Each year, the county fair takes place in my hometown. All through my childhood years, hot air balloons would launch at the fairgrounds and fly right over my house. Since then, whenever a hot air balloon is seen, I become a giddy little nerd. Fast forward about fifteen years, and now I find myself hanging out at a ballooning festival, up close and personal with hot air balloons, hanging with a couple of the greatest friends a girl could have! You may recognize one of them as a fellow misc•maker.
(Courtney, Alex, and Jess)
The last weekend in July brings scores of hot air balloon enthusiasts to Readington, New Jersey. Alex and I were lucky this year to be invited to this event by a future misc•maker, Courtney. We watched with excitement as balloons inflated all around us and began to float off before our eyes.
We even got a chance to stand inside one of the balloons as it filled up! Here’s me and Alex with Courtney’s soon-to-be father-in-law. Mr. Leota is among the nicest people I’ve ever met and I can’t wait until the next balloon festival! I’m told next time we will be helping to chase down the balloon to help it land. How cool is that!?
Let’s tie this into crafts, shall we? Leading up to the balloon festival, I tried my hand at replicating the Leota’s balloon in polymer form and here it is! Challening, tiny, but ohh soo cute!
(Photo by Adam Leota || Balloon Charm by Jessica @ FrostedTreats)
Overall, this was the most amazing thing I’ve experienced this summer.
Well, Gotta fly!
Oh my goodness I love that balloon charm!
Thanks so much! I had a lot of fun making it! I have a couple pink variations that will be in my Etsy shop sometime soon! (www.frostedtreats.etsy.com)
oooh I look forward to seeing them. That looked like quite the fun event!