Twists to Remember

25/07/2024

Mindy from Modoc Gardens & Twists to Remember will be at the Randolph County 4-H Fairgrounds during mini 4-H with tattoos & plants, come say hi.

Thursday 7/25 11am-2pm on the stage

Purdue Extension Randolph County

11/05/2024

01/05/2024

See you Mother's Day Weekend in Lynn, IN for giant balloon sculptures and hair tinsel! Yup, hair tinsel is one of the fun vendor booths that will be at the Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom.

The balloon selfie museum exhibit is free, free-will and art supply donations accepted, and vendors and food truck will have items available for purchase.

30/03/2024

If you’re in or near Indiana here’s a location that will be open for Solar Eclipse viewing. Modoc Gardens They also shared a great video and info from Dr Phil Plait regarding the Solar Eclipse.

17/03/2024

On March 14th a tornado hit Wi******er, IN in Randolph County. Emergency personnel and volunteers jumped in to help secure areas, help with clean up efforts, and provide community members with needed items and resources. The road to recovery will continue and if you would like donate financially two reputable sources that we recommend that will be going directly to Randolph County disaster relief efforts are listed below.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to those effected by the severe storms and tornado in Randolph County.

START WITH ART:
https://www.givelify.com/donate/start-with-art-ltd-winchester-in-2j7wy5MTUyMDAwOA==?

- Select donation amount & on next page select “Monroe Central Teachers”
Start with Art is collecting donations to directly help the two teachers from Monroe Central who have lost everything due to Thursday nights tornado!! Start with Art will have this Campaign open for the next two weeks!! A check will be taken to MCE and they will separate for the two teachers who were effected in this disaster ❤

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY:
https://www.randolphcountyfoundation.org/ways-to-give/donate/

- select “Randolph County Relief Fund” under “funds” field
Community Foundation will accept monetary donations to support disaster relief efforts following the storms in the Wi******er area on Thursday, March 14, 2024. All donations should be designated for the Randolph County Relief Fund, and those donations will be distributed to local not-for-profit organizations and other charitable entities engaged in post-storm relief efforts. (No grants from the Community Foundation will be made to individuals or businesses.) Donations can be mailed or delivered to the Community Foundation of Randolph County, 120 W Washington St, Wi******er, IN 47394, or submitted online.

12/03/2024

So excited to bring some balloon cheer to this community Easter Egg Hunt! Everyone from all communities are welcome!

There will be:
🤳cute photo op
🐣Easter egg hunt
🎟️ tickets to Easter basket drawing
🍝 spaghetti dinner- free will donations accepted

Location: Modoc Ball Park & Fire Dept building
Date: Saturday March 23rd
Time: dinner 3pm & hunt starts 3:45pm

Come out and join in the fun and support Modoc Events.

We are excited to announce that the Modoc Events Committee will be working with the Huntsville Community Center!!!! We are looking forward to working with this group of motivated ladies!!!
They will be providing garlic bread for the spaghetti dinner!!! 1000 pizza in Mount Summit is providing the side salads and the Modoc Events Committee will be providing the spaghetti!!! Desserts will be provided by community donations!!! WE WILL HAVE 1,500 EGGS FOR THE CHILDREN TO HUNT!! There will also be tickets passed out to each child and parent for baskets drawings!!! And we will be have a 50/50 as well!!! Less than two weeks away!!! Also Twists To Remember will be setting up an Indoor photo op!

13/02/2024

2 great decor companies- Twists to Remember & Blue Bus Balloons

2,385 air filled latex balloons

47- man hours to create decor

36- man hours to install decor

9 black lights donated by A Smooth Event

1 awesome venue- The Crane Bay Event Center

1 great foundation- The Peterman Family Foundation Ltd.

1 extremely deserving cause Indy Honor Flight

Donations to Indy Honor Flight can be made through their website donation page or by mailing a check to the following address:
Indy Honor Flight
PO Box 10
Plainfield IN 46168
www.indyhonorflight.org

01/02/2024

So excited to be part of the Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom

Thank you to the local businesses that are coming alongside Art Association of Randolph County to help make Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom a reality!

AARC still needs your help in bringing this immersive art exhibit out of balloons to our rural community.

They need some more sponsors to help provide the lodging and food fees for the 25 professional balloon artists that are paying for their own way to get here and volunteering their time and talents for a week.

See sponsorship details on our webpage.
http://www.twiststoremember.com/sponsoropportunities

Big shout out to our current sponsors!

BargainBalloons.com

Lynn Lions Club

Twists to Remember

Lynn Veterinary Hospital

Hoppy's Pub & Grill

Modoc Gardens

30/01/2024

Look what’s in today’s News-Gazette!

We’re so excited to be offering event & wedding management services as well as our unique balloon decor.

We have few spots still available May through December. You can inquire about booking us through the contact form on the website.
https://www.twiststoremember.com/pricing

30/01/2024

We love making a fun balloon wall!

Stay tuned to see what balloon wall we help create in a few weeks for a fun 80s themed fundraiser dinner.

23/01/2024

So excited to be helping design this amazing balloon castle experience coming in May!

Event info: Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom

Sponsor an artists: http://www.arts depot.com/new-page

Enter through a larger-than-life storybook into a long hall with stone battlements. Cross the drawbridge over a sparkling moat, past gargoyles glaring watchfully from lofty towers.

Raised metal gates lead into the Medieval, make-believe world of Storybook Kingdom.

And...it's all made out of BALLOONS!

Mother's Day Weekend, 2024:
There ARE existing balloon museums — London, Paris, Milan—all far-far away. BUT, there is only one Balloon Selfie Museum, and it's going to be HERE in Randolph County. There is no other fundraising event like it—a unique, Instagrammable experience for the entire family! To sponsor this one-of-a-kind event, please click here: http://www.artsdepot.org/new-page

03/01/2024

Starting out the new year with a bang!

It was officially shared today that Bargain Balloons will be a sponsor of the Balloon Selfie Museum that will be Mother’s Day Weekend at the Lynn Lions Club Fairgrounds. This is going to be a great help in securing around 30,000 air-filled biodegradable balloons that will be used by the 30 balloon artists traveling in from around the US & Canada!

We Caine wait to be part of this great community event raising awareness and money for Art Association of Randolph County’s Art Mobile Project.

The Balloon Selfie Museum is excited to have Bargain Balloons as a Gold Level Sponsor!

We are excited to use balloons from Bargain Balloons including Decomex Balloons again this year in May at the 2024 Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom supporting Art Association of Randolph County’s Art Mobile Project.

Side Note: Bargain Balloons updated their website! We’re loving the user friendly categories. Need some balloons? Go check out their new website.
https://bargainballoons.com/

20/12/2023

We enjoyed spreading some Christmas Cheer and bringing our traveling Christmas display to different organizations in our community this year.

Thanks to the guests at Huntsville Community Center’s Christmas open house and individuals at the Abilities Richmond Inc Christmas program for the smiles and giggles when they viewed the balloon winter wonderland Castle it made the work worth it. The questions and beautiful comments from the residents at The Reserve at Hamilton Trace when we set it up for their holiday dinner continued to brighten our day.

Merry Christmas!

Build time: 12.5 man hours
Number of balloons: around 1,100
Drive time delivering 3 places: 3.5 hours
Joy it brought to others: priceless

15/12/2023

We love a great photo op/selfie station around here! Looks like Santa does too 😂

Reminder we’ll have this year’s Christmas selfie station of a balloon winter castle at Huntsville Community Center tonight.
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Friday 12/15 open house 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Open to everyone, come on out for:
- Santa Meet n Great
- photo at balloon castle with Santa
- present for kids
- decorate Christmas cookie
- make a foam ornament
- partake in hot cocoa bar & cookies
- fun for all ages

12/12/2023

Reminder: THIS Friday is Huntsville Community Center’s Christmas Open House 6:00-7:30.

Twists to Remember will be there with a balloon castle photo op fit for the big man himself 🎅

Spread the word & hope to see you there.

☃️Come join us for our annual Christmas party! This year we are changing things up and doing an open house. As usual, 🎅Santa will be there with gifts for the kiddos! 🤶
🎄See you there🎄

06/12/2023

Love how excited everyone was to get pics with this Christmas Selfie Station we did last year.

Excited to bring to life a Winter Wonderland Castle this year at Huntsville Community Center on Friday December 15 for their public Christmas Open House.

03/12/2023

We’re excited to be part of this community Christmas Open House.

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Stop on by Friday Dec. 15th between 6:00-7:30 to meet Santa & get a great photo with him in front of our balloon castle guarded by life size soldier nutcrackers!

Please share this event.

☃️Come join us for our annual Christmas party! This year we are changing things up and doing an open house. As usual, 🎅Santa will be there with gifts for the kiddos! 🤶
🎄See you there🎄

20/11/2023

So excited to be partnering with Art Association of Randolph County to be bringing the Balloon Selfie Museumto Lynn, IN Mother’s Day weekend May 2024.

Fellow balloon artists come join us in bringing an immersive balloon art experience to rural Indiana!

Balloon crew applications available through Sunday 11/26/23.

http://www.twiststoremember.com/ballooncrew

Balloon Artists, APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN for the Balloon Selfie Museum 2024 Balloon Crew!

We're able to accept 30 balloon artists for May 6-9, 2024.

Sign up by Sunday 11/26/23; application results will be emailed after 11/27/23.

Come alongside other artists to bring an immersive art experience, Balloon Selfie Museum: Storybook Kingdom 2024, to a rural Indiana county supporting a non-profit art organization, AARC- Art Association of Randolph County in working towards an Art Mobile!

A Few Artists Benefits:
* Network with other artists
* Experience a big build
* Receive fill-in press releases
* Receive professional photos
* Lodging & food provided

Learn More: http://www.twiststoremember.com/ballooncrew

16/11/2023

An entire week at Balloon Boss Summit! What a time! Got to gather with old friends, meet amazing new friends, spread the knowledge of balloon twisting techniques, and help create amazing decor backdrops and selfie stations! Can’t wait till next year.

Mindy your favorite Balloonologist here from Twists to Remember. Just wanted to share how much I enjoyed teaching beginning balloon distortion & twisting techniques at Balloon Boss Summit in Florida for an entire week!

Thanks to Balloon Coach for putting on this amazing training. FYI tickets for next year’s Summit in November are NOW on sale at early bird pricing.

I can’t wait to see everyone again hopefully I’ll get to see some of these amazing balloon decorators & twisters before next Summit at th Balloon Selfie Museum for build days May6-9, 2024. Check it out; applications are now open! http://www.twiststoremember.com/balloonselfiemuseum

15/11/2023

We love customizing a balloon wall to bring that WOW factor to an event, and they make for that great Instagrammable photo op.

06/11/2023

Had a wonderful evening with balloon friends at Balloon Boss Summit enjoying our hard work from the past 2 days creating a magical garden themed event.

I can’t wait to make that amazing giant butterfly wall for someone.

04/11/2023

Had a great time today teaching this adorable distorted butterfly recipe to delegates at Balloon boss Summit in Florida.

Stayed tuned for photos tomorrow of how these fun butterflies will be used in decor.