10/01/2026
I don’t even know how to put this feeling into words. 😭🎈📺
Tonight, my balloons made their FIRST TV APPEARANCE on HGTV Totally 90’s House.
Like… WHAT?! 🤯
In May 2024, I was fighting for my life in the cardiac ICU after a complication during my hysterectomy. I had no idea what life was going to look like after that. I was just trying to survive, and then trying to figure out how to live again after something so traumatic.
In April 2025, I started making balloons as a way to heal. I was struggling with PTSD from my surgery and desperately needed something that made me feel like ME again. I started from absolutely nothing. I gave away arches for free just so I could practice, create, keep my mind busy and find a little bit of joy again.
I never had some huge business plan, or any plan.
I was just trying to heal, trying to feel.
And somehow, those balloons became Abigail’s Blooms and Balloons.
Fast forward to September 30, 2026, and this little business I built from scratch just made its FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON HGTV . 😭
Shock is an understatement.
Sometimes I genuinely cannot believe how far I have come. From fighting for my life in a cardiac ICU to watching something I created with my own two hands appear on television.
What is this life?!
And Travis Jones … I don’t think I will ever be able to thank you enough.
You believed in me when I wasn’t even sure I believed in myself. You took a HUGE risk hiring this little balloon business and trusting me with something this big. You saw something in me and my work, and because of you, one of my wildest dreams came true.
I will never forget your kindness. I will never forget your talent. And I will never forget what you did for me and my business.
Forever, forever grateful. ❤️
I started making balloons because I needed to prove to myself that after everything I had been through, I could bloom again.
I think it’s safe to say…
I BLOOMED. 😭🎈📺
From the cardiac ICU to HGTV.
Still in shock. Still crying. Still pinching myself.
But mostly, just so incredibly grateful. ❤️
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