Float416

06/10/2024

♥︎🎙Taylor Swift - Tortued Poets Department - event with one of our favorite small businesses in town! We absolutely loved transforming your adorable little shop into the inspiration photos you had given us! { post 1} ♥︎🎙

05/29/2024

B L U E Y!!! 🦴🐾 Happy 3rd Birthday!!!!! 🦴🐾 ..another paw-some birthday celebration with the sweetest client!!!

"Good morning Krissy, thank you so much for everything! The balloons look fantastic! You always outdo yourself!" - client LH.

We love a good theme, and working alongside you!! Thank you for continuing to trust me & my balloons!!
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05/29/2024

"Kristina, you made Caroline over-the-moon happy!! Thank you so much! The sign is darling!!" 🐾🎈🎉🦴
.you all truly don't know how much it means to us when we receive e-mails like this!! Thank you to my client for taking the 60 secondsout of your day to send such a sweet & positive review!!

We hope Caroline had a paw-some 6th birthday!! Thank you for choosing Float416 to be part of your daughter's special day!! 🎉🎈
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05/20/2024

Birthday happiness is, a jumbo yard number created just for you on your special day!! 🎉🎈

05/13/2024

"They were absolutely perfect!! Thank you so much - it was the best birthday surprise." -sweet c l i e n t Mikela
.when we receive emails like this after an installation is done, you truly have no idea how much it means. Thank you so much to my sweet client for taking the time to do so!! We are forever thankful for clients like you!! 🎉🎈

05/13/2024

Sweet 16!! ..client chose all white for her daughter's birthday celebration at the Elm. Thank you for choosing Float416!! 🎉🎈

04/28/2024

SHOOT!!! I think this is what they call the Sunday Scaries!!! ..when you're putting allll the hundreds of photos together fom past events to edit & create content and you remember you never posted this really flippin cool jumbo yard number 8 for one of the sweetest little boys from back in December!!

Just a friendly reminder that when it comes down to themes which we welcome & love, certain jumbo yard numbers because of their shape and size are harder to decorate with mylars & additional add-ons but we will absolutely do our best to make your theme dreams come true!!

To my sweet client, thank you for your continued support and for choosing Float416 to be part of your son's 8th birthday, it's always a pleasure to see you & your sweet son!!! 🏀⚾️

04/18/2024

Welcome to Wonderland at Gemini Gymnastics! ⏰️🐰 p a r t 2 ..in their other room is where I created greenery panels and a beautiful balloon garland for their super fun theme, Alice in Wonderland for their event, Skills in Bloom. ⏰️🐰
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04/16/2024

c h e e r s to 43 on 416!! 🎈🎉 short × sweet because I would really, really love to enjoy a couple of hours outside, not working or near my phone!! xo - Krissy

04/10/2024

"But that's just the trouble with me. I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it." - a l i c e 🫖🐰

A L I C E in Wonderland at Gemini Gymnastics - Skills in Bloom March 16th - March 22nd 🫖🐰 ..this was balloon installation number one along with a greenery panel, plus this incredible chair!! D E T A I L S!!
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04/08/2024

Welcome to Wonderland at Gemini Gymnastics in La Grange a few weeks ago for their Skills in Bloom week long event that I was part of! ..this theme was soooooo much fun to create along with the ladies of Gemini!!!

When I first met with the ladies of Gemini back in January, I remember immediately falling in love with all of their ideas, I knew working alongside them it would turn out as fantastic as it did!! ..it really, really did!!

They did an incredible job decorating on the inside and the outside!! Rewind to when I realized it was time to get extra creative when it came to such a fun theme, Alice in Wonderland. Over the next couple of posts, I will share both of my beautiful balloon installations along with my greenery wall I created just for this event!!

Before I forget and ramble on, ha! I just want to say a huge thank you to all of the families who we're there on the day of installation, Friday March 15th - while I was doing my thing, you all are we're so kind and said such incredible things about my work/my balloons and to how detailed and organized I was!!! ..deep down, I thought I was a sweaty hot mess but all kidding aside, thank you!!! You all have no idea how much it meant to hear those things while bending, twisting, turning, fixing, adding, cutting, taping, pumping, popping not to mention, running around like a hamster, lol!!

Thank you for stopping and saying such nice things while I installed, you kept me going and really motivated me that day, 7.5hrs!! To the statff at Gemini Gymnastics, thank you all for being so kind and easy to work with!! ..makes a huge difference when you're surrounded by kind, supportive people like yourselves!!

After installation day, and the week long event began, thank you to those who took the time to tag and share your photos with me of your little gymnasts!! I absolutely loved seeing them with my balloons!

It was a really fun event, with incredible people over at Gemini Gymnastics!! Thank you to everyone for showing my hard work so much love and support in person and on line!! Stay tuned for all the pictures & videos!! 🐰🫖


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04/08/2024

..because it's Monday and the sun is finally shining!!! 💫

04/05/2024

👨‍🚀 🪐 How do you throw a party in space? You planet! ..and you planet with a jumbo yard number created by us!!

Thank you for continuing to choose Float416 for your celebrations, we genuinely love + appreciate your continued support!! I hope your 5th birthday celebration was out of this world!! 🪐👨‍🚀
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04/03/2024

🎈🎉 Whatever you do and whoever you party with, remember that you need no excuse to celebrate life and to be good to others!!!

Of course we are right here to help you celebrate World Party Day with 10% off your entire order when you book from today through Friday April 5th!! ..which then happens to be National Self Care Day!! 🎈🎉

🎈🎉 We love celebrating!! We love parties!! We love themes!! We love getting creative!! We love bringing your vision + dreams to this wild party called L I F E!!! ..did we mention, we love to PAAAARRRTTTYYYYYY!!!!!

HAPPY WORLD PARTY DAY TO YOU!!!!! KEEP CELEBRATING!!! KEEP PARTYING!!! ..and book your balloons with us!!!! 🎈🎉
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04/02/2024

Does a birthday really happen if you don't celebrate with one of our jumbo yard numbers?!? 🎉🏈 Luckily for this little boy who turns 5, it's happening!!! Touchdown!!! 🏈🎉 Happy Birthday to you!!
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03/25/2024

👋 ..just over here just celebrating, creating, and making all of my ideas come to life!! I tell ya, being a creative person is a blessing and a curse, my mind truly does not stop especially when it comes to celebrations and creating & making beautiful fun, new things!

The only teeny, tiny issue is actually putting it out there for you all to see, purchase or rent! Us creatives tend to over think wayyy to much to the point where we don't put it out there, but what I'm learning is to just put it out there!!! ..the pressure of social media stinks, too!

I absolutely love creating and making new things, especially while adding my own special twist to it. I thrive to be different and nothing like the rest of them. Which is not a bad thing, especially in this industry. You gotta dare to be different!!

With that being said, I am really excited to announce that I have been working on so many fun new things for you all. I promise to photograph and actually post it, and not just to my story. Again, the pressures of a "perfect" social media page when you're a one woman show in this super fun + creative industry are real! But...

On this Monday morning, which I consider a fresh start, it's time to get over those feelings of self-doubt and to show the world just how creative and awesome we are!!!

Keep celebrating!! Keep creating!!! Keep being who you are with yo' bad self!! XO! - krissy

03/11/2024

You're a whole-hand-year old!!!! 👋🎉 Yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Thank you for letting us be part of your special day!!! 🎉🎈

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03/06/2024

03/04/2024

On this day back in 1924 a song we all love & sing turns 100!!! I either start singing it too late or too soon, and I tend to forget the person's name we're singing it to, any guesses?!?

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It's that time of year again to book your Easter Eggs with me and wake up to your front yard on Easter morning filled with Easter eggs for you × your family to hunt for!!

Details: I will fill 40 Easter eggs with treats × goodies and hop on over to hide all 40 eggs in your front yard, side × back!! Placement of eggs will be discussed when you book your eggs with me. Yes, you may add additional filled eggs to your egg hunt for an additional fee.

With Easter just 17 days away, March 31st we will be offering this starting this weekend through Easter morning!! As always, this is available all around town and the Chicagoland area!! ..always, always ask if you're not sure if we service your area.

To book your Easter Egg Hunt, please direct message or e-mail me as soon as possible so we can make sure to schedule a super fun filled egg hunt right to your front yard before the sun comes up, and the kids wake up!!

H O P to it!!! 🥚🐰🥚🐰🥚🐰🥚🐰🥚🐰
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03/03/2024

"Doing what you love is not a waste of time." - unknown

Book your next celebration with me as I look forward to doing everything I love for your special day! 🍀
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02/17/2024

🐰 Easter Sunday is March 31st this year! ..just 2 weeks after St. Patrick's Day! Although we are not rushing all the fun, festive holidays, I did want to hop on here and let you all know that this year we are bringing back a few of our favorite Easter traditions!!!

I am also currently putting together an Easter Bunny pop up event with one of my absolute favorites, so definitely stay tuned in for all of the details. Exciting!!!

🐰 Easter Bunny home visits are back along with our Easter morning egg hunt where we deliver and hide over 30 Easter eggs filled with treats + goodies all over your front yard!! And yes, this year we will offer you the option to add more eggs to the front & back yard!!!

If you are looking to rent the Easter bunny for your event or would like to have him all for yourself at your home for a party, that is something new we will be offering!!

🐰 As always, if you have a request for any celebration or event, we will try our best to make the magic happen!!

Book your Easter celebrations & balloons with us by simply sending me an e-mail today!! And no, we did not forget about St. Patrick's Day celebrations!!! ..one of my favorites to create something for!! Rainbows & green everything!!!

🐰 Book your balloons with us today!!! Hop to it!!
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02/15/2024

♡ I hope you all had a day filled with love, flowers, chocolates × balloons yesterday!! Mine was filled with coffee, iced coffee, and inhaling pieces of charcuterie in between delivering absolutely gorgeous floral arrangements while helping my sweet, beyond talented, beautiful friend out on one of her busiest days! Because that's what we do, we help × support those good, genuine friends who are always there for us!
.oh, and when I got home, I enjoyed a delicious heart-shaped pizza × a delicious glass of my favorite $9.oo Trader Joes wine! No, I'm not telling, I need to be able to find it on the shelves when I go, ha!

Speaking of LOVE and Bloom 3 in downtown La Grange, pictured here is my Valentine’s Day backdrop I created last Thursday for an event with Carla Thomas Med Spa and Kim. I absolutely loved creating this and looooove how it turned out!! ..took me about 6.5hrs to per-fect it!!

If you're wondering what looks so different at Bloom 3 it's her gorgeous new paint color!! ..which was currently being finished at the time of the event, which is now complete & absolutely gorgeous!!!!

Did you know you can host your next event even a wedding at Bloom 3? ..even better is that when you book with her, you will receive FREE delivery and 10% off your entire balloon order with me!!!

Support those women, locally owned businesses who put their blood, sweat and tears into their businesses! XO!

02/13/2024

Embracing the enchantment of the frozen world while creating frozen memories that last forever for a very special F O U R year old!!! ❄️🎉

02/11/2024

..now the party don't start till I walk in!! 🎉 We had tons of fun being a part of a very sweet, double-digit birthday party for a little girl who loved being part of designing her organic balloon wall!! And in all honesty, we loved having you help!! Happy 10th sweet girl!!! 🎉
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02/11/2024

🧜‍♀️ Why did the mermaid have a great birthday? ..because she shell-abrated in style with Float416!! 🎉🧜‍♀️ Wishing you a fin-tastic 4th birthday!!
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02/07/2024

🖤 You're invited tomorrow night at Bloom 3 in downtown La Grange for a night of beauty × blooms from 6:oo-9:oopm!! ..there will also be a beautiful Valentine’s balloon backdrop for all those photo op's from yours truly!!

Grab your galentine's and make it a girls night out in downtown La Grange!! 🖤 For all the details × to reserve your spot, please visit Carla Thomas Med Spa on either her Instagram or page!!
.it's always a pleasure partnering with Kim Lesher from Bloom3LaGrange

As always, if you have any questions about an event, don't hesitate to send me an e-mail!

See you ladies tomorrow night at Bloom3!!
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02/07/2024

❤️ Created with heart, tied with L O V E just for you!

Valentine’s Day is just one week away × we are still accepting orders for all of our beautiful products × rentals!

❤️ Choose from our beautiful, organic balloon garlands, our one of a jumbo yard numbers, our gorgeous organic, moveable balloon walls along with my take on our organic balloon columns! I pride myself on constantly creating × offering what I come up with!! Yes, I double dog dare myself to be different! ..you should to!!

Book any of our beautiful products × rentals along with our gorgeous, newest rental which is our floral welcome box display. Also, over the past few months we have began to offer 18 × 24 inch helium balloons with beautiful custom ribbon, no string. I absolutely love helium balloons with ribbon!!

❤️ Pictured here is my beautiful 5ft × 5ft balloon heart that is as light as a feather × that is currently being made, especially for Valentine’s Day!! I love how it turned out, especially with how light it is!! Ribbon + command hook included! It can be hung or displayed against the wall, perfect for your Galentine's celebrations or for your front window in your small business!!

Spread the LOVE this Valentine’s by supporting your favorite small business!! Small business, big heart!

Xo! ❤️🎈
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02/01/2024

..because it's February 1st annnnd I've never shared anything like this on my social media page with you all!!

Hi, it's me!!! I thought today was the perfect day to use this selfie that I took a couple of weeks ago right after I had my hair done in front of my Valentine’s Day backdrop which is now available to order! ..always gotta market, right?

I also thought it would be super fun to do a little "about me" with you all since again, I've never done anything like this! As always, thank you to every single follower who chooses to follow my social media platform, it means so much!!

I hope you all enjoy getting to know a little bit about me with some really fun questions I found on the internet + a few extras I added in:

What is your proudest accomplishment? ..losing over 130lbs in 9 months by healthy eating, walking and a ton of water!

Single, with no children. My precious, perfect niece is all that I need and have patience for, ha!

Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? ..drive my own car, I still have nightmares of my blind horse Cinnamon when I was 10 on a mountain in Colorado.

A pet peeve of mine is when people call me Kristin, Kristy or spell my name with a "C."

What would you sing at Karaoke night? ..Proud Mary by Tina Turner.

I love Winter × snow!! I loathe heat × humidity unless I'm near a pool doing absolutely nothing but working on my tan.

I love prank calling people!! ..yes, at age 42

Have you ever had a nickname? ..yes! Sithy, Stina or Junior, from the movie Problem Child.

I wake up at around 4:45am every single day to walk 8 miles'ish.

Would you rather win the lottery or work at the perfect job? And why? ..work a perfect job which would be one of the many business ideas I hope × pray to accomplish.

How would your friends describe you? ..loyal, wild, funny, thoughtful, big heart, blunt, honest.

What is the best gift you have been given? ..my niece.

Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without? ..prayer × thanking God for another day.

Do you believe in love? ..absolutely, I just haven't met him yet.

Cheers to the month of love, everyone! ..now book your balloons with me!! Xo! ❤️🎈