Day 250: Land Shark

I had another fun new request from this guy. I don't know how the idea of giving someone their own sharp fin. (dorsal fin?)


This was obviously a quick thing to build... but it was also something fun to make.


See you tomorrow.

Day 249: Piggy Bank

Here is a funny little design I made for my wife to take to work with her. She works for a bank, and was helping out another branch by filling in for them when they were short handed. They were running some sort of promotion and she asked me for something to put on the table in the lobby to grab peoples attention.


I wanted to try something new and make a sculpture that didn't use the normal twisting balloons. This was made using only rounds, hearts, and bee bodies.


I'm happy with how it turned out.


See you tomorrow.

Day 248: Hammer Time

This sinister looking guy is about to nail an innocent bystander with his balloon hammer.


He asked me what I could make weapon wise that he could take home and whack his brother with... then asked if I could make him a giant hammer.


I tried to put together a hammer design that would be sturdy enough to withstand a good deal of swinging and impacts.


See you tomorrow.

Day 247: Balloon Tractor

I had a special order for a balloon tractor for a baby shower.


The child will be names Oliver, and he will be receiving his very own Oliver tractor when he's older.


The special order was a prize that was won in a raffle I offered up my services for.


See you tomorrow.

Day 246: Birds On A Heart

I thought today's balloon turned out rather cute, so I wanted to post it.
For some reason I had several anniversary couples at my restaurant tonight.
I tried to come up with a fun new version of two lovebirds kissing on a heart. Here is how it turned out.


See you tomorrow.

Day 231-245: New Phone!

I think this is the longest time I've had to make up for missing. A busy schedule followed by my phone breaking put me out of commission on this blog for a couple weeks. 


I'm back now!
My phone has been replaced, the pictures were recovered and returned to me, and I'm about to share them with you.




I'm going to post them all with descriptions, and we'll count it as all caught up. There will be 15 different designs... I'm 15 days late... Lets try to fix this.



Day 231: 4th of July Dress


First is a dress I made for a 4th of July parade I was a part of. Sadly, my phone was beginning to act up at this point, and I wasn't able to snap a picture till later in the day. At this point the dress had been in the heat and sun for a while... and had shriveled a bit. I wish I could have gotten a picture of it when it was in better shape.










Next is a selection of balloon hats I made for a show I did out of state. This is part of my balloon show package, I have kids help me tell stories like The 3 Little Pigs, The Tortoise and The Hare... classic stories... ones with morals and messages.


Day 232: Balloon Cat Hat


I know it needs a little work... I need to do something with the ears.  

Day 233: Balloon Dog Hat




I think this one is close to done. It might still need a little tweaking.

Day 234: Balloon Mosquito Hat


This one is shaping up nicely also... perhaps just a little more work on the face.




















Day 235: Balloon Frog Hat


This is a much simpler version of my frog hat. I'm working on changing up the design, and that requires starting it over from scratch.

Day 236: Balloon Mouse Hat


This one is near it's final stage also. I think I just need to make the face itself a little bigger.

Day 237: Balloon Pig Hat


I'm still not 100% happy with my pig... in any of it's forms. I need to spend some time looking at pigs or something and try to think of a better way to make them.

Day 238: Balloon Wolf Hat 


The wolf's ears also need a little work I think, and perhaps I need to change the shape of the mouth.

Day 239: Balloon Scorpion Hat


This is a new attempt at the scorpion hat... I have been using a different design for years, and tried something new for this show.










Day 240: Balloon Duck Hat


This is one of those times when a very simple design seems to capture all that I think is needed for the shape to be recognizable. I don't know what I could add to make this look more like a duck.












Day 241: Balloon Elephant Hat


I tried a new design for my elephant hat for this show also. I think I like the shape of the ears... and the tusks are a new addition as well.

Day 242: Balloon Lion Hat


I didn't realize till I was doing my final check before the show started that I had forgotten to give the lion teeth. 
















Here are all the hats bundled together so I could carry them to the stage. 






















Day 243: Balloon Bug

I haven't been asked for any balloon insects in a while.. I had honestly forgotten how to make most of them. This girl asked for a spider... I completely forgot to give it the mandibles in the front.
I feel like this looks more like an ant than a spider.


Day 244: Balloon Baseball Player

This was a baseball player made on a busy night. I didn't have the time to make the more complicated design, so I modified the simple figure shape and drew on a face instead of making my normal balloon person face.
The boy tried to grimace just like the drawing for the picture.

Day 245: Balloon Body Builder


I'm going to be teaching some beginning balloon classes at a local health club, and I've begun getting people aware of it by dropping off balloons and placing them around the club to grab peoples attention.








Ok. Done.
I've got the posts for the next couple days scheduled already, so things should get back on track rather quickly.




I'd like to ask you again to swing by the other blog I started. It's found at this link http://brianbrushwood.blogspot.com/

I'm trying to do an experiment with Google Image, and I'd love as much help as I can get.




See you tomorrow.

I'm Not Dead

I know I owe you guys a bunch of updates.

My phone dies on me last week, I've been getting by on a crappy backup phone... but I can't get to any pf the pictures I had on the phone that died.

T-Mobile tells me that they can still retrieve all the saved data on the broken phone... so I'm just waiting for the replacement phone to arrive in the mail and I should be able to begin updating again.

I promise I will get things all caught up again.

Thanks for being patient.

Mot