Silhouettes at a Historically-minded wedding reception...

I met General George Washington at this wedding reception, my second silhouette event of the day (which is a career first!) held on an estate in Valley Forge National Park. It's always a surprise to see who turns up to my gigs! Unfortunately I did not get a chance to cut his silhouette. :-(

I started out cutting silhouettes on the patio for cocktail hour. Look at that TREE !!!

Here's another view of it, with the couple!

I was very, very busy here so once again I didn't stop to take photos, At the end, I flipped through the full guestbook so I could enjoy results...you can see this on my IG, but here are a few samples:

After cocktail hour, I moved into the tent for the reception. This photo was taken after doing 53 silhouettes in three hours. And I had a blast evert moment of doing it! Thank you Mia and Tim!

Silhouettes for Mother's Day at Framebridge!

 On Saturday morning bright and early, I headed to a Framebridge store, the only one in Pennsylvania, to be part of their Mother's Day promotional event. Buy a frame, get a free silhouette to put it in---because all moms love their children's profiles! It went wonderfully, the manager told me their numbers as a result of my being there were extremely positive, PLUS the staff and customers were all SO NICE! What a great way to spend an afternoon. 

 I was so busy that I only took few photos. Speaking of photos, many of the silhouettes I cut were from photos on people's phones...babies, dogs and even a few cats! At a party, normally I wouldn't do them from photos, as it's more about entertaining the guests who are present with a party favor, but at this type of event it is perfectly fine and even encouraged (especially for pets). 

This little one also had her mommy and daddy done!

Thank you for having me, Framebridge!

(The silhouette on the flyer was done by Baltimore artist Silhouettes by Hand. who was doing the same event in DC. The Taylor, Travis and baby are by me ;-)

PSU fun event caricatures

 Our local campus of PSU really keeps student morale up with lots of fun events. This one was outdoors and it started under slight rain showers, but it brightened up by the end. I shared a tent with the tarot card lady, who ended up reading palms because it was too breezy for cards. 

Here are some of the slightly damp students who came out to get a caricature!

Gala Rotary fundraiser caricatures for STEM education

 My second gig on Saturday was at a lovely country club, luckily not too far from my first event. This was for a gala Rotarian fundraiser that I also did last year, and was honored to be asked back... to draw many new faces this time. (Along with a few who had wanted a drawing last year, but the line was too long!)

This gentleman and I compared notes on traveling to, and seeing totality of the recent solar eclipse. So of course, I had to draw it in his caricature!

Thank you once again for having me, Rotarians!

Celebration-of-life caricatures

 It was an honor to be a part of this event! The party had been requested by a beloved gentleman who passed away last autumn...to be held a few months after his death so his family and friends could enjoy a festive, happy day! Luckily, the extremely breezy and volatile winds did not deter the guests (or the tent!)

I was booked for the beginning hours of the party (because I was booked elsewhere in the evening)  and another artist handled the later portion. But I  drew a good number of folks, who came from all over the USA, and this couple came all the way from France!

I drew the absent guest of honor from a photo:

...and then I made my goodbyes and headed to Round 2 for the day. 

Thank you for having me at Robertpalooza!

Easter caricatures at company party

This giant distribution facility had an after-Easter party for kids of employees...lots of fun was had by all!

The Bash facilitated this one, and my wonderful client had this to say soon after: 

"Emily was truly amazing!! Everyone that attended the event loved their caricatures. The hostess loved it so much she is planning on having her for her niece's Sweet 15!!"