Featured Fan Announced: Corinne Leitheiser

Yay! It is Featured Fan Friday. I am pleased to introduce to you, Corinne Leitheiser. Corinne is one of those lovely people that you meet and immediately want to include on all of your party invitation lists - she is super cool and fun to be around. Corinne has an unbelievably infectious smile. Her amazing and beautiful "hair flare" creations are so very popular. One look at them and you know why - check out the creativity in this gal. I"ll be honest, this is one of the most entertaining Featured Fan  interviews - take a read and you'll see why. 

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Are you a dog or a cat person? When I was a little girl, I was all about cats. Now I'm really starting to fall in love with dogs. I would love to get a daschund or as I call them a "hot dog".

What is your favorite pizza topping? There is no food I don't like! So to pick out my favorite is merely impossible...but if I had to pick my favorite topping it would be mushrooms or anything veggie.

What activities did you participate in high school? I played field hockey in high school. I was pretty good, but I hated all the running. What was I thinking? I think I just wanted to be able to wear the short kilt around school all day when we had games that day.

What do you think came first, the chicken or the egg? This always blows my mind! I never can come to a conclusion so I just move on. But I do like to eat both!

Tell us about your family. My family is very small. After my mom and cousin both passing away from cancer and my only grandma suffering from a severe stroke which put her in a nursing home all within the same year...it is just me, my dad (Dave), my brother (Scott), my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Jr. We have all been through a very tough 2 years...our family has had it's ups and downs but we all love each other very much. We all realize that life IS just too short.

What would you like readers to know about you personally? I want people to know that I am a really hard worker, a perfectionist and just wanna please other people. Everything I have is from my own hard work and money. I have NEVER had anyone hand me anything.

What is your business? What "do you do?"  My business is called "CornyFlowers". It's an independent business created and run by ME in which I hand make individual flower hair pieces or as I call them "hair flair" for any occasion. Of course my customers are all girls, but I do make beautiful flower clips for brides, bridesmaids, baby's headbands, headbands for little girls and pins for the more "mature" generations. Each one is one of a kind, unique, sparkles and can even have feathers too.

What is the best part of your job/duties? The best part of my duties is that I can work at my own pace. My whole professional career, working in the medical field, I have had to work at everybody else's pace. Now I get to sit down and really soak in what I'm doing. I am able to take as long as I want to take to create my designs and perfect them with as much detail as I like with nobody telling me to hurry up.

Who is your greatest supporter in your life and work? I don't have one individual supporter. My family has been awesome! My friends are always finding me new customers and spreading my business cards around for me. My co workers are always buying some for their kids and own personal use. The boutiques who display and sell my designs are always telling customers good things about me and my designs. People just in general who see my designs say to me "Wow, you are so talented and have an eye for beauty" What more could I ask for? I feel like alot of people believe in me.

Who or what inspires you? This question is easy! My inspiration since day one has always been my mom and grandma. They are the 2 people in my life who have taught me my love for real flowers and gardening. Since I was a little girl, my mom and grandma were always in the garden and just so proud of their accomplishments when they bloomed. I just love flowers! They make me happy and they are all so beautiful in their own unique way. I wanted to create something just as beautiful that can last forever and never dies. Every flower I design helps me keep my mom and grandma's inspiration alive.

Is there something you are really passionate about? What is it? Hmmm...what am I passionate about? I'm passionate about many things, however, the one thing I wake up everyday and make a goal for myself is to just be a good person to anyone and everyone I cross paths with that day. How can I brighten their day? How can I put a smile on their face? How can I help them when in need? How can I make them laugh? How can I make them feel better?

What is your favorite quote? Ha! My whole life is lived by quotes. I have so many I think I speak in quotes. But I do believe my favorite is "life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain"

Do you have a favorite joke? I have a bit of a...let just say "raw" sense of humor. So any of my jokes would not be appropriate for this article. :0)

How may people reach you? The best way to reach me is by phone (610-823-8786 ) or email (Rinni83@gmail.com) to speak directly to me about anything their heart's desire...but only if it's about a CornyFlower design or a single, handsome, young man you want me to meet. Ha!

Uh hum...lets focus here Corinne! OR you can find me at my website www.CornyFlowers.com where you can view "some" of my designs and order straight from there. Be sure to "like" my official "CornyFlowers" page on Facebook. Of course, you may purchase already made designs at any of the 4 boutiques I display and sell my flowers...which are "Lovely Events and Occasions" (Penn Ave. W. Reading), "Hello Bluebird" (Penn Ave. W. Reading), Salon Avanti (Penn Ave. W. Reading) and Bonnie Landis Beauty Salon (Pricetown Rd. Fleetwood, PA).

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Christine Maziarz,
Certified Balloon Artist
Creating Exciting Balloon Memories, LLC 
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Serving Southeastern PA

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Party Dots Product Review

Pete the Party Dot

Hello, all!

I received my free sample pack of Party Dots TM in mid-December. It took me a week or so to actually open the envelope and inspect them.

When I think of balloon lights, I automatically picture them inside of 5" rounds as headlights or in a 260 balloon (twister/entertainer balloon) for light sabers or in the top of a candle on a balloon birthday cake. I have used a few other types of lights but none that have made me stop and go, "THIS IS AWESOME."

That changed when I opened this package.

My first thoughts were, "I like these... no pointy edges like on the sparkle collars. Not only that.. these will blink or glow AND turn on and off with a switch. Yes, I even tested using the switch once the Party Dot was inserted into a balloon. It worked great with the candle (pictured below).

Each Party Dot has a self-adhesive side and they stick BEAUTIFULLY on balloons. My daughter and I created a silly alien creature type of balloon. We placed a Party Dot on top of its head to see how it would work - it stayed on his head for days.

When I created a fun New Year's hat for my evening at Red Robin, I was thrilled that I was  able to easily insert the Party Dots into two 5" stars around balloons without any additional tools - I like THAT a lot. At about the size of a quarter, it is very easy to do.

In my mind, I had to try it in the top of a balloon candle. Check it out! The only tough thing about lights in balloons is that it is very difficult to capture good pictures. 

Party Dots arrive ready to use. They are incredibly bright LED lights.

How bright are they? I'm so glad that you asked. Let me tell you a quick story.

Our power went out a few days after I opened my party dots package. As I sat in complete darkness at my computer desk, my mind raced to think where I have a spare flashlight. Rather than stumbling to find the flashlight, I  chose to head over to where I had left my sample of Party Dots. Hmmm...maybe if I use this.... it worked GREAT. That same party dot followed our family around for hours. My daughter, who does not like the darkness, wore it on her shirt so she could see where she was going and she read by the light! Guess what? We have a Party Dot sitting right by our computer desks in case we have another power failure.

On another note, I am a big fan of details. Something that I appreciate about these is that there is a little label on each one that says what color they are. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal. However, if you were to purchase 100 of these little guys of assorted colors and they all were stored together and happened to get mixed up...well, then your client wants only blue ones. Think about it. This tiny detail is wonderful.


How about the cost? In the US these sell for $1.25 each. If you purchase 100 or more you get a discount (current offer) making each one sell for only $1 each. They offer $5.95 shipping in the United States.

At $1 each, will I give these out in every balloon that I create at the restaurant I work? No, but I most certainly will use them for special events and special items.  I will also incorporate them into my decor, when the client's budget permits it.

I would say more about these wonderful lights but they have an informative website with a ton of videos and many other ways you may use them. Oh! I almost forgot. You may add a message/picture or design your own label online to add to these lights absolutely free! These are a fun addition for almost any event and they are most certainly not "just for balloons." What a great product... now I need to order some more.

Creating Exciting Balloon Memories,

Christine Maziarz, CBA
aka Miss Balloon Heart
www.creatingexcitingballoonmemories.com