Flower bouquets

There are many reasons for flower bouquets and here are three of them :

This first one was for my niece who turned 6. There were 4 flowers but the other two were hidden behind. I added another base to it eventually to stabilise it. She said that she hated pink but likes blue and purple.

This second one was for a friend who wanted to bring something bright and cheery to her friend who was in hospital. Her friend can't have fresh flowers and so a bouquet of balloon flowers were ordered for her! She likes the lady mouse and I made it into a vase holder. 

This last one was for Australia Day. It was raining and pouring and looking so gloomy, I thought it would be nice to have something sunny and Australiany in the house.

The next time you need a bouquet of flowers, let me know!

Princess theme

My 5 y.o. has been crazy about princesses for awhile. Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, etc. She would ask for dresses that can open up when she twirls and would hold a wand made of paper or toilet paper roll, etc.

So, here are two photos of what I had made for her over the last two months : a wand and a princess.

These designs are very versatile. It's a one design fits all. Just change the colour of the princess' hair, face and arms, dress, and you get a different princess.

I'm learning how to make different hairstyles and hope to present other hairdos in the near future.

Race cars!

Was on a race car mode for about two weeks in January. It started with a request for a friend's husband's 40th birthday. She asked for a race car and supplied photos of her husband's remote controlled race car model.

Took me about a week to look through photos of other balloon artists' works and trying out on my own. I got frustrated because I couldn't get the body to look right. I nearly gave up. My husband said that maybe I should just keep it simple. So, off I went to find a simple race car design. There are many video tutorials and pictures and I came up with this cartoony car :

Somehow, the simplicity of it clicked and got some parts of my brains connected and managed to deliver a pretty cool race car in time. This car is a normal pillow length long and 3 soft pillows high. Added a remote control. You can see it in the 2nd picture. The car stands at half the height of my sofa!

Funny thing is, for the following 3-4 days after making the car, all that I could remember was the tyres/wheels. Even now, when I think of race cars, I think of the wheels. I like them the best!

This race car is by no means an award winning one and I can see areas for improvement. But it certainly brought out the creativity and adrenalin in me! Made it in a day - about 4 hours during the day with children interrupting me and a full 4 hours at night. The 4 hours during the day could've just been an hour without children trying to help.

Next time when you have a birthday or anniversary or a celebration, let me know! I would like to make something special for that special day of yours.

More animals and insects

A few animals and insects for this post...

Saw a youtube tutorial on a ladybug bracelet and had always meant to try it. Finally found the time to work on it! This ladybug uses 5 balloons! Something I don't usually want to try because of the number of balloons that go into  one little sculpture. But, as with everything, I just had to give it a go. As I made it, i felt all the more that this ladybug is worth every one of the 5 balloons. Pretty and cute!

I have seen these butterflies being made on a few balloon twisters' portfolio. I was reluctant to make one because of the usage of hearts. But I cannot deny that they are the cutest and easiest butterflies around too!

I learnt to make this adorable penguin through a web jamming session. It's a bit more work than the usual ones with slightly twisting techniques. I like the little ear twist at the top of the head. It allows for more attachment to be made. I can see flowers and hats attached!

This monkey on a tree was made when my girls were playing outside on the driveway. The trees were swaying and I had balloons on my hand. :)

Huggable Dragon

I was working on a dragon design and here's the transformation progress.

This little creature came up first and my then 4 y.o. could tell me that it's either a dinosaur or a dragon. My husband said that it's too cute to be a dragon, but nonetheless, a cutie.

I wasn't totally happy with it and so made the wings bigger (dragons do fly, don't they?), same coloured feet and a different colour for the belly. So these two  are the same, one in a sitting position, another in the flying position.

Someone mentioned a yoshi dinosaur, I looked it up and made something based on the picture. It's not a yoshi, but I like this dragon version the best. It looks more like a dragon than the previous ones and so much more volume to it. I call it the Huggable Dragon.



Perhaps when I get the time and skills have improved a bit more, I'll give the Chinese dragon a go. It's a more complex design compared to the Western one, but I'm sure it'll be a wonderful piece of balloon art. Till then, I'll keep twisting and learning and hone my skills. It will be a project shelved for attempt sometime down the road in my balloon twisting journey.

Christmas Angel and Candy Cane

Made another angel for Christmas and a candy cane that I gave to a friend.

I made a few more of the angels for our 2012 Christmas lunch with hubby's family. All the children received an angel in their gift bags along with other little Christmas gifts.

Still twisting.. :)

Whoa, it's been more than a month since I last entered an entry! I'm still here, still twisting, just haven't had time to blog.

Will update a few photos over the next few days.

January has been a really busy month. There was a the new school year to get ready for, and a friend's husband's birthday gift! I love that balloon I made! A race car! You'll have to keep an eye out for my update on that!

Anyway, it's been quite a learning curve from a single balloon creation to multiple balloons creation.

I'm loving it and I hope you are too.