Balloons By Sadie

06/22/2025

New site in the works - still not done but my inquiry form can be found here!

06/19/2025

I’ll be doing a balloon setup for this fun event in Cedarville on the 28th! Fireworks are after! 🇺🇸🎆

06/16/2025

Coming soon - rebranding & name change!

When I started doing this last August, I knew ‘Balloons by Sadie’ was going to be temporary. I couldn’t come up with a name I loved but I needed something to call my page. Well I finally came up with one!

✨ Alchemy & Air ✨

It’s different right? Lol exactly what wanted! I didnt want to use the typical words everyone uses for names in this industry like ‘pop’ or ‘party’ or ‘events.’

I also didn’t necessarily want to use ‘balloons’ in the name, so that it leaves room to expand into other things like custom backdrops & other decor as my business grows.

𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲
“In modern usage, “alchemy” can also metaphorically mean a magical or mysterious process of transformation or creation—e.g., “the alchemy of turning ideas into reality.”

𝐀𝐢𝐫
a nod to balloons without using the word balloons, obviously i fill them up with air lol

As i told my husband last night, if you don’t like it don’t tell me cause I love it! 😂💜 I’m still in the process of creating new business cards, graphichics, etc. but I’m so excited!

06/14/2025

If you need a backdrop and/or balloons for an event coming up, book with me now! ✨

I offer balloon garlands & custom backdrops for all types of events in the Freeport/Rockford/surrounding areas 💜

06/11/2025

Balloon Towers • the perfect statement piece ✨

These can be totally customized with vinyl lettering!

06/09/2025

Pretty pink for a pretty 13 year old 💕🎀

Our niece challenged me with this one 🤪 She requested a pink theme but with the colors all mixed up, not color blocked like I usually do 😅

06/07/2025

Behind every balloon display is a hardworking artist...

Being a balloon artist is about so much more than just “blowing up balloons.” It’s running a business, creating art, problem-solving on the fly, and doing it all with passion and pride.

We know many of you will relate to this — feel free to share it, tag your business, and remind your customers just how much goes on behind the scenes.

🌈 Here's to big smiles, big installs, and an even bigger weekend ahead – Happy Friday from Team BAPIA!

02/19/2025

Our original little shop on Rural Street is re-opening tomorrow night! She’s back & better than ever - it feels SO good!

In case you’re new here - let me give you a little history. When they announced mandated closures at the beginning of the Covid era - it changed everything. We had no idea when we locked the door at Rural St. that night it would be closed so much longer than the predicted 2 weeks. The next step was reopening with restrictions - but because our shop was so small, we could only have a few inside at a time - that made it impossible to be open. We decided to change the 8,000 square foot painted furniture showroom at our warehouse into our new store. It was so much larger - one big open space - so we could accommodate more people. We built displays and temporary walls, added cozy lighting and did everything we could to make this huge, cold industrial space into a store that was Urban Farmgirl. We loved the extra space to expand in ways we never could at our little shop on Rural. We added more large furniture, more merchandise in general. We love it. Our customers love it. But still, every time we’ve been open since, we’re asked multiple times a day “when will Rural Street be open”?

We LOVE our Rural Street store. It’s where it all began. We had no idea when we opened those doors in 2012 it would grow to be such a large part of our community. But with the addition of hosting Main Street Market & the new larger location - our business kept growing and we just couldn’t balance a second store - the timing just wasn’t right. But now it’s all worked out the way it was supposed to and we’re so happy to be back!

To be clear - this is a completely separate store from our Madison Street location. The merchandise you see at one - you will not see at the other. They are very different spaces - Rural Street originally was a neighborhood grocery store. It’s quaint, it’s cozy. I believe it’s the last one of its kind to still be open for business in our city. The first floor was the grocery store, the second was the owners apartment so it feels like a “home”. 🖤 Come see it for yourself this weekend! We can’t wait to welcome you back!

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day!! ♥️🥰

02/13/2025