Highland Mall Family Fun Nights Finale

Highland Mall Family Fun Nights Finale
August 11th, 2011

Two-Headed Dragon & Texas Twister

The children all had FUN!!!

Lots of games and face painting too!
This girl has eyeballs painted on her eyelids!!

Butterfly Hat & Monkey

TONS of FUN for everyone at
Highland Mall in Austin, Texas!!

Jakey the Clown

"The Land of Wulf"

"The Land of Wulf"

Is a story Jakey wrote and performs with balloon art!


Recently performed with the help of Morgan the Magnificent
(aka The Jokester)
plus all the kids at Charlotte's Birthday Party!

The basic story:

It is a land of puppies. Once a year the elder puppies gather under
the full moon and teach the baby puppies how to howl! This year
however, the full moon does not appear and instead the whole sky is a
bright orange.

The elders ask a variety of forest friends if they can help to find
out what is going on. It isn't until they ask Polly Parrot (who can
fly to the tree tops) that they discover the orange sky is actually a
herd of giraffes!

The giraffes had lost their home in a forest fire and ended up in the
land of Wulf. The tree tops in Wulf are covered in delicious purple
flowers that the giraffes can not resist! They all make friends and
agree that at the full moon the giraffes would not block the view!
Happy ending with the giraffes having a new home, and the baby puppies
all howling!!

Jakey the Clown

42nd Annual Elgin Western Days - 2011

Miss Western Days Queen
with The Clown Princess!!

Jakey posing with a pretty young girl all dressed in purple!

My sidekick "Mr. Twist" enjoying the
Carnival at Western Days!


Loads of FUN!!!

Jakey the Clown

Austin Dog Rescue - K9 Karnival

Hard to say who had more fun at Austin Dog Rescue's K9 Karnival - the people or the doggies! Jakey sure had a wonderful time making balloons for both!

"Austin Dog Rescue is a foster home based organization that saves dogs from high-kill shelters. The dogs we save were picked up as strays or abandoned by their family and were left with no hope of a better life. We believe that life is precious and the dogs we save deserve no less than a second chance at finding a loving, caring home. We are the catalyst behind giving them that chance."

There was an Obstacle Course and a Scavenger Hunt! One of the items on the Scavenger Hunt was a hat. So I ended up making a few balloon "hats" for the doggies!

Melissa from Austin Dog Rescue liked her purple balloon doggie! She did a great job organizing the K9 Karnival and also makes a yummy berry sorbet!! :-)

Jakey the Clown

Old Pecan St. Spring Festival 2011

Did I say "spring"? I should have said summer!
Mother's Day hit 98 scorching degrees in downtown Austin.
Thank goodness for sunscreen and Gatorade...

The other clown at Pecan St. just looked at these 2 goofy guys weird when they asked him to make them "embarrassing" hats.
Doesn't stop Jakey!
A pink octopus & a neon flower hat ought to do the trick! LOL

Mom took the picture - sure wish she had gotten the bat that was perched on top of this kid's hat! Really made for a complete ensemble!! :-)

Okay. I admit Jakey wasn't the only colorful character at Pecan St.!!

These 3 siblings loved their hats!
I was given all of the flowers from the booth that is pictured behind them! The very talented vendor makes unique vases! Should have gotten one of them - all the flowers would only fit in this pitcher when I got them home!

A beautiful reminder of a very fun Old Pecan St. Festival!!

Jakey the Clown

Happy Easter!!

In my Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it!

I LOVE Easter!!

The true beginning of spring - a time of renewal...

Easter Egg Hunts, Peeps and Cadbury Eggs!

SWEET!!

Deviled Eggs and angelic smiles!!

And Bunny Ears!!!

Jakey the Clown

Valentine's Day 2011

These three sisters enjoyed their heart hats!

Even the staff joined in the fun!!

It has become a Valentine's Day tradition for me to set up in front of the Dollar General in Elgin, TX. to make balloons and balloon bouquets, then donate a portion of my proceeds to the American Red Cross.

Have a heart!! Donate today!!!

Jakey the Clown