Bowling Birthday Party - and BALLOONS!

Check these two "birthday kids" out! - So brave of them to wear their birthday hats to the bowling alley!

A visit from CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Imagine my surprise when I opened the door Sunday evening and found CAPTAIN AMERICA standing on my doorstep!  How cool is that?!  He'd come to visit his grandma who lives nearby...but had left his shield at home.  Noooo problem! -  a BALLOON SHIELD will work for now!

(Shield design by David Brenian.)

High School Dance - Cinderella also used a PUMPKIN

I went to my neice's wedding this past weekend and got to visit with my brother's family.  On my last night there I found out that my twin nephews had both been asked to the high school dance...more than a week before!  With all the wedding preparations, they hadn't yet had a chance to respond.  In their date invitation, they were each given a pumpkin with the girl's name hidden inside.  They'd had to clean out the pumpkin to find the name and were to carve their reponse, Yes or No, in the pumpkin.  Well, with the elapsed time, the pumpkins had begun to decompose.  I suggested that I make BALLOON PUMPKINS for them.  The boys thought of carving their response in candycorn pumpkins and placing them inside.  WAY cute!  Thanks, guys - for letting me join in the fun!

Jungle Safari Balloon Animal Centerpieces - With a Twist

For this particular baby shower, I was asked to create centerpieces using twisted balloon animals.  I made these using larger size balloons that usual - making some of these centerpieces over 3 feet tall!  FUN!

  

  

Contemporary Balloon Decorations

Because I love to create fun and unique balloon sculptures and decorations, customers typically call me with requests that require "balloon twisting".  Last month, I was asked to provide some contemporary balloon decorations for a national conference for Origami Owl.   We suspended huge 3' balloons (inflated to varying sizes and at varying heights) both in the stage area and throughout the ballroom.  The effect was pretty FABULOUS!  

(Note:  Tying 80+ 3' balloons is more difficult than it looks - these are thick latex.  Heartfelt thanks to a couple of  Origami Owl employees who came to my rescue about half-way through!)

Balloon Luau

On occasion I get the opportunity to work with some of my FABULOUSLY TALENTED balloon artist friends on large balloon decor jobs. (Together we are "AZ Balloon Artists".)   June 30th we created a tropical "Balloon Luau" for an event in Phoenix.  A tiki hut, tropical birds, exotic flowers, monkeys, frogs, bugs, a floral arch, scads of palm trees, and more... were all part of the decorations.

Thanks to Taulbee McJunkin - she brought along a professional photographer ("Gwendolyn Grace Photography") to take some photos for us. We added a few other snapshots and created this video.   Hope you enjoy!

Baby Shower - Ocean / NauticalTheme

In June I was asked to provide some centerpieces for a Nautical Themed Baby Shower.  I love baby showers!  Seems to be that time of year....   


 

Whimsical Floating Fish

 

Anchor & Chain  



Underwater Octopus Scene