[Mr. Dazzle]

I have a small black "Carry On" type bag that I keep my balloons in ... Prior to an event I sort out my balloons into gallon ziplock bags. If I'm twisting outside or plan on traveling pretty far I put a couple of those blue freezer packs in small ziplock bags and put those in the pockets of the bag.

Like Scruffy said... Dark Blue, Green, Purple, and Black are hard to tell apart if they aren't sorted... At home while sorting them out I use a bright LED FLashlight and stretch the nozzle end over the light to be able to see the color.

I put my dark blues in the ziplock bag with my light blues, dark greens with the light greens, purples with the pinks, blacks with the whites... etc. This method has never failed me.

I'd like to get another bag... maybe in red or blue or something other than black.I also keep my pumps and my rubber chicken Howard in the pocket of my bag. I never thought of having the rubber chicken "eat" balloon droppings... Thats a neat idea.

I keep my marker (Sharpie click style) and a small pair of ballooning sissors (actually a small pair from a travel sewing kit) on a lanyard that I put around my neck during my twisting time.

The thing I try to remember while twisting is this : "What I lack in twisting ability can be made up for with some marker details and a clever presentation"

The other day I was doing some line work and I had a kid ask me for a blue wolf. So I pulled out a blue balloon. made him the best wolf that I could twist... Dog face, short ears, 2 inch neck, 3 inch legs, and a decent sized tail.... I drew on a face and some furry details and I knelt down onto his level, and made the wolf "howl" ... He loved it. What mattered most to him is that I made it especially for him... He didn't care that it wasn't perfect, just that it was his ... and that I made it for him.