Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:04:54 -0800
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com
From: Mike <mikekenyon@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Re: NAMING A BALLOON! :)

Hello, Theresa and everyone else!

I have used the Glitter Glue pens (both Elmer's and Crayola) on latex 
balloons, and the effect is a good one. The problem is that it takes 
a _long_ time to dry (at least it did in the Maryland summer heat.) 
Give the balloons a warm, low humidity place to dry, and give them 
enough time. IF that stuff smears, it looks terrible, and it is 
_very_ hard to clean off/clean off without leaving an ugly gluey 
smudge. I guess if you use latex balloons, make sure to give them a 
dose of Hi-Float. In spite of the drying problem, the glitter glue 
pens looked quite nice - a lot nicer than magic markers would.

If it was me, I'd use the suggestion of a cold melt glue gun, and 
sprinkle the glitter on the warm glue. That stuff dries a lot faster 
than the glitter glue pen, and the effect is probably nicer since the 
glitter is on top rather than mixed in a glue matrix.

Good luck, and bless you for caring for those who, however just their 
punishment, find themselves in a terrible place like prison.

Mike


>Goodmorning!
>Just received an order from  our  church prison ministry group who is doing a
>christmas party for a group of children whose mothers are in prison...(For
>This Saturday morning).
>They would like for me to put the childerns names on a balloon so they can
>attach it to the gifts they will have for them at the party....
>Does anyone have any ideas for doing something a little different besides a
>marker??? I thought about writing the name in glue and then adding
>glitter..Would this work.!! I thought I would use of course white, green and
>red balloons!!
>Thanks!
>Theresa
>Blessed Beyond Baskets
>Atlanta Ga

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