Holy Cow!! Is it April already??

Wow! Where has the time gone. I guess It's time to update my blog. I have a few things that I want to add. I'll do a couple of entries to get caught up.

Before Christmas my friend "Bellybutton the Clown" asked if I would help her make a balloon car for the Santa Claus parade in her small town. Seems that every year she puts together a great float for the parade, but has never been able to get her picture in the local paper. So she saw a picture of a balloon car that she can wear. She figured that it is pretty unique and if that did not get her in the paper it was a lost cause.

So here is a picture of the car we built and a picture of her wearing it in the parade.

It looks ok, but if we had more time I'm sure that we could have made it look better. The wheels could be bigger for example.
Oh! She got her picture in the paper.

Star Wars

I was asked to make a centre piece for a boys birthday party. He is having a Star Wars themed party. Apparently, he is crazy about Star Wars. So I came up with this Yoda. He is based on the Lootle that I posted previously and photos from BalloonHq.com When the father and his kids came to pick it up their face's light up. I think that they were very pleased.

Something's Fishy

My church had a fish dinner as a fund raiser. So they asked me to make some fishy themed table decorations. Here is what I came up with. I got the idea from my friend Dixie. Dixie has only been working with balloons for about a year but she is a really fast learner. She does wonderful work.

 

My daughter Sarah helped me make these centre pieces. You can see more at her blog here.
Sarah has been helping me and learning balloon sculpture for about 7 years. She is getting quite good and has a lot of imagination. Look at the cute face she put on the turtle.
We received a lot of compliments for our work.

Lootles

A few years ago I learned to make "Lootles". They were created by Robbie Furman from "Balloons by Robbie".
Lootles are highly customizable and I love them.
Here are a few examples of Lootles that I have made:

Rally Sunday

Today was "Rally Sunday" at our church, to welcome  everyone back from summer vacation. It is also the beginning of Sunday School for the fall session. So I made a couple "Lootles" to help welcome all the children back. Here they are with Rev. Kathi Phillips.

So long Janice

Today was Janice's last day at work for a while. As you can see, she is going on maternity leave for a while. She due in 3 weeks. So I made her a balloon creation to wish her all the best. I got some help from pictures on Balloonhq. 

She was so excited that I would give her a balloon stork. That's what I really love about doing balloons. Seeing the smile on someone's face when I unexpectedly give them one of my creations.

I'm back

Wow!! Time fly's when you are not paying attention.
    I'm going to  try to update this blog a little more often. My daughter, the graphic designer, has returned home from a year in England.  She got my blog started and designed the header. She has also shown me how to edit pictures and add them.
    In May, I traveled to Europe with my wife and a little red dog. We spent a week in Paris. Then we rented a car and drove to the Canadian War Memorial at Vimy ridge. Then to Germany, Switzerland and back to Paris.
    The little red dog - petite chien rouge - enjoyed some of the sites of  Paris:

Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame Cathedral

Bookenista along the Seine

Rodin's "The Thinker"

Jim Morrison's Grave

We hit all the major tourist areas. Enjoyed the side walk cafes & French food. Drank a little wine. I'd love to go back sometime.