can tell from my prior posts that I've got Alice on the brain. But there's a new development. Of course I can paint your face (or the faces of your kids and their friends) as the inhabitants of Wonderland - it's great to go to the movie painted and get some attention! See this post.

But now, I can also tattoo you with glitter or ink in Wonderland-themed designs! I can assure you, I'm the first person in NJ to get these terrific temporary tattoo stencils. They were custom-made by a wonderful stencil maker in North Carolina, and aren't available anywhere else!

I've got the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter's hat (hey, that rhymes!), Alice herself, one of the cards, the White Rabbit, and of course the Caterpillar.

Contact me ASAP to check my availability for your next part or excursion to the movie theater!

And while I won't be here in NJ for St. Paddy's, there's no reason why you shouldn't throw a pre-or-post-Paddy's party! I'll be in New Orleans from March 16-23, at a face and body painting seminar and event. There will be lots of photos from that, I assure you!

But you won't want to miss out on having me at your event anyway, since I've also got brand-new St. Paddy's stencils, also from North Carolina, and also unavailable elsewhere. You'll be the coolest kid on your block when sporting these designs!

I've done two glitter tattoos on myself to show you how great they are. I had to do a Cheshire Cat, since he's my absolute favorite in Wonderland. I went with the Disney colors of pink & purple, though I could make him any colors I choose...

And in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I've got my lucky horseshoe and four-leaf clover all ready to go! I used two shades of green and some gold on this one.

Much like face painting, glitter tattoos are a lot easier to do on someone else than myself! Anyway, hope you like these. Let me know if you want some too!