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RouseLINK™ links you to Inspiration, Education, Tools, Tips, and Techniques for your balloon decor success, whether you are engaged in balloon decor, balloon decorations, or balloon decorating as a customer, producer, planner, or supplier; whether today marks your first balloon decor project or your five hundredth.

MY BEGINNING:
My own balloon-decorating journey began without the benefit of such resources and was less than successful. As a high‑school student, I led the prom decorating committee, but arrived to find our helium balloon decorations scattered across the floor. It was more than twenty years before I tried balloon decorating again.

SUCCESS AT LAST:
That next and successful attempt was early in 1982 with a bag of “twisty balloons.” I used them to make a balloon gift for a friend in the hospital. She loved it—and a new passion was born for me. That passion led to selling balloon creations to support a church building fund and, later, to fund my own part-time balloon business.

A SEMINAL INNOVATION:
In 1983, I created and added “RIBS™” (Rouse Internal Balloon Structures™) to my balloon sculptures to better control their shape and to improve durability. It worked, and, as it turns out, I was the first by several years to make, sell, teach, etc., internal structures for abstract sculptures and balloon “Fantasy Flowers” (as I called them). My inside-out approach and the “Fantasy Flowers” name are now standard fare worldwide in the balloon gift and decorating industries.

A PIVOTAL YEAR:
In 1988, I held a solo exhibition of my balloon sculptures at a public art gallery. I also introduced new balloon-decorating products at an international convention, where I was recognized as “Balloon Artist of the Year” and met Mary Queen, an accomplished balloon artist who became my wife and lifelong partner.

CHALLENGES MET:
The year 2020 brought challenges for all of us as COVID‑19 disrupted the world and the balloon industry. Personally, I also faced major surgeries and a long recovery time. Like many in our balloon community, however, I adapted, healed, and continued forward.

RETURN:
Today, balloon decorating is thriving again, and I am excited to share “RouseLINK™ Inspiration, Education, Tools, Tips, and Techniques™“ with you.
Use them to “Stretch Your Balloon Imagination, Inflate Your Balloon Art, and Build Your Balloon Decor Success™.

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I look forward to hearing from you, meeting you, and helping build your Balloon Decor Success

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Graham Rouse
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