Hard labour
04/07/2011
Cor what a hard days work. We decided to start to build our new shelving today, a nice sunny day with no threat of rain - perfect.
We took a good number of boxes and desks, and our exhibition stands outside so that we would have plenty of space to put the new shelving up. Worked like a dream, Rachie and I measured the aisles to make sure they were all straight and level. The last shelf was bashed into place at 5.00pm....................great we can all go home................ummmmm
We still had everything outside!!!! Hence the late post as we moved everything back inside again - how silly is that.
Mollie found a suitable spot to have her picture taken for the Friday FREEBIE winner. She does look rather comfortable.
The winner or our £20 gift voucher is............
Number 39 = Trish Lucy
I,d love some of those yummy new buttons Crafty ribbons have and £20 would buy me quite a few.
Have a fab weekend
(hugs)
Trish (-:
There you go Trish you have £20 to spend on buttons and ribbons all you have to do to claim is to send me an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com and I will tell you how to go about spending for FREE!! Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave us a comment.
Not a long post tonight I am shattered - I was in charge of the mallet. I had a great day bashing all the shelves in place, what a fantastic way of getting rid of all those pent up thoughts!
Friday FREEBIE - 25
01/07/2011
I say this every month, but gosh another month gone, this is it JULY - where has the time gone?
As it is the first Friday of the month then it must be Voucher Friday.
You could win a £20 voucher just for leaving us a comment. Just think £20 FREE to spend on our website, £20 of goodies from you wish list.
Go on leave us a comment. Never left a comment before, or tried but keep getting blocked by our spam filters? Well why not just email it to me craftyribbons@gmail.com and I will add it for you. simple.
Enjoy your weekend, hope you have fun things planned.
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters, 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 Monday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Ribbon makes...
30/06/2011
Do we have spookes in our system or gremlins removing our posts? NO of course not......................we have........................our very own........................Rachie!!
I have been away from the office for most of the week so Rachie very kindly offered to publish my posts for me, she was checking out how it all worked behind the scenes of the blog on Monday evening at home and.....................for some reason.............unknown to us (and her)...................she unpublished my Monday posting - Ready steady go. It just disppeared, some of you got 404 error message, others just got nothing. It wasn't until I opened my inbox yesterday and it was FULL with concerned bloggers that we realised there was a problem. Very sorry for our little "blip" and many thanks for telling us about it, I did wonder why we only had 1 comment on Monday evening!!!!
I just love receiving emails, no not the work ones, but the fun ones with crafty attachments.
Beryl sent me these three cards. I think she has really been having some fun with the pirate ribbons she won. Happy Anniversary to the captain and his Mate - wicked!
A birthday Tilda.
and a spooky birthday. Beryl they are wonderful thank you.
Angela sent me this photo of her wall hanging she made from you guessed it OUR Ribbon and Buttons. Angela missed out on the button challenge, and I think she missed out on the Colour Create one as well - sorry. Thank you for sharing this wall hanging with us, super cool, the dragonflies are wicked.
Hello wednesday - Beach shoes
29/06/2011
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
As you know i do like to wear shoes decorated with ribbon, so when I saw this cheap pair of beach shoes I just thought ooooooooooh!
What a difference a little bit of ribbon and a button can do. The heart ribbon is from our NEW Summer Holiday Collection HERE, and the large heart button was from our Heart, hearts, heart Button Box HERE
I just use a hot glue gun to stick the ribbon in place and i sewed the button on with six strands of embroidery thread. Simples!
Look what a difference it makes.
Short and sweet today.
A pretty surprise
28/06/2011
What a lovely surprise.
This card was made for me, just me!
It got mixed up with our button parcels.
So I didn't open it for a while.
Perfect ribbon roses - for me.
Whos it from you ask..............ummm shall I tell.
The wonderfull Debbie over at Crafty Pad,
A thank you card for sending her some ribbon.
Debbie your card is wonderful - thank YOU.
Ready steady go....
27/06/2011
I really do not know what gets into Mollie sometimes......................how many children like to wear their cycle hat? Not just wear it but really really like wearing it?
I would have thought not many..........but not our Mollie. I must admit that she has always liked something on her head, we used to say it was because she had very little hair? But now nobody knows.
Why am I telling you all this.........because of this................
What is she like?
She was having a problem holding all 4 numbers from this weeks Friday FREEBIE, so mummy came to the rescue with some cellotape!
This weeks winners are
Number 8 = Marjorie
Fabulous button makes, girls. My favourite colour is lavender, it always goes so well with silver,so maybe one of Bev's lovely bags has my name on it.... we shall see. smiles. xx
Number 11 = Sheron
Great creation and a fantastic new Bev's ribbon bag and in my fav colors.
Number 16 = Louise
Love the lavender colours with the silver bling. I would like to win one of those please! Wonderful button challenge projects too
Number 35 = Laura
Please enter me would love a chance to win them.
Well done everyone, you each have a NEW Bev's Bag - Silver Lavender. All we need are address please to craftyribbons@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone that didn't win, maybe your luck will be in this coming Friday. If I have counted correctly I think it will be the first Friday of the month - so voucher Friday!
Have fun everyone.
Friday FREEBIE - 24
24/06/2011
It's official we are entering the half way week of the year. Only 183 days till Christmas!!! Bah humbug Tony is muttering.
Well there is no early bird Christmas special here, but Bev has got a NEW Ribbon Bag with a little bit of silver bling!
Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag - Silver Lavender
You can find it
HERE
Wow I have just been checking the bag out and I think I can count 10 NEW Ribbons that are not on the website yet..................Bev!
Anybody want a Bev's Bag? We have 4 for this weeks Friday FREEBIE, all you have to do is leave us a comment. It is that simple...honest.
Today is our last showing of the button Challenge goodies........boo hoo.
Our first challenger comes all the way from Finland. I love it when we get overseas entries to our challenges.
This is a super necklace Niina, it is great the way the cord, ribbon and buttons get entwined with each other.
No necklace is complete without a matching pair of earings. Niina has made hers slightly different by incorporating seed beads into the design, a wicked combo Niina.
Lucy has made a very elaborate flower card with her buttons. With the addition of the ribbon on the flower it shimmers in the wind, great fun lucy.
Wow even more buttons on this card. I love the design Lucy, the sea and beach huts - perfect.
The next collection is from Dorothy, yes all of them - I have no idea how she can create so many different things.
Very Parisian Dorothy.
Ooooh what's inside the bag?
Handcrafted paper booties, perfect for a new baby gift,
Dorothy does like to intrigue me.....what's in the box?
A delightful ribbon brooch with a button trim.
Button flutter butters. Cor you would not want to say that after a glass or two of wine!! Super attractive Dorothy.
Oooh I have seen this type of coaster at shows, but never played with them. Wicked idea Dorothy, you could colour coordinate them for weddings and parties.
Once again I would like to thank everyone that took part in our Button Box Challenge. All challenge parcels for Colour Create left us on Tuesday so there maybe a few of you having a good old play today.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone.
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters, 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 Monday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Hearts, hairslides and more....
23/06/2011
Ooooooooooh I still ache. Oooh me leg, ooh me back and talk about bruises. I wish I could blame Tony for the shelving idea, but..................yep you guessed it..................all mine!!! NO we have not rebuilt the shelving I think it will sit in the loading bay for a little bit longer!!
We have some scrummy button ideas for you today from Michelle, Tracey and Bonnie.
I was a little bit bemused when I opened Michelles envelope, I put my hand in and pulled out these..........I looked at them................I turned them over.....................looked at them again..................nope could not see any buttons on them what so ever. Mystery!! Until I read the note...........aaaah prezzies for me and the girls. Coasters for our crafty cuppa's, wow how wonderful thank you Michelle I went round to all the girls desks and introduced them to their new friends. Brill Michelle.
This definitely was for the button challenge, loads and loads of buttons Michelle.
I really wish you could have a feel of this heart, it is all squishy and soft.
Now Michelle was really teasing me, was this part of the challenge or had she wrapped up something else? Was the painted button the challenge?
Oooh Michelle you were making me think! Did you or didn't you?
I had a good old feel of the newspaper wrapped prezzie and decided there WAS something inside............ Two perfectly colour corodinated hair slides and a button ring. Perfect Michelle.
Here is my assistant, wearing Michelles creation!
Tracey calls this a tactie card - she and Paul make these cards for visually impaired people. I must say Tracey the first thing I wanted to do was to feel it!! It shouts "touch me, touch me". Cool card.
We have had a few earings on this button challenge, but this is the first pair of stud earings. How simple are they! Just think how much you would have to pay for those at a craft fair Tracey, wicked idea.
Super little buttoness here Bonnie, I adore the colours.
Perfect, just perfect Bonnie.
Cor a long post for me today, I hope you have enjoyed looking at all the wonderful crreations you can do with our button boxes. Last showing of all the creations tomorrow - don't miss them!
Hello Wednesday - It's a wrap
22/06/2011
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
A very simple project for today, it may be simple but I think makes a perfect enhancement!
I did say it was simple!!
I knotted two pieces of ribbon together, starting from the top at the back of the vase I just wrapped the ribbon around the vase to the front. Twisted the ribbon at the front and then took the ribbons back round to the back again.
I just carried on down the vase and then tied a bow at the bottom. Simple.
Tony and I were out of the office all day yesterday, we had purchased some new ribbon racking (well new to us). The one thing our warehouse is short of is racking, we have tons of ribbon but struggle to put it anywhwere. Anyway we bought this racking online and thought that we would go and collect it together, a nice day out. We used our lorry with its tail lift, I had made a pile of sandwiches and a big flask and we set off at 5.30 on our little adventure expecting to be back in the warehouse about tea time.
Well................we have never worked so hard..........................every part of my body aches.......even places I didn't know I had!!!! It turned out to be 3 tonnnes that needed dismantling, and loaded onto the lorry. I have never given up on something before but I came so close yesterday. There was no joy when the final shelf cross bar had been banged out and loaded onto the lorry. We were both exhausted and we still had to drive home. What had started as a little adventure had turned into a nightmare.
It was a very quiet drive home, neither of us had the energy to speak and the knowledge that we had to off load when we got back was tormenting us. As we pulled into Tin Pot Lane at about 8.30, with the thought of manhandling 3 tonnes again, I really didn't think we could do it. The lorry HAD to be emptied, it is always in use.
As we rounded the corner to our unit, there were 3 people standing waving at us, I could have cried. Rachie, her husband Marten and little Mollie had all come to help. Rachie had a cup of tea waiting for us, the loading bay door open and a big space had been cleared to put the shelving in. It still took all of us 2 hours, but it was much more fun. Mollie loved riding up and down on the tail lift and Rachie kept us topped up on teas. Thank you guys you were amazing. What team work.
As I missed Mondays and yesterdays buttonness delights I thought I would do some today.
I love your wacky cake Vicki.
The button detail just makes it extra special.
This is really special, the effect is so unusual Vicki.
I think the tree has been stamped then enhanced with glossy accents, before the buttons and gems were added. Am I correct Vicki?
These tower earings are wicked Laura and such fun. It is great how you have created the ombre effect.
Wow a matching bracelet, such neat stitching Laura and a button hole. Well impressed - I got my button hole foot out for my new sewing machine at the weekend. I looked and looked at it, naaarh and decided my project did not really require a button hole after all!!!!
I think this card is so elegant Laura, and a great idea to use wire to secure the buttons, it makes a change from stitching them. I haven't taken a photo of the inside (sorry) but Laura has used a strip of matching ribbon to cover the wire ends. Looks stunning.
Thanks to Vicki and Laura for todays buttonness.
I can not do any more typing even my hands and fingers ache!!
Catching a bird
20/06/2011
Sorry for the delay in todays post but we have been busy trying to catch a bird......
Although it has been pouring with rain all day we still had our big roller shutter door open. A big bird flew in, dived bombed and nearly hit Rachie before it settled on the rafters. This happens a few times in the year, so we did the normal. turned the lights out so that it could see the big open space of the door and fly back out. Nope it just sat there.
We had to get it out, otherwise we were unable to set the alarms and nobody had volunteered to be Bird nightwatch man!! You should have seen us trying to get this bird out it was a right giggle. Finally it obviously had enough of us singing "we want to go home....." that it flew out. Quick get the shutter closed before it decided it was too wet outside.
So this weeks Friday FREEBIE winners are........................Mollie had no problem in putting her coat on and standing in the rain (it was rather dark in the warehouse without the lights on)................she picked................
..................Number 13 = Sarah
Lovely button boxes and so many to choose from.
Have a good weekend.
Sarah
Number 57 = Leslie
More fabulous buttons so please put me in your Bingo Bag - I already have 4 Button Boxes but would love to have more especially The New Hearts, Hearts and the Dolly Mixture the other I would choose would have to be the Jelly Bean great colours!
Fingers crossed xx
Leslie x
Well done Sarah and Leslie, please send me an email with your address and the list of 3 button boxes you would like as your prize. Thank you to everyone that sent us a comment, great fun reading them. Challenge Colour Create goodies will leave tomorrow, as always I can not count, I got a MEGA "Tut Tut" when I saw rachie this morning. Rachie makes up all the envelopes for you.
What with trying to get the bird out of the warehouse I ran out of time for the Button it goodies for today - sorry.
my basket