Showing posts with label baby decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby decor. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

"Hello, little one! - Fun and Appealing Baby Decor Ideas!

Balloon decorations can add a festive and whimsical touch to any celebration. Here are some fun balloon decoration ideas for a new baby, Baby Shower, Gender Reveal or any baby related occasion including Baby's First Birthday! 

Design by Sue Bowler

Create a beautiful balloon Arch or Rainbow Arch using balloons in different shades of pastel colours or in the theme of the baby's gender (if known). You can place the arch at the entrance or use it as a backdrop for a photo booth.


Oh baby, you’re cute!

This sweet design is simply perfect for that little button of a baby!

Designer name: Eve Antonello, CBA, Pioneer Balloon Company, Wichita, KS, USA


This fabulous design by Eve incorporates the 'Baby Boy Garland' adding in all the "little touches" along the base of the design. To find out how to make this design and others, check out the Happy Hour with Cam & Eve video below.

41" Baby Boy Garland
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Baby designs from Happy Hour with Cam & Eve
Did you know that all these pretty in pink baby shower photos and marketing materials are available from Qualatex.com? These are from a photoshoot that I did with Qualatex a few years ago, there are some great shots that would be perfect for your social media marketing! Click HERE or visit: https://pioneerballooncompany.widencollective.com/c/hnceyt3g





Baby Shower Decor by Sue Bowler



Here is something a little different. I created this 'Baby Hoop' design for a display earlier this year. It also looks great with an air-filled foil balloon connected to the centre of the hoop! The balloons are all double-stuffed to create these pastel shades that work perfectly with the Unicorn foil balloon.


Baby Hoop Design by Sue Bowler CBA

Who does not adore an Animal Buddy! Using a Qualatex shape balloon you can create many different animals including giraffes, pandas, monkeys and bears just to name a few! For the 'Floppy Eared Bunny' below, I inserted a 16" white latex balloons inside a 'Welcome Baby Boho Rainbow' Bubble balloon, for me, it makes the design on the Bubble balloon stand out.
Bunny Design by Sue Bowler



Or how about this Bear! The body of this bear is perfect for personalisation! If you would like to learn how to make this adorable design just click HERE, or follow this link: https://theverybestballoonblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/baby-bear-air-filled-delivery-design.html

And finally, If you would like to learn how To create a hot air balloon using a 3' balloon covered with 5" balloons like the one shown below, follow the instructions provided by Eve Antonello, CBA in the video below. This technique is perfect for organic hot air balloons as well! Simply size the 5” balloons randomly to achieve the organic look.

Hot Air Balloon by Eve Antonello



Did you know?  More babies are born in July, August and September, so this is a great time of year to be promoting baby designs and decor.

If creating social media assets is not your strong point, there are some fantastic prepared tiles available for you to use... and they are FREE! To view these click HERE or follow this link: https://us.qualatex.com/en-us/inspiration/marketing-materials/

Here are a few examples of some of the assets available for download, some are photos whilst others are tiles that can be personalised with your own message or company details using Canva or anything similar!







Thank you for reading this post! I hope that it has given you a little inspiration?

Happy Ballooning!

Sue
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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Spring Fair 2022 - Check out what we've been up to on the Qualatex Stand! Part 1.

So what is Spring Fair? Probably the best way to describe Spring Fair is that it is a B2B (business to business) trade show for the retail market.This show attracts thousands of customers from around the world looking to buy new and exciting products for their shops, stores and showrooms.

Spring Fair has been an annual event for me for many years. Each year I have had the honour and privilege (and what some might call daunting task) of creating a variety of displays for the Qualatex stand. My remit is to create displays that displays new and existing products in a creative way to promote and inspire customers visiting the stand.

Due to the worldwide pandemic, last year's show was cancelled, as with most events! As you can imagine, myself and the Pioneer Europe Team were extremely happy to be back once again! 

Dinosaur Design by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Meet the Pioneer Europe Team and Instructors

Pioneer Europe Team & Instructors


The Window Displays

Designs by Sue Bowler, CBA


This year I was assigned four themes to create designs for, and each theme required two displays. It is the first time that I have made displays for double-decker windows, and so I was a little unsure how it would work. I am happy to report that it was successful!

These are the themes I got to create for:

  • Dinosaur
  • New Baby
  • Adult Milestone Birthday
  • Child Birthday

Dinosaur theme

If I am honest, when I was first asked to create a display with the Dino theme, I was a little concerned, as this is not a 'subject' that I usually work with! However, it proved to be one of my favourite window displays ever, and offered me the opportunity to step outside of my usual style! The tree that I made was actually created in inspiration of the extremely talented Alberto Falcone, CBA. Alberto is a true artist and everything that he makes is a work of art! 

Sue Bowler with her Dinosaur window display



Dinosaur Window Display Design by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

The hoop display below had a mobile effect, and gently spun around with slight air movement.

Dinosaur Window Display Design by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA
Northstar 46" Stegosaurus
#63854



42" Tyrannosaurus
#88459



The tree was made from aluminium rod and secured to a small weighted base. I used 160Q and 260Q balloons to create the tree, and twisted and twined them together to create this fabulous effect. To ensure that the balloons lasted and looked good for the duration of the show, I treated each balloon with HI-FLOAT. This may sound like a tricky job, but it's actually quite easy when you use the smallest bottle that has the long nozzle that fit perfectly into a 260Q! 



The hoop design was made on PVC electrical conduit that was secured with a push fit connector. Using PVC conduit allowed me to make the hoop the size that I required for the design.

Qualatex Balloon Colours

All the balloons were double-stuffed: this is something that I always do when I create displays for events such as this. This ensures that the balloons last the duration of the event, plus I like to create custom colours to give tonal changes and create new and exciting colours! This colour selection would also be perfect for a Harry Potter themed party.

Qualatex
Mocha Brown
Emerald Green
Spring Green
Sparkling Burgundy
Green
Chrome Gold

Baby Theme

This window gave me the opportunity to display the new Baby Girl Garland and Baby Girl Dark SkinTone balloon. You will see that I have included some of the garland shapes with my design below, if you would like to learn how to do this I have added a link to Cam & Eve's video - Happy Hour with Cam & Eve: Let's play with the NEW Microfoil Garland Balloon.


New Baby Window Display by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Rainbow display by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

New Baby Window display by Sue Bowler, CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

22" Baby Girl Pink Confetti Dots Bubble
#10035

41" Baby Girl Garland
#17765

38" Baby Girl Dark Skin Tone
#18943

Adult Milestone Display

I love a pink and floral display, so as you can imagine this was a favourite for me. In this display I featured the fabulous new 33" Pink Peony and the 22" Birthday to You Pink Peonies Bubble balloon. I also used one of my favourites, the 18" Birthday Pink & Gold Dots, which is such an elegant balloon. I accented my designs with beautiful silk peonies and greenery. For the smaller window, I created a heart using a heart frame and added balloons in an organic style. The colours that I used are:
Qualatex
Pink
Rose
Wild Berry
Pearl Pink
White
Chrome Gold
Mocha Brown - Inside Rose and Pearl Pink


Elegant Balloon Heart Frame Design by Sue Bowler
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Female 50th Birthday Displays by Sue Bowler, CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Elegant Balloon & Flowers Hat Box display by Sue Bowler CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Elegant Balloon Heart Frame Design by Sue Bowler - www.suebowler.com
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

22" Birthday to you Pink Peonies Bubble
#18649

33" Pink Peony 
#18712

Child Milestone Display

The fourth and final window display was to show the new Birthday Blue Dots (Ages 1-5) and the Birthday Boy Blue Dots balloons. This was such a fun display to make. I created a number 3 frame and made some Monkey Balloon Buddies... all of which would be perfect for a 3 year olds birthday! 

18" Birthday Boy Blue Dots
#18874

18" Age 3 Blue Dots
#23109



Age 3 Birthday Boy Window Display by Sue Bowler, CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

Age 3 Birthday Boy Window Display by Sue Bowler, CBA
Design by Sue Bowler, CBA

The colours that I used in this display are:
Qualatex
Pale Blue
Pearl Light Blue
Robin's Egg Blue
Caribbean Blue
White
Pearl Azure
Chrome Gold


In Part 2, I will show you the "Four Seasons" displays that Alberto Falcone and I made, along with other attractive features from the stand! 

I hope that you enjoyed seeing all these designs, and that it might give you a little inspiration for your own displays and designs! 

Happy Ballooning! 

Sue
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Friday, August 28, 2020

🎀 𝐵𝒶𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝐵𝒶𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝐵𝒶𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓈 🎀 - Beautiful Baby Balloon Decor

September brings many exciting new things: the start of Autumn, longer nights and cooler days, schools and colleges starting their new academic year, and, perhaps most special of all, one of the most popular months for having a baby! Statistically, there are more babies born in September than any other month... mostly in northern hemisphere countries! 

With that in mind, there is no better time to start a '𝐵𝒶𝒷𝓎 𝑀𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽' marketing campaign and use this month to promote a range of adorable baby balloon decor for Baby Showers and New Baby arrivals on websites and social media channels!  

Baby Girl Delivery Design by Eve Antonello

Recently, Cam Woody, CBA, and Eve Antonella, CBA, shared some super cute baby designs on Tuesday's Happy Hour With Cam And Eve, a weekly 'LIVE' show that can be viewed at 1pm CST every Tuesday on Mr Q's Facebook Page



To learn how to make these delightful designs by Cam & Eve check out the video!

Baby Delivery Design by Cam Woody



Baby Boy Designs by Cam Woody


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Need a little more inspiration? Here are some more fabulous designs to excite you and your customers! 

Wrapped Baby Boy - Marvin Ohmstedt, CBA, Ballons-Bremen.de, Bremen, Germany.


Wrapped Baby Boy - Marvin Ohmstedt, CBA, Ballons-Bremen.de, Bremen, Germany.

Celebrate a new bundle of joy with this cute gift design from Marvin Ohmstedt, CBA. Featuring the stylish Baby Boy Blue Stripes Microfoil® in both 18" (#88001) and 9" (#88489), and new 7" Chrome® Gold latex (#85111), this fully air-filled design will underscore any new baby celebration perfectly.

Did you know that, QBN members & CBA's can download instruction sheets for many of the designs featured on Qualatex.com - to download this design click HERE

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If you are looking to make an eye-catching window display, how about making one of these beautiful Baby Moon designs! I first made this design for a window display for Pioneer Europe at the Spring Fair 2018. This proved to be an exceptionally,   popular design with visitors to the show. I loved working with this fabulous colour combination of Pastel Caribbean Blue (Caribbean Blue double-stuffed inside White) and the little 'pops' of Chrome Gold and confetti-filled balloons.

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Baby Boy - Baby Moon Design
Baby Moon by Sue Bowler, CBA.

If you would like to learn how to re-create this design with full step-by-step instructions check out the video's below. 

Part 1. How to make the frame 

Part 2. How to add the balloons, sizings and finishing touches.

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I absolutely love this beautiful Baby Hoop design by Esty Landman of Balance Balloons in Israel, and you can see that it uses a very similar colour palette to my own Baby Moon design. I adore all the little details and how they all work so beautifully together. Esty is a very talented balloon artist, I highly recommend that you take a peek at her other balloon work.

Baby Hoop design by Esty Landman of Balance Balloons in Israel

Qualatex® Double Bubbles Balloons are double the fun! This adorable "Baby Blue Bear" inside a clear Bubble Balloon and with coordinating details is a definite winner! 

Baby Boy Double-Bubble Design by Sue Bowler
Design by Sue Bowler
24" Baby Blue Bear #29486
24" Baby Pink Bear #29488


Using the same "Baby Blue Bear" Double Bubble, this design uses the Bear that has been carefully removed from the Balloon!


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I  love the vibrancy of this design made by Tina Giunta, CBA, of Shivoo Balloons in Melbourne, Australia.
I suppose we all expect baby designs to be pastel tones and this design is bright, bold and beautiful! I expect that's why I love it so much, it stands out from the norm! 


                                                             

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𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Making designs that incorporate a little balloon character is always very appealing. The characters do not need to be complicated, but the addition of little face is a  finishing touch that always makes the design stand out. Don't forget, Qualatex have printed "Face" balloons if you are not confident to make your own! 



Top Left - 5" Happy/Sad Baby Face
Top Right - 5" Sleeping Pacifier Baby Face
Bottom Left - 6" QuickLink Happy/Sad Baby Face 
Bottom Right - 6" QuickLink Sleeping Pacifier Baby Face


Baby Boy Design by Sue Bowler
Baby Boy Design by Sue Bowler
18" Rachel Ellen - Baby Stroller #50253
 
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Baby Girl Moon Column Design by Sue Bowler

Baby Girl & Moon Column by Sue Bowler
35" Crescent Moon - 
Rose Gold #57857 
Metallic Gold #36530
Silver #36531
Pearl Pink 9" Heart #54593
Pearl Pink 4" Heart #27164

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Beautiful Baby Girl Design by Zahraa Jawad of Forever Balloons Boutique in Beirut, Lebanon.
Beautiful Baby Girl Design by Zahraa Jawad of Forever Balloons Boutique in Beirut, Lebanon.

22" Baby Girl Pink & Confetti Dots #10035
7" Chrome Gold #85111
11" Chrome Gold #58271

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𝒫𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝐵𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓃𝓈

Personalised balloons are a fabulous addition to any balloon or design. Adding a babies name or a special message makes a balloon delivery that is much more special and unique.


Adorable Baby Delivery by Zahraa Jawad of Forever Balloons Boutique.
Adorable Baby Delivery by Zahraa Jawad of Forever Balloons Boutique.
Zahraa combines a personalised balloon with a little baby character to make a complete design... and it's all air-filled too! 
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Personalised Balloon design by Jacqueline Pettit of Tiffany's Balloons in Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Balloon design by Jacqueline Pettit of Tiffany's Balloons in Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Jacqueline always makes beautiful personalised balloons. I always love the fonts that she chooses and her beautiful finishing touches. 
24" Deco Bubble - Baby Footprints #49459


Zahraa finds the perfect solution to add personalisation to a message balloon. She simply adds a 9" Star Microfoil™️ balloon that not only allows her to personalise her design, it also compliments the message balloon perfectly.
Yep I'm a Boy is no longer available, however it can be easily substituted for another baby Microfoil balloon... there are many lovely designs! 


I hope that you have found some inspiration from all the beautiful designs featured in this blog post! A huge thank you to Cam, Eve, Marvin, Esty, Tina, Jacqueline and Zahraa for sharing their beautiful work with The Very Best Balloon Blog.

Happy Ballooning!

Sue
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