Rainbow Face Paint Austin, Texas
Rocket and Astronaut Face Paint – SPACE FACE Austin, Texas
Butterfly Face Paint Design Austin, Texas
Woo Who’s Face Painting Kit 😀 Diamond FX, Paradise, and TAG Face Paints
Tropical Butterfly Eye Face Paint
Butterfly and FLowers Face Paint with dramatic eye shadowing
Phoenix Face Paint
Flower Face Paint
Alien Face Paint
Lightning Bolt Face Paint
Jet Fighter Face Paint
Dragon Eye Face Paint
Purple Dragon Face Paint
Blue Butterfly Eye Face Paint
Sly Dragon Face Paint
Fire Works Face Paint
Rainbow Face Paint
Black Widow Face Paint
Tiger Face Paint
Flower Face Paint
Rainbow Face Paint
Eagle Face Paint
Walter caterpillar
The Performance
Daffodil Bobby Pins Available in my Etsy Shop
Besties!
Little girl with pink dragon
Little Girl with Green Dragon
LIttle boy with dragon breathing ELECTRICITY instead of fire.
Daisy Chain
Lavender Tear Drop Crown
Pink Tiara Face Paint
My Favorite Butterfly Eyes!
Shooting Star Face Paint
Personalized Wings $16!
Pettiskirts MANY Colors $24!!
Available in many colors, size 2-7, $24!!!
Wings, Tutu, Hair Piece, Wand available in green, pink, and orange, $40!!!
We do not participate in traditional celebrations of what I call “Hallmark” holidays around here. We enjoy the holidays, but in our own way. I don’t need over-priced bouquets of flowers or chocolate, or a meal in a restaurant on one of the busiest days of the year. Its nice to have an annual reminder to take the time to appreciate the loved ones in our lives, but everyday can be a Valentine’s or a Mother’s or Father’s day. We try hard to teach our children to show appreciation and be thankful year round and we don’t put a lot of pressure on the holidays.
That said, today is Mother’s Day. I bought us strawberry and goat cheese muffins to have for breakfast, made myself an extra cup of coffee, and pretended Oliver’s sleeping till 8:30am (as opposed to getting me up at 4:30am) was some kind of unconscious gift! And as I held my little Oliver this morning I couldn’t help but think of the fragility of our time together. The ache of the terror and grief I experienced having almost lost my son is as sharp today as it was two and a half years ago, and prodded me to think about what Mother’s Day, the actual day, means to me. My conclusion is that I am so thankful to be a mother. Its easy for us to forget what a privilege it is to be a mom, as it is easy for our kids and spouses to forget how lucky they are to have us. Mother’s Day is as much about appreciating my family as it is about them appreciating me. So I resolve: Today I will not worry or stress. I will enjoy my domestic activities as my disaster of a house is really evidence of our wonderful life together. I will laugh at my children’s antics instead of worrying about the couch pillows. I will hold, hug, and kiss my kids as they require. I will stop what I’m doing when I’m needed and appreciate the interruptions because my life would be so empty without them. I love you, my little ones, and I love you, my husband. What and where would I be without you? Happy Mother’s Day to me!
Summer is rapidly approaching! And it comes year after year, so why do I always feel like summer catches me with my pants down? This year I refuse to be caught without plans. Of course I’ll be face painting, and I’ve decided to organize the summer by weekly science topics, starting with etymology. I didn’t choose our first topic randomly, it just happens we have a pretty cool bug collection we’ve put together over the years, and its nice to start with something that’s already somewhat prepared for!
My daughter will be entering second grade in the fall, and my middle child kindergarten. I ought to be able to provide science based material for each topic that they can each benefit from, like bug themed coloring pages and mazes they will both enjoy. We will make a paper mache exoskeleton and make small mosaics with bits of broken mirror to represent bug eyes and how they see. My daughter can work on spelling the more advanced words while my son learns to write his name on his coloring pages and worksheets. We’ll buy some big nets and hunt bugs and observe their details from how they move to what color they are to where we found them. They can each keep a journal and draw pictures of the bugs we see and my daughter can write her observations next to the pictures!
So we start with etymology. Then we’ll follow with botany, I think. Botany is a good one for kids, especially in Austin. Austin’s Botanical Gardens are amazing! Austin is also home to some amazing nurseries. Its About Thyme, The Great Outdoors, and The Natural Gardner are awesome places to visit.
Cells are pretty cool, the study of cells is called cytology, and I found a neat microscope at a garage sale with a 5″x5″ screen that shows the organism in a nice big picture vs. having to squint into little microscope eye pieces.
Then there’s always the animal kingdoms! I’m working with local traveling petting zoo Tiny Tails To You and we’re welcome to visit the animals any time! There are tortoises and turtles, bearded dragons and gecko’s. Chicks, ducklings, rabbits big and small, hedgehogs and guinea pigs… I feel like I’m forgetting something. Well anyway, Tiny Tails does a free monthly petting zoo during story time at Book People each month, and would be an option for other parents wanting to give their kids a chance to see the different animals!
Aside from science themes we’ll of course have swimming lessons, lazy afternoons in the backyard, ice cream making, and decorating the kids’ room! Summer of 2012, I am ready for you!
Where is my little elf when I need him??? My sewing machine is smokin’ from all the work going on! Check out some of the cool custom orders recently received:
The green dragon is definitely my favorite. The wings are three dimensional, popping off the edge of the crown and up into the air! The fire is also a three dimensional feature, and the dragon is trying to light the candle on a cupcake. This crown can be customized. Replace the cupcake with a castle, a damsel in distress, a mauled animal, I don’t know! Contact me to discuss the possibilities!
Felt Dragon Birthday Crown from Woo Who
Here are a couple of variations on the butterfly crown.
Felt Butterfly Crown with Personalization from Woo Who
Bring on the bling! Sparkly sequined centered flowers!
Felt Butterfly Crown with Personalization from Woo Who
And a dinosaur crown for a lucky first birthday!
Felt Tyrannosaurus birthday crown from Woo Who
That’s not all, but the rest is still under wraps! Check back soon!
I had so much fun with my daughter’s birthday this year!
For her cake we ordered edible butterflies from Sugar Robot on Etsy:
Happy Birthday Hazel!
It had been my intention to make Hazel a butterfly crown like I sell in my Etsy shop, but of course she didn’t want to wear it!
All the little girls got butterfly face paint – aren’t they lovely?
And we had a snake and a kitty, too!
It was a beautiful day at the park. Overcast, cool in the shade, breezy, we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect afternoon!
A month or so ago I posted about the wonderful petting zoo story time we went to at Book People! Well that was a fortuitous day! I talked with the owner of the petting zoo, Tiny Tails to You, about my Etsy shop and the birthday crowns and other items I make. We decided I would make themed birthday crowns to go with her petting zoo! Enter the hedgehog crown:
Felt Birthday Crown Hedgehog
And of course one for the little ladies:
Pink Felt Hedgehog Birthday Crown
And bunnies!
Felt Bunny Rabbit Birthday Crown
Can’t live without a pink version:
Pink Felt Bunny Rabbit Birthday Crown
And finally, bunny tail party hats!
Cotton Tail Party Hats
These crowns are so fun! I’ve made several for her already! And through Etsy I have shipped the bunny crowns as far as Canada!
Enjoy!
I am so excited to share some of my newly mastered designs!
Alligator or Crocodile Arm Paint
Green Envy Dragon Face Paint
Unicorn Face Paint
WOO WHO! 