My name is Robi Lynn, creator of the beaded hot air balloons seen on this site. I started beading about one and a half years ago under the instructions of my sister, Paula Adams. Paula is well known for her 3D ornaments and unique jewelry and her work can be seen on her web site, www.beadpatterns-paulaadams.com. For years I have asked her to design a hot air balloon as an ornament. Finally one day around Christmas time of 2005, she sat me down and gave me the basic instructions on how to bead. I started with a simple ornament drape. Well, as all beaders know, you can't do just one!

I played with creating my own unique style and designs with the drapes for a little while and then got bored. So, after having Paula again show me the basics of increasing and decreasing, I started off on a wonderful journey of designing. I followed a couple of her detailed instructions until I was familiar with how beading worked and before long I was exploring my own 3D designs. I could not put those beads down! Armed with a supply of basic colors and a lot of patients I finally designed my first balloon. The Indian Summer balloon, shown to the left, was my very first design. It was so exciting to create that I continued to work on other designs that my head was full of. I was amazed at how many ideals were popping around in my head, keeping me up at night and finding there way to my scratch pad.

I have designed Paula's web site for her and to this day I still maintain it for her. Her site is so full of beautiful creations that she has developed over the years. Every single one is an inspiration to me and pushes me forward to create even more of my own. Though I will never match the ability that my sister has, I do share the same dream as she does, sharing my designs with other beaders. So browse through my pages and hopefully you, too, will be inspired to try one of my little hot air balloons or other items that I offer here.

Hope you enjoy your visit and that you will come back every now and then to check out my new designs. I will be adding a Special Shapes category and also some of my drapes before much longer. Some of my upcoming items can be viewed in the Gallery. So take a look and find that special one that catches your eye.

Thank you,

Robi Lynn

Every year for Christmas I make my three children a new ornament for their trees. Sometimes I will ask them what they would like and sometimes I don't. Well, this year I didn't ask. I decided to create a collection of balloons that were simular but different. So here you have it.

The pattern includes not one but all three designs. You can mix and match them. Each one has a different holly positioning or number. Each one is different, as you can see, on the top on and bottom. They are all made the same and so combining the design was simple.

The instructions are written for the Holiday Zig Zag Balloon, shown here in the middle. The other two, Holiday Canapy (bottom left) and Holiday Swirl (top right) and the full pattern diagram.

Hope you enjoy making your own memorial Holiday Balloon today!