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June 9, 2010

Work in progress… Balloon Plaques

I’ll be at a 4 day show at the International Bristol Balloon Fiesta again this year (12th – 15th August 2010). This is one of my favourite events because we camp on site and treat it as a little holiday. Last year the weather was gorgeous and the fiesta attracted its most ever amount of visitors so it should be even bigger and better this year.


Last year I decided at the last minute to make some plaques with hot air balloons on them. I only made 2 (silly me), and they both sold straight away. So this year I am getting prepared early and making a tonne of these plaques. People like to buy a trinket type item to show where they’ve been.

I’ve made plenty of plaques with the general simple landscape and a few balloons in the sky, but I’m not very creative at this sort of thing (I’m not keen on drawing!), does anybody have any other balloony-type ideas?
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4 Comments
  1. littlewrenpottery.co.uk June 9, 2010 at 2:18 pm Reply

    Interesting! I'd not heard of a ballooning festival before.

    Could you not make an actual balloon shape with a basket rather than making tiles?

  2. Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics June 9, 2010 at 2:22 pm Reply

    Such a simple and obvious idea, why didn't I think of that?! Thank you for your help!

  3. Susan L (lily40au) June 11, 2010 at 12:58 am Reply

    have a wonderful time.
    My Creative Space

  4. Love the balloons! I think Hot Air Balloons bring out our inner child and these look so whimsical! Stopped over from Kate's – thanks for sharing!

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