Comments on: Balloon weddings! Ick!

By: Paul Jokinen-Carter

Paul Jokinen-Carter — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:06:02 +0000

I agree with some Stephen Jones’ comments. I work as a designer with a number of Florists and they are totally against working with Balloons. They see most florist shops selling them but my friends/colleagues refuse to incorporate them into their work. It is a question of taste of course – but certainly it feels that promoting balloons means your shop becomes more like a party business than floristy design. One shop in East London has a whole window full of them with one small space selling flowers. It feels very tacky. Thankfully our customers don’t ask for them and so we don’t sell them.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:36:00 +0000

Mr. Jones is seriously deluded if he thinks his designs are beautiful or a classy addition to a wedding. They are just as ugly, tacky and cheap looking as every other balloon structure. The only half way decent structure offered for weddings was the dance floor canopy; mostly because it was lit!

Your blog is awesome! Keep up the good work!

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:28:54 +0000

After viewing your website Mr Jones, and appreciating that your balloons are well constucted and professional… I’d throw flowers in vase at my wedding any day.

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:23:57 +0000

Wow, I completely agree with you, I hate balloons at weddings. Nothing says romance like balls of gas! I love your blog. Its great.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:12:39 +0000

LOLOLOL! I don’t know what’s funnier, the tacky balloon decorations, or Mr. Jones getting his panties in a bunch because *GASP* someone has a differing opinion and dares to voice it!

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By: Liza

Liza — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:44:43 +0000

I’m insulted by the fact Mr. Jones implies you need “ten working fingers” to decorate. I believe there is a stigma put on people without ten working fingers. I don’t feel this was the correct representation of people without all ten working fingers. I DO NOT appreciate this.

By the way, I did see your site, to see what your bragging was about. Your wedding “creations” are just as ugly and tacky as anyone else.

By: robin

robin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:53:17 +0000

Mr. Jones should do his master’s thesis about the cultural stigma attached to balloon décor, since it appears to be one of the most grave problems facing American society today.

Or maybe the stigma is there for a reason, because they’re cheesy and cheap looking….just a thought.

By: Robert Synnott

Robert Synnott — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:58:25 +0000

Goodness, the Chinese government is weirder than I would have imagined…

I’ve always found these balloon creations somewhere between cool and REALLY SCARY. Not sure why.

By: Laura Ross

Laura Ross — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:37:55 +0000

I for one think this blog is really amusing, and should not be taken seriously, particularly by someone who makes his living with balloons. Balloons are fun, frivolous, and frothy bubbles of delight and the very fact that they are in the decor of a party or reception lightens the heavy weight of the proceedings.

I am a strong lover of balloons. They are silly and beautiful.