Over the past couple of years, mbd2.com forum members have been creating inspirational balloon designs. As I looked through the designs, I was inspired to make a couple and design a couple of my own. I started negative in thought and slowly became positive. Go ahead, read more on these topics with the links … Read more
What does a balloon artists do when the airport shuts down and his flight to Florida is interrupted by a snowstorm? He goes out and plays in the snow. That’s right, I was expecting to be winging my way across the US and heading to Florida to visit family when a snowstorm hit. Southwest Airlines … Read more
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In the past couple of hours, I’ve learned that having a 7th-month-old crawling around the house, a 2.5-year old being potty trained, is not the place to develop a detailed balloon sculpture. Between chasing the baby, answering questions, and getting up-to-the-minute recaps about the cartoon playing on TV, it took me 2.5 hours to make … Read more
James Cameron’s “Avatar” I haven’t seen the movie yet, but that didn’t stop me from making one of the main characters of the movie Jake Sully. This was the picture I used to develop the balloon sculpture. Let me know what you think of the design? I always like reading your comments. Subscribe to Dale’s … Read more
It’s the 4th day into 2010 and I am already working on how I will stay in business. Now, this may sound a little radical to think this way, but you have to in bad economic times. Saturday, I was working at a restaurant and I overheard a Fox Newscast saying “States are closing or … Read more
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My livelihood has been balloon twisting at private and corporate parties, and I have been working around balloons since 1985 and have seen many arrangements. Let us start with the basic balloon types that people use at birthday parties. Latex Balloon These balloons are not rubber balloons but are latex balloons. Therefore, you need to … Read more
Theming – different ideas for different directions (part 7) “To entertain for the purpose of temporarily taking someone from their cares and worries in the world is noble…but to recognize an entertainer’s ability to REACH an audience and UTILIZE that gift for an educational purpose…holds FAR greater value” … Read more
Theming – private party solutions (part 6) “To entertain for the purpose of temporarily taking someone from their cares and worries in the world is noble…but to recognize an entertainer’s ability to REACH an audience and UTILIZE that gift for an educational purpose…holds FAR greater value” … Read more