By Irina

Miami Wedding Location. I can help you to save on your Miami Wedding Venue, Other Wedding Expenses.

Irina is not a Wedding Planner, but she can save you thousands on your Miami Wedding Location, including your Miami Wedding Venue, Productions, Planning, Catering, Wedding Decor and Entertainment.  Call Irina in Miami at 786-301-2456.

I recently helped someone to get a fabulous wedding venue at a picturesque location in Miami for her wedding reception at a fraction what a wedding site usually cost. I am thrilled and the bride-to-be is happy out of her mind.

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The bride-to-be didn't pay me a dime, but I am happy. Why? Because, I realized that I am sitting on a wealth of wedding related resources and someone can take advantage of it! 

Down the road we all will benefit! I don't worry about payment up now. I  know you will remember me and refer business to me some day.

I personally know everyone who is anyone in event business in Miami: party and wedding halls, wedding caterers, wedding event decorators, wedding planners and every great entertainer for your wedding in Miami. 

That's it. If you need help with your wedding reception in Miami, I can help. All you have to do is just ask.

I know you will be remember me because your wedding site Miami will be amazing and inexpensive and later you will either use my event entertainment yourself or refer me to your friends!

I love it when everyone wins.

Irina is not a Wedding Planner, but she can save you thousands on your Miami Wedding Location, including your Miami Wedding Venue, Productions, Planning, Catering, Wedding Decor and Entertainment.  Call her in Miami at 786-301-2456.

Corporate Event Entertainment: Where Event Planning Companies Get Their Event Entertainment Ideas?

If you are in party planning, you should know that Event Solutions magazine is on the desk of every self-respecting event planner.

Can you imagine my delight, when this fab mag, ran an incredible two page profile on me this month?

You can CLICK HERE to read this beautifully-crafted full-spread feature story, that makes me an official corporate entertainer worthy of her salt!

It has been three years since I switched my career to a full time balloon artist, event entertainer. To tell you the truth,  I had many career reincarnations. My last official employment was in public relations.

Once I fell in love with balloon art, it took me three years to graduate from birthday parties and bar-mitzvahs to a well-regarded corporate event entertainer.

Known as The Russian Queen of Balloons, I entertain by twisting balloon art at high-end events nationwide.

One thing that was going for me is my marketing and PR background.  I understand corporate event goals, be it a party for VIP clients, a special employee appreciation event or a trade show and lead generation event.

I vary my entertainment in each case to achieve maximum results for my clients. You can read all about it in Event Solutions magazine's article here.. and, if you are in party planning and want to stay on top of hot news in corporate event production, run not walk to get their FREE DIGITAL subscription Here.

Balloon Art: Yes, I Earn Money by Twisting Balloon Art.

I am a professional balloon artist. It is my job, my business and my only source of income.

I am often asked to teach a balloon art class.. and maybe some day I will.

But, honestly, it is not really that difficult at all. If you are in debt and need to make money fast,  you might consider being a balloon artist on weekends as one of your getting-out-of-debt solutions.

 

To begin, get a bag of balloons and a pump and start experimenting. You will know in a few minutes if you like it. Next step is to find an experienced balloon artist in your town and tag along for a while.

You even might fall in love with it, like I did.

Balloon Art: Unique Wedding Cake Toppers and Centerpieces

This wedding cake topper is twisted out of your regular twisty balloons.

Yes, we twist custom wedding cake toppers and wedding centerpieces.

We can also entertain your wedding party guest by twisting awesome balloon art corsages. I think we can twist pretty much anything you can think of...

You can e-mail us if you want to bounce ideas for your upcoming wedding...

We miss you, Archie's Pizza in Coral Gables!

Archie's Pizza is gone now from Coral Gables. It used to be so much fun! I have been twisting balloon art there on weekeds for, I think, for almost four years! I still get calls from my clients who knew me from Archie's. We miss you, Archie's Pizza!

Archie's featured delicious food and not only pizza, but salads, pasta, soups and desserts. I have been coming to Archie's for four or so years as a weekend entertainer. Regulars knew me well and I had quite a following there...

I used to be there from 1-4 pm on any given Saturday or Sunday. One day, I was told, a girl went hysterical when she came to see me and I wasn't there... Sorry...

If your family is having a pizza dinner and want to add some pizazz to it, give me a call at 786-301-2456 and I'll show up at any pizza place in central Miami, Coral Gables, or Coconut Grove!

Questions? Comments? Contact me at goahead_33167@yahoo.com

Balloon Art in Miami: We win our clients one heart at a time

Yes, I do want you to call me at 786-301-2456. Here, we always have time to talk to you.

I had numerous bookings from people who read feature stories about me in The Miami Herald and the Reader’s Digest.  The stories were just that, stories. They didn't have a menu to buy from.

The Reader’s Digest story didn't even have my contact info, but people found me anyway. I just want to you to know that I welcome your calls. We win our clients the old fashion way, one heart at a time.

 

Balloon Art .. and Effective Event Marketing

Link: Four case studies showing effective event marketing.

According to the EventView 2006 study from George P. Johnson Co. and MPI, 81 percent of businesses are turning to event marketing to make a meaningful impact on consumers, and a quarter of respondents say event marketing provides the greatest ROI.

I can see why. One thing I wish that marketers would grasp better is the potential of balloon art for marketing. Balloon art is so versatile. It can be so easily customized to the theme of the event. See here my post about the Target event.

I spent my Halloween night, October 31, twisting balloon art at Sona Spa in Coral Gables.  It was a feeding frenzy. The kids and adults lined up for my balloon art, clearly attracted to it more than to candies.

Despite the fact that the whole street was buzzing with activities that night, our corner was positively the busiest and the most colorful.

Balloons are designed to generate excitement and that excitement is contagious. It also creates an amazing photo opportunity that the media is always looking for.

If you've never seen a balloon artist at work, you just have to see it, to believe it. Contact me and I’ll arrange it for you. Do you hear me, Mr. Big Marketer?

Questions? Comments? Contact me at goahead_33167@yahoo.com

Balloon Art ... Grooms, Brides and Weddings

Most classy brides wouldn't consider balloon art for their wedding.  That is until they see some really fine balloon art.

Here is a balloon sculpture I twisted some time ago to commemorate a beautiful bride and groom on their wedding day.

I usually give my balloon art a ten day life expectancy... and recommend taking a lot of photos for keepsakes.  In this case, I was told that the sculpture was kept for six months!

Six months!! I can hardly believe that someone would keep a balloon sculpture for six months. By that time, the plum balloon bodies of groom and bride would turn into wrinkled mummies. It is just inflated and twisted balloons, for God Sake. They lose air; they oxidize and shrink into oblivion. 

Balloon art is not designed to be kept forever. (It is too bad. Otherwise, by now I would spur some collector’s wars… wink, wink. )

Oh, well, what can I say? I hope the couple is just as passionate in keeping their marriage going for as long as possible.

Balloon Art.. Can it Even Be Called Art?

I am captivated by balloon art. I understand its limitations; one of the most sorrowful is its fleetingly short life.  But I can't break away from balloon art.

People often ask me if I create other forms of art. I understand. They are looking for some material objects of art that they can own.

In Miami, we have Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the world’s prestigious art shows. I often get suggestions that my balloon art should be exhibited in there. I am a big fan of Art Basel and looking forward to it this year, December 7-10.

But, sorry to say, I am not a part of any show. I am just not a part of any system that funnels into places like that.

I am flattered when people suggest that I should take on other art forms, but I do little to redirect my creative energies.

Partially, it is because I established myself as a balloon artist. I am a full time working balloon artist. It is the only source of my income and that takes a lot of my energy.

Another reason I stick with balloon art is that I am still fascinated by the process of twisting sculptures out of balloons.

I find it challenging and rewarding. It is rewarding in a way you would be pleased if you managed to solve a complex mathematical puzzle.

Here is one of my balloon art improvisations on sea life.

I never did these particular sculptures before. I didn't have a text book to study. It is a complete improvisation of mine.

When a client asked me to create sea life in balloon art, I thought, how beautiful.. Sea life is colorful and often translucent. There are limitless possibilities here.

That's what I mean when I say; I get inspired by a challenge to create something that I've never done before. That's what keeps me going in balloon art.

I am sure, in time, I will explore other art forms. But balloon art will always have a special place in my heart.

Question? Comments? Please, e-mail me at goahead_33167@yahoo.com

MAKE: Blog: said that I Might Be the Best Balloon Artist Around

I just discovered that Make magazine said: "Irina might just be one the best balloon artists around!"  Link: MAKE: Blog: Irina - The Russian Queen of Balloons.

Oh, Thanks. Does that qualify me for a free subscription? Just kidding...

I already get too many magazines. And, I hardly have time to read them, including my favorite: The Hollywood Reporter

Question? Comments? Please, e-mail me at goahead_33167@yahoo.com