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The idea for me originally started there was a company in America who was doing it called
True Enchantment, and that's kinda where I got my sort of name from. But it was a girl
called Traci Hines, who's like a cosplayer. She dresses up as like anime things and Disney
princesses are like big over there. And then I realised she was working for a company called
True Enchantment where they do exactly what we do but bigger on like a massive scale.
They are a big company based in California and I sort of thought I don't know anyone
that's doing this around here, and obviously my mum said well I'll make you a costume and
we'll try it out. Really it was going to be a bit on the side for a little bit of fun
and I did the first party in November two years ago for a friend and just her little
girl and she absolutely loved it and it just sort of went from there, do you know. People
often ask how did it start and I can't even, and I don't really know. We just tried it
and then it just went from there and it was never meant to be as big as it is but it just
got there. It was just me and I just started it by myself and i only offered Cinderella
and then the second one that I had was Belle so for a really long time I only had Cinderella
and Belle and then obviously as it became bigger and we were getting requests for different
characters, so we started to add more. But at the beginning I set up a Facebook page
and I think that has been like the biggest thing for me because i've got a massive following
on Facebook now. Right from the beginning I think that this is what really like pushed
our business because we can promote things on there and people see it all over and then
we're always getting new likes and things so. But yeah, it was just word of mouth just
people going: "Oh I had this great party, this girl." I gave them my number and they
rang. I was saying there was nothing like this around when we were younger but part
of it is that everything is so Americanised now like prom and parties. Everyone's who
can have the biggest parties and who can spend the most money and who can have the biggest
cake and so I think for that, that sort of helps us a lot because everybody wants to
have the best part. We try and be the best with our costumes, our wigs etc. We were really
busy when we first started. I mean it's started to die down just a little bit but it depends
on the months leading up to Christmas people don't have much money obviously so. But yeah,
it's been a bit mad at this point. I think that's the whole point of what we do, to sort
of go in to the party and make them feel like we are there just for them and make them feel
really special. But i think it's the same sort of thing as Santa Claus, do you know
what i mean having something to believe in and just sort of being a child. Having your
childhood because i think kids grow up so fast.