Smarty Pants and Miss Dena recently entertained at the grand opening of the fantastic bakery SMASH CAKE here in Chicago and received a sweet mention in the Gapersblock e-newspapper. Click HERE to have a look at what Lori Barrett had …
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This is an Octopus hat I’ve been designing in preparation for our all new Big Balloon Show for libraries in 2009. Thanks to Miss Dena for modelling it this afternoon. For more information on our library show schedule, please see …
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Miss Dena and I recently entertained at the Barn of Barrington for their annual Easter Sunday brunch. Here’s a photo of the large-scale Easter Bunny (over four feet tall!) that I created as a lobby sculpture for the brunch patrons …
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Smarty Pants is an award-winning balloon artist, and producer of the Big Balloon Show. His innovative work with balloons has been featured multiple times on WGN-TV. He performs all over Chicago with his wife, The Lovely Miss Dena. Check us …
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