To contact us:

Email squirrelcatdesigns@yahoo.com

Denice G. Kelly, owner

Squirrelcat Designs

Exeter, NH 03833

603-793-9408

We will travel to events in NH, MA, and ME and will consider other locations (please contact us).  Locations outside of a 30 mile radius of Exeter, NH are subject to an extra charge for mileage.  We try to keep extras to a minimum,so please contact us for more information as the rates will vary depending upon gas prices and locations.  (this does not apply to events we pay for our booth location at)

Birthday Parties/Family Gatherings:

Face Painting -

For up to 15 children, with unlimited designs per child -- (please note: if you have only booked us for one hour we will do one design per child first and then work as time allows).  Also, adults wishing to have their face painted are included at no extra cost provided we have time. - $75 per hour.

For every 5 extra children, please add $15.  We will offer discounts for parties with more than 20 children.

Glitter Tattoos -

For up to 10 children, one design per child unless there is more time available (tattoos are done by hand and generally take 5 minutes or more) - $100 per hour.

For every 5 children extra please add $30.  For parties with more than 20 children we would require two hours or more.

To book a party with both facepainting and glitter tattoos please ask.  We will create a special package to incorporate both!

Other events:

Corporate events - there is a fee of $175 per hour for one artist.  For each additional artist please add $50. 

Non-Profits - please contact us for special rates!

Classes - please contact for rates as they will vary depending upon what you are looking for as well as how many people will be attending.

Baby Showers/Pregant Belly Painting - $75 per hour; limit of one belly painting and 5 cheek art designs.  Other packages can be designed to suit your needs, please contact us for more information!

Hello, I'm Denice - the face and life of Squirrelcat Designs.  Prior to starting my business I was a cosmetologist for eight years.  I worked as a makeup artist/hair stylist for Glamour Shots for nearly six of those years. 

I decided to try my hand at face-painting due to a friend's request for me to do it at her daughter's birthday party.  Using paints purchased at a local store (from the very beginning I only purchased products labeled Face Paint), I knew I had found something I loved doing.  Since then my paints have changed dramatically - I use only professional products now and am constantly searching for that ever-elusive "something more" in way of a paint that will do everything I want it to do.

I am self-taught as a face-painter, however I do feel that my background in the beauty industry has helped me.  I must also credit a life-long love of art, and the many classes I took both in high school and in college as electives. 

I also hold a degree in Photography and Digital Imaging.  I currently use a 35mm film camera.

Crafts are another hobby of mine, primarily knitting and painted horseshoes.  Please see my photos section for samples (coming soon).

A bit about my personal hobbies and life:

I have 3 cats- Zoe Elisabeth, Bindi Lu, and Ms. Wigglesworth (aka Wiggles); and 1 horse - a Belgian mare named Saving Grace (aka Gracie, or "Moose").  I also have a long-term boyfriend who sometimes helps me at events.

My hobbies include knitting, sewing, crosstitch, painting (of course...lol), horseback riding, archery, the SCA (sca.org) - a Medieval Re-creationist group, and I am part of a jousting group called the New England Jousting Association, although not yet a jouster.  Gracie does wonderfully as a jousting and gaming horse, and takes pretty much anything thrown at her in stride.