Bling Bling Balloon Jam floats into Las Vegas

Angie Tsang, of California, left, and Becky Killoran of Canada, right, play with balloon twisting at the Bling Bling Balloon Jam convention at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Gergo Lufis Vilaga, a balloon artist from Hungary, leads a workshop on how to make a balloon backdrop at the Bling Bling Balloon Jam convention at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Becky Killoran of Canada, left, and Angie Tsang, of California, right, play with balloon twisting at the Bling Bling Balloon Jam convention at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Becky Killoran of Canada plays with balloon twisting at the Bling Bling Balloon Jam convention at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Angie Tsang of California plays with balloon twisting at the Bling Bling Balloon Jam convention at the Golden Nugget hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

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