Headband and huge flower!

Spent about 2 hours last night doing up these gifts for two special people today. It wouldn't have cost me so much time if I had the sense to plan ahead what I wanted. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful 2 hours of exploring and learning and coming up with such cute and beautiful pieces! The designs were from various balloon artists and other than photos from Balloony Glen and Sylvia Ang on Facebook, I can't remember where else I see this flower.

The headband was for a birthday girl who will turn 5 in two days. Brought it to church with us to give it to her and her younger brother was more fascinated by it! LOL!

The huge flower was for a Christmas party. Not exactly for the party, but the one who hired my to twist balloons. I make it a point to make something special for the person who pays me and this time decided on this. It's quite a popular flower design in Singapore. Mainly used with yellow 260Qs for the petals and black for the middle or a huge round for the middle.

I was nearly out of yellow and decided on orange. My daughter gladly modelled them for me. :)

Bride and Groom

Made this bride and groom for sunday school today. It was for the wedding at Canan where Jesus turned water into wine. We all took turns walking the bride and groom. It is my first attempt at making a bride and groom without instructions. Might use 160Q for the arms in the future.

I also taught the children how to make a balloon flower each to throw as the bride and groom passes by. We all had fun learning how to make the flower and a good experience for me too, to make the instructions clear and easy to follow.

Engagement Centrepiece

Was asked to do a couple of birds for an engagement party for a church friend. The first image that came to mind was that of two swans in water.

Went on youtube to find swan tutorials. Not the basic swan, but something more complex. Finally found one from Andre Nolle and something from a website BalloonArtWorld.com

I had every intention to made a diamond weave for the water, but it just didn't turn out. The weave wouldn't lie flat. Ended up using a blue cloth as the water instead.

The swans were fairly easy to make. With practice. Took me a couple of hours to get them right. The balloons kept bursting in the room, either from over twisting, or heat. Even though I'm in an air-con room. Grr.. The beak was the most difficult part, getting it at the right proportions. But, overall, a really nice sculpture.

So here it is, I hope the couple likes them!