Sue Bowler: The Balloon Expert

S ince the Q Corner Convention, a number of the featured instructors have very kindly shared additional information to further supplement their classes, including photographs, class notes and materials lists. To make it easier for everyone to find for future reference, I have documented these, along with their class video, in a series of blog posts that I will publish over the next few weeks. Joette Giardina, CBA, Balloon Coach, from Lakeland, Florida, USA. Class Title: Marketing with Balloons "I was delighted when Susan Dhillon reached out to me and asked me to be a part of the QCorner online convention. It was so rewarding to see the comments come in from around the world of everyone watching the training. The topic of Marketing with balloons is more powerful than ever. I find many times as balloon businesses, we get focused on creating something new and over the top, comparing ourselves to other balloon artists from around the world, and we forget about the power...

I am hoping that many of you saw a post from Susan Dhillon, Marketing Communications Director of Pioneer Balloon Company on the Qualatex Facebook Group a few weeks ago? Susan shared some great news about an exciting, FREE, video resource - this might be on a time limit to help businesses during the Covid-19 crisis, but as of right now, it is definitely still available! Making a video is straight forward, first visit:  https://waymark.com/videos/collections/spectrum-reach or click HERE The website will open in a new window, so you can start working straight away!  I have made a short, screen shot video to take you through the process, but I strongly recommend that you take a few minutes to play with it and see the amazing videos you can make!   "One minute of video is worth 1.8 million words."   -Dr. James McQuivey of Forrester Research  Before you start: Decide in advance what you want  your video to be about...

S ince the Q Corner Convention, a number of the instructors have very kindly shared additional information to further supplement their classes, including photographs, class notes and materials lists. To make it easier for everyone to find for future reference, I have documented these, along with their class video, in a series of blog posts that I will publish over the next few weeks. Chun-Lin, Sung - @BuskerJames From Taichung, Taiwan. Class Title: Maillestrom is a storm shape of ring's combination.  "It looks really gorgeous with Chrome and metal color balloons." "I thank Soo Chin for the invitation to be one of instructor in Q Corner Convention. I have received many thanks from balloon artists from around the world, who made 'Maillestrom' and tagged me immediately!  Because of an audio problem, I was unable to show you the variation of Maillestrom. So, I would like to explain here:  Based on Maillestrom design that I taught, the cente...

H ave you had the opportunity to watch all the incredible classes from the Q Corner Convention yet?  Since the convention, a number of the instructors have very kindly shared additional information to supplement their classes, including photographs and materials lists. To make it easier to find these for future reference, I have documented them, along with their class video, in a series of blog posts that I will publish over the next few weeks. Glen LaValley - Glen the Balloon Guy, from Edmonton, Canada.  Class Title - Balloon Make-Up and Dècor Pieces "How to combine foils and latex balloons to create make-up and cosmetics related accent sculptures." If you missed Glen's class, just click on the video below! This video starts from the beginning of his class. Rupert Appleyard, CBA - Phileas Flash - Time Twister, from Edmonton, Canada. Class Title: The Power of Being Underestimated "When he was recently asked to create...

W ow, have you had time to recover from watching all those amazing classes from the Q Corner Convention yet? What a truly fabulous five days that was, and definitely one that will go down in ballooning history! A huge thank you to Susan Dhillon, Eve Antonello and the entire Pioneer Balloon Company team who made this happen in such an incredibly short time! And of course, a very special thank you must go to Keith Stirman and Dominic Cassidy of Q Corner, who did an incredible job of both hosting and running this event, all while coping with very little sleep, and a fair share of technical glitches!  As with all classes, 90 minutes is never quite as long as you think, and I still had one design in the wings that I sadly did not have time to show. So rather than waste the balloons and the design that I had prepared, I thought that I would make a short video that shows the bonus designs, plus a few additional tips!  To understand the new design, you will need to watc...