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AboutUs
Our founder, Christina, started face painting and balloon art in the summer of 2007. She began gaining a following and reputation for her face paint, balloon art, and eventually opened her own company, called Faces & Spaces, in 2018.
The business grew quickly, and due to external circumstances in 2020, stopped offering face painting and balloon twisting; shifting focus to more luxe installations and decor. It began offering floral and prop rental in 2020. In 2021, the company was renamed, Happy Little Party, to more closely represent the services provided.
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Today, Happy Little Party can create custom event props to use as rentals; combining floral and balloons to decorate bridal & baby showers, corporate events, adult birthdays, and various other celebrations.
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Happy Little Party is a registered and insured business, and can provide proof of insurance upon request, or list your company/organization as additional insured.
Christina Miller (Karch)
Owner & Lead Artist
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Christina was born in Virginia and raised north of Seattle, WA. She developed a love of traveling, meeting new people and trying new things. In 2005, she moved across the country to attend The College of New Jersey and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Art, and a minor in Deaf Studies.
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Before starting Happy Little Party, Christina worked as a face painter, balloon twister, and airbrush tattoo artist. She also worked for two large party rental companies in New Jersey, giving her 10 years of event industry experience, prior to beginning this business.
In addition to balloon, floral and event decor, Christina also has experience creating large scale craft/activity stations, providing rentals of tents and inflatables, catering, and many other event planning areas. While we aren't offering event planning service at this time, you can trust we know our way around an event.
Christina married her amazing husband, Tim, in 2018. No children of their own yet while Christina continues to build the business. However, they do have three, adopted fur babies: a golden lab named "Dodger", a mix pup named "Spirit", and a black cat called "Kitty".
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Dana Dekis
Floral Design
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Dana has been with us since 2021. Dana began her career as a Wedding Coordinator at Rats Restaurant. From there, she worked for Hilton Hotels as an Event Manager, Sales Manager and Marketing Coordinator. After her years with Hilton, Dana moved to the corporate meetings & events industry, where she flourished for almost 10 years. She also worked as an Account Executive for a small marketing company and continues to work on small marketing accounts and corporate meetings for a tech company. She also helps manage volunteers for the Asbury Park NJ Vegan Food Festival events.
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Dana has always had an artistic side, and takes the lead on creating floral arrangements and designs for Happy Little Party. She loves coming up with unique ideas to help elevate your event design to the next level.
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Dana enjoys weightlifting, running, hiking and yoga. She loves to travel and is a huge animal lover!
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Donna Wiley
Artist Assistant
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Donna has been with Happy Little Party since 2020, helping Christina with a ton. For 4 years she let us work out of the garage behind her house while we grew the business.
If you have not already met her onsite at an event - you will!
She is a skilled gardener and enjoys spending time with her family, friends, her cats Russel and Daphne, and dog Bailey.
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