The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
Every year around the USA, you will hear kids fighting, swapping, and hiding their Halloween treasures – CANDY! Candy, the monetary currency of children, allows them to learn the art of swapping, stealing, and bartering, which is to say before mom makes them drop it into one big buck. Then it is placed on top … Read more
Birth rate is dropping and so to is the need for kids entertainment and decorations. Have you notice a decline in your 1st birthday party business? Since 2007 the national birth rate for the USA has be declining. Economic, decline of baby-boomers, and the ever increasing cost of raising a child are factoring into the … Read more
Wow, it starts in September with the politicians making promises and boasting about their accomplishments – do you feel the wind. Imagine if we could harness all that hot air and put in to a balloon. Balloon Artists around the world would not need a balloon pump, but could recycle the hot air being spewed … Read more
Balloon Animals Kids Favorites Over the last decades balloon animals have evolved from simplistic designs to an artistic media that is creativity limitless. The pallet of balloon colors is ever increasing along with size of the twisting balloons. Ideas once dreamed of being created are now showing up on fashion runways and in art galleries. … Read more
I would love to tell you more about the Silent, but I can’t remember. Tally marks cover my body. Too many, this does not mean anything, but to Doctor Who fans, this is about one of the newest villains. The Silent, you may have seen one and don’t even know it. The premise of the … Read more
Your sports team can be having the best or worst season in their history of existence and fans will make a requests for their beloved team logo. Reproducing these logos can be difficult. Metamorphose of lettering into an animal or letters that overlap, make it impossible or very tricky to reproduce. Yet fans will request … Read more
It’s been years since Mickey Mouse has made a movie, but his popularity has not died. Young and old all know the famous ears. Once the general public gets wind that you can make it, the demand skyrockets. Balloon artists are excited to see new designs for this beloved character, even thou “their” Mickey is … Read more
Mall shopping was big with my mom and sister when I was a child, which gave dad and me plenty of time to people watch. We would see the lady with the crazy hair, the dad who was oblivious to what his children were doing and the other people watching sitting and observing life as it … Read more
This is my second video blog posting. Let me know what you think? What parts did you like about the update and what needs improvement? I added a new opening to the video plus working on sound effect. Big learning curve when it comes to adding effect to the video – especially editing the audio … Read more
I had the opportunity to meet Sandi Sylver and her girls this past week at the Centre East Showcase. Sandi was a couple of booths down from me, and Toodles fell in love with my balloon creations. She likes them so much that she provide me with this testimonial. Thanks, Toodles, for the kind words. … Read more