Race For The Cure 2012

I had a great time twisting for the 2012 Race For The Cure on April 28th at the Coveleski Stadium.  It was kind of cold and wet as it rained for a bit, but spirits were high and I made some FUN balloons.  It was so cold I had to twisting in HYPER SPEED to keep warm.  Well ... that's what it looks like from these photos !

April Fool's

That's what happened to my March post ... some April Fool took it.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it !  
My Alma mater ... Southwester Michigan College has a Campus Bash that they invite me to twist for.  This is the second year and I really have a GREAT time.  College kids come up with some interesting requests.  Here are two of them ... a Jellyfish and a Pegasus.

February's Gone

As all good intentions go ... unless you keep track of those goals ... then they slip by. So here I am posting February's post on March 2nd. Sigh !

I worked a gig in Elkhart for a company health fair on February 4th. Besides wanting me to twist for their event they also wanted some decor to set around, so they gave me a decorating budget. The theme was Winter Festival and said "Just surprise us" ... got to love that ! This is what I came up with and they really seemed to enjoy them.

We've had such a mild winter and some great sunny days ... but still looking forward to T-shirt weather.

And Now The Year 2012

The first meeting of 2012 ... The Michiana Balloon Twisters monthly meeting was held at the Downtown Mishawaka, IN Library. We had 7 twisters attending and worked on a few different things. A Bubble Belly Crocodile, A KnotHead Bunny and a Mikey Mouse (cousin of the famous mouse).
We meet the first Thursday of every month and welcome anyone interested in Balloon Art to join us. Sent me an email for more details if you are in the area and are interested in joining us.

Looking forward to a Great year and wish you all a Happy New Year !

End of Year Post

Well, I finally have some time off for Christmas break and I thought I'd better get in one last post. I was commissioned by University Park Mall to make a large sculpture for a kid's activity titled "A Charlie Brown Christmas". So I thought of Snoopy and his decorated dog house as my project. The week before that I was commissioned to make another one of my "Christmas Nativities" for a church in Valparaiso, IN.

A Happy New Year to All !

Where did September go ?

We are well into October with twisting for each Notre Dame Home game keeping me pretty busy. This month at our Michianan Twister's meeting ... we of course made Halloween sculptures and these are a few of my favorites. Earlier this month I was twisting away at the Shipshewana Craft Festival for 7.5 hours, making lots of fun hats, fishing poles, and butterfly wings.

Irishenanigans 2011

It was another FUN night of twisting at ND's Irishenanigans. It started at 10pm and finished up at 1am. The students are GREAT ! They had unique ideas and really appreciated the "ART" that went into each sculpture. Looking forward to starting Football season and twisting at Irish Green before each home game.