Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:16:14 -0500
From: Royal Sorell <psorell@star.net>
To: Alan Jordan <alanj@jps.net>
Subject: Re: Need Suggestions on Miniature Arch




> She wants the arch to be18" tall in the
> center,
> and 3 feet wide.  The metal base plates would be far too large, not to
> mention
> trying to bend conduit into that small of a semi-circle.  I was thinking of
> using copper or aluminum tubing (the aluminum I saw in the ACP catalog and
> it
> looks like it would work)

Yes the Aluminum tubing would work well, I have used it for several jobs and
it is easy to work with and you can even bent it by hand.  As for bases, find
a small floral container (glass would work but plastic is better) of a fairly
small size.  Preinflate a 16 or 24 inch balloon and cover the base with the
balloon (cutting the neck off beforehand helps) to match the balloon color you
are using.  Now mix up some concerte and pour it in the floral container and
shove in teh aluminum tube.  Voila - arch frame, bases and enough weight all
in one.

I just did a job yesterday where we put packed helium arches bouncing from
each table to the next, for 20 tables.  Needless to say we mixed a couple of
bags of concrete and used somewhat larger floral containers.  But because we
could cover the base with the balloon, we could match the polka dot balloons
in the arches with the polkadot bases.  The client thought we were so
clever....

Patty Sorell CBA
Balloon Designs with a Twist, Peabody, MA  USA