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The balloon Parthenon featured six columns and a woven roof. It was designed to be a fun playspace for the children at this baptism celebration.
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Another view of the balloon Parthenon.
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Last view of the Parthenon. This kind of balloon sculpture can also be adapted to be a huppah for a Jewish wedding ceremony.
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A little yellow Schoolbus. The theme of the Baptism was "Boy Stuff" - it definitely lent itself to some fun centerpiece ideas.
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Each twisted balloon creation was placed on a color coordinated balloon base to create a nice centerpiece for the tables. I was really thinking of the cartoon character Wally Gator while crafting this Alligator.
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Baby Lion centerpiece.
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Rocking Horse, in blue of course!
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Firetruck custom balloon centerpiece. The client submitted a list of fourteen centerpiece ideas and I transformed those ideas into balloons!
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Smarty's famous "Big Red Dog"
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Smarty's favorite "Rubber Ducky"
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This was actually the trickiest piece to make. The client originally asked for a "Football" themed centerpiece. I thought making just a balloon football lacked something, so after brainstorming with my lovely wife Miss Dena, I added in a goalpost, a woven field and a little linebacker.
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A T-Rex dinosaur.
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A giant bullfrog. A tricky one to make technically - balloons just don't like being twisted into a shape resembling a frog's body! My good friend Don Caldwell (a legendary balloon artist) actually invented this particular technique which I put to good use here.
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Captain Barnacle and his Pirate Ship.
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A close up view of Captain Barnacle and his Pirate Ship.
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Rainbow in a pot of gold. It's a little tricky to see in this photo, but I added special custom-made tye-dyed balloons to the cloud at the bottom to add to the rainbow theme of the piece.
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Everyone's favorite "monkey in a tree" - it's a balloon classic!
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A dude flying an airplane.
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I created the car first, then added a rather dapper dude in a powder blue tuxedo as the driver.
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Another view of our day's driver.
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The client specifically asked for a gladiator, so after some trial & error, I created this piece. It stands six feet tall - basically life sized - and guarded the dessert table.
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Another shot of our gladiator.
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A long view of the room with centerpieces on display.
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Miss Dena created four 12-foot rainbow columns to frame the doorways to the event ballroom.
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Another shot of two columns framing the ballroom entranceway.
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Circus Elephant Centerpiece
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Girl Clown centerpiece
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Human Cannonball centerpiece
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Juggler centerpiece
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Lady Ringmaster centerpiece
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Strongman centerpiece
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Trapeze artists centerpiece
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Unicycle Rider centerpiece
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Seal w/ ball centerpiece
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Happy Easter everyone!
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Here's a recent balloon sculpture - a "life sized" Chicago Bears football player created for a private party here in Chicago, IL for a big-time Bears fan
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