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27 Jun

We created this elegant 50th in black and gold for Mr Tibbs on his big lockdown birthday....

27 Jun

Delivered in to the hands of the birthday boy himself!⁣ ⁣ A stacked bouquet in Nantwich Cricket Club colours of black, gold and red with a cricket theme running throughout for this 60th birthday.⁣ ⁣ Happy birthday Lee!...

27 Jun

It was dinosaurs galore for this 2nd birthday party with a demi arch and this stacked bouquet. The leaf print balloons were perfect for adding to the wild theme. Dinosaurs Sale TV & Film CharactersDino Dan£4.50 £3.50Add to cartDinosaurs SaleTyrannosaurus£12.50 £8.00Read moreDinosaurs Greetings CardsLockdown Birthday Card£2.50Select...

Yesterday I went back to the same house twice, not because anything had been forgotten but because mum ordered surprise balloons for her daughter’s birthday yesterday when she was out and then the daughter had ordered surprise balloons for mum’s birthday which is today. I...

18 Jun

We combined Luca's love of football and Mickey Mouse with these balloons. A personalised red 6 took centre stage with two bouquets with footballs, stars and topped off with Mickey Mouse double bubbles. We added a ceiling fill of 30 balloons in red, blue and...

17 Jun

If you like rose gold then these helium filled balloon bouquets for a 50th birthday party will be right up your street!⁣ ⁣ Balloon numbers, bouquets with heart foils and confetti balloons and bubble balloon with a personalised birthday message.⁣ ⁣...

17 Jun

The grand opening of Elworth Grange Care Home! ⁣ ⁣ Their main brand colour is a lilac so we used different shades of purple and lilac in two tall outdoor columns and two indoor columns with personalised column toppers. The decor was finished off with some balloon...

15 Jun

Rosanagh from Cheshire Cupcakes in Nantwich asked us for some balloons for the grand opening of her beautiful shop. With a pink colour scheme we matched latex balloon bouquets to her new logo and created a confetti filled bubble balloon with an extra tassel ribbon tail. Amazing...

04 May

Our contactless delivery trial today went swimmingly! Lots of antiviral spray and hand sanitiser my end and then a quick message on arrival so I didn’t need to touch the door bell. The result – one happy birthday boy! Get in touch for your upcoming celebrations here....

16 Apr

It’s Thursday which means we #ClapForOurCarers at 8pm tonight. We are showing appreciation for our NHS workers and all the key workers under our rainbow of hope today.  Thank you for all you’re doing. ...

11 Apr

Happy Easter! It’s thirsty work delivering all these eggs.⁣⁣I’m delighted to be taking part again in #OneMillionBubbles delivering hope, joy and smiles through balloons. I know I’m off to a good start as I hadn’t finished setting up before the first photo was snapped!⁣⁣I recycled...

07 Apr

Happy Birthday if it’s yours today, just been or coming up soon! This giant birthday cake with candles was this week’s practice balloon project and a lot of it will be recycled and reused for Easter. I think there’s 164 balloons in there! There’s definitely some...

03 Apr

These colourful wings were not the easiest to hang so a little off centre but a fun contact-free photo spot. They are fragile having been twisted so may not last too long!⁣ Hung outside the Red Lion in Wybunbury. A practice piece in lockdown. ...

29 Mar

Some bunny loves you!⁣⁣⁣⁣With the clocks changing and Easter only being a couple of weeks away ⁣⁣this balloon rabbit sculpture was a suggestion from my friend Caroline, and Ellie from Green Shepherd Designs for my lockdown practice piece this week.⁣⁣ 60 balloons make up this carrot loving...

27 Mar

170 balloons for were used to make this cupcake balloon sculpture for Ambiance Salons in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. ...

26 Mar

We loved taking part in One Million Bubbles today, read the press release below for more information: Nothing brings smiles to people’s faces like balloons do, and the professional balloon decorating and entertainment industry wants to help people find their smiles and joy during this challenging...

23 Mar

Hi all, along with many other business owners I’ve given little else any thought this weekend but I’ve decided to temporarily close. This will include any deliveries after this week too. I’ve been having a great 2020, it’s really felt like Business is taking off for...

22 Mar

Despite the strange circumstances we find ourselves in with the Corona Virus, it was a lovely Mother's Day delivering a variety of bouquets of balloons and personalised bubble balloons with coordinating balloon weights! ...

20 Mar

This was a special surprise balloon arch for the Brine Leas school sixth form leavers as it was dropped on them suddenly with the covid19 crisis and the schools closing. We had a last minute request for an arch and we offered it up free...

18 Mar

We were in at the gorgeous holliesbarn.co.uk yesterday decorating one of the bedrooms for a romantic birthday retreat!  ...

18 Mar

It was Sophia’s first birthday and christening on Sunday which was celebrated upstairs at Nantwich Civic Hall. A personalised bubble balloon, cake hoop and table bouquets in ivory, white and pale pink for the celebrations. ...

17 Mar

In one of the Nantwich Facebook groups we offered up the balloon hoop for free from Sunday’s Diva Wedding Fayres showcase. It always seems a shame to cut things down and we quite often donate balloons from photo shoots so it’s found a great home with Charlotte Talbot Photography....

15 Mar

We built this gorgeous balloon hoop for the Diva Wedding Fayres event at Crewe Hall. A mix of pinks, grey and silver and wound through with roses, it's a really beautiful hoop that looked stunning to be used as a backdrop or to use as...

14 Mar

Our baby balloon weight in it's spotty dress and holding a spotty bubble and baby shower foil balloon is modelled well by the Butler in the Buff! ...

08 Mar

Some photos of last night’s 40th birthday party at Aroma Nantwich for Clive! A personalised bubble balloon at the entrance, a black, white, silver and marble demi arch, a personalised cake hoop and some coordinating table bouquets. ...

08 Mar

A bubble balloon for the birthday boy, Tobias’ first! Super cute with the baby foot print. ...

08 Mar

Albie’s christening day today with the party held after at The Wheatsheaf Inn Onneley. Table bouquets in pale blue, ivory and confetti gold. A helium filled gold “A” and a personalised bubble balloon in matching colours. ...

07 Mar

A bit of a terrible photo snapped on the old phone but a lovely surprise setup for a birthday celebration at Wychwood Park Hotel - managed by Legacy Hotels & Resorts. ...

07 Mar

Making their stunning debut for Lucy’s birthday bash tonight are our mosaic numbers filled with black and two different golds and edged with fairy lights! ...

28 Feb

The room was just being setup when we delivered the balloons to The White Lion Hotel at Weston for a celebration meal tonight for all the volunteers who helped with Weston Christmas Light Display. It was a huge success last year raising over £32,000 for...

23 Feb

When mum and daughter combined a 30th birthday and christening we were called in for the balloon decor! Table bouquets in ivory and pink foil hearts with flower balloon weights, a personalised bubble balloon with pink and ivory mini balloons inside and a number extravaganza 30. ...

23 Feb

A bubble balloon nestled in a bouquet of pearl pink balloons for a family birthday lunch today. Order a Bubble Balloon online Shop...

22 Feb

We delivered HoneyBlush in Nantwich with pink, gold and black helium filled balloons for ceiling decor for their makeup masterclass along with personalised orbz. ...

22 Feb

It’s a crazy busy day! We’ve just delivered this personalised hoop for Mermaid mad Millie for her 5th birthday party at home...

21 Feb

More lovely bubble balloons out and about today, this one trimmed with rose gold, baby pink and gold. ...

20 Feb

A pair of bubble balloons delivered this morning to Amy Louise Beauty, Shavington and Blonde hair salon. A Cinderella print and a gold confetti print with baby pink mini balloons inside. ...

19 Feb

2020 is a Leap Year which means women can propose to men. That's not to say you can't any other time but it's steeped in history, old laws and we like it! Here's the history lesson from Purely Diamonds. We have loads of lovely ideas and...

17 Feb

We were a bit hot off the mark posting this yesterday and it hadn’t been delivered! If you caught a glimpse of it, here it is in full!  A new baby bubble balloon!  It is the first time we’ve used this design incorporating the details of...

16 Feb

I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air! A pretty rose gold bubble for Chez’s birthday at Firenze Nantwich. ...

15 Feb

A goodbye and good luck gold confetti bubble for Lydia leaving Amy Louise Beauty, Shavington. ...

14 Feb

It’s the Team Lewis Trust Valentine’s Ball tonight at the Bet 365 Stadium. Personalised bubbles and columns with toppers to go by the podium. Have a lovely, successful evening. ...

12 Feb

We've been asked to decorate a birthday party with a mermaid and under the sea theme and for today's #WeddingsOnWednesday post I thought I'd share some of our research as weddings came up in the research. This theme maybe right up your street! This board on...

09 Feb

For a 5th birthday we battled through Storm Ciara to deliver table bouquets, a large pink 5 and these two balloon columns. Topped with Cinderella and Spider-Man with a spider climbing up, the birthday girl loved them. ...

09 Feb

We've been creating some Valentine's designs and they're all in our online shop. Some of them can be personalised and if you can't see what you want, please get in touch! Shop now ...

08 Feb

Liz's baby shower at home was decorated with this lovely rose gold bubble balloon! ...

08 Feb

A cheeky monkey with a stuffed belly for a young gentleman's birthday! Holding a helium filled balloon, he brought a big smile. ...

29 Jan

For today's #WeddingsOnWednesday post we thought we would share this a great article in Brides magazine which is full of balloon inspiration. Check it out online here. We can do so much with balloon decor and all the colours that are available for us to...

26 Jan

Jess’ baby shower at Bench Bistro Bar with helium filled balloon bouquets in dark blue, gold and pearl white. The guests are greeted with a personalised gold confetti balloon with matching dark blue, gold and white balloons inside. ...

25 Jan

Chinese New Year celebrations at Richmond Villages Nantwich organised by Wych-Malbank Rotary - Nantwich. As we move in to the year of the rat these red and gold latex balloons are printed with logos and messages.  ...

25 Jan

 It was lovely to do Sinead’s gender reveal back in the summer and to be invited to decorate the lounge of The Rising Sun Vaults Crewe for today’s baby shower. Table bouquets in blue for a boy and personalised bubbles.  ...

24 Jan

Jenna’s 18th birthday at The Mill Hotel and Restaurant in Stone.  5 personalised bouquets with a black, white and rose gold colour scheme with a message for the birthday girl on the foil orbs. Plus a helium filled rose gold 18. ...

23 Jan

We are doing a cake hoop for a baby shower next weekend, this is going to be the perfect finishing touch. We can get these fully personalised, for example, “Baby Roberts” for you to keep after....

22 Jan

These wedding hangers above we found on Etsy are so lovely and with such a personalised touch with the role of each person, their name and the date of the wedding featured. Check them out here. The ones below with the name in wire we've fallen...

17 Jan

A birthday weekend at the beautiful Hollies Barn just outside Nantwich. We delivered of these huge pearl pink balloons with a matching 18 to decorate a bedroom....

15 Jan

Some people have a great eye for colour or a favourite colour that they're instinctively drawn to and want to incorporate in their wedding. Wedding Shoppe Inc have a great article here on the colour trends for 2020 which is very inspirational. The colour swatches putting...

08 Jan

If you're recently engaged and looking at getting married locally, we can highly recommend picking up a copy of Cheshire Bride. We found it in M&S in Nantwich but you can also order it online here. There's other regional magazines also available. We love the feature...

01 Jan

If you got engaged last night or in the early hours of this morning then congratulations! Welcome to our new wedding inspiration blog which we are updating weekly in 2020. This week's read is this great article from the Scottish Wedding Directory with a great collection...

27 Dec

All set for Janet’s 50th birthday round the corner at the The Red Lion at Wybunbury A personalised bubble balloon, large rose gold numbers and some table top bouquets in rose gold, white and a printed foil. ...

26 Dec

We were asked to do something fantastic for this Disney reveal helium filled balloon. We decorated the box inside and out, personalised the balloon and finished the box off with a big red ribbon. ...

25 Dec

Congratulations on your engagement! It's an amazing, exciting and some times stressful time planning your wedding so we are starting this weekly blog with some hints, tips and suppliers to help you along the way. First up we would like to recommend the app Bridebook...

15 Dec

In Hope House colours the Christmas gifts arch marked the finish for around 300 Santas on the fundraising fun run in Nantwich. It was an amazing turnout on a cold day! ...

14 Dec

All setup at the Globe Inn, Nantwich for an 18th birthday. Black, silver and white table bouquets and a large silver 18 decorated the snug. ...

14 Dec

Greige, rose gold and metallic gold for the bouquets for this joint 13th birthday party - an ultra pretty colour scheme with an added 13 column too. https://www.facebook.com/balloonsbymichelleshipman/videos/542533996476740/ ...

13 Dec

A classic swirl balloon arch for the grand opening of Euro Garages Crewe by the Station Pilot. In Sainsbury's colours it was well weighted down to withstand the December weather! ...

13 Dec

We were asked to do something extra special for Lydia's 18th birthday and went all out with this bubble balloon. Kept exquisitely feminine with rose gold embellishments we personalised the helium filled bubble balloon and added lights to it too. We decorated the box and added a...

12 Dec

Jessie's 11th birthday balloon went out with pale pink, rose gold and curling ribbons. It was finished off with a personalised message in sparkling rose gold vinyl. ...

09 Dec

Beautiful and elegant with white and lilac feathers for this helium filled bubble balloon. ...

08 Dec

For Haig’s birthday at Blonde hair salon we’ve delivered a helium filled bubble balloon with mini rose gold and midnight blue balloons inside and matching ribbon. Loving the colour combination! ...

08 Dec

We built a festive arch for Alice Charity and their Santa Dash in Hanley Park. Alice Charity do a huge amount in the local community to support disadvantaged and vulnerable families and we were happy to donate our time to support them. A Santa on either...

03 Dec

We added to the Christmas decor at Signature Financial Services with some jumbo balloon snowflakes, personalised baubles, a candy cane and Christmas gifts. These are all air filled items which should last longer than helium filled. The great thing about the Signature Financial Services office...

30 Nov

This acrylic cake base is a new addition to our items available to hire - it can be filled with mini balloons like we did for Beth's birthday, sweets, cupcakes, dried flowers - the sky is the limit! For Beth's birthday tea with her family we...

30 Nov

It's been a lot of fun doing the Naughty Elf balloons, keep an eye out for them returning next year! ...

30 Nov

The second annual Merry Mile took place in Crewe's Queen's Park organised by the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity. Our balloon columns for the finish line were sponsored by Alpha Omega Securities. ...

29 Nov

Bakkavor, one of the sponsors of the fantastic Crewe Lumen, asked us for some balloons in their logo colours to decorate their stall at the event. ...

29 Nov

We worked with NetworkIn's corporate colours of teal, white and orange to decorate our backdrop with their logo and wrap it in a matching balloon garland for the festive party. We can customise this backdrop with logos or a message, have a look at our...

24 Nov

This black and gold balloon arch was built in an hour on tight setup times for Nantwich Town Wolves VIFC black tie ball. A classic swirl design makes a really great focal and photo point as well as framing the entertainment who were on stage for...

23 Nov

We were at the North Stafford Hotel in Stoke On Trent bright and early to setup for this joint 40th and 50th birthday party for an aunt and niece duo. We decorated the tables with balloon bouquets using the Qualatex Elegant Swirls range in black and...

22 Nov

For Lisa's 50th birthday we were asked for a pair of bubble balloons in gold with a touch of white. The pair of them look stunning together! ...

16 Nov

Personalised with their logo, this bubble balloon went to RedWillow Macclesfield for their #MBEx2019 event. Have a look at some of our other bubble balloons here. ...

13 Nov

All set for the relaunch celebration at Wychwood Park Hotel - managed by Legacy Hotels & Resorts with our elegant balloon columns marking the entrance and the stairs to the bar. We didn’t have time to see beyond the lobby and reception area but it’s looking great; a...

09 Nov

There was a sleepless night worrying about what to do for Amy Louise Beauty salon's 4th anniversary celebrations. The salon area is light, bright, very tidy, organised and minimalist and we didn't want the balloons to clutter that space up. In the end we suggested to...

30 Oct

The Naughty Elf balloons are all personalised with your child's name and decorated in festive reds, golds and greens with three different options to choose from; the Little Rascal, the Troublesome Tyke or the Mischief Maker. We can fit up to 3 Elves in one...

29 Oct

I'm delighted to be working with three local charities on the balloon arch finish lines for their festive fun runs. I specialise in making each arch different and the great thing about these events is you don't have to run; dress up, run, jog or...

28 Oct

The stunningly beautiful Churches Mansion in Nantwich was the setting for Alex's prosecco and afternoon tea Baby Shower. The colour scheme was rose gold and confetti. We delivered two bubble balloons to go either side of the fire place with rose gold, confetti and pearl white...

27 Oct

This was a lovely request to put together using black and gold mini balloons, ribbon and gold vinyl for a great looking bubble balloon for Erica's birthday. The bubble balloons are incredibly popular - we can add lights, feathers, mini balloons, ribbons, a vinyl message and...

20 Oct

This gorgeous unicorn went to Amy Louise Beauty, Shavington for Maisie’s birthday pamper party. Apparently she was delighted with it!🦄Why have just a balloon character head when you can have a full unicorn?! Have a look at our Pricing page for more information. ...

18 Oct

The Little Paper Shop in Nantwich commissioned us to decorate the front of their new premises for their invited guests preview evening to be followed by their grand opening the next day. We built an organic demi arch in pearl white and embellished it with flowers...

17 Oct

A balloon arch works so well to draw people in to your event plus it makes a great spot for photographs too. This star point arch was used at the entrance to a ball room leading people in down the red carpet to the drinks reception...

17 Oct

Tasha had her bridal pampering with Amy Louise Beauty in Shavington today. We delivered this lovely bubble balloon filled with helium and white feathers and added silver ribbons and a message to the bride to be in silver vinyl. ...

14 Oct

It's a year since I made my first balloon decor and I'm celebrating with a new logo as I move forward with my business. Designed by Paper Anchor Designs I'm delighted with it. This is being rolled out across my website, social media and printed products....

12 Oct

It was the Glitter Ball for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, also known as Dougie Mac, on Friday at the King's Hall in Stoke on Trent. We delivered an arch and 10 light up bubble balloons wrapped in fairy lights to the drinks reception area. These looked stunning....

03 Oct

Ambiance wanted something special to celebrate their 4th birthday and I suggested some balloon scissors for their window in Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.   They were built in chrome silver and rose gold balloons for a stunning impact in the salon window immediately drawing interest.   The response on...

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