From: Des304@webtv.net (Kim)
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:12:26 -0400 (EDT)
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com
Subject: Don't throw away your...

Hi everyone,
I'm a newbie to this list and had wanted to make a contribution more
sooner than later, but I felt so intimidated because everyone seemed to
know so much.
I spoke to a fellow contributor to this list and I was encouraged to go
ahead, so I finally conjured up the courage and now here I am.
When you take your film to develop, don't
throw away the case that your film comes in. They can be used in many
ways, but in this case as a water vial for the flowers stuffed in
balloons. These are wider than the regular vials, therefore they fit the
balloons much better. I came about this idea when I needed one more
vial. My source was out of stock and I knew that I had to improvise. I
covered it with pretty contac paper and noone realized what it was.
Finally I went to a department store, got a vase that would accommodate
the size of the 'newfound' substitute, put 
some shredding in the vase to anchor it 
and it came out better than I had expected. 
Just wanted to share something with you.