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Hello wednesday–Percy Owl

04/06/2014

Hello wednesday ribbon girls and boys.

It’s raining here in Dorset and I am wrapped up again in a big jumper with my gloves on!
Where's the sun gone?

I made a mate for my Pippa door stop.
She is very excited……………

Meet Percy.
They do make a handsome couple, don’t they………….wedding bells maybe?

I am also pleased to say that our Spring Owl ribbon is back in stock.  Yeah

and this one……

and believe it or not this one…….

You can all go Owl crazy again!

Have a great day everyone.

We are in the process of updating our website, it is starting to look different.

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Elsa’s dress part 4 and Bling Friday

30/05/2014

Morning to all my Friday visitors.
Are you regular readers and followers or Friday FREEBIEers?
or have you come to see Elsa’s finished frozen ribbon dress?

Do I show you the dress or how I made the snowflakes……..?
I am sure you will  scroll down to look at the pics first………….

so here goes…………

Well what do you think?

I wanted to add more silver snowflakes, but Mollie was impatient to wear it for her secret party….
…..which turned out to be a Tea party for me!!!

The train (cape) was just what Mollie had wanted, I have so many pictures of her looking backwards at it,
that I became concerned she was going to fall over!

I painted the snowflakes on with silver glitter.

The fabric was thin and see through.  I printed a couple of snowflakes and laminated them.
Pinned the fabric to the snowflakes.
Using Mod Podge and a thin paint brush I painted the glue onto the fabric and then covered with glitter.
Once the snowflake was covered I knocked off the excess and hung it up to dry.

Even though I say so myself, they look amazing and really sparkle………………….
…………..so does my courtyard……………my kitchen……………..the warehouse…………
………..basically where ever Mollie travels, she leaves a sparkle behind!!

What would you do with a bag of Bling?

Leave me a sparkling comment and the bling WANT IT ALL could be yours.
this is the ribbon I used for the bodice for Mollies dress.

Mollie came dressed for the occasion this morning……….

She picked number  26 from the “Bingo” bag.
Number 26 = Sharon P
Hi Ali happy birthday for saturday hope you have a lovely time get what your heart desires. have a wonderful day x

Congratulations Sharon what will you do with 1 kilo of ribbons and buttons?
You have until Thursday 5 June to claim your prize.

Once again thank you all so such super comments, they  were much read.

We are in the process of updating our website, it is starting to look different.

 

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Elsa’s dress part 3

29/05/2014

The dress was moving along.
The idea in my head was beginning to come to life.
Read part one here and part two here

It was looking like a dress.
Sewing the bodice to the skirt was easy.
Mollie had her first experience at being “pinned” into a dress,
but she still could not stand still!

The top was a little more tricky, Mollie is so small that I ended up sewing all of it by hand.

She did not want long sleeves as mummy had got her some Elsa gloves.
Phew! I was happy to oblige, short sleeves are much easier to construct.

As I set the sleeves to the top, I remembered the last time I had worked on sleeves.
It must have been for Rachie’s wedding dress some………years ago!

“Elsa has a split in her dress Ali”  we had a little disagreement as to which side,
so we watched the movie together.  (Pleased to see I was correct).

“But where is the cape Ali” – it was getting all a little too much for Mollie, she was so excited.
She phoned me last week to ask if her dress would be ready for the weekend.
She had a secret party to go to and wanted to wear it.

What secret party Mollie?

Pop back tomorrow and you will see one very happy little girl.

We have a new challenge starting today

Go on join in this week.

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Hello wednesday–Elsa’s dress part two

28/05/2014

Happy wednesday everyone.

 
So you think Mollie sweet talked me into making her dress.
Well you would be right.

She sooooo wanted an Elsa dress, that I said yes.

The key to the dress was the bodice, and to me that was the easy bit!

It looked just like ribbon weaving – well sort of……
…..and the only ribbon to use would be “BLING” here
I used Silver and Tropic colours

Mollie came round to be measured, she was so excited she would not stay still.
Every time I put the tape measure around her, she would look down to see what I was doing.
I had to explain that this would effect the size of the dress and it would not fit her.
She was a perfect model after that.

(sorry about the dots on my ironing board)

1.  I cut a piece of iron on Vilene that was big enough to go around Mollie’s chest and shaped it
to a V at the front.  I placed it onto my ironing board.

2.  I cut stripes of the Bling ribbon to cover the Vilene.
The bling is a velvet ribbon – which meant that I would not be able to iron on the velvet surface.
So I pinned the Bling ribbon shiny side facing down onto the ironing board.

3.  Once the Vilene was covered with ribbon I removed it.  I had only needed it for size at this stage.

4. I cut long strips of the silver bling and wove them under and over the tropic ribbons.
Pinning at both ends of the ribbon.

5.  Just kept going – weaving under and over and pinning.  Trying to keep the ribbons straight and close together.

6. Once all the weaving was complete, I pinned all the ends. I placed the iron on Vilene on top of the ribbons, with the sticky side facing downwards.
Without steam I ironed the Vilene by placing the iron onto the ribbons, then lifted the iron and repositioned.
If you wiggle the iron around you will wiggle the ribbons and then they will move.

7.  I removed all the pins, and turned it over – yikes will it have worked!

8.  Yes it did.

9.  I then pinned the bodice onto the dress fabric and sewed the two together.
Next I turned it the right way round…………

Tah dah!

One completed sparkly bodice for Elsa’s Dress.
Mollie by now was getting really excited.

Pop back tomorrow for the next stage.

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A little girls whisper

27/05/2014

Hello everyone and good morning.
I do hope you had a fab long weekend – I did.
You all guessed it was my birthday, thank you for your wonderful messages.
I was totally spoilt!

Tony made me this…….

A Sicilian lemon Cheesecake – it was totally delish.
All gone.

I would like to tell you all a little story………..
A few weeks back I had dental surgery, it was really painful and I felt very unwell.
Little Mollie heard about this and brought me her Disney Frozen DVD to watch……
……”It will make you feel better Ali”.

I watched the DVD and to be honest to was a lovely story.
I am sure most of you will have seen it.

Mollie collected the DVD the next day after school.
I think she felt sorry for me, she climbed on the sofa and gave me a big cuddle.
(oooooh…….mind my mouth!)

Rachie went off to make herself a cup of tea and Mollie started to whisper……
…..Mollie why are you whispering?……
…..”Because Mummy said I am not to talk to you, but whispering is not the same as talking.  Is it Ali?”

the whisper went along these lines…………..

”Elsa’s dress is very pretty, mummy can not buy me one they are all sold out.
Elsa’s dress is very special, I am very special Ali.
I would look very pretty in Elsa’s dress, it sparkles.
It has a very long cape Ali, with snowflakes
Ali will you make me Elsa’s dress, please I would really love it.”

Oh boy, I was not expecting that.

I gather Rachie had told her she was NOT allowed to talk to me about making the dress, hence the whisper.
Clever little girl.
Pop back tomorrow to see how I got on…..

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Birthday treat for Friday FREEBIE

23/05/2014

Hello everyone, and how are we today?

Me?  I am happy.

Taken today off work, and with the bank holiday Monday I have a long weekend ahead of me……..yeah!

I want to share some of my happiness, so yesterday I did this.

I filled a box with 1 kilo of ribbons and buttons.
Sorry my lips are sealed.
I can not tell you what is inside, but it is full to the brim with ribbon and button loveliness!

Why wrapped with Happy Birthday ribbon?

I am sure you can work that one out!!!!

For a chance to win my birthday box of gorgeousness just leave me a happy comment.

Thank you to everyone that took time to leave us a comment last week, you do like your cakes!
I also remembered to ask Mollie to pick last weeks winner from the Bingo bag……..

So Number 16 – you are a winner!

Robin
The cupcakes look scrumptious and so are the goodies! Love, love, love chocolate!

Congratulations Robin, please email Bev bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address details.
You have until Thursday 29 May to claim your prize.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend, we do have a special Bank holiday offer on the website running until Tuesday Morning.

Put either  one of Bev’s Bags – Spring Party or Sisters into your basket.
If you order totals more then £20 enter BEV into the voucher box and you will get the bag for FREE!
A little something to say “Thank you” to our wonderful customers.

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Not always….

22/05/2014

A new challenge starts today here, check out what the fab DT girls HAVE created with ribbon!

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Hello wednesday–wall art

21/05/2014

Not so cold today so no gloves.
They would have got very sticky working on todays project anyway.

We launched a Sisters ribbon bag this week.

It is unusual for me to lay the ribbons out like this to take photos,
but I wanted to make sure that ALL the ribbons could be seen.

Specially the Lil’ Sister, Middle Sister and Big Sister ribbons.
When I saw all the sister ribbons laid out for the photo shoot, I knew I had a new idea.

I have a big empty wall in my top office, and 3 very large canvases that I have never done anything with.
I do mean big, they measure 81cms wide and 65cms deep.

So I did this……..

The best bit was getting all sticky with the glue! 
I did have fun making my wall art.

Now when I walk up the stairs to my office, I see this ribbon art and it makes me smile.

Don’t forget you can still enter the Facebook giveaway here, for a free Sister ribbon bag.

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Facebook Sisters giveaway

20/05/2014

No silly, I am not giving away my sisters!

But we have designed a Sisters bag of ribbons

21 different ribbons around the theme of pink and white including -
Lil’ Sister, Middle Sister and Big Sister ribbon,

You can find this new collection here

or we have 3 bags as a giveaway on our Facebook page here

Pop along tomorrow and see what I have created with these ribbons – it should be dry by then!

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A yummy Friday FREEBIE

16/05/2014

What a yummy Friday FREEBIE we have for you this week.
No, not the cupcakes silly, they were for us.
Ummmm and they did not last long!

A little thank you from a local customer, we got her some special
coloured ribbons for the wedding cake she was making.

But first off, thank you to everyone that joined in with last weeks Friday FREEBIE – all things white.

I forgot to ask one of the children to pick the number last night from the “Bingo” bag, so I did it myself,
but without a selfie!

The winner is number 12 = Gail Lass
White is awesome and I use that color (or non-color) more than anything else. I can ink it with a refill, color it with a Copic, use embossing powder...it's the most versatile color and my number 1! Hugs, Gail

Congratulations Gail, please email Bev bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address details.
You have until Thursday 22 May to claim your prize.

Back to this weeks prize ……..these delish cakes got me thinking…………………….

…….ribbon and button ingredients to make your own cupcakes.

Leave us a comment telling us what cakes you like.
I am rather partial to a cheese scone (is that a cake?) and a large slice of lemon drizzle.
Oh yum yum.

Hope you have some super plans for this weekend, Tony and I are off to Brighton tomorrow.
Just to have a stroll along the sea front, a little yummy lunch maybe.

Have fun.

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