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I finally made a short video. It is a compialation of some of the weddings and events I have been to. I am usually so busy I don't have time to take pictures. So this is what I have to share. This is not a tutorial or alot of silhouettes. I hope you enjoy. Click on the title and you will see the video

Emmy's Bat Mitzvah-Bel Air- Red 25 Events

A magical evening in Bel Air, Emmy's Bat Mitzvah. Sylhouettes by Sylvia was a part of the magic. An event put together by Red 25 Events and very successful. I can't even begin to explain the magic. So take a look at the photos by Kevin Lubera Photography.  Click the link on the title and you can experience some of the magic Kevin posted on his blog and graciously shared with all of us. Thank you Kevin for capturing a magical evening.

Carmaggedon shmarmagedon 7.16.11 Event

One of the biggest parts of doing Silhouettes at events is driving to get to an event.  ON TIME. Even though it goes without saying. If not for our GPS's or a well thought out mapping system, we must prepare for traffic and other unforeseeable circumstances when getting to events on time.

Alas! the announcement of Carmaggedon! I was going to be in a mess of traffic on the weekend of July 15. I had an event  to do on July 16th in the Bel Air area and because of the media, I planned on leaving very early to make sure I would not be late.

Traffic was light and the 405 Carmageddon did not occur as planned. Yes, I did plan an alternative route avoiding the 405 fwy. However, the traffic was moving right along on all freeways. I did not have any problems and arrived at my destination two hours early. I had planned on three hours of slow and go traffic on the roads. Thank goodness for planning ahead. Instead I would have like to have stayed home those extra hours.

Without the hoopla of the big Carmaggedon delays, I would have been stuck in regular Saturday traffic in L.A. anyway. So even though I imagined extra hours lounging around at home. The delays of traffic at no matter what amount, sitting in my car for any extra time than necessary is not a trade off. Instead, I had lunch in Brentwood and thank you Carmaggedon for my very early arrival at a very successful event. Many were told to stay away from the 405 and they did. It's just that I  was one who was in it and it wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. I have my very own Carmageddon story to share with the rest of the world.

Now for Carmageddon II in eleven months... do I dare?????

Good News and Old News

First the Old News, as I was reminiscing about Knott's Berry Farm in my last blog. Coincidentally, a couple of days later friend sent to me a photo of the time when Knott's Berry Farm had first started Halloween Haunt. During the early years before the host of the "Elvira Show the Mistress of the Dark" it was the pioneer of night thriller was "Seymour the Master of Macabre". We laughed as he brought back many memories for us. I especially liked watching him on TV on Friday nights and he would pop up on the corner of the screen and tell a joke relating to the  thriller or scary movie. He was quite witty and funny too. Thanks BV for sharing.

Now we move on to the Good News!!! More events to come this summer, I have already have had a few great and wonderful events this summer  all over the Soutland. I am very excited for the ones I have coming up. It's the time of year when we have so much going on in addition to  weddings, birthdays, family reunions. I am so glad that I have one of these beauties come with me as my assistant they help me to keep the flow moving. I can get so many more silhouettes done as long as I have them mounting the silhouettes on the 5x7 card for the guests to take home.

Mad Hatter Bridal Shower in San Diego

It's a short week. Well it feels like one. Saturday is only a few days away. And with the 4th of July on Monday it feels like it was as Sunday and now Saturday is already coming up fast. I have a bridal shower to cut silhouettes at in San Diego. And the theme is Disneyesque Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland. I have a feeling it's going to be tall hats that I will be cutting. Or sorts of hats. Maybe other sorts of things. like that. Umm  now my imagination is starting to warm up. I better start to get ready. Well, here's a hat of sorts. I am getting pumped up. I may have to change my white lace table cloth to red. Umm... I 'm starting to getting to like this. Antique stores, downtown Fullerton, here I come.

Summertime

Summertime brings back many memories for me. Especially as I still live very close to Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland.

Today is the 4th of July. I can remember many years I spent working on the 4th and the days at the old amusement park would be so busy. Early on in Fiesta Village the seal lions would be barking for food and I could hear the bleating goats in the Animal Farm. The music from the famous Ballet Folklorico de Lampara del Cielo. (Or the name similar to that.) As they would perform every hour all day. The guests asking all day where are the restrooms or the Log Ride, or the Calico Mine Ride, etc,(if I could have a nickel for every question). The long lines for tacos and burritos. The iron on T-shirts, and the infamous candy store. The sounds of the gunshots of the train robbers and stagecoach robbers and the clinging of the chains on the horses as they pass us by on the stagecoach. Voices of the guests screaming in the background as they would go down the last fall of the log ride. it is ghost like in my memory.

 I can remember doing hundreds of silhouettes each day for guests from around the world. The lines would be long all day. I could hardly understand their language and barely communicate with them. But with a lot of pointing and smiling we managed to understand what was needed. The number of silhouettes and how many frames, square or oval. We managed. Oh yes. I miss those days sometimes and most days I don't. I am glad to service  people I do. Especially he way I do now  with the parties, weddings, customized the way each one wants it exactly the way they like it. I know the way it used to be in the summertime years ago. And for all the years I endured and enjoyed it. I have come to be of service to you.

May, June... Weddings, graduations, birthdays Oh My!

Things went so fast this last couple of months, whirlwind fast and exciting. I still have to get my pictures together to share. I often forget to get pictures as I am busy from the word go and don't stop until my time is up. I do have fun though. A wedding at an equestrian center, Jane Austen themed; to Napa Valley, the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion and then up to Lake Arrowhead. Children birthday party settings in the park with In and Out hamburgers for lunch. A graduation party at home with desert tortoises in the back yard. All in all this month has had lots of excitement and fun memories. I love the people I meet and the families and friends, guests and vendors and planners. What more can I say. I wish I had more pics to share. I do have more parties and weddings to come this summer. I will do better with the pics.