"What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness, star-dust or sea-foam, flower or winged air."
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich
This post was in my half-finished-need-to-get-back-to-work-on bucket, but I feel like I need to let it go now.
I pretty much fell off the face of the earth in regards to social media and the balloon world, so it was only a couple days ago that I stumbled across a video that referred to a "Jeff Hayes memorial fund" -- ... I need a minute ...
Other balloons by and inspired by the Jeffrey Hayes:
Jeff was indescribable in one word. Uncanny?
I first met him in the very beginning of this balloon blog when I attended a Steve Klein seminar, the original host was having technical problems so he stepped in like a boss for one of the most inspiring hours in my early balloon twisting. When I reached out to him afterward to thank him, we struck up a conversation that went on for months.
Jeff has a knack, no - a super power, of elevating simple ideas to something extra-ordinary. I believe I have said frequently on this blog that I would try to think about things in a "what would Jeff do?" sort of way. This is a good example of his brilliance I think.
Original post text:
These tiara's were designed by Jeff "The Uncanny" Hayes and taught at our webinar. Taking the normal tiara type crown and spicing it up with sticks and snails and puppy dog tails. Since it's Jeff, I had to try and make it ride a shark and shoot lasers, so I went for a dragon. Not entirely happy with the result, especially since I didn't put the tongue in for any of the pictures!! He also showed us a zombie using a similar structure, but with a brain in the belly - guaranteed to make anyone who sees it laugh in ...horror?
Other balloons by and inspired by the Jeffrey Hayes:
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