Lilac Delight
09/09/2009
I had been working on my NEW Bev's Bag while Ali was on Holiday. I had thought of doing a christmas bag, but I was hoping that summer would last for a few more weeks! Each morning I came in and added a few more ribbons to the bag, I think I got a bit carried away - what do you think?
I have called it Lilac Delight - because it will be a delight to receive one, as there are just so many ribbons. As ever a few polka dot ribbons slipped in (well a Bev's Bag would not be the same without polka dots)!! I can not see them in the picture but there are 2 of the NEW Love ribbons, Delphinium and Light Orchid, these are a dream and I just "Loved" the way they were photographed. There are 25mtrs of ribbons, several that are not on the website and the value is £11.85 and as always yours for ONLY £5.00
I am rather excited and sad at the moment, remember my car broke down on our way to the ferry to go on holiday. I am excited about getting a new car this weekend (you know - NEW to me!) and it's something I have wanted for ages!!!! But I am also sad as Sydney starts school tomorrow. My little girl is growing up.....
It is rather fraught in the warehouse today, Ali and Rachie are setting up the Exeter exhibition stand and all I can hear is "Where are we going to put these?", "There is no room for these new ribbons either!" It would appear that we have so many new ribbons that the exhibition stand can not accomodate them!! I am keeping my head down and getting on with the orders.
Bev x
More Crafty Rolls
07/09/2009
I am back from holiday, batteries are fully charged and raring to go!
So lets kick off with this weeks selection of our fantastic ribbon rolls. Still at the bargain price of 10p a metre.
There are some cracking ribbons in this weeks shopping trolley - a 50mm wide plain satin in a lovely aqua colour, I am sure this one will not remain on the shelves very long! We still have masses of different ribbons to add to this collection, so do not forget to check back every Monday to see the new selection.
We have a new office computer, and the keyboard is too fast for me and a bit confusing, why you ask? I normally use my laptop which is not QWERTY but a French layout, so all the letters are in different places. Any spelling mistakes are not really there, they are just typo's!! Think I have worked out what is really wrong with this keyboard, there are no crumbs or bits between the keys!! I am sure Sam will fix that.
I had lots of parcels waiting for me this morning, but I was a good girl and did not open them. I need time to enjoy all the lovely treasures that everyone from the challenge sends in, and I knew today would be rather hectic (first day back is always a nightmare!). All goodies will go on the blog this week, so don't miss them.
Cats away...
02/09/2009
While the cat is away the mice will play!!!!
If only that was true.... we feel more like the ugly sisters and that Cinderella has gone to the ball. Ali has left us with so much work to do, she launches Christmas and then goes on holiday.
We “LOVE” you Ali come home soon. Talking about LOVE, what do you think of our NEW ribbons?
There are 20 different colours in the range, all printed on 15mm grosgrain. Have a look at them here
If you thought that because we had launched our Christmas range there would be nothing NEW for a while, then think again. We have oodles of NEW goodies for you, we have the.... No Ali will kill us if we tell you, but there is a stunning new collection out in a few weeks time that was inspired by a pair of shoes!!!!
Rachie & Bev
or should that be Anastasia and Drizella!!!
September - FREE Postage
01/09/2009
Heres how to get free postage on your orders? All you have to do is answer a simple question.
Each month we will set a question, the answer can be found somewhere in the previous months posting in the blog. So here is September's question....
Who gave Ali the "Circle of Friends" blog award?
Enter the answer (all in lower case) into the voucher section on the website and the postage will be removed on all UK orders and will be reduced on overseas orders.
Ribbon Challenge # 8
27/08/2009
If you had a sneek peek yesterday then you will know what the Mystery Ribbons were that we sent to our challengers. We had sent them one of our brand NEW Crafty's Selection Boxes
Not sure if the bows made it through the post looking quite like this, but we did try. Each ribbonbox had 24 narrow christmas ribbons crammed inside and 2 ribbons wrapped around to make a parcel. Everyone in the office thought they were fantastic, but no one else had seen them, so we were eager to receive comments! It would appear that everyone LOVES THEM!!! It has certainly brought out some wicked christmas crafting.
Part of the challenge was to decorate the sleeve of the box - these can be viewed by clicking HERE - These are the goodies we have received back so far.
Beryl really got into the spirit of Christmas - all her goodies were wrapped up in Christmas paper, I had a great time unwrapping them!!!
You had the girls fighting over this card Beryl! I have to ask, where did you get the gingerbread men from?
5, YEP 5! Ribbons of course, are used on this card, love the scarves, and the colours, and the snowmen, well everything!!
Beryl said she used a plain, very plain christmas tree so that she could show the beauty of Crafty Ribbons Christmas Selection. It worked, this card is stunning.
All Beryl wants for Christmas - she said this was a little bit of fun. Can you quess what the book is made from?
Have you guessed yet - Nope, well neither did we, BEER MATS!
We will try for you Beryl, would you like him wrapped in Ribbon?!
I know this is not a christmas card, it's a thank you card for meeee. It came with a little prezzie wrapped in Christmas paper, I opened it a few days early.
Thank you Beryl they are truly scrummy.
Poor Carol C had trouble parting with her cards, we can see why, this little guy is adorable, I even did a close up of him!
The ribbons look great too.
You may already know (by the different snowflake ribbons we stock), but I have a snowflake thing!!! I just think they are amazing, so this card is for me. I promise to look after it well Carol.
This project from Carol is certainly "Thinking outside the box" and it smells good!
For some reason Carol sent back an empty box! "Honest Officer it was empty". Yummy thank you Carol.
Look at the dinky little parcels from Carol F. Not sure they show up in th picture, but each tag has a letter on it. It reads Crafty Ribbons. I did the tweeking for you Carol!!! Carol is making some cards for us, but wanted to get these parcels in the post for our launch. Don't forget you can see the Selection Box Sleeves HERE
Dorothy said she used every ribbon in the box at least once!! We think she liked them.
A new ATC to add to my collection and Dream Catcher - for the last few weeks all I have dreamt about has been Christmas ribbon!!
Oh I have done this with ribbon, very easy but stunning results - Iris Folding (but without the folding!!!)
Dont worry, Santa makes it out the bottom.
This little booklet is wonderful, and yes Dorothy Sydney loved it ( She sat by the side of me taking photos of all the goodies as well!!)
Inside the booklet - amazing.
I think Natalie likes to test my balancing skills while taking photos. Once again another awesome card, the snow looks real.
These ATC's are really sweet, the ribbon is just the right size to go with the little images. Natalie feels as if she has got into the festive mood really quickly this year. Don't think you are the only one Natalie!
I had a big box from Wilma, I couldn't wait to get inside. I have heard about these acetate cards but had never seen one up close - wicked, very clever.
Not sure they are for me, where would I hide my mistakes!!!
This gate fold card is perfect (You may have guessed, I do like this snowman ribbon).
I would be thrilled to receive a parcel with one of these tags on, they are fun.
This calendar will look great on my desk - I am sure I can find a little bit of space for it!!!
BUT not sure about the photo - tee heee!!
The hanging is fun, think I would hang it on my door, wicked images.
Christmas would just not be the same without Crackers - hand made of course!
BOO HOO! There is nothing inside! Wilma had a little incident with the box sleeve - her grandson tried to help, and planted it on a juicy black ink pad. OOPS sorry grandma.
All the fantastic, wonderful goodies have been made by 6 talented ladies. We have another 10 to arrive, I know I said 15, BUT well it grew!! Only by 1 this time, Leigh is back from holiday and is having a break from wedding plans, so I added her to the list. She placed an order today for a roll of Santa's Laundry, she just HAD to have it for her parcels!!!! Thank you, thank you for all these projects, we enjoy them so much.
As an "Early Bird Christmas Special" if you order christmas ribbons from the website before the end of August you get an extra one free.
Normally 6 bags of Skinny Christmas for £5 - "Early Bird Special" you can choose another one FREE
Normally 6 bags of 1mtr lengths of Christmas Ribbon for £5 - "Early Bird Special" you can choose another one FREE
You do not have to do anything to get this offer, apart from choose 7 ribbons for a fiver!
That's me done for a while, I am going on holiday tomorrow, a few days in Brittany and then Chateau hopping in the Loire Valley, can't wait. Have a great bank holiday weekend, fingers crossed for the weather. I have told Sydney it is going to snow........ She thinks Christmas is coming!!!
Christmas Shop
26/08/2009
Our 2009 Christmas Shop is fully stocked and is now open!
We think this is our best ever Christmas Collection, we have worked really hard sourcing ribbons and putting the collection together, we even did Santa's Laundry for him!! (Yes the cake in the photo is the one that caused all the trouble with my eye!) But isn't that ribbon wicked!!
I want to tell you more, but we have a power cut here, and I am trying to load this using mobile broadband before my battery runs out!!
If you have been following the Mystery Challenge then you can have a peek a boo HERE, but you must promise to log on tomorrow so you can see more wonderful creations. Sorry computer beeping at me must go.
Ali x
Got Mail
25/08/2009
Ooooh I got mail this morning!!!!
Not that I was excited or anything like that, NO not me!
I have been trying to think up some new words to express these projects - but I have resorted back to WOW! I must have said that rather loudly while opening the parcels, because all of a sudden I had everyone poking their heads into my office - then they all joined in!!!
Many thanks for all your emails and comments about my eye, it is much better and yes Tony is giving me a lot of TLC.
New Additions
24/08/2009
Oh have we got a super week ahead, lots of new goodies to share with you. I have heard on the grape vine or should I say blog vine that there are even some challenge projects arriving. It would appear that the Mystery Ribbons hit the spot and several challengers have been busy all weekend. I have a feeling its going to be a very busy week!! We have been cooking up a big surprise, including a cake!! Stay tuned.
It's Monday so it must be time to show you the new weekly additions to our Bargain Ribbon Collection. So here they are.
We launched a wide sheer (56mm) in shocking pink a few weeks back, it only lasted a few days, the one this week is a delightful shade of violet.
I did a really, really silly thing on Saturday morning. I had iced a cake in the office on Friday (more about that another day) and I had made a bit of a mess with the icing sugar. Well to tell you the truth, I was having a play fight with Sydney and Sam, chasing them with white icing sugared hands. Anyway, everything was sticky, so I cleaned the canteen area and only had the sink to finish. I picked up the kitchen cleaner (you know the ones with a trigger handle) and gave it a really good squirt. ARRRRGH!!! I had picked it up the wrong way and instead of going into the sink, it went straight into my left eye........
Tony, Tony HELP!!
He came to my rescue, my knight in shining armour (he is good, as long as there is no blood), he calmed me down, bathed and re bathed my eye, then made me a cup of tea. According to the hospital I was very lucky, I have an abrasion on my pupil, which should heal with the aid of the ointment. It is getting better, it is not as red or as painful today, but if some of my photos are slightly out of focus, please be gentle with me.
It's here!
20/08/2009
It's here, our ribbon delivery!!! Well most of it.
Eight huge boxes, so heavy that you struggle to lift them, made it half way across the world - together.
Eight boxes passed through customs - together.
Eight boxes made it to the Southampton Hub - together.
BUT......
Only seven boxes were deliveried to Dorset, can anyone tell me why? Southampton to Blandford, at the most 50 miles and 1 box gets lost. So if anyone see's a sad, lonely, lost box on the side of the M3 making it's way to Blandford can you please stop and give it a lift. Don't open it though, as it contains "Rainbows" and I do not want any to escape!!
The really good news is the Mystery ribbons for the new challenge were NOT in the lost box, so they are being posted out today. I must go, as I have lots and lots of new ribbons to play with....
All of a Buzz....
17/08/2009
It would seem that several of you are "All of a Buzz". I emailed the lucky 15 that made it into our new ribbon challenge and here are a few of the emails we got back.
"Thankyou Ali,
I am so looking forward to the 'Mega Challenge'. It is exciting, everytime we have a challenge to have some new ribbons,but now we have the added mystery too, I just can't wait for the ribbons to arrive.
Love Marjorie xx"
"THANK YOU! I can't wait for them to arrive, I'm really nosey!
Jan x"
"Oh hurrah! Fingers crossed the Postie's stop striking long enough to deliver my package! xx"
"Wonderful!!! Thanks so much. Am going to try to do something a bit more complicated than cards this time- but it depends what the theme is. Can't wait to find out."
"yay!!! fab news, look forward to getting my grubby little mitts on them :o)
lotsalove Amanda xxx"
"Hi Ali, this is such great news! I’m so excited now LOL. And I am sure the ribbons will be fabulous. I love all of your ribbons I already have and my wishlist is huuuge.
Heike"
I am really pleased to announce that our ribbon challenge has gone "International" Heike is from Germany YIPPEE! A huge welcome Heike from us all, we hope you enjoy the challenge. A little secret, the ribbons have cleared customs, so should be with us any day.......
My main reason for this post was to tell you we have added another fantastic collection of Bargain Rolls to the site. Have a look at them here
We had several vistors to the warehouse today, they could not believe these ribbons were only 10p a mtr, so I said I would be happy to charge them 20p!!!!
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