This weekend, January 9th and 10th 6000 brides attended the wedding trade show in Place Bonaventure, Montreal.
Amazing event! All possible types of wedding decorations were on display!
WOW! Balloons, Inc were invited to decorate a booth for “Natalka Celebrations” event planing company. Since it is a wedding – we have made the heart. Since their colors are Burgundy and Champlain -these are the colors of the balloons!
What we did not take pictures of (and we should have!!!) – sculptures made out of chocolate in one of the booths. I have never seen anything that beautiful! It was so skillfully done – I figured these are stone ones and walk by first several times. Here is the link to some pictures on their site, but unfortunately it is not all…: http://heyez.com/francais/photoscrea.shtml# – take a look!
Trade Show Decoration - Sculpture of Balloon Heart
Heart Balloon Sculpture for Trade Show Booth
Pictures by Tatiana Ostovskaja (www.photographemontrealimage.com/) highly recommend!
Dancing Party Decorations
It was a simple ‘end of school, start of college’ party. There was a few adults, a lot of kids, a low light and a DJ. Low light is the keyword, for in the center of every “flower” that comprises the wall there was a small balloon with a blinking light inside! During the first part, while the light was on, it was just a balloon wall – party decoration as usual. But, when the light was dimmed, the blinking lights turn the wall into twinkling and flickering wonder!
Balloon wall with blinking lights
The blinking lights are relatively expensive – $1.29 each at the moment, but it is well worth the money. If it is dark in the room and you can’t see your decoration, you don’t need it, right? Well, now, coming soon at a low light party near you, are the balloon decorations for the dark. With these lights, a simple decoration turns into absolutely amazing, stunning piece of décor.
The lights are small, light weighted and can be lifted by a helium filled balloon. On the negative side – they are not too dependable, I had to buy more, turn them on and use only those that were blinking an hour later.
The site for the lights: http://www.flashingblinkylights.com/
Photograph Tatiana Ostrovskaja, www.photographemontrealimage.com
Here is the rest of the party:
Balloon Sculpture of Anchor
10′ anchor at the top of the tent (same type of the design, but standing was used for a business party with underwater theme).
Also three lovely octopuses like that were invited to the birthday party and placed around the tents.
Balloon sculpture: octopus, small 6' across
The original octopus (see balloon octopus) was 12′ across. The three balloon sculptures were 6′ not to be overwhelming for the birthday girl. Here is a close up photo. The face was designed for the party, it is not a ready made balloon.
Balloon sculpture: Sea Hoarses and an arch
The best way to theme a party is to use big balloon sculptures. Especially something that most guests have never seen before.
This is a second birthday party of a very special lady. Special enough to have these 8′ seahorses, 10′ anchor and three octopuses (just wait for the next post!). Did you get something like these when you were two???
Just a suggestion: if you have an outside party and balloon sculptures are outside, have something (I suggest a cloth drop that painters use to cover the floor) to cover them to protect against the sun, or place the sculpture in the shade. Hot summer sun kills white balloons in the matter of hours, colored balloons – much faster, black balloons – within half an hour.
Another concern is wind. If the spot is windy – the balloon sculpture is like a sail on a boat. Keep it in mind when you plan where to place it. It is nice to secure it to something very solid and heavy, like a house. If there is nothing there, a heavy spike in the ground will do the trick.
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Here are several way to dress up the space behind the bride and groom table.
Wedding Decorations: Backdrop for the head table
The simple 3 – piece set of so-called “daisy” clusters, connected with tulle. Very simple and effective way to decorate a wedding. Also used with 5 pieces if the head table is long.
Other types of fabric can be used, but only tulle is light enough to be lifted by helium. But, if there is a wish to use heavier material, the same (or any other tipe of clusters) can be suspended from the ceiling or be supported by a frame – the final look will be exactly the same.
Wedding Decoratins: Heart Backdrop
Standard, but very effective way to create a focal point. Here any fabric can be used. If the room is vary large, a big heart can be the main decorating peace to create “WOW!” effect. That is exactly how our clients achieved it a few months ago – see the picture below.
Wedding Decorations: Sculpture of Heart, 20'
In this case, it is not just the backdrop, it is the centerpiece of the wedding. And, sure enough, every guest said “WOW!” entering the room…
Wedding decorations: Balloon arch with tule between columns
Somewhat unusual decoration with non-traditional color for a wedding: black. Two columns connected with an arch with tulle.
As always, there is a choice: traditional design or something new. Some people loved it, some did not understand how can anybody use black for wedding. In any case, black balloons look very sharp against white ceiling.
A lot of times, when planing wedding decorations (or any party decorations) people forget about the background color. Worst case scenario: white wedding dress, white table cloths, white flowers and even white balloons (!!!) in a white tent.
More on the backdrops is coming!