The Italian Job
BACI 2013 Back in January this year I was approached by Pioneer Europe and asked the head the decor for BACI. Over previous years this decor had been designed and installed by the teachers but with their heavy work load and total commitment to training it’s one of those jobs that gets done at the last minute and causes stress to those involved, but this year was to be different as I was to head a team of volunteers to create some real impact decor…THE WOW FACTOR was about to...
Read MoreIKEA Coventry Easter Promotion
Air Filled Balloon Arches Ikea Coventry used the power of visual balloon arches to kick start their Kitchen and Bedroom Easter promotion. The arches were installed at the entrance to each zone adding drama and excitement. All the arches were air filled. Qualatex balloons were down sized for the main body of the arch using 11″ standard latex sized to 7″ and the larger balloons at the base were 16″ sized to 11″. This will held keep the arches looking good as they need to...
Read MoreJYSK open at Arena Park Coventry
JSYK opened a brand new store today at the Arena Park Shopping Centre in Coventry and to make sure they were the centre of attention a large air filled 4 cluster swirl arch was placed over the main entrance. Yeph, think it did the trick. ( I’m not sure what they sell but the arch looked good )
Read MoreVolvo Truck & Mr Blue Skies
All Air Filled Decor My clients brief was create something that will knock their client for 6 when they enter the room. The theme for the conference was Blue Skies and all they had for the awards event in the evening was blue LED up-lighters so with that in mind I set about creating the WOW factor. Fluffy white clouds, giant foil suns and butterflies came to mind and no I had not been smoking anything. Then the client said she would like some planes in the design and sent me a picture of a...
Read MoreGuild of Funeral Directors Ball 2013
Once again I had the pleasure of decorating and attending the Guild of Funeral Directors Ball at the Manor Hotel, Meriden on Friday 1st March 2013. It’s a great night, great 5 course meal, great company and lots of drink and yes, I have a hangover whilst writing this post.
Read MoreBACI 2013…..I need your help.
BACI, Florence, Italy 2013 So last year was awesome and who would think you could top what happened to me, suspended a bloke in a shopping centre with 8ft Chloroprene balloon for a week, shipped off to Macedonia to help with the TV programme “Idiot Abroad” and then a double spread in IMAGES magazine, WOW, what a year. So you would think this year would be a little bit calmer, well NO. I have been asked to head up the decor for the Gala Ball at BACI in Florence , Italy in April...
Read MoreNew Years Eve 2012
Another busy New Years Eve but this years we are a lot more organised. We did all the foil balloon inflating on Saturday 29th December and all the pyro rigging on Sunday 30th December. All the foil balloon bouquets were delivered in the morning to 7 hotels and casinos in and around Coventry & Stratford upon Avon just leaving the pre-inflated latex for the afternoon of New Years Eve. Its now 2.30pm on the 31st and the van has been loaded for the last time with 400 x 12″ latex for the...
Read MoreEuro Shopper Wolverhampton
The first Euro Shopper opened it’s doors to the public on Thursday. The arch over the door lifted the entrance and the column in the car park added extra sparkle
Read MoreGala Bingo…The Ultimate Bingo Challenge 2012
The Ultimate Bingo Challenge 2012 took place across the country at 10 Gala Bingo Sites and decor was required for all, so once again I call upon 9 very loyal and trustworthy crews to install each site. The brief was simple “Same as last year” . Well done all, its was another 100% success rate. I’m still waiting on a few more picture to come in but for now these will do. As you can see my arch was a little bit more OTT than the rest, well there was a reason for...
Read MoreThe smallest of things mean so much….
Hi Matt, Gratitude is a quality which sadly lacks in todays very self centred and cynical world. So, just to show that I at least hold old fashioned values, I would like to publicly thank you. Firstly, thank you for giving Balloon A Loony the opportunity to help you with the building of one of the various Virgin archways in July, ours was in Falkirk. I fully understand that payment for these jobs can take some time to come through from the corporate clients involved, so waiting a few...
Read MoreAugust Bank Holiday Arches
The last bank holiday weekend of the summer happened in late August and once again our client required more balloon arches at their high street stores. All in all 20 arches were install at 20 location across England on Thursday 23rd August and maintained until they were de-rigged on Sunday 26th August. Once again the client was thrilled with the overall effect with stores report and increase of over 300% on the previous week. It just goes to show that a simple air fill arch over the door is...
Read MoreCostco Coventry.., Happy 2nd Birthday
Costco Coventry is celebrating being open two years this weekend and they were in need of a patriotic theme arch the welcome shopper
Read More12000 balloons and another 40 arches.
So, here we go again with yet another 40 four cluster swirl arches across the country. Last months project was highly successful and the client has decided to do it again this month and possibly next month as well. Each crew is supplied with the balloons so all they have to do is inflate and construct each arch at their allocated store. The event takes off on the 23rd August and will last until Sunday 26th August. Some crews have taken on more that one arch so good luck. All the arches...
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