8
Jan
2012
We know it’s early but……
……it’s not long until Valentines Day, one of our busiest days of the year. If you are thinking of sending a very special Valentine Delivery this year then please place your order as soon you can, before our diary fills up. We really would hate to disappoint anyone.
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon baboon, balloon rose, February 14th, love, surprise delivery, unique balloon gift, Valentine's Day
31
Oct
2011
The funkiest way to support Remembrance Sunday this year.
We decided that we wanted to do a little more than buying a poppy this year. The Royal British Legion does such important work that we thought it might be nice to support them by selling our very own take on the Poppy. Our poppies are £1 each with 50p of that going to the [...]
Category: Charity, General news, New ideas | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, British Legion, charity, fundraising, help the heroes, poppy, Remembrance Sunday
16
Sep
2011
Easy Tiger!
We can’t stop looking at this cutie and would love to offer him for sale. Just trying to see if we can post him out using Royal Mail’s standard delivery. If not he may just have to be available for local delivery only. Keep an eye on our site to see what happens……
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: animal, balloon, balloon delivery, balloonbaboon, birthday, gift, tiger
8
Sep
2011
Our latest newsletter just got even funkier
We aren’t too clever with technology but couldn’t resist trying out a QR code. (That’s what that black and white thing above is called) What are they? Well if you have a smartphone you can download an app that works like a camera (we use QRReader, which is free) and when you point it at [...]
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2
Sep
2011
Spexy Beast Alan Carr
We love Alan Carr and got all excited when we found out that he was going to be doing a gig near us……until we found out it was sold out. Hurumph!! Not being able to go didn’t stop us from thanking him for making us laugh by delivering his very own Mini Me to the [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: Alan Carr, balloon, balloon delivery, Chatty Man, Southend, Spexy Beast, Spexy Beasttour 2011, surprise gift
17
Jun
2011
Must say a huge Thank You!
As you probably know we have been shortlisted to win a makeover for our facebook page by Ces Creatively To vote you just need to leave a comment and wow have some people left some amazing comments! Balloon Baboon should be the winners, no questions asked. Julie is a great person and the business is [...]
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15
Jun
2011
Balloon Baboon needs you!
We have been shortlisted (yay!) by Creatively Mind to win a makeover for our Facebook page and we would love one. I mean really love one! We need your help to win though as it is all down to which company gets the most votes here To help us please just nip over and leave [...]
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19
May
2011
Truffle PR are definitely balloon fans
We got 4 new balloon fans last week after sending the crack team at Truffle PR one of our balloon telephones. It didn’t take long before this fab piccie appeared on Twitter and really made our day. Balloons will always get your message noticed whatever it is and whoever you are – our appointment to [...]
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24
Oct
2010
Are you ready for Halloween
We are. Our Limited Edition Halloween Witch on a Broomstick is here. If you want one for your Halloween party or just to put in your window then don’t hang about because we can only take orders up until 5pm on Wednesday 27th October so that we can be sure of it getting to you [...]
Category: General news, What have we been making? | Comments: none
18
Oct
2010
Do you have an online shop?
We are always looking for retailers who want to include one or more of our balloons in their shop. If you would like to sell some ‘smiles in boxes’ then please get in touch. We would love to work with you. If you know someone else who might be interested would you pass on our [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon bouquet, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon wholesale, birthday, birthday present, dropship, online retailer, unique balloon gift, wholesale, wholesaler
13
Oct
2010
Bacon, Beans and Balloons
Lots of businesses network and so do we. One of the best networking groups that we have found is 4N or 4Networking which organises networking brekkies all over the UK Last week we were invited to do a mini balloon lesson at the group in Southend and have just got hold of a couple of [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: 4N, 4N Southend, 4Networking, balloon, balloon baboon, balloon flower hat, balloon hat, balloon lesson, balloon training, mini lesson, networking
12
Oct
2010
We have our own channel on YouTube
Having been asked time and time again ‘When are you going to do some videos for YouTube?’ We finally gave in when Alec from Procom offered to film one of our mini balloon lessons So, we now have our very own channel on YouTube for you to subscribe to. Hope you enjoy it.
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: 4N, 4N Bracknell, balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, balloon lesson, Procom, unique balloon gift, youtube, youtube channel
8
Oct
2010
Balloon Baboon hits Youtube!
Yep, it’s true!! Someone has kindly done a short video of one of our mini balloon lessons and we have posted it on Youtube. Want a lookie? OK then here you go, just click here
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: 4N, balloon, balloon baboon, balloon class, balloon delivery, balloon flower, balloon lesson, Bracknell, ice breaker, networking
13
Sep
2010
New in our store
We won the battle of Babboon vs software so now have our newest designs in our online shop We can send them anywhere in the UK on any and any extras you want to add to make it even more special.
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, Care Bear, Cat, Dinosaur, handbag, Hello Kitty, Pre-order, present, Star Trek, t rex, unique balloon gift, USS Starship Enterprise
23
Aug
2010
She turned down the Dragons but not Balloon Baboon
Do you remember Ling from LingsCars? She went on Dragons Den to get investment for her car leasing business. The business itself may not ring any bells but we wouldn’t be surprised if her surprising roadside advertising did. She was offered a deal by Duncan Bannatyne and Richard Farleigh but turned them both down. Well [...]
Category: General news | Comments: 2 | Tags: army truck, balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, donkey internet, dragons den, ling valentine, lings cars, missile, surprise gift, thank you gift, unique balloon gift
13
Aug
2010
Today’s mini Balloon Lesson
I was invited to give the members of 4N Waltham Abbey a mini balloon lesson this morning. 20 men and women expecting a serious businesslike start to their day found themselves twisting balloons! Hee hee! The ONLY way to start a Friday morning surely! Playing with balloons is definitely not just for children They loved [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: 4N, balloon baboon, balloon class, balloon flower, balloon hat, balloon instructor, balloon lesson, balloon training, group training, Waltham Abbey
4
Jun
2010
Got a warm fuzzy feeling.
Polly Orange Creations has just been in touch to say that they have included us in today’s blog post featuring some of her favourite balloon products. She says This week I have decided to do one of my other favourite “things” – balloons! I am fascinated by balloons, yet have a weird freaky fear of [...]
Category: General news | Comments: 1 | Tags: balloon, balloon bouquet, balloon flower, balloon gift delivery, Blog, folksy, folksy friday, Polly Orange Creations
3
Jun
2010
Did you know….
….. we have a Fan Club? Yep, honest. We have so many people who love our balloons that we thought it was only right that we should offer them something a little bit extra. We asked some of them what would really make them feel special and after crossing out all the suggestions that were [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, exclusive, fan club, new products, offers, savings, unique balloon gift
17
Mar
2010
Poll results – thanks for all your votes
Thank you if you were kind enough to vote in, promote or comment on the poll that we have just run to figure out what we need to make for the Essex Easter Craft and Gift Fair in Harlow on March 27th and 28th This little cutie came out tops so will definately be coming [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon flower, balloon flower bracelet, balloon gift, balloon Monkey, Blog, competition, Easter, easter basket, Easter egg, Essex Easter Craft and Gift Fair, Harlow March 27th and 28th, unique balloon gift
1
Feb
2010
Wow!
We found out today that www.Prezzybox.com had decided to include our large balloon rose bouquet on their national website. I can’t think of many better ways to start the week than seeing our balloons on another website but this really is a biggie for us. If you run a website or have a shop and [...]
Category: General news | Comments: 2 | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift delivery, drop ship, gift, retailer, shop owner, website, wholesale
21
Jan
2010
Never forget a birthday again.
Do you ever forget a birthday or anniversary? Do you wish you had a PA to remind you and maybe even suggest the perfect present to send, one that may even be discounted? We have set up a reminder service that will make sure you never forget a special event again. All you need to [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: anniversary, balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, birthday, birthday present, diary, hospital delivery, important dates, important events, reminder service, unique balloon gift, Valentine's Day
10
Jan
2010
It is always a huge compliment…
….. to be featured in a blog so when we were contacted by Louise at Sew Scrumptious and told that us that she had written a piece on her blog, after finding us on Folksy we were thrilled to bits. It also means that we know where to go next time we need a gorgeous [...]
Category: General news | Comments: 1 | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, Blog, sew scrumptious, unique balloon gift
27
Dec
2009
A little Christmas Cheer :)
We hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas full of smiles and laughter with the ones you love. We have sent out a lot of smiles in the form of balloons this Christmas, some from those serving abroad in the armed forces to the families that they are missing in the UK, some to [...]
Category: General news | Comments: none | Tags: balloon, balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, balloon gift delivery, Blog, Christmas, rachaelblogs, twitter, unique balloon gift
14
Dec
2009
Do you do ‘normal’ heliums?
On Friday we were asked if we worked with ‘normal helium balloons’ for a party. Things like clusters of balloons, huge balloon numbers, that sort of thing. We can only do this sort of thing locally – around the Essex area but we certainly can supply them and I admit that I LOVE working with [...]
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16
Nov
2009
It was just a 5 minute job….
What could be easier than filling 2 big silver foil balloon numbers with helium, attaching ribbon and tying them to pretty silver weights? It should take minutes especially when you have already been to the wholesaler and bought everything. The trickiest bit should be making sure that both numbers are the same height. So, helium [...]
Category: General news | Comments: 1
5
Nov
2009
The time has come…..
What will be in the Balloon Baboon blog
Category: General news, Uncategorized | Comments: none | Tags: balloon baboon, balloon delivery, balloon gift, twitter
