That is great!  Love the whole idea.

I was asked to make an "Angelina Ballerina" but had no idea what that was so I checked it out on the internet.  She is a cartoon character and although she is supposed to be a grey mouse ballerina, I am happy to say that I figured out how to make her all by myself.  I do thank every balloonist that has cared and shred over the time I have been learning and finally I can share with all of you.

Again Thelma, I am in awe!  I don't have a clue how you did it but it is wonderful indeed.

So creative Thelma - how on earth do you think em up?  Love it!

I think they are all great!  I did one and forgot to take a picture but I used a curly beard for it.

This is a combination of ideas by Patricia Bunnell and Ralph Dewey and a little bit of me to put it all together.  One of these days I want to come up with something that is totally my idea but in the meantime I am having fun.

Geez Thelma, I haven't even got the cd base mastered yet and you have to challenge me with this one. LOL!  Great idea though.  I cheated a little since we weren't able to touch base, and I glued a section of an inflated balloon to a cd for a bunch of roses I made.  Worked fine but I will still keep trying your system.  

What a great job!  I have been trying to figure out how to do a "bow" for hours and you got it perfectly.  I might just try that.

Thelma - I am 64 years old but I want to grow up to be just like you!  Your work is beautiful!  Thank you for your kind offer on the cd bases but I think that it is a matter of practice.  Also, being a breast cancer survivor, the strength in my arm is not quite what it should be.   But that hasn't stopped me up to this point so I will keep trying and master it.  It absolutely amazes me that most balloon twisters are a sharing caring group and I have learned so very much from all of you.  Here's a thought - what if all the best balloons twisters in the world got together to rule the world - just imagine what a happy place it would become for everyone, everywhere!

What a great idea!

Well I just plain love them both!  With all the snow we are having here in Canada - seeing these reminds me that spring is not that far away.

Beautiful - but I have the same problem with the cd bases as Leslie.  I can never get as much air to stay in as yours do.  That doesn't mean to say that I will stop trying however.  I printed out the page you have posted here but I am still having issues.

Well my entry into the love of twisting is thanks to my grand daughter.  One of her middle names is "Daisy" so for her second birthday I wanted to make some special balloons for her.  I had always been in love with balloons but had no idea how to twist them much less how many different things they could be twisted into.  The internet has been the greatest resource for anything and everything related to twisting.  I found out how to make beautiful daisies for her birthday along with party hats for all the kids at the party.  Since that time, I have happily found many sharing people all over the world, willing to help this newbie.  I am 65 years old and have never met so many people who give freely of their talents to help people like me.  I have no business nor do I do parties or events, I do work part time in a balloon store just to be in a position to learn more.  Once I have gone out with their more experienced twister and fell short of what I felt I should be doing.  But, I will learn and I will succeed - and best of all I will continue to love balloons.  Thank you everyone!

Hello everyone, I hail from a very small town in Ontario Canada.  Just wanted to make some fancy balloons for my grand daughters birthday a year and half ago, looked on the internet and my goodness - I was hooked.  So happy to have found yet another group of people to love ballooning as much as I do.