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Off to a new home

16/08/2010

No silly, we are not sending Mollie off to a New home - no one would want that "Animal" as per her t shirt. I am talking about our Animal Cuties Ribbon Collection (Here) that are this weeks prize for our Friday FREEBIE. Mollie picked the number for us today, she is getting pretty good at it, but trying to get the "Bingo" bag off her is another matter, think I will have to make her one.

Mollie picked........

.....number 15 = Kara

oh wow i love the dog one, and the pony one, and the panda one and.......
Infact i love them all.
It would be so wonderful to win a whole set of new pets for my ever expanding zoo. lol
Have a great weekend and enjoy buying your ribbons.
xxx

Well Kara you have won them all - congratulations, all we need to get these animals to you is your address please to craftyribbons@gmail.com. Please do not call out the RSPCA if we send them by post!!

Thank you all for such wonderful comments and an extra huge thank you to those of you who have emailed or left comments about our NEW Website (not seen it yet, then click HERE), you are all so kind. Yes it was a lot of work, and if you enjoy it then it will be a great bonus. We still have a few issues that we are trying to iron out, it would appear that we had a "BUG" in our old system that would allow you to use two different voucher codes on one order, this new system will not allow it. We are seeing if we can re-install the "Bug" it may take a while!

Do you have an Apple Phone or a Android phone or smartphone? Yes - well, with our New webiste you can place orders straight from your phone, you no longer need to be at a computer. So moving about on trains or buses to work, or even in hotel rooms, you can use our site as it is now fitted with the state of the art "On the Go" technology!

I'm bushed, begining to see double from staring at the screen all weekend, and as for my numb bum, well that is another matter!! I think I need an early night, is 6.30pm too early?

NEW Website

15/08/2010

Phew it worked!!

Not only are we on our own NEW shiny server but we also have a NEW style website.

As you can see there are no major changes on the home page, a few new graphic boxes and a little bit of tweaking. All the hard work has been put into the websites engine - look behind the scenes and you will see some super technology in action. This is our 4th generation website and we think it is awesome.

Your shopping basket will remain active for a period of 35days, you can use it like a wishlist and keep things in there and then take them out the next day - or put more in!
This only works on one computer, you will not be able to switch machines and expect to see your open basket.

You can sort products by different methods, our recommendations, price, popularity etc.

You can choose the number of items you wish to view on a page, this will be very helpful in the 3mm satin range!

We have added an express checkout - you do not have to register on the site if you do not wish to.

When you view your basket you can also see a thumbnail picture of the ribbons you have selected - brilliant.

There are so many new improvements (I do not want to bore you with them all!), but as you start to use the website you will notice them, also how lightning quick it is.

We are still doing some "live" testing on the site, making sure that every link is working. This will take us a while but the majority of the work is complete.

Enjoy - The Crafty Team

craftyribbons.com is moving

15/08/2010

Our craftyribbons website is moving today, to a brand new shiny server all of it's own,
no more sharing, no more jostling for space - it will be able to stretch and grow.

At some point today the site will go off line while the final data is being transferred, we anticipate this will only take a few hours.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

What will a new server do for you - the key factors are speed and security.
As the new server will only house our site it will respond to your actions trilly seconds quicker,
with shared servers your security is only as good as the other sites you share it with!

We are ready, all the boxes are loaded, siutcases packed to bursting point - wish us luck.

The Crafty Team

Friday FREEBIE 33

13/08/2010

Oh I do like Fridays, and today is an extra special Friday - I am off to buy ribbon. Yippee!!

O.K. I know we have one of the largest collections of ribbons on the web, but I just enjoy ribbon and I got a call yesterday to say a new shipment had arrived and would I like first pick. What could I say? What would you have said?

I had planned to give the NEW Organza Swiss Dots away today (if you missed them you can find them HERE), but so many of you are in the New Ribbon Challenge that I didn't think you would want some more just yet - I will save it for another day. Hope you are all enjoying the ribbons and having a good old play. I have received several emails to say goodies are on there way back to me, so I should be able to start sharing the creates with you next week.

Think Ali, Friday FREEBIE, what special bundle of ribbon can we give away for this weeks Friday FREEBIE....

...got it! 1mtr of every design in the animal cuties range. We have, frogs, dogs, bunnies, flamingos, turtles - ooh so many I have forgotten them all but you can find them HERE.

So if you want to win a whole gaggle of new family members then leave us a comment, and we will pick a winner from our "Bingo" bag on Monday.

Please, please if you are having a problem leaving a comment or it has not been saved when you go back to have a read, YOU ARE BEING BLOCKED BY OUR SPAM FILTERS - all you have to do to stop this, is to email me at craftyribbbons@gmail.com with your comment and I will add it for you. Once your email address has been added to the system you will be able to leave comments without any further hassle. Our spam filters are automatic, we do not know who is being BLOCKED, you have to tell us if you are experiencing a problem. All comments posted should appear straight away and stay there. Please leave a comment they are very important to us.

By the time you read this, I may have my hands on a super collection of ribbons!! Thankfully this ribbon supplier knows that I am ribbon mad, so I do not even have to try and hide it!!!

Have a wicked weekend.

Hello wednesday - Dotty Hearts

11/08/2010

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

I just had to, I did. I have been so busy that I had not found time to play with my NEW Organza Swiss Dot Ribbon. I would go into the warehouse in the morning and take a sneak peak at the colours, do a little bit of oohing then walk away. As for getting my hands on it and using it - no way. I have been chained to the computer again all week - we are nearly there.

So last night I took the Organza Swiss Dot Ribbons (HERE) home and curled up on the sofa, with ribbons on one side and beads the other, and this is what I made.

Very simple necklaces, one each for Sydney, Mollie and not forgetting Sam! If I hadn't made one for him he would have been really upset!

The ribbon was really wonderful to work with and slipped through the bead holes without even using a needle. The heart beads came from an elasticated bracelet that I cut up, it had loads of beads on it for just £2.00.

I thought the hearts were just perfect to be set off by the ribbon colours. No clasps or anything used, just a simple knot to hold everything in place. There is a right and wrong side to this ribbon, but the printing quality is almost perfect on the wrong side!

I enjoyed my play and went on to make more necklaces and a few bookmarks, Rachie runs a craft stall on Sundays so I made a few extra to give to her.

Hope you are going dotty with our ribbon!

Who's going on a spending spree?

09/08/2010

Who's the lucky person to win our Friday FREEBIE £20.00 voucher?

The decision was left to our Mollie, and she picked number........

....number 35 - Julie

Am excited and curious to hear about secret 'going ons' in the warehouse!
Would love to win £20 in this month's freebie, I could spend it 100 times over...at least.
Happy weekend everyone.

Well done Julie you have £20.00 to spend on our website, please email me at craftyribbons@gmail.com so I can give you the voucher details. Sorry to all you other wonderful commentors, you leave such wonderful messages.

You are right about the gravatars (the little faces) Tracey, some of them do look grumpy!! What i find really bad is when I am asked to put a comment on for someone (due to our spam filters), and it comes up with really funny face, I think oh no they will think I have picked that face! I don't, it is all done automatically - promise.

Rachie has been busy with orders today, so I was given the job of sending out the challenge parcels - I have spots before my eyes!!!! I did get Sydney to help me put everything into the envelopes, and Sam tried to put the address labels on, so some of them are not very straight, sorry.

Ribbon Challenge # 17 - FULL

08/08/2010

Oh Boy is it full! RIBBON CHALLENGE # 17 IS FULL

Sorry if you missed out on this challenge but there will be another one coming up soon.

We went out just after I had launched the new challenge, planning on using my phone to close it when it became full. I listened for the bong everytime an email arrived on the phone, that's it we are full. Simple - I will just go online and close the challenge, I had done this before. Well it would have been easy if I had remembered to charge my phone, as soon as I logged onto the internet - zip no power!!!! Oh ******

But you are so loving our new ribbons (we thought you would) that everyone who has sent us an email will be in the challenge, we have oodles of the ribbon and I love sharing it. I will start sending emails asking for addresses later. Thank you for all taking the time out to join in with the challenge, I think we have some new challengers - what fun.

Where was everyone today? We went over to Shell Beach in Studland for lunch and it was deserted, apart from the queue for the chain ferry. After being cooped up working on the computer for most of last week and yesterday I definately needed to stretch my limbs.

We haven't been to Studland for ages, normally we go "out of season" as it gets sooooo busy. But not today.

You take a little path opposite the restaurant and you come out onto this.....

......Wow, gets me everytime. But as you can see there is hardly anyone out. That's Old Harry's rocks on the horizon, you can walk along the cliff top to them, is a wonderful walk, but not after lunch!

Then we think we found the reason why there was nobody on the beach......

.....they had all been eaten by the sand shark!!!

Have a great evening.

Ribbon Challenge # 17

08/08/2010

SORRY THIS RIBBON CHALLENGE IS FULL

We have a new Ribbon Challenge for you, and this time it is using Exclusive Ribbons. What do we mean - Exclusive? They have been printed just for Crafty Ribbons

Yes, we know you can already get Organza Swiss Dot Ribbons BUT NOT in these stunning colours. We have hand picked the colours, taking into account those that you love from our Grosgrain Swiss Dot Collection and have had them specially printed - just for you and me and Bev and Rachie and Crafty Ribbons!!!!

We have been asked so many times for this ribbon, but I was just unable to find a supplier with colours we liked, many only had one or two colours, I wanted a WOW Collection! Because we have had them printed by the ribbon manufacturer, there is no middleman so the lowest price is amazing at only 27p per mtr, on some websites we have seen it at over 50p and on others you have to buy 90mtrs to get anywhere near our price.

There are 23 awesome colours printed with either the classic white dots, stylish black dots or the cosmopolitan brown dots. Take a look at the colours HERE we really hope you like them as much as we do.

Do you like them?

Do you want to be the first to get your hands on them?

Do you want to add these to your ribbon stash?

If the answer is yes, then you had better send me a email to craftyribbons@gmail.com because I have 15 bundles of every colour to give away!!! That's right - if you take part in this NEW Ribbon Challenge # 17 you will get the Organza Swiss Dot WANT IT ALL COLLECTION, all we ask in return for these drop dead gorgeous EXCLUSIVE ribbons is for you to send us two goodies using the ribbon - cards, projects, ATC's, it's up to you.

The first fifteen to reply will be sent an email requesting address details so we can send your free ribbons! Your finished cards and projects will be posted onto the blog and the website.

Come on join in and be EXCLUSIVE with Crafty Ribbons!

If you LOVE the ribbons but not up for a challenge, you can buy the ribbons by simply clicking HERE.

Friday FREEBIE 32

06/08/2010

Another Friday, another week gone!

First Friday of August so it must be voucher week, yes we have a £20.00 voucher for this weeks Friday FREEBIE. You can spend this voucher in our web shop www.craftyribbons.com . As the winner you will be able to have fun filling your basket with wonderful ribbons and buttons and walking straight through the checkout without paying - now that sounds good.

So if you want to do a little retail therapy without the expense then leave us a comment and we will pick a winner on Monday.

Normal blurb - If you are having trouble leaving a comment please email it to us at craftyribbons@gmail.com so we can add it for you. Once you have been added you will be able to leave comments without any hassle. We are very sorry if you do experience a problem. ALL comments should appear on the blog straight away and we do not have any form of moderation process. Comments are very important to us - so please leave one.

We have a lot going on at the warehouse, of which most is "Top Secret" - we will be revealing all soon. But at the moment it means that I have been stuck behind the computer for most of the week, I have not had my camera out since taking the picture of the Friday FREEBIE winning number, and I have a numb bum from all the sitting down!!

Have a great weekend, I think I will be dragging Tony around part of the Jurassic coast to revive my bum and take lots of pictures - that should keep me going all through next week!

Ooooh I nearly forgot, IF and I mean keep your fingers and toes crossed, IF we receive a delivery today (we should have had it yesterday) then there maybe a smell of a new ribbon challenge in the air!!!!

Skinny Christmas SALE

05/08/2010

We have just put a huge batch of the Skinny Christmas Ribbons into our SALE......

....there is maybe something that takes your fancy! You can see them all by clicking HERE. 9mm satin printed with Christmas designs - 3mtr lengths are now half price for 50p WOW!

Gail has been busy making cards and scrapbook pages and sent me some photos, do you want to see them?

Gail is making a scrapbook all about her little girl, this was her first page. She has used one of the sticky ribbons from our "I love my Mommy" ribbons, they can be found HERE.

gail also sent through this delightful birthday card, once again I think she has used our sticky ribbon, which you will find in our SUMMER SALE at only 50p per pack - look HERE.

I really like this tri fold card, sadly we are sold out of the "Make a wish" sticky ribbon that Gail used but I am sure you will be able to use her inspiration for your own project by using another ribbon.