Silhouettes at a lovely tented wedding shower (amidst real showers)

Rain and a pandemic did not prevent a pleasant afternoon of bridal shower celebrations at a historic restaurant, for a young couple who coincidentally share my name and my husband's: Emily and John!

I cut this silhouette beforehand from photos, and also one in their wedding day-attire, to be displayed at their reception in October (I will show it on my blog afterwards). 

Usually I think silhouettes and caricatures are the best party favors, but on this day I think Emily's hand sanitizer won!

Due to the rain, I was on an enclosed porch with open doors, and the guests were in a tent just outside. A bevy of little girls came in to start things off...

Here's a closer look at one of them:

Dessert was served and I de-masked to enjoy it!

My glasses kept fogging up, UGH!

The client ( the mother of the bride) was very happy with my silhouette-cutting--thanks so much for booking me in this crazy time!

Backyard 50th Birthday

Because the pandemic is limiting numbers of guests, I can do MORE per caricature at a two-hour party...this one was a group of sisters and friends, who get together every year from great distances, and my caricatures were the surprise entertainment! The birthday girl is in the center with her color caricature, and I was able to do in-joke themes on her guests AND a group caricature!

Campground Caricatures!

Gratefully, another outdoor gig came my way, so I decided to bravely break out my easel again to do it...this one was at a campground where one hundred Covid-test-passing teenage girls were staying. Several other intrepid masked lady caricaturists and I sat on a breezy pavillion, and drew them ALL---line drawings only, without shading. No photos were permitted of the campers, so you'll just have to trust me that these caricatures look like their subjects!