Journal · Balloons To Go
Notes from the party counter
Counting, ordering and setting a table, from the shop that packs the boxes.
Jun 2026Disposable tableware, and what recyclable actually meansPlant-based, compostable and recyclable are three different claims. What each one requires of you afterwards, and why food residue undoes most of it.Read →
Jun 2026Slime and craft kits as a party activityA craft activity fills the gap between arrival and food better than anything else. What works at a table with twelve children, and what makes a mess nobody signed up…Read →
Jun 2026Planning a party that does not run out of anythingA running order, a reserve, and a shopping list built backwards from the guest count. The practical planning that decides whether an evening feels generous or thin.Read →
Jun 2026Glow sticks: how they work and how long they lastA glow stick is a one-way chemical reaction, which explains the storage advice, the temperature trick and why you cannot save one half-used.Read →
Jun 2026Filling party bags without filling a binMost party bag contents are in a bin within a week. What survives the car journey home, what parents quietly resent, and how many items a bag actually needs.Read →- Jun 2026How much tableware do fifty guests actually need?A 350-piece set covers fifty people with nothing spare. The real ratios for plates, cups, forks and napkins, and the three points in an evening where things run out.Read →
Party arithmetic
Guest counts, quantities and the practical planning that decides whether a party runs out of forks.