New Theme: Balloons
Today we have a unique addition to the WordPress.com themes collection – Balloons is a charming theme by Chris Magiera.
Let your imagination soar – or, perhaps more accurately, float – amongst these playfully parallaxed balloons. The simple one-column design makes this theme perfect for a microblog, if short-and-sweet suits your tastes. The childlike style also lends itself well to showing off those photos of your adorable kids (Grandma will thank you).
Catch your own bunch of Balloons on the Theme Showcase!
Jul 24th at 4:13 pm
Looks OK! I still like Oxygen best, but this one’s nice if you want something laid-back and simple.
Jul 24th at 4:14 pm
Lovely theme, I will try it on my blog ASAP. ^^
Jul 24th at 4:33 pm
This is a really cute theme! I don’t think it will suit my blog, but I will keep it in mind for future use.
Jul 24th at 4:34 pm
That is such an adorable theme! I would’ve loved to use it, but the one column thing is a deal-breaker for me.
Jul 24th at 4:41 pm
…now you have me considering a microblog — sounds adorable!
Jul 24th at 5:24 pm
Aww… this looks so cute.
Jul 24th at 5:44 pm
Love the quirkiness
Jul 24th at 6:20 pm
What a cute theme!
Jul 24th at 6:24 pm
I love the fonts in this theme! Is there any way I can get balloons off the screen? Everything’s falling into place with the look. The only snag is the floating balloons.
Jul 25th at 12:07 am
There’s no way to do this in the theme itself, but you can use the Custom Design upgrade to hide the balloons with CSS. Read more about Custom Design here.
Jul 25th at 12:16 am
Thanks!
Jul 24th at 6:32 pm
So wonderful.
Jul 24th at 6:41 pm
Beautiful theme!
Jul 24th at 8:17 pm
Balloons theme is so cute it just may ‘cheer up’ the Devil.
Jul 24th at 8:23 pm
What an interesting theme. I’m going to have fun playing with it in my test blog.
Jul 24th at 8:37 pm
One column is something that I do not prefer but with this new theme, I’ll make an exemption. I so love the fonts used in this blog. So, I am using it now. I guess the balloons suits perfectly for my blog, celebrating simple and special moments of life. Thanks WordPress! You never failed to impress me.
Jul 24th at 9:09 pm
It is nice.
Jul 24th at 10:11 pm
Another one for the girls…
Jul 24th at 10:48 pm
That’s such a cute theme! I really like it.
Jul 24th at 10:59 pm
I liked it, but it isn’t surprising.
Jul 24th at 11:23 pm
I just activated on my blog! It’s so cute, I love it!
Jul 24th at 11:28 pm
Nice themes.
Jul 25th at 12:05 am
Cute!
Jul 25th at 12:21 am
Balloons always bring excitement! Very Nice!
Jul 25th at 12:31 am
Super layout for a casual blog – great design.
Jul 25th at 12:31 am
I just activated this theme and I am in LOVE with it! Thank you!
Jul 25th at 12:46 am
You are amazing! Thank you so much!
Jul 25th at 1:18 am
Super nice! Amazing! I’m using it on my blog now.
Jul 25th at 1:45 am
This is my new favourite theme
Jul 25th at 1:53 am
What a great idea and the suggestion for the little ones to post is perfect, thanks.
Jul 25th at 2:11 am
Balloons on my bday, thanks…
Though I’m growing up now… haha
Jul 25th at 12:29 pm
Happy birthday!
Jul 25th at 2:52 am
It’s cute.
Jul 25th at 4:38 am
Celebrate your life!
Jul 25th at 5:52 am
Simple…
Jul 25th at 6:00 am
The grey color for the background is great. I’m still scrolling the blog up and down to see the balloons move on the blog up and down. It’s a very unique idea. Nice work on this theme.
Jul 25th at 6:12 am
Too many “cutesy” themes lately. Are designers affected by the recession and the hot summer?
Jul 25th at 12:32 pm
We have a ton of non-cutesy themes in the showcase! And we’re always adding more themes of all styles and varieties.
Jul 25th at 8:04 am
Good theme!
Jul 25th at 8:36 am
Lovely!
Blessings!
Jul 25th at 10:04 am
Amazing.
Jul 25th at 10:44 am
I just activated this theme. Thank you so much. Have a good day ~
Jul 25th at 12:27 pm
Great theme!!!
Jul 25th at 1:50 pm
I’ve decided to use this theme, I love it, but I’d really love it if my widgets could go on the side and the writing was a little big bigger!!!!!
Jul 25th at 8:43 pm
We’re so glad you like it! I think your blog looks great as-is, but you could reposition the footer sidebars and change the font size with Custom CSS and the Custom Design upgrade.
Jul 26th at 8:31 am
Thank you, glad you think it looks good, I change my mind a lot, so give me a few days and I’ll get used to it
Jul 25th at 3:23 pm
The theme is awesome but any chance of getting two widget bars to the left and right?
Jul 25th at 6:32 pm
Thanks, we’re glad you like it! Right and left sidebars aren’t part of the theme’s design, but you could reposition the footer sidebars with a Custom Design upgrade and CSS!
Jul 25th at 4:48 pm
Simply nice looking theme, it’s easier for the reader to focus on the posting because it only has a one-column design. Great work!
Jul 25th at 5:07 pm
Love this theme and activated it to my blog. I do wish there was a balloon beside each post that had the post date…that would be adorable.
Jul 25th at 8:46 pm
Cute! I’m pretty happy with my current theme, but this is nice and simple.
Jul 25th at 10:09 pm
Oooooo…….pretty! Why must there be so many amazing themes to make my theme decisions hard??? Why???
Jul 25th at 11:56 pm
What a cute theme! Totally love it and am activating it now
Jul 26th at 2:26 am
I came back onto WordPress on the perfect day. These balloons are perfect for my message website. What perfect timing. Can the color of the balloons be changed? Oh, I just gotta go get busy on it. Thank you, thank you. I love it’s simplicity, yet, beauty. Marvelous!
Jul 27th at 3:19 pm
We’re so glad you like it!
The balloons themselves can’t be changed, but this theme is compatible with Custom Colors so you can change link and background colors to suit your tastes.
Jul 26th at 9:36 am
Nice.
Wait, it’s for free, right?
Jul 27th at 2:47 pm
Yes indeed! Balloons is a free theme.
Jul 26th at 9:42 am
So cute
Jul 26th at 9:52 am
It’s adorable!!
Jul 26th at 7:05 pm
I LOVE IT!!
Jul 27th at 5:53 am
The Clarences love & support Balloons!
Jul 27th at 6:01 am
Amazing theme.
Jul 27th at 8:45 am
Hey, do any of you know how to change a theme?
Jul 27th at 2:43 pm
Sure do! Go to your Dashboard and select Appearance -> Themes, then click the Activate link under the theme of your choice.
Jul 27th at 10:50 pm
I used this theme for my wedding blog! It worked perfectly with a few tweaks of the CSS.
I love the balloons!
Jul 28th at 2:12 am
By far my favorite theme so far! Thank you so much! (And so happy it’s free!)
Jul 28th at 3:44 pm
Cute. Yes, grandma will like this.
Jul 29th at 9:56 am
Cute!
Jul 30th at 12:37 am
Now, that is a beautiful theme. Congratulations Chris! A truly well-deserved inclusion.
Jul 30th at 7:27 am
Lovely.
Jul 30th at 7:50 am
Nice! Well done!
Jul 30th at 4:18 pm
Very nice, where is the color?
Jul 30th at 10:13 pm
Do you do themes for wedding pages too?
Jul 31st at 12:58 pm
Check out our wedding theme, Forever, and stay tuned for more!
Jul 31st at 8:34 pm
More themes like this, please! Love the “sketch” like quality of the headings. If this allowed for another column for widgets it would be perfect.
Jul 31st at 10:10 pm
Very nicely done theme. I wonder if there is a theme for a tech blog where code snippets can be posted?
Aug 1st at 2:51 pm
You can always post code using the
tag regardless of the theme you're using! If you're looking for a "tech"-y design, you might have some luck poking around the Theme Showcase -- a search for "tech" pulls up quite a few.Aug 1st at 5:14 am
More one-column themes please! There can’t be enough!!
Aug 1st at 7:37 am
Hey, it’s nice… can you make the balloons as a static background?
Aug 1st at 8:24 am
I like this a lot. It’s perfect for the online book I am planning to write, nice and simple!
Aug 1st at 1:42 pm
Cute theme.
Aug 1st at 3:02 pm
Beautiful theme.
Aug 1st at 8:09 pm
This is really cute
Aug 2nd at 7:49 am
I like the theme a lot, as every little balloon can symbolize an idea or whim I have… that is lovely as a start-off point for my new blog, too.
Aug 2nd at 10:16 am
I love it! It’s really cute and clean. One thing I like most is the font style.
Aug 3rd at 3:54 am
Lovely theme.
Aug 6th at 1:05 pm
Very nice theme!