Friday FREEBIE - 31
12/08/2011
This really has been a roller coaster ride of a week. What with NEW ranges, NEW Challenge Blog, DT Call, NEW Home page on website........ on and on it went all week. Yesterday everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE was in the warehouse cutting ribbon for the exhibtion stands. Rachie had Bev cutting all the bling, Vicky started on Swiss Dots then moved onto Christmas. Samantha was cutting the saddle stitch and then also Christmas - when we all sat down for lunch everyone was sparkling from all the glitter! Mollie was trying very hard to roll all the ribbon rolls back up, they must have cut 1,000's of mtrs between them. What was Tony doing I hear you ask..........hiding in the front office! With so many females in the warehouse he always seems to have the accounts to do!!! Poor bunny.
We have launched a NEW concept to buy ribbon this week.
Basics to Go is a range of ribbon on 20mtr or 25yd rolls. Basic ribbon in Grosgrain, Organza Sheer and Satin (satin is not on the site yet) at FANTASTIC prices, and I do mean FANTASTIC Prices. I had a quick look around on the internet to see what others were charging for these ribbons and to be honest we are way, way below everyone so I expect to receive a few emails!!
The ribbon is of very high quality, the Grosgrain range is all Offray ribbon. The reason it is so cheap? That would be telling............we bought the lot!! Every single roll that was for sale, no quibbling, we took it all. So if you ever need 25,000 mtrs of 25mm Turquoise ribbon (which almost weighed a tonne) then you will know where to come!
We launched two other NEW Ranges this week - Back to School and Cherry Pick.
Which one would you pick for your Friday FREEBIE prize if you were lucky enough to win? Back to School ribbons have some super fun designs, with book worms, apples, ABC and 123 while the Cherry Pick ribbons have been specally picked for their summer sweetness! Oh go on twist my arm, two prizes this week - take your pick.
For a chance to win, all you have to do is leave a comment below. For those that are maybe new to our blog, we have a very, if not over active spam filter. It likes nothing better then to eat your comment. When you leave a comment, before leaving just refresh the page, if your comment has disappeared from the screen it has been eaten - sorry. What we have to do is to add your email address to our allowed white list (something along the lines of Santa's naughty and nice list), just email craftyribbons@gmail.com your comment and I will add it for you. Once you are on the white list you will be able to leave comments when ever you wish.
Don't forget you can also enter the candy for the Cherry Pick ribbons in the DT call posting above - this will run till the end of August.
Have a great weekend - I plan on making snow!
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Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Back to School
11/08/2011
This is maybe a little early for some, but for others it will not come soon enough!
Apples, bookworms, pencils and rulers in ribbons and buttons. A little bit of fun to add to your school projects. You can find them all here.
I opened some more of the Colour Create ribbon Challenge parcels today - from Niina and Laura.
Niina sent in the yummy duo of a cupcake and macaroon, she wanted to make something a little different with added yumminess.
This white cupcake is covered in frosty icing, drizzled with ric rac and with a spot or two of buttons looks really yummy Niina.
As for the macaroon, well I am not sure one will be enough for afternoon tea Niina. I tried designing a ribbon with macaroons on, but.............it looked like squashed flies! So I gave up.
When I opened Laura's box it seemed to be filled with sunshine. This little gift box is a delight.
As you all know I am a fan of ribbon flowers, these will be happy with my collection Laura.
I think this is brilliant Laura and what a perfect way to mark your page, it would make me smile when ever I opened my book.
Very neat petals Laura.
Laura also sent a delightful star ribbon brooch. This would cheer up a winters day.
Finally Laura sent me an email with a photo of a scrap book page, I have just tried to retrieve it. But................ I think I have misfiled it Laura - sorry. Please could you send it again to me, so that I can share to all.
EDITED -Laura has just email me her scarpbook page so thought I would show you all tonight.
Lots of rays of sunshine this time Laura, keep grining it makes the world go round.
This is my second attempt at writing this post today, the first got deleted (by mistake) by the best person in the world!! Fingers crossed this one makes it to the publish stage.
Ooooh nearly forgot, have you seen our NEW sliding front page on the website.
Hello wednesday - Hat of Roses & a DT Call
10/08/2011
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
Oooh there are lots of things going on down Tin Pot Lane this week, we have been busy planning, photographing new ranges and a challenge blog...............so we have a DT call. More about that later in the post, so please read on.
First off my creation for todays Hello wednesday and a tutorial to boot, see I said we had been busy! When I made this hat Mollie just HAD to wear it! She wore it all round the office, she wore it in the car on the way home, and Rachie tells me she wore it to bed. Aaaahh. We went on a family day out to a House Garden event, and yes you guessed it Mollie wanted to wear her NEW hat. But not everyone can carry off such a clash in colour, red strawberry dress with a Lime green hat -ummmm what a colour combo!
These roses only take a minute to make, they really do. You do not even have to sew them if you do not want to, I just secure with wire. So here is what you do.
1. You require about 80cms of ribbon , scissors, wire to secure or a needle and thread.
2. Find the centre of the ribbon and fold one side of the ribbon down to create a right angle.
3. The ribbon that is on the bottom, fold up over the top ribbon.
4. The ribbon that is now on the bottom, fold across over the top ribbon.
Keep repeating this folding until you come to the end of the ribbon.
5. Once all the folds are completed it should look something like this.
6. Pick up the ribbon and hold it between thumb and finger.
Hold tightly the two ends and start to pull ONE of the ends.
7. As you pull the ribbon it will slide through the centre of the rose.
8. Keep pulling until your rose appears.
9. Stop pulling the ribbon end when it looks like this.
10. With a piece of wire, wrap the two ends of the ribbon together underneath the rose.
You can secure with a needle and thread if you wish.
Cut away the excess pieces of ribbon, one will be short - the piece you did not pull,
and the other will be long - the piece you pulled. This cut off piece can be used to make leaves and buds.
11. One finished Ribbon Rose.
See I told you they were quick! Go and have a play.
We all know you like our Ribbon Challenges, and you love adding ribbon to your cards and projects, soooooo..................... how about a dedicated Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog here. (This will not affect our own Ribbon Challenges, they will be continuuing) Every two weeks we will set a new challenge for you to have a play with, lots of ribbon prizes and website vouchers to be won, just by entering your card into our ribbon challenge.
But before we can do this we need a Crafty Ribbons Design Team - would you like to be on the team? You will be sent a fresh new bundle of ribbons to create your project or card, you must have an active blog and able to take good photos. The team will be managed by Mandy and will be run completely seperate from this blog. This DT call is open to everyone from around the world, not just UK crafters.
So if you are interested then please link up on the Challenge Blog. The first bundle of ribbons you will get to play with are our EXCLUSIVE Crafty Ribbons Christmas Ribbons. Mandy was the first to see these ribbons outside of our warehouse team - she went mad over them and even tried to smuggle a few into her pockets!!! I am not that mean, I manged with shaky hands to cut lengths of my samples and give to her, months of hard design work left the warehouse in a carrier bag!!
If you want to read more about the challenge then do not forget to have a look here, become a follower and you can have a chance to win some super blog candy. We launched a new range of Cherry ribbons yesterday, they could all be yours by leaving a comment and linking up
One very excited
Any one for a shower?
08/08/2011
Tony and I hit London at the weekend. After spending most of our time in either rural Dorset or Brittany we decided we had become stale and needed a city charge. Boy did we get it, what a fantastic place London is, the colours, textures, the noise, the people. In and out of the shops, this bus that bus (not keen on the tube!).................ooooh and talk about the food, everything you could dream of.
We went to all the top shops (of course) and look what I found in Fortnum & Mason...........
.................ribbon shower caps!!!!
At £30 each I did not buy one.
We both had a fab time BUT it was really great to arrive back in sleepy Blandford.
O.K. lets get to our Friday FREEBIE winner, who is going to have the pleasure of spending £20.00 in our store for FREE? We only saw Mollie today, although Syd and Sam are back from holiday I have not seen them yet. So no fighting for the "Bingo" Bag today, Mollie had it all to herself. While trying to blow bubbles she picked number.........
Number 32 = Gemma
Can't believe its the first Friday of the month so soon, this time next month the summer will nearly be over!!
Thanks
Gemma
WOW Gemma you can go and fill your basket with wonderful buttons and ribbons - what will you pick we wonder. All you have to do Gemma is send me a email to craftyribbons@gmail.com and I will send you your voucher code. Well done and happy shopping. Thanks to everyone that took part, we love reading your comments, some of them do make us smile!
We had a visitor in the warehouse this afternoon......with a prezzie......Janet came to see us and brought a huge homemade chocolate cake. I would have taken a picture.............but...................yes you guessed it..................by the time I thought of it there were only crumbs left!!!! Yum Yum thank you Janet. This will make you smile, Mollie thought it was HER birthday cake, she went and got the candles from the drawer and started sing Happy Birthday to herself ahhh. Yes we are all big softies and lit the candles and started singing with her!!!! They will be coming to take us away soon.
We still have lots more Colour Create Challenge goodies to share with you, todays are from Carol.
Carol this card is a work of art, and such unusual colours for christmas. I like!
Look at the work that has created these layers, that must have taken some time Carol. If you like this star ribbon, then you will have to be quick ALL the colours have been put into our Summer SALE and are only 50p for 3mtrs - now that is a bargain. Find it HERE.
So simple but elegant Carol.
I love the Shabby Chic look of the flowers, and with the button centres they are magic.
Think this ATC says it all Carol. Ribbons, Buttons and Bows from Crafty Ribbons.
More Colour Create makes tomorrow, have a good evening.
Friday FREEBIE - 30
05/08/2011
First Friday of the month so it must be voucher Friday - yippee!
Fancy spending £20 in our web store?
Just leave us a comment for a chance to win.
Psssst..............I will let you into a secret.............
....that's right. All items in our summer SALE are reduced by a further 20% for this weekend.
No codes or vouchers required, the extra discount will be automatically applied to your basket.
Find all the fantastic Summer SALE items HERE
Have a great weekend.
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YOU Create - Clippies
04/08/2011
Look what Keri has created with our narrow grosgrain ribbons.....
If you have no little ones you may not know what they are. These clippies are all the rage. Even though Mollie has very little hair she loves wearing clips.
Keri has made little matching sets. This one is perfect for a summers day out.
Or you can have a Minnie set.
How about party time! Wow these are gorgeous Keri.
These have been made from our Bling Velvet ribbons, stunning colours
Not only does Keri like our narrow ribbons but she also uses our bias binding.
The heart bias has made this little dress adorable.
I really hope this goes well for you at the playgroup sale today Keri. I have a feeling you maybe getting a few orders for this dress.
You can buy all Keris makes HERE and you can follow her blog HERE.
Thank you for sharing your ribbon creations with us Keri, we wish you well.
Hello wednesday - handful of buttons
03/08/2011
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
What a wonderful morning, the sun is out in Dorset and it makes everything so special!
Just a handful of buttons, jump rings and a length of chain. Just the thing to wear on a perfect summer day.
Dorothy Day
02/08/2011
Dorothy always sends me in so many different goodies for our challenges that I am officially calling this Dorothy Day.
You may have seen Mollie wearing this little number yesterday, she does like her head gear that girl!. Not too sure if Dorothy made the head band or whether she only decorated it.
But the detail is very fine, little ribbon roses with seed bead detail and a matching bow. Mollie definately approves of your creation Dorothy, what fun.
The next item had me a little foxed to start with Dorothy!
Ummmmm until I saw the added detail..........
........a button and bow detail on the back of the neck.........
.....ribbon for her skirt, ric rac for her collar. What a clever way to add interest Dorothy.
Dorothy missed out on this challenge, I think she had family round for afternoon tea and could not use her computer. So this thank you card was for me, for making room on the challenge for her. No probs Dorothy, it's really Rachie that should get the thanks - she is the one that makes up the challenge parcels and sends them out. I just increase up the number on her!!!!!!
Lovely card Dorothy and beautifully trimmed with ribbons and buttons.
Back to school - these initialed pencil cases are just perfect for the start of a new school year.
One each for Sydney and Sam.
And one for our little Mollie.
It is always fun to open Dorothy's challenge boxes, thank you for taking part and giving us all some wonderful inspiration Dorothy.
I hope you have enjoyed your Dorothy Day.
Ribbon Bucket winners
01/08/2011
Well it is here - AUGUST - to some the start of the summer. For me it is the last free month before the exhibition season starts - arrrrgh.
No panic whatsoever, of course we are ready. No we would not have been silly and used our exhibition stock for orders. Of course our exhibition stand is fully stocked up and waiting for Exeter.......................Ok a girl can DREAM!!
We will be at these following exhibitions this Autumn, will you be able to come and see us?
Creative Stitches - Westpoint - Exeter 22nd - 25th September 2011
The Knitting & Stitching Show - Alexandra Palace - London 6th - 9th October 2011
Hobbycrafts - N.E.C. - Birmingham 3rd - 6th November 2011
Creation Savoir Faire- Porte Versailles - Paris 16th - 20th November 2011
We are very sorry but we will not be in Dublin this year. Both Tony and I are very sad that we can not attend, we have been in Dublin since 1996, that's 15 years of happy ribbon trading.
O.K. I have wiped my tears away, time for the Friday FREEBIE winners..........................
The first number out of the bag will get the complete set of 3 Bev's Summer Bucket Ribbons............................
ummmm more about Mollie's head dress tomorrow!
Number 2 = Judi
Being as I'm such a 'girly' girl, it would have to be PINK for me, but I love 'em all.
The next three numbers were chosen by Mollie and her friend Lukas. The winnere can choose either Lime, Turquoise or Shocking.........
Number 4 = Gail R
I would choose pink
...as you know who would be getting to use most of my ribbons and she's a pink lover lol
Lots already decorated with furry ribbons I doubt I'll see very much of that- sharing sometimes doesn't work in reverse I find ... where pretty things and pretty girls collide in particular... Then again maybe I'm just a soft touch lol
Not a clue where this year has gone *looks under sofa*
Number 16 = Jan Marshall
Ohhhh I love them all , fantastic as ever , I have sat an studied and tried to pick a favourite colour but I cant choose
have a great weekend
Love Jan
xx
Number 34 = Audrey
Great ribbons, Bev - but can't we include the bucket please Ali? I'm sure Molly won't mind sharing!
If I'm drawn out second, I'd like the pink bag or do I mean the lime bag or .... fingers crossed I'm out first!
Thanks
Audrey
Well done everyone, all we need are addresses please to craftyribbons@gmail.com, oooh do not forget to tell us which colour collection you want. Thank you to everyone for such super comments, great fun reading them.
A little bit of Colour Create to take my mind off the exhibtion stand.
Natalie has a unique way with her cards, they are always so perfect.
Three simple lines of ribbon add a few flowers and a button or two - pure magic.
Oh NO Natalie you have me thinking about Christmas again! What a super fun card, great colours Natalie, think you will like our NEW Christmas Ribbons. I had an email this morning to confirm the last batch of our designs are going through the factory this week. Crafty Ribbons OWN Christmas ribbons very excited. We have............. , , and , oh we have . Sorry did I just write that in invisible ink!! You will have to wait and see, not long now.
Friday FREEBIE - 29
29/07/2011
Ooooh it is nearly August. Someone please tell me where this year has gone.
With Bev still away on Holiday what better Friday FREEBIE then her NEW Collection of summer ribbons.
Which colour would you pick?
After having a good old play with these ribbons, I am not sure I would be able to just have 1 colour! I think I would have to go for the set of 3........or is that just plain greedy. No you can never be greedy where ribbon is concerned. We have one set of 3 Bev's NEW Summer Bucket of ribbons for the first number out of our "Bingo" bag on Monday and then 1 colour bag for the next three numbers. So four winners in total. See I am not greedy, I share my ribbons...............well the ones I show you...tee hee.........
Have an awesome weekend everyone.
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