We always find it interesting when people use our products in ways that even we never imagined before. One such example is this DIY glowing snowman. It was put together by a long time friend of the extended illooms® family and she’s kindly shown us how it’s done. How to make your own Snowman All […]

As the first month of the new year draws to a close, we’d reflect on what it’s like to celebrate your birthday in the most miserable month of the year and present the alternative view – that January is in fact a great month for a birthday. We’ve put together the following to help you […]

It’s always nice to give a little something back at Christmas every year. For the last two years, our choice of charity is Mission Christmas. Sadly, 1 in 4 children are living in poverty across the UK. Manchester, somewhere quite close to home for us at illooms®, has the 4th highest levels of child poverty […]

It’s December 1st, and for all of us here at illooms® that means it’s finally time to crank up the festive factor. It’s time to get out the decorations, put on some Christmas tunes, and start opening advent calendars. To help you get into the Christmas spirit we thought we’d share some photos of our […]

We hope you all had a scary, spooky and awesome Halloween because here at illooms® we definitely did. As one of the biggest days of the year for us, we always like to do something special for Halloween. That’s why our Halloween Pumpkin Carving and Costume competitions have become something of a yearly tradition. Check […]

First and foremost… Welcome! We’d like to welcome you to the first post on our new website. Our aim is to entertain and inspire you with updates, top tips, and items of interest.  We may throw in the odd balloon fact, such as, did you know that the first toy balloons date from as early […]

We love Halloween! Here at illooms® we love our pumpkin carving! Every year we have a staff contest to see who can create the most spectacular pumpkin. It gets very serious! Lots of planning, research & endless hours spent carving & sculpting to win the coveted prize. Lee, our Head of Operations, won last year’s carving […]

Don’t buy fake LED balloons, buy the real McCoy! Here at illooms®, we take fake LED balloons seriously. The counterfeit items on the market are a serious hazard, causing many health & safety issues for anyone that uses them. Buying fakes are simply not worth the risk. From the moment illooms® were launched, health & […]

Are you looking to add some light, color, and fun to your Halloween this year? If so, make sure to keep an eye out for illooms® in-store when you are doing your pumpkin or costume shopping. You can usually find illooms® in the party aisle with the other balloons, but that’s not always the only place. […]

When I think of Halloween, words like dark, scary, spooky and creepy come to mind. That’s what makes the night so much fun, right? The thing is, those words aren’t so fun when you’re a parent and your children are out trick-or-treating on Halloween. What we want is for our kids to be seen on […]

Are you looking for perfect, scary pumpkins this year? Of course you are, that’s why illooms® are the perfect alternative to use to light up your pumpkin this Halloween. By using the illooms® in our ‘Light Up Your Pumpkin’ range, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 1. A flameless, safer pumpkin illooms® are […]