Arches, Drops & Races
Balloon columns are a great alternative to an arch and work well when space is at a premium. We cover all the One Stop openings and refits across the Midlands. To help protect against the weather these columns are built on solid metal bases and poles and the balloons are downsized for better durability. With […]
I tend to stay away from 3ft balloons for weddings as it’s just not my cup of tea. The popularity of Pinterest has started photos of these spreading around the internet and I get sent the images asking “can you do this?” followed by an image of a balloon holding up half a tree. For […]
Here’s the real costs of reopening our shop – so much for me saying it will cost nothing to reopen a shop we already own. Cowboy builder who did nothing but fill skip & make a mess – £1400.00 Awesome electrician who rewired the shop: £745.00 The rewire cut out the boiler for the flat […]
About 3 years ago a French software company approach me to buy the domain name balloon.com. Whenever I get a decent offer for the domain I google the name of the person making the offers followed by the word ‘balloon’ (offers usually come from a @gmail or @yahoo email address). I did the above and […]
This wall contains 1750 balloons and took 2 staff 7 hours to build. There are no supports, bases or frame – the wall fits snug between the floor and ceiling and contains only balloons, line and some elastic bands. The balloons are sized to 10.5″ & 8.5″ to create a square pack garland. The two […]
At the London Olympics we created printed balloons and decorations for various events. The most spectacular was a 1000 balloon drop for Team USA. They booked a London venue for 3 months which included ripping everything out and then installing they’re own theme for the duration of the games. Then the venue was returned to […]
These 3ft latex balloons were projected with various moving shapes to create a spectacular effect across the Palace Suite at the Birmingham Metropole. We sized the balloons to 30″ to leave a little flexibility by squeezing the 3ft’s between 2 tables. The 3pm access to this function room was tight so we set up a […]
4ft Virgin Media balloons helium filled to promote cloud computing. It’s tricky to price a job that involves large balloons as it’s difficult to calculate the amount of helium required. I looked at the cubic capacity of a 4ft balloon and compared this with the BOC helium chart – so I calculated an L size should […]
We setup a start and finish mile marker arches and inflated 500 Red & White balloons for a giveaway at the Sunderland Half Marathon. This required a 2.30am start to have everything in place by 8am. Scaffolding with signage and banners is a must when there’s a large number of runners. We used helium filled […]
We were employed by a lads magazine to inflate 120 x 3ft balloons with helium and attach them to a midget to see if he would float. The event and procedure was also shown in a documentary which I edited and upload to YouTube. At all times we had a safety line to make sure […]
Nice and bold 36″ helium foil stars. This is something a bit different than you’re usual bouquet of 5 balloons. Here’s 75 tables with a 36″ Foil Star, 5″ collars and tulle attached to a weight with fishing line installed in The ICC, Hall 3.
This 10 tunnel arch effect was created in Hall 5, NEC for a go cart style track race. The arches were placed at various points around the track for the cars to drive under, a bit like the Dunlop bridge at Donington Park. As there are so many balloons required here it took 3 crew […]