Thank You to my Fantastic Clients who say such good things to my Agent. He just thanked me for another Rave Review that just came in from our recent event from Airstream. It does make a difference for me:

Wonderful! Alison was wonderful and I will use her again next year for our company picnic. Everyone loved every design she made. I will look through our pictures and will forward them to you. Sandra R., Human Resources Manager, Airstream

Extremely talented! Alison was great. It was the second time she was at my venue and is extremely talented! Lynn Mione

Perfect - She said yes! The event was perfect. Alison was great and my girlfriend was very surprised when she walked around to see the picture and saw the "will you marry me" and then looked to me and I was on my knee with the ring out. A large group of people (passers by) saw what Alison was drawing and stayed off in the distance to watch what would happen next. My girlfriend said yes we had a lot of cheers and clapping. Alison truly helped create a memory for us that will last a lifetime. Thank you so much!!! Greg Gabitosi

AWESOME! Thanks for everything, she was AWESOME!!!!! Gina Prego

Wonderful! The talent you booked for us at our recent event in Armonk, New York was wonderful. They were very attentive to the guests and very easy to work with. They arrived on time and were very professional in all aspects of the evening. We will definitely use your services again. Keith Watson

Our entertainer Allison, was excellent. On time, professional, pleasant, perfect. Everyone loved their drawings. I will use you again in the future. Ed Strunk

I can't believe that I had described my picture as dreamy. (See my post from a few days ago.) Because it then turned out Just the way the lady responded. She kept repeating "Is this really happening?" And "It feels like a dream." And "Am I dreaming?" She was so excited. I felt their Joy. The Marriage Proposal was Wow.

Here's what happened:

The woman seemed to have a mind of her own. She didn't want to go where we had arranged, and she started making herself comfortable elsewhere in the Park. Lol ~ Client texted me. So the scene was just moved. We brought the experience to her. She responded. Wow ~ Such Joy! What a good place to be. What a good experience:

I wish I had the time to photograph her very first reaction, but I was busy as the Artist. I was making the experience happen.

When I was 'out of the scene', I did manage to get these photos. Not a professional Photographer, so it's not my photography that makes these photos so fantastic ~ It's just Them. My clients. So much care and love and togetherness and happiness. Ahhh ~ Romance. It's such a blessing that I can enable this sort of event:

And because she kept saying that she was dreaming, I played around with the next photo for them:

Did remember to get her writing on the picture this time. She was so cute. Needed help:

When I'm involved with my clients like this, I really feel Love for them. So I felt inspired to make them a gift while they went off for their picnic. I tried to see the Park scene beautifully for them and I created a little picture of the area. Of course, I blocked out thengagementeir names before I posted it here:

And a few days after the event, still flying from it, I felt so happy to receive the following email from my client:

Alison, I cannot begin to thank you enough for making our engagement so memorable. Your willingness to please, artistic talents, and superb service far exceed expectations. Thank You again and (name) still is in shock :) Go you! Thank You again, -(Name)

Being part of the good things in life. Making them happen for us. So much more fun than getting bogged down with the problems.

As my own husband says, "If we were down to our last few dollars, I'd buy you flowers with them." (Yes, he's also bought me flowers while we've been earning our living)

I just realized that I could have been posting the pictures of the people actually responding to my Caricatures in a separate section called Reactions. That shows what actually happens in the moment!

You can see lots of these Reactions all over this blog. Here I'll pull out just a few of them ~ a few in which the guests were quite animated. Photos that were quickly snapped as soon as they saw their completed Caricatures.

Bringing Out the Joy that People have inside them. I feel so happy to give them opportunity to tap into their Joy

I received a letter from the Post Office today. Can you just imagine how Happy Happy Happy I felt when I opened it and found this Bright POP-UP flower with a note from one of my favorite repeat-clients ~

I recently felt plenty appreciated when I drew at her daughter's Communion Party, then I went on to my other events, figuring that that one was done. But still today ~ I received this card and felt like the good experience lasted. Some people just have such a good way about them. I feel so fortunate that my work brings me in contact with them.