Designer Showcase

Sue Bowler, CBA

This Master of Colour Mixing firmly believes that the process of choosing colours can be made easier by using the tools that you are given. "If you understand colour and how to create the tints, tones, and shades of a colour, finding which balloons to use can be quite straight forward," she says. (See our Colour Issue of Images Magazine for more on this!) She also stresses that testing your combination is very important before ordering large quantities.

Sue adds, "In the past, I would simply play around with different balloon colours, but now it is much easier with all the great Custom Colour Charts that Qualatex has available."

The Business of Balloons

As a Qualatex Instructor, Sue has spent decades teaching new balloon artists how to properly price their work to be profitable, yet competitive. "All the work involved to double-stuff, and the extra cost of materials, need to be included within the job costing calcuation, but this does not double the price and it gives the customer exactly what they want," she says.