Baby Discovery Party

November 4th we had a "Boy or Girl party". Amanda and Chris had their ultrasound to check on the baby and it was developed enough to determine whether it is a girl or boy. They had the technician write the sex on a piece of paper and put it in a sealed envelope. They took the envelope to a bakery and had them make cupcakes filled with a cream center ... blue for a boy and of course pink for a girl. We met at their house to eat pizza and then everyone got a cupcake. We all peeled off the wrappers and took a bite at the same time. It had a BLUE center ! A new Grandson ... Woooo Hoooo ! I made this table decoration to go along with the theme of our party. Once we found out it was a boy, I popped the pink heart.

After Mickey and his family headed home, Chris and I went to the Michiana Balloon Twister's meeting. We made a lady bug, laser gun, and a penguin. We talked about what to make for our January meeting and a few wanted to learn the Top Hat that I make. When Chris and I returned to his house he asked bout the top hat, so I walked him through how to make it and this is what it looked like. We used different colors to learn the pattern. I think he did a great job !

Afternoon at ND

I was hired to twist last Friday (Oct 29th)for a ND student activity. It was an outside event that the ND Ski Club hosted. They had free donuts, hot cider, popcorn, a table set up by PILLARS and Twister Mike ! This is John one of the Ski Club members that manned the donut and cider table. As always I had a great time twisting for the ND students.

Look A Like

Oct 16th after I twisted at Irish Green, my niece Karol was performing at the Eddy street block party. She sings with the band King Pao and does a fantastic job. I had let her know I was twisting just across the street and she asked that I bring her something. I had been wanting a chance to make a design called a lootle that I learned at a balloon workshop in Chicago. Here is the results.

ND Late Night Gig

I do 2 late night events at Notre Dame and I think they are some of my favorite gigs. The students are creative in their requests and really appreciate my twisting skills. These photos are from the event called Carnival End Zone that starts at 10:00pm and runs until 2:00am.

October Balloon Jam

We had our monthly meeting of the Michiana Balloon Twisters last night. Megan my Granddaughter, Chris my Son In Law, Michael a ND student, and I arrived at 6:30 to start the twisting fun! Of course with it being October we started with a Jack-O-Lantern and then some Ghosties. All 3 of the new twisters were jumping right in and making GREAT balloons!

I found my Perry the Platypus T-shirt at JC Pennys and thought it would be fun to try and make him out of ... Balloons of course !

Cats ! Sorry Sweetie

In all my years of twisting I have never been happy with any of the cat designs I've learned or created ... til now. A fellow twister had a DVD by Jack and on it he had this simple cat design. When learning and simplifying a design I usually make a few to lock it into my memory and here is the herd of cats that managed to survive.

My new apprentice balloon artist "Twister Megan" is doing great with 2 balloon gigs under her belt. I've managed to infect two more people with Latex Addiction, so stay tuned but BEWARE there is no cure for it ! Muaahahahaha

Wow ! Where did the time go ?

Ok ... it looks like I've got a LOT of catching up to do. August 6 I did Dog Days Of Summer Downtown South Bend. I was at the Colfax Cultural Center in the Art Gallery Area, so I decorated my area with At Size Balloons. This dog was about 2 ft tall and 3 ft long using 360 balloons. 360 balloons are 3" in diameter and 60" long.

Then August 27th I did IRISHenanigans which is a late night event at ND. I started at 10:00pm and finished up at 1:00am. I love this gig ! Lots creative ideas from the students and they also have the patients to let me design it as I go.

We are back twisting for ALL the Notre Dame home games. This Friday come see Twister Megan as she debuts her first ND Twisting Gig ... 4:00-6:00 in the Irish Green Area just South of DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.