At VIP Balloons we love a challenge and recently we were challenged to make some free standing walls of balloons to form part of a maze in London’s Battersea Park for the RNLI’s Splash Fest. On Sunday 7 August 2016, London saw it’s first family-friendly water-filled obstacle course is taking over Battersea Park. Splash Fest…
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…
“I can make anything”
“Give me enough time and enough balloons and I can create almost anything for you” That’s a pretty big claim for a balloon artist to make, however, Samuel Stamp-Dod of VIP Balloons feels he can. But how? Samuel first trained in balloon art back in 2000 and has continued to invest in his development ever…
Planning your wedding
When it comes to planning your wedding, the best place to start can often be a wedding fair. We have been exhibiting at wedding fairs for the last sixteen years and each season we look at what we expect to be in fashion for that year and create new designs to inspire those who visit.…
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 Three
Earlier this week we were invited to join with other balloon artists from throughout the UK to create some amazing balloon décor for the children of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Christmas party. We have already given you an overview of the event and gone through the designs by Chris Horne and today we take a…
Great Ormond Street Hospital Christmas Parties – Part Two
In yesterday’s blog we spoke about why VIP Balloons joined BAPIA to help transform a large empty event space in central London for the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Christmas Party. The area was so large (over 700 square feet) that the crew split up into three groups to tackle different areas of the design. Today…
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…
Taking a looking inside the Qualatex Maze
Last week we took at a look at the building of the Amazing Qualatex Maze at the Balloon Jam in Belgium and promised that we would return to show you the completed designs. The maze,brainchild of Didier Dvorak, a balloon artist and enthusiast from Switzerland, took 25 people to build over 1,000 hours and used 100,000 balloons.…
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