Aunty Ann's Party Goods came into being because two friends decided to get married.

Actually, that was the second reason. The first reason Aunty Ann's Party Goods came into being is because Ann Wolf was a bored freelance technical writer looking for trouble.

And then, the neighbors wanted to give a wedding shower for the happy couple, but nobody knew any of the couple's family, friends, or coworkers. We were worried that the party would be a dud, with everybody sitting across the room from everybody else and not having anything to do. So I said, "Well, let's just go get one of those game-pad thingys that we used to have at parties like this, that'll liven things up a bit." Except I couldn't find one worth the matches it would take to burn it to ashes. At least, after looking at them, that is pretty much what my opinion was. These game pads were old, like from the 1950's. OK, a few were printed in the 1960's. But, still, they showed women dressed in shirtwaist dresses with peter pan collars and pearl necklaces all standing around trying to drop a wooden clothespin into a glass milk bottle, and if you know what either one of those items are or that style of dress, you are either a collector of vintage items, or you were there! …it's OK, so was I.

I thought I could do better than that. And, that's how Aunty Ann's Party Goods came to be. And, yes, I am the Ann Wolf mentioned above. There are other folks involved in this business. And, someday, when we're feeling brave (or bored again), we'll scan our pictures in just like some other internet companies do on their About Us page. In the meantime, I want to thank the following: