For the third year in a row, VIP Balloons have teamed up with Niche Cocktails to provide an award winning stand at the Anglia Business Exhibition. In 2015 their stand was awarded Runner Up to the one provided by Ipswich Borough Council. In 2016 (pictured above) they won by recreating a small corner if Spain. This…
A Look Back at Christmas 2016 – Part One
Christmas is a very busy time of the year for us at VIP Balloons and so we didn’t get chance to keep you updated with everything that happened, so we thought we’d look back at some of the many highlights in a series of blogs. Our first major Christmas job was being part of a…
Making Trade Stands Count
With the Anglia Business Exhibition only a few months away, and the start of another Wedding Fair season looming, our minds at VIP Balloons have been focused on what makes a good exhibition display. We have been showing at Wedding Fairs throughout East Anglia since the late 1990s and learnt very early on that to…
Creating a Spanish Garden In Suffolk
Last month we got together with Bob Scott of Niche Cocktails and Ruth Leigh of the Paella and Tapas Company to exhibit at the Anglia Business Exhibition. The concept was easy – remove the usual pull up banners, tables and leaflets that you usually see at business exhibitions and ‘sell the experience’ of our companies.…
Mondrian Balloon Art
A few weeks ago I met Adam Randall of Artworks, a graphic design company based in Ipswich who creates a number of different cards and related products including his lead range, ‘Mond’, based on the art by Mondrian. Piet Mondriaan was born in 1872 in the Netherlands and died in 1944, aged 71. After panting…
Great Ormond Street Hospital Christmas Parties – Part Four
Over the last few days we have taken a look at how we were chosen to be involved with creating décor for Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Christmas party, as well as looking in detail at the designs by Chris Horne and Dr Bob. Today we take a look at the Candy Arch design led by…
Great Ormond Street Hospital Christmas Parties – Part One
For the last five years BAPIA, the Balloon and Party Industry Alliance, have called for its members to assist them with creating the balloon décor for the grand Christmas parties at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). GOSH is a children’s hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of London, and was founded in 1852. It was…
Anglia Business Exhibition, Part 2 – The Grand Opening
At the beginning of May, Trinity Park, home of the Suffolk Show, hosted the biggest and best business show in East Anglia and VIP Balloons were there – not just exhibiting for ourselves, but also assisting several other local companies with their stands and providing the official show décor. ISSBA chairman James Davey said the…
Anglia Business Exhibition, Part 1 The Hustings
At the beginning of May, Trinity Park, home of the Suffolk Show, hosted the biggest and best business show in East Anglia and VIP Balloons were there – not just exhibiting for ourselves, but also assisting several other local companies with their stands and providing the official show décor. The event started with a Hustings…
Slovina Event 2015
As members of the Qualatex Balloon Network, VIP Balloons are constantly keeping up to date with our colleagues throughout the world and last week international competitions were being held in Slovina and we thought it would be good to share with you the entries for the Wedding Table competition. First place was won by Olga…
