At VIP Balloons we are members of the Qualatex Balloon Network, a group of profession balloon artist from all around the globe. Over the last few weeks, our fellow balloon artists have been creating some fang-tastic designs for Halloween and we thought we’d share them with you. Lisa Lang Talip is a balloon artist from…
How to plan *your* charity balloon race
We often get asked to help out local charities and good causes and we find the easiest way for us to do this is to run a fun-filled balloon race for them. Basically speaking, a balloon race is where we release lots of helium-filled balloons and see which one travels the furthest. How does this…
Visiting The Hospice
A special report written by our new Social Media Manager Charlotte Stamp-Dod, 13 On the 12th of August 2015, I went to ‘Networking For Good’, a business breakfast meeting, at St Elizabeth Hospice. At the very end of the meeting, the other members of the group and I, were taken on a tour of the…
Papworth Trust Update
Last March we took part in ‘Papworth on Parole’ as VIP Balloon Artist, Samuel Stamp-Dod shouted, “I’m a balloon artist – get me out of here!” Following our fund raising, where we managed to raise over £300 ourselves (to add to a group figure of over £4,000) we were invited to a celebration at…
Blue and White Support for George!
This week we were asked if we would help support a local charity raising money for an Ipswich Boy who is suffering from SMA Type II. If, like us, you haven’t heard of this, SMA stands for spinal muscular atrophy. There are several different types of SMA – the disease is classified according to the…
St Elizabeth Hospice Ball
During 2014, we at VIP Balloons adopted St Elizabeth Hospice as our charity of the year and we had the pleasure of decorating for their charity ball in Ipswich Town Hall. They already had their balloons printed and we were asked to decorate the room with them A couple of pearl arches were used to…
Classic Black and White Staging
Balloon Fantasy from Atlanta have used Qualatex QuickLink balloons to create this striking backdrop to a dance floor. The use of just black and white balloons works especially well with the checkerboard dance floor. Balloon Fantasy have been decorating the venues of Atlanta for over twenty years and, just like us at VIP Balloons…
Red Sparrow Crochet
The other day I was walking through Bury St Edmunds and I came across The Handmade Shop and Gallery. Tucked between gift shops and florists, this wonderful little gallery could outshine those in London. Whilst there, I met the lovely lady from Red Sparrow Crochet who, whist manning the tills, was also creating some Christmas…
Olaf from Frozen
We just love to make balloon sculptures and this is one of the most popular designs that we have created; Olaf from the hit Disney film Frozen This design was orginally made when the film was just out in the cinemas and very shortly afterwards we were asked to recreate the design over and over again. …
Transforming a Conference Room
We are often asked if we can work our magic on a corporate looking room within a hotel or coference centre and this is something we love doing! This example was taken at the Holiday Inn on London Road in Ipswich for an awards celebration for the Deaf Society. The room had been laid out…
