People often ask me, “What’s the first step to even start making balloons?” whenever they see me whipping up a dog, hat or Spongebob Squarepants balloon (that last one’s not a “first day” kinda balloon sculpture) I’m glad to say …
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Hey everyone, Finally got on board to set up the official Smarty Pants fan page on Facebook. I post a lot of the same updates, photos and news on Facebook as I do here on my blog, but a bit …
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D’Agostino’s Pizza recently celebrated the grand opening of their new location in Park Ridge, IL. Scott & Sara D’Agostino threw a big party on April 9th 2010 to invite the community to their newest location. We enjoyed meeting the great …
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Smarty Pants and Miss Dena recently performed their Big Balloon Show at the Barrington Park District. Our show was nicely covered by writer Myrna Petlicki in the pages of the Pioneer Press. We appreciated the nice newspaper article! For more …
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Smarty Pants and a team of skilled balloon entertainers recently attempted to set a brand new world record for most people getting into a six foot balloon simultaneously! This historic event took place at the 2010 Twist and Shout Balloon …
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Miss Dena and I recently exhibited at the ORT Party Planning Showcase in Lincolnshire, IL where parents of prospective bar & bat mitzvahs were shopping for their upcoming special events. A bar mitzvah (or bat mitzvah for girls) is a …
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Smarty Pants recently hosted our annual Family Night Holiday Party – lots of kids and kids at heart came out to celebrate the holiday season with Smarty Pants at D’Agostino’s Pizza and Pub in Chicago, IL. Here’s some nice photos …
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The Best Balloon Twister’s Convention is coming to Chicago (Oakbrook to be exact) from Feb 17th – 21th, 2010 – and Smarty Pants will be teaching as an official instructor at this annual event! Twist and Shout is the world’s …
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