Excerpt: Giving children the experience of meeting their favorite fairy-tale characters no longer has to be a vacation. Spoonful of Sugar Events makes it possible to have princesses right at your doorstep.

Spoonful of Sugar Events was created by 21-year-old Danielle Jake, a lifelong Ahwatukee resident, and 19-year-old Ryann Franklin. The two young entrepreneurs decided to start the business this year after meeting at another princess party.

As for [Ryann] Franklin, she says costuming is something she fell in love with after working with costumes in the theater department at Mesa Community College.