OH THAT IS SO COOL!

I made my first Intertwined Hearts and it is huge- as long as my couch and takes up pretty much the entire wall in my living room,lol. I JUST LOVED MAKING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

More and bigger pictures on my blog, http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... tertwined/

I have been playing around wanting to make a centerpiece for the blossoming romance piece.

I made several different versions but this is my personal favorite so far. I still want to experiment further.

More pictures and version on my blog, http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... nterpiece/

I altered a design available through the QBN website, I can't remember if one needs to be a QBN member or not to access it. It is titled Blossoming Romance and was designed by Jodie White, a CBA from the U.K.

Here is MY version of Blossoming Romance. I made this yesterday. I am proud of how I did the  color scheme. The Blossoming Romance in the QBN thing had wild berry and jewel magenta and I decided to go with gold and yellow, though I messed with double stuffing them with white to get the color nuances I wanted.

More details and such on my blog, http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... g-romance/. You will have to forgive the roughness of my background. I am just now starting to play around with backgrounds and this was more just an experiment of what all I need to do.

I was inspired by Michael Floyd's small Pinkie Pie on his Balloon Win Fail, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJi8YSLiaJw.

I ran with the approach he uses and made a 3ft tall Pinkie Pie and also adapted it and made a Rainbow Dash.
I am soooo excited! I love My Little Pony and now I can make them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have t-shirts and MLP wallets and I am just as excited about it as my 5 year old daughter,lol. Balloons and Peter Pan Complexes go very well together,lol. She is modeling with Rainbow Dash below.

More pictures on my blog, http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... inkie-pie/

I just found out that I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was Unanimous! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all sooo much for your support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all so much. Super warm fuzzies and big hugs to you all! I still don't know what the results are and the website for the place I participated in the contest in is down. Oy vei!

I made this all for a room decorating contest. I am still waiting to hear the results! Arg.

I slightly altered Nifty Balloon's penguin to not have gaps and added some eyelashes and also some babies.

The 7 ft snowman is something I personally came up with, you can tell I used what I learned from the Jumbo series.

This time I made the arch come together in the center.

I made a bear to go in the middle and snowflakes hanging from the ceiling and a wheat weave wreath.

and of course another Jumbo Santa and Christmas Tree.

My daughter is modeling in the pics to give size perspective.

I am sooo hoping to eventually become a décor only business, that would be my dream. I love making big big things that fill up a room. This was a huge classroom, just huge and decorating it made me the happiest I have ever been.

I made a YouTube video of it, //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaImIaygM0&list=PLc7Vp9UJCy4_pujYWIoJGJg33V6FlMwCu&index=18

More and better pics on my blog, http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... onderland/

I didn't use any helium, I filled everything with air and with my own lungs at that! I invested in an electric air pump as a result of it,lol. I can't wait to get it- I just got a cheap one from Amazon for like 40 bucks. Blowing up the 3ft balloon took FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!! lolol

Thank you everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

I am soooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made my first arch and I got to make seriously big things which is what I love to do most! I want to eventually specialize in décor and big displays.

I added some touches to Nifty Balloons Jumbo Santa, thanks to suggestions from a friend of mine named Chris. I added white under the belt and above the belt down the middle of the belly and also on top of the boots. It really made it pop! lol

Thanks to a friend of mine who walked me through Home Depot and who has an engineering brain, I was able to make and assemble my own bases and poles and am not intimidated by hardware or hardware stores anymore,lol. I made the arch structure and Christmas tree base and pole in such a way that I can easily take everything apart, reuse it, and easily fit it in my car. I really liked learning how Nifty Balloons make bases for their Jumbos but didn't want to risk it on the tree and so made a sturdier one for that.

I was inspired by Lily Tan on her reindeer, I saw a picture and adapted it and put my own touches on it. I love her arches and one day want to make arches like her.

I figured the tree out by looking at a picture on google but added my own style to the ornamentation. I tried to keep the color scheme in harmony.

I also made a wheat weave wreath. Say that 10 times fast! lol

More and better pictures on my blog. http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... tree-arch/

Love this!!!!!!!!!! I have to comment again because this is so awesome!

My husband does extensive research on the Entertainment Industry as a whole including both the Business side and its cultural impact. He has found a very fascinating parallel between Balloon Art and the beginnings of Rock Music in Britain back in the 1960′s. He theorizes that based on these connections that Balloon Art is quite possibly on the cusp of a Golden Age and are about to pop into mainstream like we have never before seen.

His blog post about this subject in the link below.

http://thoughtfulmirth.wordpress.com/20 ... o-explode/

Love it!

I was hired to make these yesterday for a school's fall carnival. I was sick to my stomach nervous about the project. I was so nervous I had a fantasy of just running away into a cave in the mountains. Doing decorations and displays is what I want to do most, and because of that I am more afraid to fail in those arena's. I remembered this quote I read in my book of quotes and it kept me going,lol.  

"A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it." James Agate

Boy howdy I don't care how nervous or scared I am to fail, I am going to be a professional! LOL

Digital pictures and more about it on my blog,
http://patriciaballoona.wordpress.com/2 ... ornucopia/