Balloons World is one of the few shops in Cyprus who are a Certified Balloon Artist Shop. This is a qualification from the Qualatex Balloon Network, which is the biggest organisation in the World for Balloon Shops.

If you have this qualification it means that you succesfully completed the program's written tests, as well as the CBA Practical Examiniation to demonstrate the knowledge of the QBN curriculum and ability to produce quality balloon work.

Irene Athanasiou (owner of Balloons World) received this qualification on the 5th of April during the Qualatex Event in Limassol Cyprus. She succesfully passed the exam with the two creations below and after demonstrating her knowledge for fullfilling the requirements to become a Certified Balloon Artist.

Click here for the certificate

Qualatex Events Limassol 4-6 April 2009

The Qualatex Event in Limassol was the first professional Balloon Event where more than 50 Balloon Shop owners or private Balloon Decorators participated and learned different aspects of this profession. On Saturday morning the Event started with the CBA exams until 13:00. The rest of the event was filled with specialised lessons for balloon decoration of special occassions (Christening, Birthday, Wedding, enz.).

If you want to get an idea how such an event goes, click HERE to see some photos.

CBA exam project photos

Below you will find the two photos which Irene Athanasiou made to pass the exam for Certified Balloon Artist.

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