Hello...this is Dan from Ohio, USA. Is anyone starting to feel a pinch from the Helium shortage? If so, what have you been doing to hang in there?

Hello Dan, welcome to the foum, as I do not use helium, nothing to say about it although I have heard it's harder to get and cost is jumping up in leaps and bounds.

Dan
  I am a twister who is starting to do more and more decor.  Pretty simple, I am not spending much time learning anything that has helium.  I strongly advise clients against helium in large quantities, most accept this when I explain that I cannot guarantee helium or explain the cost to them for me to stock pile the helium.  Everyone is starting to feel this and it seems most decor teaching is focusing on air filled decor, you just have to search for it.
  I do keep a couple of the disposable tanks of helium on hand in case someone wants one or two balloons to go with a sculpture, but I would not advise using those for deco jobs.
   Check out Colin Stewarts new Balloon Cookbook DVD SEt, No Helium required!