Passion for Face Painting - SF Competition
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The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Silly Farm Supplies Competition!
“Passion for Face Painting”
Sent in by Dana Chavez
Passion + hard work = happy living!!!
Growing up, I would always be the person everyone would go to for their halloween make-up. Having twelve male cousins who lived just down the street, I’d spend halloween afternoon creating skeletons, monsters, vampires, frankenstein’s monters, werwolves, gallons of home-made fake blood, gashes, scrapes, black eyes, knife wounds, wrinkled necks, tattered clothing, even a laddel filled with brains dripping from my brother’s ear once. The possibilities were endless.
It was always so much fun doing costume after costume, coming up with all these crazy ideas. In school I would do make-up for the theatrical performances we did. As a young person, I never thought that painting faces would ever be more than a fun hobby. I never figured there would be a way to make a living at it. And now I’m finding that I was wrong!
My son is 5 and in pre-school. His school is always doing fundraisers and carnival events. And I am always more than delighted to help! One windy afternoon, last October, we were painting faces as a fundraiser at a local festival. We started at noon and I actually didn’t stop until it got to dark for me to see. It was a wonderful afternoon. Kids lined up and one after the other came and sat at my station. I painted face after face, tigers, dogs, cats, monsters, aliens, snakes, you name it! 
To my surprise, I also received a lot of parents asking for my phone number. I had never considered face painting at birthday parties, but the door swung wide open, with parents willing to pay me to paint faces! So, I gave them my information and by the next week, I had already booked four birthday parties and a stint at my office’s children’s party.
Now we are heading into February, and our 13th Annual Community Arts Party, were I will be painting faces for five hours! With over a 1,000 attendees I’m sure I’ll be able to create some exciting new faces!
I guess it just goes to show everyone, that when you find something you love doing, really love doing, that with enough determination and vision, you can turn that passion into a budding career! I’ve always believed that you should enjoy and love your job, what good is making gobs of money if you wake up miserable and go to sleep just as unhappy? The average person spends 80% of their lives at work, why not have an occupation that makes you dread 5:00pm?
You’ll live a healthier, happier life!
Dana Chavez
NM Tech Performing Arts Series
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Thanks for sending this in Dana. Life is short and we should spend our time doing the things we love, and its great to hear about somebody else who is also doing this! I’ll be posting the rest of the stories throughout January until the 30th when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the face painting Silly Farm contest click here:
Happy Face Painting,
Philadelphia Tivoli
P.s Do you hate your job? Want to do something you love instead? Let us help you learn how to face paint with our step-by-step face painting designs photos and instructions so that you can make money doing something you enjoy!
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January 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Dana,
I really enjoyed reading your story. It was very inspiring. You took something that was a gift to you and shared it with others. It’s so important to work in a field doing the thing that you love! It makes the world so much brighter! I wish you the best in your face painting endeavors and thanks, again, for the lovely story.