We had tons of willing models and almost every single painter got to get their brushes dirty (or they got my brushes dirty- we share here in MD).

Lots of sharing and some new faces too.

Check out the pictures below!  There are TWO pages of pictures there. 

Scroll down and click the green Triangle when you have seen all 20 pictures on this page.

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Carol’s Face Painting Jams are always awesome.  She has so many talented connections plus she is just plain funny and genuine.

Sunday took the cake though because we got to take a class with Mark Reid (!!) for $20.  Honestly, I so got my $20 worth.

I’m only going to post a few of these pictures so you can get a taste of what we got for our money:

Mark Paints Karen

Mark's Ironman

Mark's Flowers

Mark's Butterfly

We had fun anyway :)

Here are some pics:

Joes gets Baltimore'd by me (Heff)

Smile Joe!

Do Not Feed the Orioles

I started sketching this half face on Jenny...

... but it didn't turn out so hot. Lesson Learned!

Wendy used the Orioles Split cake we made (and gave away!)

Wendy paints me (Heff)

Heff and Wendy

I painted some non-sports related butterfly arms.

First time jammers!

The April Columbia Jam minutes before the massive downpour outside

I used the Orioles Split cake to paint the "Talking T'Rex" on Jenny's Leg. Tongue courtesy of Jenny!

Stencil Power ! Thanks to Wendy for cutting the "O's" stencil (we gave it away too!).

Everyone won something in the Left Right Left game, including Raven’s Glitter, Orioles Glitter, The “O’s” stencil donated by Wendy, the split cake we made and demoed that night and a brush that Jenny donated.

Michele, our newest jammer, brought up something that no one had ever asked before: “Who pays for the stuff you guys give away?”

Me: “…Jenny and I do.”

Michele: “Umm… why?”

Me: “You know… I’m not sure.”

I guess we give stuff away, and we pay for it ourselves, because it helps illustrate that we aren’t jamming for ulterior motives.  We want people to come out and new jams are sometimes slow to get off the ground.

Oh yeah!  And Marcela sent us FABAIC Bling (Free glitter and sticky jewels) for everyone.  Thank you, Marcella!  We’ll have extras for next month too.

I would love to invite you all to an April 25, 2010 Face Painting Jam in Columbia, MD from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM in the Fuddruckers at 6486 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia MD. 
 
Call me or email me if you need directions.

Sports Theme: Wendy will make a simple logo stencil and I’ll make a rainbow cake to go with it for our door prizes that night.  Stay until the end or you’ll miss it!
 
Bring your kits and your business cards – there are lots of fun folks to meet.

See you then!!
~Michelle

P.S. We are going to do a year end raffle as well so every time you come to the jam your name gets put into a hat.  We’ll let you know the Kick Booty prize soon.

So, Sunday was… how should I put this…

AWESOME!!

Awesome to the max.  Here are some pictures of all the fun you missed:

Jody is a patient teacher and glitter tat vendor…

Everyone gave her their rapt attention… well almost everyone  ^

Irene brought her bebe – so smooshy!

Jody and Jenny show off the “Kharma Jar.”

Here is almost everyone who stayed to make their own “Liquid Bling”.  If you do this please please please use plastic table covers and tape those suckers down!  It saved us a ton of apologizing to the management at Fuddruckers.

Poor Brad.  Don’t try to squeeze super hard when you get a clog- straight pins are your friends!   Lesson learned, kiddo.

Karen is seen here “Blingifying” me.

And Irene makes the same funny face while I go for a Bling-er-fly on her.

Ivonne showed us a fast one-stroke half butterfly.  See??  We painted!  At a Face Painting Jam.  How original!

And then my crazy girls inducted me into their “Wild Face Painters” group.  I think they were just trying to make me cry.  Silly ladies.  I love ‘em.

Alright- now don’t let another month slip by without coming to jam with us in Columbia.  Fourth Sunday of the month (except May – I’ll be in Florida for FABAIC!!!!!) I was wrong – the fourth Sunday of May is the 23.  I’ll be gone on the 30th.

I would love to invite you all to a March 28, 2010 Face Painting Jam in Columbia, MD at 5:00 PM in the Fuddruckers at 6486 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia MD.  Call me or email me if you need directions.

Jenny and I have been planning and plotting up some fun ideas for this jam. 

Everyone is going to learn how to make their own Liquid Bling from scratch and you get to make a bottle’s worth and take it home!  Jenny will have the bottles with the metal tips for sale.  Bring a few bucks in cash if you want to buy an empty bottle that night.  Otherwise you are bringing home a baggie full of glitter gel!
 

AND Jody Rodgers from Signature Glitter will be there as our Vendor.  Jody will be demoing Glitter Tattoos and everyone gets a FREE lesson on how to apply them.  Her glitter tattoo kits rock – I bought hers first and I am soooo happy I did.  Along with her Glitter Tat kits and her Glitter Tat stencils, Jody will also bring Bulk Glitter.  Weee!!  Who doesn’t love glitter?

 
Get there by 5:30 because we are going to get started early.
 
Someone is also going to win a Free bottle of Bling in our Left Right Circle game.  So stick around!

Bring your kits and your business cards – there are lots of fun folks to meet : )

We will be in the back at 5:00 PM and we can stay until closing (or until they kick us out!).

See you then!!

Just in case you missed the fun on 2/28 (4th Sunday of the Month), I have pictures of some of the great designs that we shared at the Columbia, MD Face Painting Jam at Fuddruckers.

Michelle's Butterfly on Jenn's Niece

We started off with demos of full and half face butterflies and other winged creatures…

Some different designs for embellishing butterflies came up…

Jenn's Spider Fly

We used some inspiration pictures to stretch our Artistic “Legs”…

And we even matched some of the butterflies to what the models were wearing!

Go Flo! Go Flo!

Then Jenny and I demoed two different ways of cutting butterfly brushes – I did the clear plastic tape method and Jenny did the hair gel method.  The we played with the brushes and Metina volunteered to be painted!

Flo and Karen were the lucky winners of the butterfly brushes that we cut that night.  I hope you guys are busy practicing!

Metina - My Model : )

Metina was our vendor of the night and she brought Snaz, DFX, Glitter, books and other fun things for sale.  She even brought all of the DFX mini cakes for us to actually use and play with!  And I got 3 pretty new poofy glitters as a sweet gift.

Of course, I can’t participate at a Face Painting Jam without breaking out my glitter tattoos but – Lo and Behold! – I left mine at home!  Mary Melia brought hers though and she would have had to slap me to keep me out of it.

But she would never do that ’cause she loves me :)

So I went ahead and did some free hand glitter tattoos because I can’t help myself…

These Count as Butterflies

And then as things were winding down Carol Turman breezes through the doors and plunks herself right down in the middle with us!  She painted a lovely butterfly and showed us a fun way to blend on the sponge w/o reloading.

Carol Painted Me - You Know You're Jealous

And so this February’s Columbia, MD Face Painting Jam ended up being one of our biggest jams so far!  See you guys next month!!!!  Don’t forget your cameras  : )

Yay for Friends!

Hi Everyone!

I would love to invite you all to a February 28, 2010 Face Painting Jam in Columbia, MD at the Fuddruckers at 6486 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia MD.  Call me or email me if you need directions.

Jenny and I have been planning and plotting up some fun ideas and games for this jam.

We would love to theme this jam around butterflies – how to make quick ones, how to make intricate ones, how to make mini ones!   I’ll bring what I have and we can even MAKE a butterfly brush that night- the one we make will get demoed that night and then be given away as a prize!

So bring your kits and your business cards – there are lots of fun folks to meet : )

We will be in the back around 5:00 PM and we can stay until closing (or until they kick us out!).

See you then!!

Jenny Henry, Marcela Murad, and Michelle Heffner Kidvention 2010

If you missed it, it was a great opportunity to meet other entertainers in this area and network like crazy! The classes and general lectures were great and I had a blast.  It was AWESOME to get to hang out and learn from entertainers outside the Face and Body Art world.

Lynn Paints Ivonne "Lucie Style" After Kidvention Jam

There were balloon artists, face and body painters, ventriloquists *swoon!*, magicians, clowns and even a Yo-Yo Guy!!  And my favorite part was that we got to Jam TOGETHER!  You know how face painters are usually the quiet group, sitting and concentrating on the art?  Well when you mix in every other type of entertainer you can imagine, we can get down right loud and silly!

Lynn Stenciled These Flames on Me!

So, Louis and Lynn- the coordinators of the Kidvention- have decided to host what I am terming as the Kidvention “After” Jam session.  And it was great!  We got to see our new friends from the Kidvention, eat dinner, and Jam together.  We had balloon artists jamming, face painters rocking out, magicians making everyone laugh, and that awesome Yo-Yo Guy was there too!

Michelle's Glitter Tat 2

I’m looking forward to next month’s jam, which I believe is a Thursday but I’ll have to check.  Hopefully it isn’t the same week as LA Fete, but I’ll post more deets as they arise!

Michelle's Other Freehand Glitter Tat

Did You get any awesome pics from the Jams during the Kidvention or After?  Let’s see ‘em!!  Leave a Comment Below and Let’s Get Down!