In September of 2003 I had to have ankle surgery and while I was on disability my mother mentioned that she wanted to get a face painter for her store. We ordered some paints and then some books. Being home and off my feet, I was bored so I decided to try my hand at it. I got the books and learned some of the designs, basic brush strokes, and sponge techniques.  I used my daughter and my nieces as my practice faces and I was off and running.  The kids loved their faces and every day came to me asking to have their faces painted.  Everyone commented on how well I did without any formal background in art or face painting; I now had a new hobby.  Then one of the clients from the store recommended me to someone she worked with for a birthday party.  I booked the party and it was great.  I loved seeing the children smile so much that I decided this was something that I wanted to be able to do all the time.

I looked into other forms of body art that I thought would compliment the face painting.  I found temporary tattoos and then temporary airbrush tattoos.  I had dabbled a little with Henna so I decided that was something I could offer too.  Nothing makes me happier than seeing children smiling and having fun.

I started making my own soaps because as a teenager I use to break out from the store bought soaps and would itch terribly.  My mother started making soap and had me try it.  After using her soap I immediately I realized I didn't itch.  What a relief.  When I got married and moved away from home we went back to store bought soap.  Well the itching was back in full force, so I decided I needed to learn to make my own soap.  I enjoyed making soap so much and all the things you could put in soap before I knew it I had more soaps than any one person could ever know what to do with.  I gave them away to friends and family but kept on making soaps.  Knowing that my friends and family could only use so much soap too I wasn’t sure where to go from there.  I started looking into other things that interested me which brought me to making my own candles.

I started making candles as something to do other than continually making soap.  Wow!!! What a great hobby.  There were so many fragrances and so many colors.  I started researching the different types of wax that were available for different type of candles.  I had so much fun but again I enjoyed it so much that I had so many and didn't burn them because working with the fragrances all the time I couldn't smell them anymore.  I gave them away to family and friends who absolutely loved them.  So with that I decided that if everyone liked my soaps and candles so much that I would add them to my party business but I wanted to keep the prices reasonable for everyone to enjoy them.  This is how I came up with the name for my business:  Affordable Parties & Gifts. 

Please check back often as I'm always looking for new products that my customers have requested to add to my product line.

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