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Reece plumbing have requested the Fairytale Balloons version of the “Dawn Service” this Friday morning for a staff event. By 6am we delivered over 36 jumbo helium balloons, tastefully positioning them across the corporate office ready to greet the Reece team as they arrive for work.
]]>Let's put it this way there are friends and then there are Kay's friends who threw an amazing last minute birthday party for her 25th birthday! This party had everything including massive light up numbers, a balloon garland, a personalised easel to welcome the guests and a bright neon to remind everyone what they were there to do! All overlooking the striking Melbourne skyline during the last days of summer! Happy Birthday Kay - we hope you and your friends have a night to remember!
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All business will have nightmares or worst case scenarios imagined that they will do everything to avoid.
When it comes to our gender reveal balloons I have had a few scary imagined scenarios such as - accidentally giving it away, the balloon popping ahead of time or the worst one - mixing up the gender results. 🫣 As most businesses we have strategies and tools in place to overcome these, such as triple checking everything beforehand, using best quality material and planning phone calls for these occasions 😁 Might sound little crazy, but once the results of the gender are passed to me I do treat them as top level national secret until the family finds out.
We were lucky enough to be chosen by this beautiful family to help out with the decorations at their wedding, first baby gender reveal and now their second, so we really value their trust in us. As they already were blessed with a boy I knew mum was really hoping for a girl. 👨👩👧👦 When I received the results of the second one being a boy I knew she would need to get used to the thought.
For the second gender reveal the whole family were gathered for dinner, and before the balloon popping ceremony asked to guess which gender they thought it was. Almost everyone including the parents were in the girl team. Hence everyone was surprised seeing all the blue pop out. 😁 They started accepting the result quite quickly and even thought of a name for the little brother.
The next day my dear client visited the doctor and was presented with two chromosomes results - girl. 🚺 Hearing this made me feel like my stomach fell to the ground as one of my nightmares had actualised. 😱 The next few moments were filled with questioning my own sanity, eyesight and attention to detail, until I dug up the original email from the clinic that stated - male. I was overcome by mixed feelings including a sense of relief as I realised the mistake wasn’t on our side, whilst feeling bad for the client as her moment of revealing it in front of her family didn't go to plan. The results sent to me were of the first child. Luckily mum was so happy it was a girl that I can’t really say her moment was taken away and what a story to tell! 🥰
This just showed that even when everything is done within your control, accidents can still happen, which is just part of life.
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The bright Orange Hush Puppies Bounce plus launch was stellar success! If you are planning a retail store activation, sales event or merchandising campaign across Melbourne and Sydney we are ready to help! Let's chat!
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For that we have a simple answer..."NO...thank you". Let me explain - when they saw that pretty picture of a rich, aesthetically arranged garland and paid their hard earned for it, only to open the box and find a bunch of loose balloons and a "balloon strip", they quickly realised that the value is not even in the balloons. They realised that they are likely to be out of their depth and it's not as easy as it looks. They realised that they need someone who is skilled at arranging the loose balloons into an aesthetically striking garland. However that someone is unlikely to work with the balloons used in the DIY kit. Professional balloon stylist use balloons brands such as Kallison and Qualtex that are not ordinarily found in DIY kits. There is a significant quality difference between the above named brands and the dried up garbage found in DIY kits.
Apart from the work out for your your lungs 🫁 during the DIY inflation process there is not much value in these kits. The moral of this fable is - you get what you pay for. One day we intend to create a high quality DIY kit with more than a sprinkle of professional balloons, easy to understand institutions and a better balloon strip :-) Stay tuned for now :-)
]]>We have offered our loyal customers multiple options including flowers, faux florals, soft toys and of course balloons across Melbourne.
The advantages of table decor include their compact nature and prominent setting in a space where larger decorations such as balloon garland may not be suitable. So whether you are decorating a private dining room or a public area, table decorations are something you may wish to consider when planning an event!
]]>From our perspective this event was slightly different as we had to outsource more elements that we usually would. Our client has requested that we print their logo in a larger font and higher definition than our in-house equipment could bear so we deferred this important detail to the expert at Event Signs who delivered a great result. As event planners and stylists we believe that it is important to acknowledge our own limitations and work collaboratively with other businesses that can deliver a better outcome for the client. Over our time in the industry we have developed an extensive network of partners that are specialists in their respective areas, so whether it's sign, neon, printing, prop hire or budgies and baby elephants we have it covered!
]]>Recently our business was the subject of an attempted fraud - through the order of a money tree balloon box. Admittedly this experience put us off this product and made us almost paranoid when dealing with customers who order these cute balloon creations. So when a new customer ordered this product late last night requesting next day delivery alarm bells started ringing...
Luckily after going through the fraud assessment process we were comfortable to know that it was a genuine order and fulfilled it as requested to the customers satisfaction!
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As part of our experimentation with social media we have been playing around with Pinterest, a site that is more popular in the US and Latin America than down under. We have been posting our balloon garlands on Instagram and Pinterest and have experienced the power of social media trends with our Sonic the Hedgehog Garland that we have created for a client in Bentleigh, Victoria. This image, out of all of the ones we have posted on Pinterest has gone absolutely berserk and had some 60,000 people view it in one month and continues to rack up hits. Our next best pin had about 6,480 impressions during the same time interval. We have to wonder what drives these ever important algorithms to promote certain images over others and naturally wonder what's next. Our gut suggests that it may be PINK and start with a B. If you know how to crack the "viral" code - please contact us as we would love to learn more.
]]>If you are planning an event in Melbourne and would like to learn more about event decoration please reach out to us!
]]>We have set a company record with the fastest travel time for any event - could have walked on Chesterville Road with the easel under my arm and a bag of balloons over my shoulder.
In off, (when we are not inflating balloons) we love to visit this local venue for an amazing steak and craft beer! Looking forward to dry July ending in under 10 days (but who is counting) - see you there!
]]>It was not the first time we have decorated an event at Melbourne's Donovans restaurant on St Kilda beach, however this was the first time we had the pleasure to deal with such a large teddy bear!
We perched this Hugzzly giant on a shelf next to the fireplace with a bunch of balloons in hand - ready to adore and hug any kid in sight! It is amazing how soft toys and balloons can create an adorable backdrop for a kids birthday party!
]]>"One day you'll leave this world behind So, live a life you will remember" My father told me when I was just a child "These are the nights that never die" My father told me
So create memories and capture them on your smartphone, post them on Instagram, TikTok and whatever SM you use! Cherish them for years to come!
When you choose a backdrop from Fairytale Balloons not only does it create a "wow factor" for your guests, but it is an investment in memories (photos) of your event that will serve you forever!
]]>in Toorak and requested that we add a bit of colour to it for to prepare for an at home birthday celebration.
We managed to make this beauty the visual centre piece of the evening by adorning it with a balloon waterfall and adding a few additional golden rain drops above. The sight of golden reflections on the dark polished wood of the piano was delightful!
If you happen to have a grand piano or any other object in Melbourne that you would like to spruce it up for your event or celebration please contact us!
]]>Our suspicions were confirmed when we were contacted by Victoria Police who informed us that they have apprehended an individual who has managed to dupe our not so lucky fellow small business owners in the South East Melbourne area and were investigating a number of transactions made with stolen credit cards. The businesses targeted were mainly florists in the Melbourne area who provide the option to insert a cash into a gift box. As far as we are aware we were the only 🎈 🎯.
The "Modus Operandi"
The fraudster ordered our money tree surprise box and then contacted us with a trust building story about his travels from Sydney to surprise his nephew. During the conversation the fraudsters requested to deposit $2000 into the surprise box but unlike most customers who transfer the funds to avoid the GST and transition fees he insisted on paying with a credit card. Initially we found this suspicious but advised him that we will accept $2000 plus GST and merchant fees. He immediately agreed. A red flag went up as we sometimes lose customers over a shipping fee to the next suburb, yet this individual was prepared to drop $$$ in fees. He claimed to not have internet banking in the age where every second courier is a self styled Wolf of Crypto and almost anything can be bought with the tap of a smart phone/watch. At this point we became even more suspicious and decided to test out, in a subtle way, how well he knew his nephew and how good his memory was. We asked the "generous uncle" to clarify the personalised message he made when ordering the money tree surprise box to his nephew and he stumbled in his answer and started beating around the bush! We then went further and asked to confirm the spelling of his nephews name, which seemed to be a rare one, and the fraudster was not able to do so! The ⏰⏰⏰ bells were clearly ringing by this point and we decided to cancel the order and refund the money to the 💳 from which payment was made. We asked this suspicious character to call us before doing so.
The Call
During the call we have asked the alleged crim to provide a copy of his driver's licence to process the refund and he apparently left it in NSW from where he drove over 800km. We figured that that the story about NSW etc was starting to crumble as most driver's or air travellers would have an ID document on hand.
The fraudster had the tenacity to coerce us to transfer the refund to him or hand over the cash anyway as it will take too long for him to receive a refund from his bank if we cancel the credit card transaction and he urgently needed to make a present to his unknown nephew and apparently used his last $2000 to do so in this transaction. After advising the alleged crim that we will process the refund to the 💳 used to place the order we have not heard from him again.
According to the Police, many small businesses eager to make a sale fell for this silver tongued character and there is a raft of small business victims across south east Melbourne who have been duped of thousands of dollars.
To prevent your business from falling victim to frauds like this check out the useful links we found after researching this issue from NAB, VISA and Xero. Your vigilance is your best defence to Gregor MacGregor wannabes trying to sell you land in Poyais or otherwise take your honest $$$.
]]>For sometime we had a secret fascination with these cute Italian styled carts and finally we have had the opportunity to decorate a corporate event featuring the Prosecco Van - a dream come true! This event was hosted by our valued client, Perri Projects to promote launch their latest industrial development in Melbourne.
We have positioned the first garland in an "L" shape over the grand entry to the pavilion create an immediate "wow" factor. The entrance featured a blue carpet runner with stylish gold bollards to usher the guests and prospective lessees to the venue. The main garland was wrapped around the Prosecco Van to fascinate guests whilst their waited for a glass of bubbly!
If you are planning your next event and don't know where to start, please contact us! We are able to assist you with event planning, venue selection and venue decoration.
]]>Our balloons have never been this high - literally sky high at the Eureka Skydeck to decorate a grand birthday celebration as close to heaven as they come in Melbourne! It was certainly an experience for us and the guests! Our props and decorations had to travel up an ear popping 89 levels up on two high speed elevators. Luckily the balloons coped with the changes to the atmospheric pressure better than we did!
We wonder where will our balloons go next? Maybe a private plane? Stay tuned!
Check out our Instagram vid from the day!
If you are interested in decorating your event at a new and unusual location please contact us to discuss!
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