Crafty Ribbons - Easter Blog Hop
28/03/2013
Oooooh I love blog hops - you visit lots of different blogs AND there is Ribbon Candy to be found at EVERY blog you visit.
Remember that ribbon, unlike chocolate is Calorie FREE!
Our Blog Hop Ribbon Hamper - Chock a block full of delish ribbon,
ready and waiting for the winner of our Easter Blog Hop.
We are still running our normal challenge that starts today, check out all the Design Team creations over at
Crafty Ribbons Challenge .
Remember yesterday I told you Mollie and I had been crafting.......
we made a couple of easter Eggs specially for the Blog Hop.
What do you think of our Easter eggs? Somewhat special.
We used the 9mm Swiss Dot Grosgrain ribbon
here, glass headed pins and a couple of egg shapes.
At each stop there will be a word to collect and a candy draw. I've got these gorgeous Swiss Dot ribbons to give away
To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of my post.
Wishing us lots of fun with the blog hop...
Each stop will have a word which you should collect to make a phrase.
This blog is stop number two, you may have arrived here from our
Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog if not then hop backwards to collect word number one from there
My word is CARDS.
At the end of the blog hop you should have 20 words, work out the phrase and leave it in the comments back at
Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog. The blog hop will run until 6pm on Tuesday 2nd April and the winner and the winners of each of the Design Teams Candy will be announced at 6pm on Wednesday 3rd April on the
Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog Your next stop is
Mandy If you lose your way you can go back to Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog to get the full list.
Good luck everyone, have a fantastic Easter
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Hello wednesday - with holes
27/03/2013
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
Morning everyone - guess who forgot to pick a winner from our "Bingo" bag yesterday? ME! Sorry, no excuse apart from I spent the afternoon crafting with Mollie. We had such a super time, we made Easter cards and coloured eggs, my first proper crafting for months. She then helped me photograph our creations, which always takes extra time when two sets of eyes have to look through the view finder!! I must admit that she was not keen on going home last night, Rachie had to drag her away with the promise that she could see me today. It was not until I was sitting on the sofa last night that I remembered the "Bingo" bag - oh poos!
So my fall back plan is todays date..........number 27 = Sharon P
Hi All
would love some lovely spring ribbons as need warming up.roll on the sunshine x
Congratulations Sharon we will be sending you some super new stripe and gingham ribbons, please email bev at bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address. Thanks to everyone that left us a comment, sorry you did not win this week BUT, we do have oodles of prizes to give away in our Easter Blog Hop which starts tomorrow. Check in tomorrow from 8.30am to find out what it is all about.
Onto my Hello wednesday idea. Some of you may have seen these holy baskets in the shops recently. They are only £1 - £1.25 and come in lots of different colours. With the help of my wonderful young assistant, Mollie, we made this.
AND it works! Just think you could have a different coloured basket for all your ribbon colours...............
All Mollie did was lay a ribbon into the basket then thread it through one of the holes, the next ribbon sat on top of the first and so on.............childs play!
Have a great day, off to tidy up my craft room, where is Mollie?
Friday FREEBIE - Stripes & Ginghams
22/03/2013
Morning everyone, two days into spring and most of the country is covered in snow. But thankfully not Dorset! Although the wind yesterday hampered my photography.
I had planned to share with you the NEW colours we have in the Fresh Stripe and the Gingham ranges. I wanted to photograph them in the grass BUT after I had chased after them for the tenth time I gave up and returned to the office.
So how would you like some of the new colours, once the wind has calmed down? Leave us a comment and we will add you to our "Bingo" bag on Tuesday.
Stay warm this weekend.
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters (comment disappears when screen is refreshed), please email it to craftyribbons@gmail.com
and we will add it for you. All the comments go into our "Bingo" bag and we draw a random number(s) on Tuesday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Hello wednesday - cotton reels
20/03/2013
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
Morning everyone, what a wonderful feeling being back in Dorset for more than just a few hours! We had a very enjoyable show in London, Tony being a Londoner enjoys the hussle and bussle much more then I do. We were swamped on Saturday and really struggled to keep the queue under control at times. Thank you to everyone that came to see us, and for all your wonderful comments about our ribbons and stand.
Although I have not been crafting for several weeks, I have been designing, cooking up a delight of wonderful new ribbons. All Tip Top Secret at the mo, but we are excited by them. Promise not to keep you in the dark for very long, I should hear in a day or two when they will go on the printing machines.
I sent Natalie some of New Knit and Sew ribbons to have a play with. Look what was waiting for me on my return form London.
This is a new style from Natalie, no stamped and coloured images, just simple stamped black text. Natalie I Love them! Very clean, and stylish, best bit - they show the ribbons off a treat!
Thank you Natalie.
It's really nice to be told thank you...... Bev recieved this email on Monday morning.
"I have just got home from your show in London , and I am over the moon with everything I purchased from your stall I came back twice in one day , I have used some of my buttons and the ribbons are out of this world and I love your website , again thank you!! You will definitely be getting some orders from me. Plus you are so friendly on the stall which makes a big difference when you are buying. Keep up the good work , see you at the show in October 2013.
Kind Regards
Leah
X"
Makes all the hard work by ALL the team worth it. Thanks Leah for sending this email, Monday morning after a show can be a little "strained", but this week we all had smiles!
Have a great day.
A little but late but still News
18/03/2013
Sorry this is a little bit late and you may already have read about it on our Inspiration Blog or on one of our Design Team blogs, but if not here goes.....,
We are having an Easter Blog hop and would like to invite you all to join in with us..
Our Easter Blog hop will run from 8am 28th March through to 6pm 2nd April.....
There will be words to collect to make a sentence and the Design Team Members who are taking part all have a ribbon candy to give away to one lucky person who joins us on the hop and leaves a comment on their individual blog..
We also have a few surprises for you all,we have some special people joining us we know you will love them as much as we all do,so don't forget to come back and see who will be joining us for the Easter Blog Hop...
For the person who gets all the words and then leaves the correct sentence in a comment on the post at Crafty Ribbons Inspiration there will be a fantastic ribbon hamper as their prize...
Winners will be announced on the Crafty Ribbons Inspirations blog at 6pm Wednesday 3rd April...
To kick off our Blog Hop we are offering some fabulous ribbon candy......
If you would like to win all these gorgeous ribbons..then all you need to do is ...
Take this small badge
and put it in your sidebar and link back to the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog...
leave your name with Inlinkz on the Inpiration Blog ....
We would love you to be a follower of the Inspiration blog but it's not a requirement...
But if you are already a follower or you become a follower you can have a second entry to win the above ribbons....
If you don't have a blog that's fine just leave your name with Inlinkz skipping the URL
The Design Team look forward to seeing you all on
Thursday 28th March for the first day of our Easter Blog Hop....
All turned round
12/03/2013
Phew what a long day!
We have spent the whole day re-stocking the exhibtion stand after it's epic trip to Glasgow.
Rachie and I were in early, getting the ribbon unit covers off so when the girls arrived they could
start re-stocking. AND it has taken all day, boy do you Scottish ladies like our ribbons.
A BIG thank you from the Dorset Ribbon girls.
The stand is back on the van and ready for it's short(ish) journy to London Olympia tomorrow.
We hope you London girls will love our ribbons just as much as the Scottish girls.
Sorry for the delay in posting the winner of our Friday FREEBIE, but we had a computer update,
over the weekend and it locked us out of the blog! AND Ali has only just remembered the password -
What is she like.
The winner of our Friday FREEBIE picked by the adorable Sam (my baby) is..............
Number 25 = Julie
I love the Swiss Dots range. They're so versatile and there's a colour suitable for any project.
Well done Julie, you will soon be going dotty mad! Please email me at bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with
your address. Thank you to everyone that left us a comment.
Many thanks everyone and lets all wish Ali and Tony a successful trip to Olympia London
Bev x x
Friday FREEBIE - ooh not sure
08/03/2013
Hi everyone it is Rachie and me, Bev
We have been having a little bit of an argie bargie this morning deciding on what the Friday FREEBIE prize should be.
Rachie wants the Baby range,
and guess what I want to offer.....................
Swiss dots.........YEAH!
Lots and lots of dots!!
What is your favourite range we do?
Leave us a comment and we will pick a winner on Tuesday
Have a great weekend.
Rachie and Bev x x
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters (comment disappears when screen is refreshed), please email it to bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com
and we will add it for you. All the comments go into our "Bingo" bag and we draw a random number(s) on Tuesday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Hello wednesday - button borders
06/03/2013
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
Bit of a cheat today - but I do have a very good excuse. Some very kind person gave me a stinker of a virus in Paris. I had no option but to stay in bed, I felt so unwell. I then kindly gave it to Bev, who also had to take time off work, and then on Thursday Tony came down with it. He has been really, really unwell, I have tried to nurse him (not a very good nurse me), we even missed our Grandaughters 6th Birthday celebrations.
So as you can imagine in a small team like ours, we lost days and have been struggling to keep up. It has been a two week nightmare.
Thankfully Rachie has been top notch and finished re-stocking the exhibition stand for Glasgow early, she even offered to come to Glasgow with me if Tony was still unwell........ahhhh thanks Rachie
So for today I am showing you a couple of super ideas from Mandy.
Fantastic idea Mandy, the buttons just make the blackboards unique and really colourful. You can find all our buttons here. What a super idea as a little well done prezzie or why not get the kids involved and let them design their own.
Have you seen we have some NEW badges for our Challenge blog...........................
Which means we also have a NEW "Winners" badge and a NEW "I made the Top 3 Badge". You can only get one of these super duper NEW badges by joining in with our ribbon Challenges.
It is anything Goes with Ribbon this week........find out more HERE
Or if you are just looking for some extrs Ribbon Inspiration then do not forget about our other blog......................
Have a great time, see you next week, and wish us luck in Glasgow - show opens tomorrow.
Before school
05/03/2013
I am really grateful for Sydney and Sam - they came to the office before school today.
Just to pick the winners of our Friday FREEBIE
Number 1 = Mary
Hello All,
What lovely spring colours. Let's hope we get some sunshine now. Please enter me in the Friday freebie.
Have a good weekend,
Mary x
Number 18 = Hazel
Beautiful spring ribbons, thanks for the chance to win!!
Hugs, Hazel xx
Mary and Hazel you have the WANT IT ALL Collection of our Spring bags - congratulations.
Please email BEV - bev.craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address.
Thank you to everyone that left us super comments, we do love your comments.
Tony and I are off to Glasgow today, the van is all loaded and we will leave just as soon as I have finished this!
Anyone coming to see us at the Hobbycraft exhibition at the S.E.C.C.?
Do come and say "Hi".
You can not miss our stand it is right at the front by the entrance!!!
I love being in Glasgow but I hate the journey...........
.....it's such a loooooong way for us!......
.......and I get bored.
Bev suggested I try and Crochet on the way............ummmm........interesting.
Friday FREEBIE - Bags of Spring
01/03/2013
First of March today and look what we have created. Bags of Spring!
So many wonderful Spring flowers are popping up in Dorset that it inspired us to create bags of Spring for everyone.
Each bag contains 7 different ribbons and we have 6 Spring Flower themes -
You can find these Bags of Spring HERE
They are at an amazing price of £3 each
OR
Believe it or not ALL 6 Bags of Spring for £10.
So if you need some Spring pop over and get them soon.
Remember that Spring is not here for ever!!
If you take part in our Friday FREEBIE then we have 2 sets ready and waiting for you.
Just leave us a comment and we will put you in our "Bingo" bag
Have a great fun weekend.
I finished Syds poncho last night - Purple and turquoise!
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters (comment disappears when screen is refreshed), please email it to craftyribbons@gmail.com
and we will add it for you. All the comments go into our "Bingo" bag and we draw a random number(s) on Tuesday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
my basket