Add an uplifting element to your celebration of life with clouds that shimmer above. Courtesy: https://shop.melissaandre.com/

Our Tip of the Month

Add love and light in the tribute to your loved one by adding clouds to your celebration of life. Nothing suggests peace or conjures soulful sentiments like soft, cottony clouds as they inspire the imagination to dream and even recall images of youth. This month’s playful design tip is inspired by Melissa Andre, an L.A.-based creative consultant whose whimsical designs add style and spirit to events of all kinds.

In the photo above, Andre’s imaginative idea shows how light and hopeful a ceremony can be, creating a poetic atmosphere with beautiful clouds hovering high above.

It doesn’t take much to create this fresh and touching theme on your own, so you, too, can create an ambiance that helps uplift guests.  All you need are balloons, newspapers and a little time. 

How To Make Clouds

The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair provides guidance in making clouds. As the Farm Chicks’ founder says, it’s actually pretty easy. Read the step-by-step directions. As  the website lays out, you’ll first need to clear an area on the floor large enough to accommodate your heavenly clusters of balloons. Then blow up as many balloons as you’d like to see aloft — and get ready to go back to the days you did paper maché.

Be warned: They have to dry completely! This might take up to 24 hours.

These confections are sure to add a little whimsy to the ceremony as clouds evoke the beginning, too, if not the space of dreams. 

Pillow stuffing + balloons = realistic looking clouds Credit: thefarmchicks.com