Greetings from Smarty Pants! The Lovely Miss Dena and I will be performing an all-new edition of the Big Balloon Show at libraries across Illinois all summer long! This new show takes audiences on a whirlwind tour of the world’s …
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Smarty Pants and the Lovely Miss Dena recently performed an all-new edition of the Big Balloon Show at the Berwyn Public Library to kick off our 2009 summer reading season at Illinois area libraries. You can see a great selection …
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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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