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Snowflake is coming to the NEC

05/11/2013

Who is Snowflake, I hear you ask.
He is a Penguin..................................

Christmas Kit - Snowflake the Penguin

Do you like him? We think he is adorable.
He has a little snowflake on his tummy.

Look at his little ribbon tag, oh I did enjoy designing him.

And we have lots and lots with us for Hobbycrafts at the NEC this week.

Anyone coming to see us?

We also have a NEW Charming Rustic Noel Heart...........................

Christmas Kit - Noel Heart Kit

and how about this cheeky Christmas Tree.

Christmas Kit - Tree Kit

This tree is a little different with regard the construction,
a small challenge as it is not like the other kits.

You can find these three NEW Kits here......

......and the best bit........they are part of the amazing deal of any 5 kits for £20
So why not stock up on a few early stocking fillers, while they are available!!!
We have two major shows back to back, I have been told by Rachie, I have to return to England from Paris with an empty van!!

Have a great day, the rain has stopped and I am hoping the sun will come out.
I have a few photos I need to take for tomorrows Hello Wednesday - I have done some crafting!

Hello wednesday - button notes

30/10/2013

Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!

Hello everyone, we do hope you are all safe and well after the storm. Tin Pot Lane that leads to Clump Farm Ind. Est where our warehouse is was closed on Monday due to lots of fallen trees. The poor girls had to abandon their cars and walk in. Tony and I had our ferry cancelled from Roscoff after our trip to purchase the Linen fabric from France. We had to drive to Caen as this was the only ferry that was running, the crossing was somewhat "interesting" and not one I would like to repeat! Tony however slept all the way!!!!!

I have been busy this morning putting 13 NEW basics 2 Go buttons on the website. You can find them here. There are some really scrummy NEW colours. Laura made this awesome notebook with the scarlet, orange, turquoise, shocking, lemon and lime colours.

It is just stunning, the colours, the rows, the fun!

Whoever you have made this for Laura is a very lucky bunny. Thank you for sharing it with us.

You do love our Basics 2 Go button range, many of you tell me you just can not decide. here is a little treat for you all...........

No codes required, just fill your basket with our wonderful selection of buttons (I think - we have the largest selection of loose button colours on the web) and our website will do all the rest. The 20% off will appear as a discount. We have not had this offer since September, so I am sure you must all be nearly ready to top up your buttons.

Have fun shopping, we have really enjoyed working with these buttons this Autumn. We have more buttons in our kits here then ever before. I came up with some new designs while in France, I have been told by the girls that there is "NO WAY" I can get them made for the NEC or Paris.

Poos, that's not fair.............watch this space.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Hello wednesday - who needs wellies

23/10/2013

Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!

WOW! Did you have the rain yesterday? I got drenched walking to my car yesterday evening, and I do not mean a little bit wet.
It looked like I had been swimming!!!

So maybe it is quite apt that I share with you one of the new display items I made for our exhibition stand.

They sit just above our "Cut Your Own" ribbon unit (yes we have scissors and a ruler and you can cut your own ribbons).
They have inspired lots of wellie lovers at Exeter and London.

If you remember Mollie and I decorated our wellies for our Summer Fete here. Well!
Will she wear any other wellies? Nope.
She started big school in September, and they have to keep their wellies on the wall outside her class rooms.
Can you see Mollies?

Tee hee what fun!

I just wanted to say sorry I am not posting on the blog very often. As you can imagine this time of year we are busier than normal, which is fantastic! I have also taken on a couple of extra roles within Crafty Ribbons which has taken away my "blog time". We are a small team and do all try to pull together. So if I am needed with re-stocking the exhibition stand, or packing orders I am always the first to be asked.

We have done really well with our new Ribbon Embroidery Love kits here 3 designs are now limited!. They use genuine French fabric which I found on holiday in the summer. A small little fabric shop in a seaside market town. We have tried calling them to ask if they would send us some fabric, we would pay by card over the phone.
Ummmmmmmmmmm, "pardon pas possible".
Oh well looks like I will have to go to France for the weekend!!!

Hello wednesday - note book delight

16/10/2013

Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!

Oooooh it has been a while since the last Hello wednesday, it has all got sort of extra busy. Ummmm something to do with Christmas I think!!

We have a guest designer today, Laura. Laura is one of our fab designers for the challenge blog here.
You can also see many of her creations on our exhibition stand. She is a wizard with ribbon and like me just LOVES it!

Ribbon weaving at it's very best.
Laura has not only used plain ribbons but she has created extra texture by incorporating velvets, cotton and gold edge ribbons.

I have one question to ask Laura...........can you bring yourself to write in the notebook?

You can see more of Laura's spectacular creations here. thank you Laura for sharing your creation with us.

We would also like to thank everyone that came to see us at Ally Pally over the weekend. Did you have fun? We did.........we had a loose drain cover where Tony and I stand by the till. So all our customers had a ride and a giggle as the drain cover acted like a seesaw. It must have been the happiest stand at the show!!!!

The girls are busy in the warehouse getting ready for our last two show - Hobbycrafts at the NEC and Paris, so lots of cutting, chopping and cups of tea.

What am I up to you may ask.............well I seem to be on a little bit of a design roll at the moment. Do you want to see my two new creations......................

We have a gingerbread man that matches our gingerbread ribbon.....
He has been nicknamed the "Marmite man" love him or hate him ahhhhh!

Christmas Ribbon - Crafty Gingerbread Men

and we also have Santa

Santa is the same as on our NEW Christmas Winterscene ribbon.......
His little legs are adorable, they just dangle!

Winterscene Stamp Ribbon - WANT IT ALL

Both the new kits can be found here and are £5.00 each BUT any 5 kits are only £20
Perfect for little stocking fillers.

Enjoy the rest of the day, the sun has come out here in Dorset, maybe it is time to lift the big roll over door.

Pippa is leaving for London

08/10/2013

Pippa is a little nervous.

She is leaving Dorset today and heading to the BIG City......London.

She is off to The Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace.

Percy has told her there is nothing to worry about and she will love all the
"ooooohs" and "ahhhhs" when she is spotted on the stand.

Come and meet her on stand E34

or you can find her here

The winner of the favourite Christmas ribbon collection is........

Victoria Dorans
All collections are very cute but I have to say Percy is my favourite. Very cute and Christmassy. Love it.

Victoria please email Bev bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address.

Thank you all for your super comments, sorry for the delay, we have been a tiny weeny bit busy in the warehouse!

Love is in the air

03/10/2013

The warehouse is buzzing with that lovley warm feeling.............

Percy the Owl........

........found a girlfriend in Exeter.

All he will tell us is, her name is Pippa and has wonderful black eyelashes!!!

We think he is in love.........arrrrrrrrrrr

Come and meet Pippa at The Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace London next week - Thursday to Sunday.

We have 10 FREE tickets to give away.
Please email Tony info@craftyribbons.com with your address.

First 10 emails will get tickets.
Please only email if you are free to come to the show, we would hate them to be wasted!

Today is the day

25/09/2013

...................we are ready.

Five months without an exhibition and our stand is ready and waiting for the lorry.

Every ribbon and button has been removed from the stand, sorted and restocked.

A massive job, that finally came together yesterday afternoon!!

So where are we off too?

EXETER at the Westpoint showground.

Anybody coming to see us.............
.....we have lots of new goodies that have not made it to the website yet........

18, YES eighteen NEW Gingham colours.............oodles of new buttons.

The New exclusive Christmas Collection
NEW silk colours
and as for our kit spinner.........

.........welll.............

You will just have to come and have a look for yourselves.

You still have a chance to win your dream Christmas ribbon collection here

See you all next week, unless you visit us in Exeter.

Meet Percy

20/09/2013

Say hello to Percy

and the rest of his family

They like relaxing in the branches

We think they are going to

I had so much fun designing this collection, and we have so much more.....

.........matching buttons

toppers and colour your own packs

Eight different Digi stamps

Look what you can make

and

Thanks Tessa and Laura for your fab samples.

Nearly forgot you can make your own Percy as a kit.

Percy is popular -Janet popped in last week, saw him on the side, scooped him up and walked out.
I went running after her............"Janet his nose is not sewn on!"
Percy went to school with Mollie this morning and was overwhelmed.
Guess who will be making more Percy's this weekend?!

Find all our Christmas Owl Collection here

christmas owl ribbon

So which was your favourite collection this week?

Leave us a comment and we will pick one lucky follower to have their collection on us!

Just ribbons.....

19/09/2013

......yes just ribbons today.
No digis, toppers, kits or even buttons.

Just plain and simple ribbons (Well as plain as I can make them!)

Everybody has to do their washing - even Santa!

A blue snowy sky, a little wind perfect for drying his laundry.

He got the children's stockings a little wet while washing his socks, so they are out to dry as well.

I hope Santa gets sorted soon

....he keeps dropping presents.

But remember....

Do NOT open until the 25th December.

Santa and all of us are....

Wishing you a Happy Christmas.

You can find our Wash Day ribbons here

With all this Christmas excitement I keep forgetting to announce the winner of the 4 LOVE kits.
We picked the winner on Tuesday and it is.......

Sharon P
they look lovely as always would look great on a bag x x

Well done Sharon please email bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com and she will send you your kits.
BUT you must promise to show us the bag when it is finished.
Thank you to everyone that left us a comment, you really all must try ribbon embroidery...
.....Tony can do it!