A day to remember....
11/11/2013
....and remember we do.
Just a quick post as we are ALL hands to the pumps to get the stand re-stocked for the Paris show. We leave on the night boat from Portsmouth.
Fingers crossed we will get it done, the girls have been in work since seven this morning. dedication for you.
The winner of our £20 voucher is............
Marion Madden
I just love buttons and ribbons. Haberdashery shops are my favourite places but they don't have the range of ribbons that you have. Would love to have some new ribbon.
Congratulations Marion, please email bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com to claim your voucher. We hope you have fun shopping!
If you joined in on Blogger and/or Facebook please check to see if you won.
Thank you to everyone that joined in, it was great having a Friday FREEBIE again.
OK. That's me done, apart from - It is our wedding Anniversary today, 19 wonderful years with Tony.
A little while back he told me there would be no need for prezzies today,
as he was taking me on a cruise the night of our anniversary. Whoooooe
It took me a while to work out he meant tonight's Cross Channel Ferry to France!!!!!!!!
For his sake I hope he has booked a premium cabin.
Hello wednesday - it spells?
06/11/2013
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
I got it finished over the weekend.
Just in time for the last two shows of the year!
Any ideas what it is?
There is also an......
and a .....
and another....
This is getting a bit like Countdown!
and a....
and finally a.....
Put it all together and you get.....
A RIBBONS banner to match my BUTTONS one here.
It fits onto the end of my exhibition units.
Come and see it at the NEC this weekend.
But.......why not make your own for a door hanging for Christmas prezzies.
Snowflake is coming to the NEC
05/11/2013
Who is Snowflake, I hear you ask.
He is a 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...........................
and how about this cheeky Christmas Tree.
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!
Happy November - Friday FREEBIE
01/11/2013
Happy November everyone.
I am feeling good, really, really great.
Our exhibition stand has been fully re-stocked, spare stock is all packed into crates and
everything is loaded onto the trollies.
I can not believe it, we do not leave for Hobbycrafts at the NEC until Tuesday!
Something must be wrong, we even have the Paris stock ready and waiting for the following week.
I think I need to go for a lie down!
To celebrate our readiness and it's Friday, and its the 1st November,
it must be...............
Friday FREEBIE voucher day!
For a chance to win this £20 voucher, just leave us a comment below.
We will pick a winner on MONDAY 11th
Pssssst.......... we also have a voucher up for grabs on our blogger blog
and
on our Facebook page here.
Three ways to get your hands onto some FREE ribbons, buttons or goodies.
Have a great time this weekend, hope you have something super planned.
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?
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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!
and we also have Santa
Santa is the same as on our NEW Christmas Winterscene ribbon.......
His little legs are adorable, they just dangle!
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.
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