Designer Showcase

Fumiko Yamashita, CBA

Every Master of Colour Mixing has their process for choosing and cataloguing their custom colours. Fumiko chooses the outer colour that is closest to her desired colour, then chooses three inner colours to try. She inflates all three combinations and lays them side by side. Then she chooses a different outer colour to try with the same three inner colours, inflates them, and adds them to her lineup. She then chooses the colour that most closely resembles her desired colour.

To keep track of her combinations, Fumiko has a photo album in which she places pictures that show both the balloon neck (to see the original colours) and the inflated balloon. She also uses the Paint Your Party with Qualatex resources to assist in the process. 

The Business of Custom Colour

Fumiko has focused her business on customers who appreciate quality, both in design and balloon product. Her portfolio of past work is her biggest sales tool, as well as showing them how she can tailor the balloon colours to their specifications.