Had an order come through the other day asking if we could up the cute factor on one of our deliveries by adding a balloon ’60′ to our Loving Bear…… We never like saying ‘No’ unless we really have to so this is what we came up more »
Ok, settle down, settle down please – before you start drafting strongly worded letters of complaint to your local MP, or worse still phoning the Daily Mail, Balloon Jesus was commissioned by a client for a friend who was being ordained. I must confess I did have reservations about Balloon Jesus. I said it as more »
We always love to come up with a new design for Valentines Day and this is the cutie that we came up with this year. He is on the site and ready to send to visit the love of your life with flowers and your own special message on 14th February. Who will you surprise more »
This little chap has a mission and has chosen to accept it. He is carrying with him a Birthday message to a someone special. I can’t say who it is incase it hasn’t been given to them yet but when his wife asked if we could create a little golfer for her husband we were more »
This time last week we were putting the finishing touches to a set of gorgeous Disney Character table centres and a HUGE Mickey and Minnie Mouse. To say they were super cute and totally gorgeous would be an understatement (not that we are at all biased) but don’t take our word for it, here is more »
In a couple of weeks we will be making all sorts of characters to decorate a Disney themed wedding and we can’t wait! Donald Duck will be sat on top of one of the 10 table centre pedestals that will be looking down on the guests and making sure that they have a great time. more »
We have a real soft spot for Harry Potter so couldn’t resist making something a little bit special to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. We give you our Balloon version of the Golden Snitch. Want one? Know someone who would? They are for sale here if so. The more »
If you are looking for something romantic, cute, memorable AND different to send the one you love this Valentines Day then this Romantic Man balloon could be the answer. He stands at about 45cm high and is absolutely adorable even if we do say so ourselves. As all our balloons are handmade our schedule sometimes more »
Last week we got a step closer to introducing our Personalised balloon caricatures by showcasing one of comedian Russell Kane on Twitter…. ……and then taking it down to wait for him in his dressing room at The Palace Theatre, Westcliff to see what sort of reaction it got. In a word – amazing! Russell Kane more »
Balloons really can be used for all sorts of things by all sorts of people and this year we have been asked to come up with a couple of balloons that can be used by restaurants and pubs on Valentines Day. Something very simple, cost effective and great as a giveaway. Want to see what more »
Even though we are tucked up and warm, apart from our treks out to the local Sorting Office, the snow and icy conditions must be on our minds more than we thought because we created a little Penguin cutie this week. Watch out for him on the site in the New Year
Decided to make a cute little Balloon Girl with a ponytail today – here she is.
Bit of a fuzzy picture but hope you like this cute little couple. They are inspired by the Lootle design that the wonderful balloonist Robbie Furman created. They are such fun to make and we just can’t help but smile everytime we look at one We can’t wait to get them onto the website so more »
Which of these mini snowman designs do you like best? We are trying to decide which one to offer as an alternative to sending a boring old Christmas Card so, do you prefer……… 1. the one on the left with scarf, top hat and arms 2. in the middle with scarf and top hat 3. more »
We have been thinking about coming up with a cheaper supporters cap so that it can be used by groups and today we found one. We love it and hope you do too. It can be made in all sorts of colours so that no team should feel left out.
Today’s challenge came via Twitter and it was for a balloon motorbike. What do you think? Would love to know. As always we can already see some tweaks that we will make for version 2 but liking it so far.
If you know someone who is celebrating their degree then you might like our latest creation… A male and female Graduate balloon. We remember the essays, exams and then the wait for the final result only too well!
Ok, settle down, settle down please – before you start drafting strongly worded letters of complaint to your local MP, or worse still phoning the Daily Mail, Balloon Jesus was commissioned by a client for a friend who was being ordained. I must confess I did have reservations about Balloon Jesus. I said it as more »
Now that we had chosen the cutest butterfly design that we could come up with, below, we had to make a lovely big version for the Ally Cadence Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy dinner dance. Just using bigger balloons didn’t give us the elegance or size that we were after so a quick jiggle with more »
A few weeks ago we got an email from Karl at the Ally Cadence Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy who is organising a fundraising dinner dance for the Trust in March of this year. Having seen our balloons on Twitter Karl wondered if we could make some large floating blue butterflies (their logo) that would more »
We just couldnt resist trying out a Pluto balloon and here he is. He will probably get a tweak here and a twist there but we already think he is a bit of a cutie pie. He has just joined , WallE, Bob the Builder and Marvin the Martian in our balloonshop so if you more »
We have been working on a brand new character to bring to our balloonshop this afternoon. It looked like it was going to be far trickier than it was and I really thought it would all ‘end in tears.’ If you follow us on Twitter you can enter the competition that we have just launched more »
Yep you read that right – I am working on a collection of Balloon Handbags for the website. Above is a sneak preview of one of the ideas that I have been playing about with although they are likely to be sold in single colours. Have to say so far I LOVE them but would more »
We ran a competition on Twitter this week to win one of our newest additions to our balloonshop. It seemed easy enough - all you had to do was guess what we were going to make next which was the cute robot above, an homage to WALL E and was revealed yesterday. Answers during day more »