Safari 1st Birthday caricatures!

This little moppet celebrated her 1st birthday with a Safari theme!

Party was held in a sweet little-kids' fun center. I sat on a little-kids chair!

Lots of kids, so not many photos:

Thanks to my wonderful clients! :-)

Silhouettes at a charming, modern wedding reception in Philadelphia...

This lovely bride and handsome groom opted for the traditional bust-length silhouette, rather than the full-length version I usually do for weddings. Their venue, Front and Palmer, was fabulous---I was set up near the bar, even had enough room to set up my banner, and was busy all night. :-)

Here are some of the guests' wedding favor silhouettes. Everyone kept saying how they'd NEVER seen this before! I replied that's because there's probably only a few dozen practitioners worldwide (!) who do it the traditional way (by eye and scissors only; no drawing).

As you can see in the photo above, in addition to each guest receiving their own silhouette, I also supervised the signing of a silhouette guest book which made for a wonderfully sentimental souvenir of the reception for the bride and groom!

Here's a link to my Instagram showing the contents of the guestbook. 

I also had time to do some selfie-promotional-type photos before the festivities started... 

Thanks and congrats!!!

College Grad party caricatures!

This never gets old for me....setting up for and drawing at a grad party, in a restaurant. 

First, THE GRADUATES!

...then their closest family and friends!!

My client found me via The Bash, and this is the feedback she left for me there! WOW--- THANK YOU!!!

Emily is so friendly and clearly talented and passionate about her work, and it shows in each caricature she does! Our guests loved their drawings and I would give Emily a more then 5 star review if that was possible. Thank you Emily for making our son’s graduation party so fun and festive. You really knocked it out of the park and I HIGHLY recommend Emily for your next event! 

10th Birthday caricatures at a fun sports venue...

This purple-loving, tropical-fish-fan celebrated his 10th birthday with lots of his and his family's friends (his father was also celebrating his 40th birthday at the same party!) 

But this caricaturist was there to draw THE KIDS. And here they are (it's caricatures only, as most parents were not present to give permission to take photos of their little ones...I always ask :)

...and this mom got in at the end with her son! So cute!!!

one more:

Thanks for having me!!

40th Wedding Anniversary Caricatures...

 

They were certainly surprised!!!

And this amazing, glamorous burnt-orange-themed event (with a live band!) was thrown by their children, in particular their daughter, who was my client. 

I was in a beautiful foyer just outside the ballroom. The guests were all surprised and pleased to have a caricaturist there, so I had a steady stream of faces, mostly ladies to start with:

Here's my client, isn't she gorgeous??

Yes there were men there too! Here's a few of those:

What a wonderful evening! Thanks for having me!!