Balloon Pricing Mistake, and 1,000 Subscribers

[@Kardonnify]

What’s up Ben ! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@MakerDecor]

Hey, thank you for watching and commenting!

[@BossMamaBudgets]

Thanks for being so transparent!! The bloopers were everything 😂

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you for commenting, yes I still am not comfortable in front of the camera. It takes so much takes just to do an intro lol. And I delete so many Uhhh, uhhh, uhh, mind just goes blank as soon as the camera turns on lol

[@MikkisoXTRA]

Awww the bloopers at the end... I feel your pain. lol. It's every youtuber ever at the start. Even vets really. Great info!!

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you, yes it can get frustrating as soon as I turn on the camera I cant talk🤣. Thanks for watching!

[@mrs.doitall]

Great advice!!!!! Bloopers were hilarious!!! I’m exactly like that on camera 😅😅😅😅

[@MakerDecor]

Thanks for watching and commenting!! Yeah being in front of a camera changes everything, lol.

[@mariontobar]

Just love your videos! God bless your family and your business 💖

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you so much for watching our videos and for commenting!

[@andreacline7141]

Do more bloopers. They are so funny. It's nice you can share them and laugh too. No one is perfect! Someday you can look back at these and realize how much you have grown. When you hit 100,000.

[@MakerDecor]

Thanks, I will try to add some bloopers in some of the videos coming. There certainly is a good amount!! Yeah a 100,000 would be a great accomplishment, Thank you.

[@DamarisV]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us. Love the bloopers.

[@MakerDecor]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jadeseepersad8690]

Love your channel....so very helpful and informative. Love your transparency and helpfulness. You and your family are doing an excellent job. God Bless!

[@MakerDecor]

Awesome, thank you so much for commenting. I am glad our videos have helped you!

[@Angel2992]

Love the channel. Very informative, love the bloopers 🤣🫶🏽

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you very much and yes it takes a lot of editing to make a video of me lol.

[@mturner8158]

Love your channel!! Your bloopers are so funny! Keep up the amazing work 🙌🏻😊💪🫶🏻

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@msjess927]

I love your videos. I am about to have my baby and quit my 8-5 job so I can take care of my baby but I want to start balloon garlands and get my small business going 100%. Good videos and advice.

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. And congratulations, be ready it can grow quick. Everybody has birthdays and celebrations so people will always be willing to spend on those occasions. I'm glad my videos have helped and good luck!!

[@love1nallgivespower923]

The bloopers are hilarious!!! My sentiments exactly 🤪

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you!

[@CreativeDesignswithCurtisia]

Congratulations on reaching 1000 subscribers it has been difificult for me. That is a big accomplishment. This video is helpful I am always hesitant to increase my prices!

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you so much. There is a lot of work putting together videos, I'm sure you know. But seeing the responses definitely makes it worth it. And also never know what videos will do well, is a challenge. With prices I just kept saying the worst they can say is no they will look for someone cheaper. Which that is not who I wanted to be, so I just kept raising prices and that brought different clients. And a lot of my clients were actually paying for the decorations for somebody else such as their daughter in-laws baby shower or family birthdays, etc. It was nerve wrecking every time I raised prices, but I definitely tried to make sure our work reflected the price we were asking. Thank you so much for your comment.

[@christisstanley2348]

OMG, Love the bloopers! I think you're doing great, I would be a hot mess and the whole video would be one big blooper. Really appreciate all the information and pricing you shared. Are you using zip ties to connect the balloons to the Command hooks for added length? Please keep sharing and hope you did a tutorial on the cut out animals. Thank you!

[@MakerDecor]

lol, yes I am the last person people would think to be in front of a camera? I really don't know how we got to this point, but I am grateful that people find what we show interesting. Thank you so much for watching!

[@maau6179]

The bloopers were hilarious 😂 lol 😆 🤣🤣

[@MakerDecor]

Thanks! lol

[@weekend_zen]

thanks for showing you bloopers. now i know its not just me. can never seem to get the words to come out right once the camera is rolling...

[@MakerDecor]

lol, your welcome! I am probably the last person someone would of expected to be on KZbin. I am super introverted and not a public speaker at all. But the ability to edit the videos myself helps, lol..

[@marissaruiz3286]

Love your work I recently purchased your baby block specs from Etsy thank you for everthing you do

[@MakerDecor]

Hi thank you so much for your purchase and watching our videos!

[@paolaritchie4212]

Hi, just to get an idea. How much did you charge for the fiesta balloon garland?

[@carmelareyes6243]

What kind of balloons do I need to start my balloon business ?

[@MakerDecor]

Hi, thanks for watching I have a video here that discuss the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKqkiXd5j8miarc

[@nazarethsalinas2920]

Do you think you can give advise as to how to price walls and garlands? Ps. Love your videos! They’re super helpful!

[@MakerDecor]

Yeah I can do that, pricing is all over the place and varies a lot on location. But I will try to make a video soon breaking down some of the basic info. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@sylviaamado6777]

Thank you for sharing some good information! What did you all end up using, was just a smaller size of command hooks? The end of this video is sooo funny! 😁

[@MakerDecor]

Hi, thanks for watching. Yes it is some good info for sure. We usually get the stronger command hooks that hold like 5 or 10 pounds. Those are the larger ones, but when some one has texture on the wall it doesn't allow the larger space to fully sit flush on the wall. Then since it is not all fully in contact it was falling off easily. We had no idea and my sister had called me and said its not sticking to the wall!! I was like this is embarrassing. I tried it and it wasn't, so I saw the texture and decided to try a small size command hook since the base was small. The small base sat flush on one of the raised textures with no space under it. And it held strong, so I added a couple and we were good. So have all sizes in command hooks just because you never know what you will run into on setup day. Hope that helps.

[@sylviaamado6777]

@@MakerDecor Yes, it helps a lot. Thank you! ☺

[@jaylakemp1402]

hello what do you use to hold the garland together? I'm just starting out with the garlands and tusing he string to keep them together is kinda hectic, i find myself using alot of smaller balloons for space fillers. but your garland always looks fluffy from start

[@MakerDecor]

Hi, thanks for watching. There is really 3 popular ways to make a garland. Really a lot of ways, but these are the main ones. Fishing string, 260 balloons (the long skinny balloons, not blown up just stretched like a big rubber band) and the last one is just wrapping balloons around each other in clusters. The ones I like the best is using 260 balloons or just wrapping clusters. I am hoping to do a video soon on the very basics but Here is a video of the clusters wrapping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaKlcpZ3fdVso80

[@jaylakemp1402]

@@MakerDecor thank you so much, i will try these other ones out

[@jeanetterodriguez9482]

@Maker decor what kinds of balloons is best to use

[@MakerDecor]

Really the top brands are the ones shown like Qualatex, Tuff Tex, etc. The most popular brand is qualatex. These all have great balloons and just differ in colors, shine and matte. Each have a variety of different styles of balloons as well. Right now there is a balloon shortage so it can take some time to piece together the colors wanted. Thanks for commenting!

[@LaVida2]

when you return to breakdown, do you leave the balloons or take them with you for reuse?

[@MakerDecor]

Hi thanks for watching. We always ask do they want to keep the balloons after. Only like 10% keep the balloons. Most of the time we take them and pop them. We don't reuse balloons, they take up a lot of space, they deflate over time and get dirty. We always use new balloons with every customer install. Thanks for your question.

[@audreyobam1885]

Thank you for the advise. For the fiesta theme Garland what type of wall hooks are you using. I am in RSA 🇿🇦 I struggle to find something to use when I got to a setup venu Nd I have no where to tie balloon Garland to. Please advise

[@MakerDecor]

Hi, thanks for watching. The hooks we use to attach to the wall was command damage free hooks. Here is the smaller ones "Command Small Decorating Clips, White, 40-Clips, 48-Strips, Decorate Damage-Free". You can find these online at Amazon.com or most bigger stores. They are for holding pictures and things to the wall with out damaging the wall. We use a lot of different sizes as some are bigger and can carry more weight and some are smaller. For most balloon garlands a good amount of the smaller ones work great. But always having bigger sizes helps because you never know what you will run into when setting up at a venue. Just make sure they say damage free, so they do not damage somebody else property. Thanks for your question!

[@Ramco247eventsllc]

New subbie here love your channel! I just recently started my event styling and balloon company, not new to decorating for family and friends but making it a business is completely a new experience, what advice would you say made your business go from side hustle to full time business with consistent work?

[@MakerDecor]

Awesome! I don't know if I would say I was full time, as I have a full time job in the medical field. But I love to build and make new things. It was my wife and sister they were the family decorators for years doing family weddings, Birthdays, etc. Then when my wife became pregnant, it was just my sister wanted to go all out for my wifes baby shower. They started asking me if I could make some of the stuff they saw on Pinterest for the baby shower, so I did. Then I told my sister why she doesn't start doing this as a business because they decorate awesome!! They were afraid of decorating for others besides family. I was like nah Ill stage like 3 photos of their work and well just post it and see what happens on Facebook marketplace. I posted the photos and said message for pricing and when I came home from work we had like 25 responses that day. Every day it just stayed consistent and we had repeat customers. So the only real advice is the same advice I gave to my sister and wife was just to start somewhere. Take great high quality photos of like 2 or 3 setups and post them any where from Facebook marketplace, offerup, craigslist, Instagram. And if people like your work they will book you. We did not advertise to family and they didn't know we did it because I wanted to prove to my sister and wife that people would book their decorations. They just had to be willing to show people what they can do. It grew pretty quick and I was helping so our weekends became booked every month. We have taken a break for the last couple of months and just have the Facebook up with a picture stating we are taking a break and not booking at the moment. And people still message trying to book. It really is from just putting yourself out there and taking a risk. Good luck and thank you for subscribing!

[@Ramco247eventsllc]

@@MakerDecor thanks for the advice you are absolutely right I have to be more vulnerable and put my work out and see who is really interested!

[@BeshebaVillarreal]

lol love it

[@MakerDecor]

Thank you

[@thejenkinsfambam4954]

omg the bloopers made me post a comment😂

[@MakerDecor]

lol, thank you for commenting. Yes being in front of the camera is not the easiest thing sometimes, lol.

[@jenniferadesina6353]

Thanks for your advice. Do you have an email I can ask a few additional questions ?

[@MakerDecor]

Thanks for watching, [e-mail]

[@shanaduke175]

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