The 'Art' of Fantasy Flowers!

Fantasy Flowers... love them or hate them?

Mother's Day Design created by Sue Bowler CBA

I know that this is a bit of a 'bold' statement, but it's true, there are those of us who can see that using this technique can enhance a balloon design and there are those who don't think that they have any place in the balloon industry... which one are you?

Beautiful Gift Wrapped Microfoil® Hearts

If you are looking for a great add-on for Valentine's Day, this lovely gift wrapped Qualatex® Microfoil® hearts are just perfect!
These beautifully wrapped hearts are quick, simple, and inexpensive to make, however, the perceived value is so much greater!


If you have a retail store, you should be selling 100's of these all year round! So, don't delay, fill a vase today, and position the vase right by your point of sale. Don't forget to add a little ticket that says —"buy me now, I last forever! I'm yours for only $£", and remember that customers like to see a price rather than having to ask!

Valentine's Balloon Character Step- by Step from me to you xox

With only 3 weeks until Valentine's Day, here is another great design that your customers will love!

Are you ready for Valentines day?

With Christmas and New Year a distant memory - it's now time to turn our focus to Valentines day!

Last week I was in Denmark, at Pegani, Denmark's Qualatex Distributor with a great group and together we created some fun designs for Valentines day!

Mischievous Monkey with Love in his Tummy! - Design by Sue Bowler CBA

Sue's 2012 review... the best bits! Part 2

Happy 2013 everyone!

Well 2013 has finally arrived along with a lovely crisp and sunny morning, making it somehow feel like a new year! 

2012 was a great year for fantastic events and not such a great year with the helium 'crisis'. But Qualatex jumped to the rescue offering a range of 1 day demonstrations and a fantastic booklet filled with inspiring air-filled designs - The Qualatex Air-filled Advantage! Which if you did not get a copy is available to download just click HERE 

So here are my remaining 'best bits' from 2012!

Sue's 2012 review... the best bits! Part 1

It is at this time of year that all the TV and radio channels review their 'best bits' of the year! So I thought  that I would like to do the same, looking back over my 'Ballooning 2012' with some of the people and events that have made is so very special!

January 2012

For me, January started with a wonderful trip to Israel with Elisa Helman, of Balloonland, Jerusalem's annual training event, along with Keith Stirman and Dom Cassidy, aka the Balloon Brothers!

Balloonland 2012

A Christmas Candle - a beautiful design with balloons.

I love Qualatex^® Microfoil Taper balloons and I was inspired to use one to created this candle design.