103 Events. Last financial year. Many beautiful Moments
Between July 2025 and June 2026, Candy Ng Art & Bonbon Creative Co. was part of 103 live art events. Luxury brand activations, corporate celebrations, private parties.
I'm really proud of what we could achieve in the past years, we were part of a lot of special moments.
Looking back, I couldn't tell you most of the venue names. I couldn't map out the schedule if you asked.... it was so busy last year but what I actually remember are the people and the conversation we had!
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Growing Beyond Just Me and my paint brush.
For a very long time, my business was just me, my luggage, and wherever the next event took me.
That changed in February 2026.
My business has been slowing growing and my inbox often fill with enquiries with people wanting me to create art at their events, and I hit a point where I simply couldn't say yes to everyone.
So instead of turning people away, I did something more: I built a small team of trusted live event artist. Artists who care about the same details, professional and friendly, and understand that this is more than live art, it's all about client experiences.
I still work at events myself, very often. But now Candy Ng Art & Bonbon Creative Co. can show up for more people, more activations, in different states, without losing the philosophy that made it my brand in the first place.
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1. Weddings Still Get Me Every Time
There's nothing quite like drawing someone on one of the best days of their life.
This year, I watched grandparents took their portraits away and loved it so much. I watched kids wait patiently, watching every stroke to wait for their turn. I watched couples lean over to my sketching table together, laughing at how their loved one has been captured. I watched strangers meet each other at the drawing table and end up staying for twenty minutes, just talking.
A sketch starts as a small thing. And then, somehow, it becomes part of the story of the night.
My favourite words to hear, every time:
*"Wow"... "that's amazing"*
Knowing a 10-minute drawing created such a memorable moment, this is why I keep doing what I do, from scratch, by hand each time.
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2. Stepping Into the World of Luxury Brands
Alongside the private celebrations , this year brought me into rooms with brands like Dior, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Fendi, Tommy Hilfiger, Aje., Goldfield and Banks, and worked with Chaumet, Porsche and Montblanc, Tory Burch again the 2nd and the 3rd year.
This year I have created fashion illustration (it's always so popular), personalisation on gift box, freehand engraving, hand-painting on fragrance bottles, Chinese calligraphy, UV art, or a personalised piece made just for them. Each activation was so different and each one brings an impact to their audience.
For the brands, that's not just entertainment. That's a unique memory with their name on it.
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3. It's Always the Small Moments
If 103 events have taught me anything, it's this: the moments people carry with them are almost never the big, loud ones.
It's a parent going quiet, just watching their child get drawn.
It's a couple holding hands while they wait their turn.
It's two friends comparing portraits and cracking up over who got the better likeness.
It's someone coming back to find me, hours later, just to say thank you one more time.
My job was not only to make something beautiful. It's to help people notice they're in a moment worth remembering, while it's still happening.
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4. More Than a Number
103 isn't really what I see when I look back.
I see thousands of conversations. Thousands of smiles. Thousands of portraits, made one person, one face, one story at a time.
Building a team Bonbon Creative Co. this year has been one of the biggest steps my business has taken. But underneath all of it, the heart of the work is still the same. It's still what it always was … helping people hold on to how a moment felt, long after it's gone.
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Thank You
To every couple who let us into your wedding day.
To every brand that trusted us with your VIPs.
To every planner, every marketing team, every person who picked us as your live event artists.
Thank you. Genuinely.
Your stories became part of ours, and I don't take that lightly.
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Here's to the Next Year
Another year is already underway, and I can't wait to see what it brings.
If you're planning a brand activation, a corporate event, or private events, I'd love to hear about it …and talk through how live art could become part of the story!!