Big Round Balloons

Would you believe me if I said that I was was still recovering from a baby shower four days ago!?! It was great but today was the first day I didn't wake up exhausted. So silly.

Every event, every wedding, every shower, I learn something (s) new. 

Here's a photo from the shower. I used the ever popular 3' balloons. Here's the deal on these. In my findings...at least in San Francisco, the price quotes were for $30 a balloon, they take a lot of helium. Yikes. Pricing it further, the balloons without helium cost $5 a pop everywhere I looked. I decided to rent a helium tank. 55cf (cubic feet) helium tanks fill about three-four 3' balloons. And that tank was $30. An 88cf fills about six 3' balloons and was about $50. I got the tank and balloons from SF Party. 

I thought that these beautiful balloons would be enough decoration so I would need little else to create a good impact and ambiance. I went with the 88cf tank, got five, 3' balloons and about 10 smaller ones for other areas of the party space. It came out to about $80 which is pricey for decor I know but I figured it was worth it! Everyone loved them and they looked great in the space. 

As an additional note. You really need two people to blow these up. Tying them after they are blown up will tear up your fingers ( good to switch off) and they will escape if you don't have someone else there holding them. I also used thick yarn as the string just to do something different. 

I am excited to share more details about this shower in the next few days. Including a DIY for the favors! 

(photo by my partner in crime and balloon holder Jess Epstein)