Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:50:37 -0800
To: balloon@balloonhq.com
From: Mike <mikekenyon@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Balloon Class

Elizabeth:

For everyone who contacts you about your class instruction and 
write-up, there are probably 100 who don't, but would like the 
information. Why not post it to the list for those who didn't speak 
up? It gets them the information, and posting lets the site editors 
incorporate your information into the Guide. This makes it available 
to even more people, and available forever. (Forever? Yes! Let's be 
optimistic here!)

If you don't want to post it to the list, please send me a copy 
privately. I figure there must be some pretty juicy stuff in there if 
you won't put it on BHQ! :-)

As for topics while the 10 or 15 twisters who went to T&Jam are 
resting, how about something to do with balloons? Like, anyone ever 
used Hi-Float with a 260 or a 360? And a tip - when making balloon 
flowers, double stuff the balloon used for the stem to get the stem 
to last longer. My method is to take a green 160, and put it into a 
green 260. This gives double thickness, and it's very easy to get the 
160 into the 260. Makes the crystal green a lot more opaque too!

Another possible topic is the incredible variety of sculpture 
displayed in the pictures posted at BHQ. How do you find something 
'new' to attempt? Where do you look for the neat thing to duplicate 
in balloons? If you haven't looked at the photos at BHQ, I suggest 
you quit reading this e-mail, launch your browser, and give yourself 
an hour to check them out. This event was awesome! If you have looked 
at them - I think you'll agree with me when I say -

WOW!

Mike, who was just kidding when he said there were only 10 or 15 
twisters at T. & Jam, and he still isn't even a little tiny bit 
jealous that he couldn't attend the most incredible collection of 
outstanding artists in the country :)

-- 
In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though 
calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your 
spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low 
spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.
- Miyamoto Musashi