The snow will soon be gone and our thoughts will focus on where we can go to enjoy ourselves in this wonderful country this Summer.Obviously the latest event that is on all our minds now is the Summer 2012 Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or London 2012 Olympic Games.  These are scheduled to take place in London from July 27 until 12 August.  London now has become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games 3 times. Having also done so in 1908 and 1948.  That does seem a long time ago.

Apart from the Olympics Best Of British memorabilia available everywhere, the wonderful printed balloons will, we hope, have their place at this momentous event.

The London Marathon will be ta...

We do have some lovely customers, who come back year after year and we always welcome new ones with their fabulous promotional ideas.  It just goes to prove how versatile and inventive the humble promotional balloon can be.  We can advise, cost and monitor the printing and delivery of the balloons , treat our clients with individual care and attention but then we have to move on. The pace of our business is fast and time does not always allow idle chatter. So, we are very grateful to all of our customers who share their promotional experiences with us, we can blog about them and in turn advertise for them a little more.

One of our Clients,  The District, a creative agency based in
Cambridge who work internationally on b...

Valentines Day will soon be here and that is another great opportunity to celebrate and party.  We at Balloons Galore have several special offers on at the moment to make that event, eye-catching and fun.

Some of our lady customers find that the helium cylinders are just too hard to handle so they give up the idea of having balloons.  No worries, we have a beautiful little disposable cylinder, which would be ideal to fill 40 x 10” latex or 25 x 18” foils.  It is a very good price and would just be perfect for that cluster or table decoration or to use the  printed promotional balloons for impact.

Festivals call out for balloons, the latest ones this month are: The Wee Dubb Festival in Edinburgh Feb 3 , The London Po...

There are many ways on Valentines Day that love can be sent or expressed and many large stores use promotional balloons at this time of year to help sell their wares.

Here are just a few ways of saying : I Love You (be my Valentine)

I Love You -     French:   jet ‘aime  German:  Ich liebe Dich    Italian: Tlamo Irish: Gra’i’mthu’ Chinese: wo ai’ ni’   Greek:  s’a’gapo  Scottish:  ah love ye and last of all never to be remembered  ZULU: Ngiyakuthanda

The Spanish however say it in many beautiful ways :

Te Amo Muchisimo ( I love you very much) Juntos4ever (together fore...

We hope all the celebrations went well and that Balloons did feature at some time during the festivities.

At this time of year, we do print many special promotional latex balloons, usually advertising promotional offers, shop openings or January and beyond sales.  Our clients come back year after year as the use of the colourful latex or foil balloon is so effective and certainly brings the patter of feet through their doors.

During the New Year Party season, apart from the all important fancy dress costumes, balloons are a must to colour accessorise and add fun and excitement to the event.

On an eventful note, our highly acclaimed and successful balloon decorator Victoria from Artyloon had an unexpected early arriv...

Now a quick customer tale to end the day, one of our clients The Motor Cycle Experience, decided to have balloons printed as a promotion to raise the profile of their national Road Safety campaign.  GET A GRIP was exhibiting at Motorcycle Live at the NEC. These very eye-catching and effective words were printed on the promotional balloons. Get a Grip is a road safety campaign to increase the awareness of the condition of the UK roads.

Now that is something we all complain about.  The bump and the crash when our oh so expensive tyres go into the pothole.  Perhaps they should spend less time, effort and money making speed humps and use the tarmac to fill in the holes! That would certainly make us car users happier.

Their p...

We have an In house decorator called Victoria, She has her own company called Artyloon and carries out decorating with balloons to a high specification.  Her customers contact her with massive promotional balloon projects and she quotes them accordingly.  We at Balloons Galore supply her with the printed balloons foils or latex , as the balloons she uses must be of 100% quality.    If you were thinking of a party or a promotion, she can supply you with ideas such as arches and clusters and sculptures.  Just think of the effect a 20 foil arch in the corporate colours would have to attract customers to a specific area,  Openings of shops or an introduction of a new range are a favourite.  The visual effects of the balloon i...

Rumour has it that you have had a fantastic idea. “ Lets hold our own party this year”.

“Lets invite all our friends and relatives too including Aunty Edna who will be quite happy sitting in the corner sipping sherry.  Her crazy dressing up antics at the last family party should certainly be a laugh though.”

Firstly, make it a fancy dress party.  This could be themed, or just come as you please, banana, monkeys or Scooby doos accepted. Or it could be a fever hot party with the ladies dressing in the hottest outfits available. Or it could be a music icons evening – now that sounds brilliant!

Secondly, and most importantly, the must have printed balloons.  The party would not be the same without those wond...

We here at Balloons Galore, quote, print, send and hopefully make your event or promotion the best ever.

This year, with a little of the gloom and doom hanging around, balloons, bright and colourful are just the medicine we need.  Shops and stores, parties and special events all just cry out for the little bouncing gems.

If you give us a call or drop us an email we will quote you immediately and advise you calmly and with a cheerful, helpful voice.

In the past 27 years, we have improved the quality of service to our customers and try without fail to “do it right” first time around.  The evidence comes in the vast amounts, as our customers come back year after year for their printed late...

Bring alive your event and lift the spirits with latex balloons.  One of our clients, who appear to be a fun loving team, asked us to help them with a very child friendly promotion.

Cheeky Rascals! Now that can conjure up all sorts of ideas and thoughts but mainly the word is babies and children.  They are a distributor of very clever and innovative products to make parenting easier.

Their event was held at the Baby Show, Earls Court London on the 28th – 30th October organised by three key members.  Their aim was to promote and sell baby goods to new parents.  A very new invention, the Carry Potty was the star of the show.. it being the worlds first leak-proof shut away potty.  It certainly looked cool and interestin...