Re: Oh Goodness Festivals!

by Psalmbook on Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:17 pm

Shannon Fennell wrote:
Mizzzard wrote:(which one of us was a Marine..oh yeah i was not him lol) It's sweet.

Boo-Yah~!

I was in the Army (Canadian of course) and Lady Jayde was in the Navy (yours)... how may other vets are on here??

Does Navy Wife of 20 years count(I held down the for w/ 5 kids)!

BTW thi is a great thread on Festivals:
http://www.facepaintforum.com/t5635-setting-up-for-a-festival?highlight=festival

by Mizzzard on Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:50 pm

KristinLeePaint wrote:Mizz- Can I ask what you wrote to the festivals around you? I am trying to phrase things the right way or at least better than what I am coming up with.

This is basically what I have so far...

Hello,
I am a face painter in Herndon and would like to paint at the South Riding Farmers Market. If you have a space or information on how I could go about signing up that would be wonderful. Attached is a copy of my work and below is my website.

Thank you,

Kristin Lee
Kristinleepaintings.com
Kristinleepaintings.blogspot.com

Hey Darlin'
Sorry I've been away for a bit and been swamped...totally missed your post! I just fill out a vendor form and pay my money. I put down I'm a face painter under the list your craft/product/business section. I don't do anything fancy Smile

Had my first fair yesterday! went sooooooo well! I do believe i'm in love with fairs Smile

by Mizzzard on Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:51 pm

Linda! Military Spouses ROCK! Smile

by anniel on Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:59 am

You were a Marine? and now a face painter, what an experience in life!

by anniel on Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:00 am

Betcha' you'll be gret with "Moms with issues" hehe...

by Mizzzard on Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:06 pm

My military occupational specialty was broadcasting so I have plenty of public relations training Wink

by jendez04 on Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:06 pm

Mizzzard, do tell about your fair experience! How did it go????

by Mizzzard on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:13 am

Well...the night before the town paid my hourly rate to do free face painting at the bon fire so tons of people knew I would be there the next day and only one of them didn't grasp that it wasn't free the next day.
I didn't get to bed till about midnight that night then got up at 530 to get ready the next morning an naturally forgot my favorite brushes that I had washed the night before at 1130! But husband to the rescue! He ran home and got them along with my sponges (which wasn't really needed because I have enough sponges in my kit to open a car wash lol) he also brought more paper towel and stopped at the store and got me my fave drinks...he's so awesome. I only had a couple of 1 minute breaks in my line in the early morning. I was nonstop all day but I didn't even notice. I refused to look at my line because I didn't want to get intimidated. The couple of times I looked I almost freaked! It's a little town but I think I painted alomst every kid in it lol
People had nothing but good things to say. Prompted ocasionally by a woman I know walking by saying something about "look at how talented she is" lol I had a few parents roll their eyes at the price until they saw how excited their kids was then they were fine. And I already got one birthday party out of it.