Balloon-a-loon

21/01/2025

Diary of a Balloon Artist 🎈 Chapter 2 .. continues No 2 lesson I learned was not to look at a photo of a balloon creation and think yeh I can do that no problem won’t take long …. only to realise how difficult it is to create something that someone has spent time perfecting and made it look easy and not realise the work that goes into them . I learned that many times over the years but the hardest one was probably the bubbles . They look amazing and are so versatile but not easy at all to get right . This photo is of my 1st ever bubble creation it’s filled with feathers . I had to put all these feathers in by hand sometimes only 2 at a time as back then I had no clue that you needed specific tools to open the necks and make them wider to put the fillings in . The first 2 photos were the ones that were posted on my page but I’ve put the other one in as you can see in that photo I burst 2 😫 there were feathers everywhere . I was still finding them days after 😆🪶🪶🪶The helium ones are tricky also because if you don’t put the exact amount of filling in them they look too sparse but then if you put too much in they won’t float . So I know you might look at a photo and think there’s not much to that but trust me it can be deceiving. I have lots of respect for my fellow artists making these amazing creations as I know how hard they’ve worked on them to make your special event that little bit more memorable 🤩🤩🤩🫶

18/01/2025

Baby H is a girl 💖💖💖💖💖💖. What a lovely way to reveal to all your family and friends that you’re having a Baby Girl 💖💖💖

16/01/2025

Christmas decor down and florals back up for The Scotia 🌺🌺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥰🥰

14/01/2025

Diary of a Balloon Artist Chapter 2 ………. Becoming After Jodi’s party I had a decision to make I either dabble at this and do a little bit or I jump right in and do this right . So I found the amazing it was an incredible idea from Catherine to help other balloon artists to learn featuring tutorials and classes it also gave lots of info regarding suppliers and access to a balloon community that helps and supports each other . Catherine helps others to excel and grow their business from the experience she’s had in the industry . I could not have done this without her knowledge and guidance so I am forever grateful 🥰. Although it’s mostly been great I have to say I learned some painful lessons along the way 😫 I struggled with a few things. No 1……. Social Media I really didn’t use all these platforms as I am a little bit of an introvert but I realised to get my brand out there I had to and I had no clue how to make a business page or post so I had to get help 🤦‍♀️ I have to admit I’m still not as good as I should be but certainly better than I was . Then I became too focused on followers , likes etc obsessing why I wasn’t getting much reactions to posts and my followers weren’t suddenly jumping up in numbers but I soon came to realise that yes it was necessary to get your work into the world but most of my clients were booking because they had actually been at events where they had seen my work firsthand 😊 but I still have to reel myself in at times and not overthink it 🤪😆. Here are a few photos of my 1st creations I realise that this was when my home was actually a home now it’s either a showroom or storage for balloons 🤭🎈🎈🎈 More coming soon ….

08/01/2025

Diary of a balloon artist 📔✏️ Episode 1 …. Getting Started 🎈🎈🎈 I started my journey into this balloon world quite by chance when my niece Jodi 🥰 asked me to do balloons for her 21st 🥳 and as I would do anything for her I thought I’d give it a try how hard could it be right it’s only blowing up balloons 😆 well I was totally WRONG 😫 . I did what probably the majority of the country has done by now I bought a whole load of balloons from Amazon watched about a 100 you tube videos and took on the task 🎈🎈🎈. That’s when I bought my 1st balloon pump as I know I can chat loads but i didn’t have the wind to blow all these up 🤪. My first challenge was getting them bunched together with fishing wire as that’s what the videos said to do I didn’t know then I had made them too big to tie together. Next challenge was that my fingers were so sore having to tie every balloon which I think there was over 200 I was struggling 😢 which no one mentioned in any of the tutorial videos either . Last challenge was trying to get the balloons to the venue . My husband had a van couldn’t get them in it so phoned big Kev to come with his van and after a small argument with them both 😆 I managed to get them in the van 😉. Next came setting up the hall for the party which I have to say was probably the easiest bit and I think looking back at the photos it turned out not too bad Jodi was happy so that was all I was really bothered about 🤩. 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈That’s when I decided to take this on further so I poured my heart and soul into this industry and I totally love my job 🎈🥰 . Next chapter coming soon ……..

07/01/2025

LOVE is in the air 🎈🎈🎈😍. I love creating these beautiful displays for Weddings 🥰 🥰🥰 Each one is unique and totally made especially for you 🫶🫶🫶

07/01/2025

27/12/2024

Deluxe number stacks 🤩🤩🤩. There is a huge amount of work that goes into these but when I get sent photos of the kids reactions to seeing these it’s very much worth it 🥰🥰🥰

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎅🎉. Thank you all once again for the amazing support I receive from you all . I’m super excited for next year🤩. I am having a holiday break till the 11th January when normal balloon service will resume then 🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰

22/12/2024

Was so blessed to be a small part of this amazing night 🥰 huge well done to for their amazing show especially Kieran Brown and Jenni Behan their hard work and dedication to making this all happen . It was truly amazing all that was raised for The Beatson and the donations for the food bank they received 🤩🤩 🤩

20/12/2024

No matter how hard I try I can’t seem to capture the beauty of these bubbles and end up with background glare 😫. Gorgeous Engagement bubble and matching cluster 🖤💛🖤💛. Congratulations Jade and Greg 💍

18/12/2024

Well done to The Scotia 3rd place for their Christmas display 🤩🤩🤩🎅🎅🎅

18/12/2024

Amazing news 🤩

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Well we weren’t expecting that!!! The annual Christmas window/entrance display competition results were announced earlier today and we were placed third, congratulations to on 2nd place and to on top spot, after having a wander around at the other entrants we didn’t think we’d be in with a chance, big thanks to -a-loon for the festive installations and to the wee Scotia Elf that did the rest, let’s see what we can do next year!!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

18/12/2024

Happy 18th Birthday Zara 🥳🥳🥳. Light up numbers with Champagne bottle 🎈🍾colours are fashion black, white sand and reflex gold all .

17/12/2024

Skye loves Toy Story Jessie and Bullseye are her favourites 🥰. Happy birthday Skye 🥳🥳🥳.