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Bev's gone all fruity...

19/08/2010

Bev's gone all fruity with her latest ribbon bag.

We think she had been thinking of summer fruit puddings when she chose the ribbons for this bag. Oooh it does look rather de-lish!

If you want to indulge in your "Five a Day" ribbon bag then just click HERE

Here I am am just dotting along in my own little ribbon world. I am soooo in love with NEW Swiss Dot organza ribbons, so much so I ordered a few more colours, they should be with us some time next week. I promise to share as soon as I can!

This card has such a simple clean design and is super cool for a new arrival. Come on who designed it - Tracey or Paul?

This is another fab creation from the crafting duo. You guys really know how to let the ribbon speak.

Thanks for sending your makes back to us so quickly, enjoy the rest of the ribbons

Tony has decided that he has become a computer widow and lost his wife to the ether!! That's not at all true, although I must admit that I do have rather a scrambled brain at the moment.

Hello Wednesday - from the Vine

18/08/2010

Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all down hill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!

I have been so tied to the computer lately that it was a real pleasure to get do a little bit of crafting, out came the foam pads, card and double sided tape - oh that felt good.

I love crafting with all type of ribbon but for me there is nothing better than working with a new range of ribbons. Feeling and touching it, seeing how it folds or what it will do - it's pure pleasure.

This card was made using our NEW Collection of ribbons called Vine Yard. A small group of ribbons dedicated to the vine- very rosy, fruity with a hint of willow, bunch of ribbons!!

Yes the grapes are all made from ribbon. This is a technique that I use a lot and is perfect for wider ribbons.

Just cover the back of the ribbon with double sided tape, if you only have narrow width tape, just put several strips down.

Peel off the backing paper from the tape and stick the ribbon onto card.

With a sharp pair of scissors cut around the shape.

Use your foam pads to create extra dimension as you would with decoupage.

If you want to join in with a super glass of Crafty Ribbons Chardonnay ribbons then you will find them all HERE.

Swiss Dot Sunset

17/08/2010

The Challenge parcels have started to arrive - yippee!!

When Wlma first saw the NEW Organza Swiss Dot Ribbons she thought of a sunset....

WOW! Awesome Wilma. That is one wicked sunset.

....as for this dress - cor the colours are so scrummy. Yes they are all made with our NEW ribbons which you can find HERE

Wilma also sent me a box, I like opening boxes - you just know there is going to be a surprise inside!

There was this sweet daisy card staring back at me! and when I looked inside....

....I found two more!!

Looks like you had fun using the ribbons Wilma, welcome back to the challenges, we hope you are all settled in your new home and craft room.

Off to a new home

16/08/2010

No silly, we are not sending Mollie off to a New home - no one would want that "Animal" as per her t shirt. I am talking about our Animal Cuties Ribbon Collection (Here) that are this weeks prize for our Friday FREEBIE. Mollie picked the number for us today, she is getting pretty good at it, but trying to get the "Bingo" bag off her is another matter, think I will have to make her one.

Mollie picked........

.....number 15 = Kara

oh wow i love the dog one, and the pony one, and the panda one and.......
Infact i love them all.
It would be so wonderful to win a whole set of new pets for my ever expanding zoo. lol
Have a great weekend and enjoy buying your ribbons.
xxx

Well Kara you have won them all - congratulations, all we need to get these animals to you is your address please to craftyribbons@gmail.com. Please do not call out the RSPCA if we send them by post!!

Thank you all for such wonderful comments and an extra huge thank you to those of you who have emailed or left comments about our NEW Website (not seen it yet, then click HERE), you are all so kind. Yes it was a lot of work, and if you enjoy it then it will be a great bonus. We still have a few issues that we are trying to iron out, it would appear that we had a "BUG" in our old system that would allow you to use two different voucher codes on one order, this new system will not allow it. We are seeing if we can re-install the "Bug" it may take a while!

Do you have an Apple Phone or a Android phone or smartphone? Yes - well, with our New webiste you can place orders straight from your phone, you no longer need to be at a computer. So moving about on trains or buses to work, or even in hotel rooms, you can use our site as it is now fitted with the state of the art "On the Go" technology!

I'm bushed, begining to see double from staring at the screen all weekend, and as for my numb bum, well that is another matter!! I think I need an early night, is 6.30pm too early?

NEW Website

15/08/2010

Phew it worked!!

Not only are we on our own NEW shiny server but we also have a NEW style website.

As you can see there are no major changes on the home page, a few new graphic boxes and a little bit of tweaking. All the hard work has been put into the websites engine - look behind the scenes and you will see some super technology in action. This is our 4th generation website and we think it is awesome.

Your shopping basket will remain active for a period of 35days, you can use it like a wishlist and keep things in there and then take them out the next day - or put more in!
This only works on one computer, you will not be able to switch machines and expect to see your open basket.

You can sort products by different methods, our recommendations, price, popularity etc.

You can choose the number of items you wish to view on a page, this will be very helpful in the 3mm satin range!

We have added an express checkout - you do not have to register on the site if you do not wish to.

When you view your basket you can also see a thumbnail picture of the ribbons you have selected - brilliant.

There are so many new improvements (I do not want to bore you with them all!), but as you start to use the website you will notice them, also how lightning quick it is.

We are still doing some "live" testing on the site, making sure that every link is working. This will take us a while but the majority of the work is complete.

Enjoy - The Crafty Team

craftyribbons.com is moving

15/08/2010

Our craftyribbons website is moving today, to a brand new shiny server all of it's own,
no more sharing, no more jostling for space - it will be able to stretch and grow.

At some point today the site will go off line while the final data is being transferred, we anticipate this will only take a few hours.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

What will a new server do for you - the key factors are speed and security.
As the new server will only house our site it will respond to your actions trilly seconds quicker,
with shared servers your security is only as good as the other sites you share it with!

We are ready, all the boxes are loaded, siutcases packed to bursting point - wish us luck.

The Crafty Team

Friday FREEBIE 33

13/08/2010

Oh I do like Fridays, and today is an extra special Friday - I am off to buy ribbon. Yippee!!

O.K. I know we have one of the largest collections of ribbons on the web, but I just enjoy ribbon and I got a call yesterday to say a new shipment had arrived and would I like first pick. What could I say? What would you have said?

I had planned to give the NEW Organza Swiss Dots away today (if you missed them you can find them HERE), but so many of you are in the New Ribbon Challenge that I didn't think you would want some more just yet - I will save it for another day. Hope you are all enjoying the ribbons and having a good old play. I have received several emails to say goodies are on there way back to me, so I should be able to start sharing the creates with you next week.

Think Ali, Friday FREEBIE, what special bundle of ribbon can we give away for this weeks Friday FREEBIE....

...got it! 1mtr of every design in the animal cuties range. We have, frogs, dogs, bunnies, flamingos, turtles - ooh so many I have forgotten them all but you can find them HERE.

So if you want to win a whole gaggle of new family members then leave us a comment, and we will pick a winner from our "Bingo" bag on Monday.

Please, please if you are having a problem leaving a comment or it has not been saved when you go back to have a read, YOU ARE BEING BLOCKED BY OUR SPAM FILTERS - all you have to do to stop this, is to email me at craftyribbbons@gmail.com with your comment and I will add it for you. Once your email address has been added to the system you will be able to leave comments without any further hassle. Our spam filters are automatic, we do not know who is being BLOCKED, you have to tell us if you are experiencing a problem. All comments posted should appear straight away and stay there. Please leave a comment they are very important to us.

By the time you read this, I may have my hands on a super collection of ribbons!! Thankfully this ribbon supplier knows that I am ribbon mad, so I do not even have to try and hide it!!!

Have a wicked weekend.

Hello wednesday - Dotty Hearts

11/08/2010

Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all down hill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!

I just had to, I did. I have been so busy that I had not found time to play with my NEW Organza Swiss Dot Ribbon. I would go into the warehouse in the morning and take a sneak peak at the colours, do a little bit of oohing then walk away. As for getting my hands on it and using it - no way. I have been chained to the computer again all week - we are nearly there.

So last night I took the Organza Swiss Dot Ribbons (HERE) home and curled up on the sofa, with ribbons on one side and beads the other, and this is what I made.

Very simple necklaces, one each for Sydney, Mollie and not forgetting Sam! If I hadn't made one for him he would have been really upset!

The ribbon was really wonderful to work with and slipped through the bead holes without even using a needle. The heart beads came from an elasticated bracelet that I cut up, it had loads of beads on it for just £2.00.

I thought the hearts were just perfect to be set off by the ribbon colours. No clasps or anything used, just a simple knot to hold everything in place. There is a right and wrong side to this ribbon, but the printing quality is almost perfect on the wrong side!

I enjoyed my play and went on to make more necklaces and a few bookmarks, Rachie runs a craft stall on Sundays so I made a few extra to give to her.

Hope you are going dotty with our ribbon!

Who's going on a spending spree?

09/08/2010

Who's the lucky person to win our Friday FREEBIE £20.00 voucher?

The decision was left to our Mollie, and she picked number........

....number 35 - Julie

Am excited and curious to hear about secret 'going ons' in the warehouse!
Would love to win £20 in this month's freebie, I could spend it 100 times over...at least.
Happy weekend everyone.

Well done Julie you have £20.00 to spend on our website, please email me at craftyribbons@gmail.com so I can give you the voucher details. Sorry to all you other wonderful commentors, you leave such wonderful messages.

You are right about the gravatars (the little faces) Tracey, some of them do look grumpy!! What i find really bad is when I am asked to put a comment on for someone (due to our spam filters), and it comes up with really funny face, I think oh no they will think I have picked that face! I don't, it is all done automatically - promise.

Rachie has been busy with orders today, so I was given the job of sending out the challenge parcels - I have spots before my eyes!!!! I did get Sydney to help me put everything into the envelopes, and Sam tried to put the address labels on, so some of them are not very straight, sorry.

Ribbon Challenge # 17 - FULL

08/08/2010

Oh Boy is it full! RIBBON CHALLENGE # 17 IS FULL

Sorry if you missed out on this challenge but there will be another one coming up soon.

We went out just after I had launched the new challenge, planning on using my phone to close it when it became full. I listened for the bong everytime an email arrived on the phone, that's it we are full. Simple - I will just go online and close the challenge, I had done this before. Well it would have been easy if I had remembered to charge my phone, as soon as I logged onto the internet - zip no power!!!! Oh ******

But you are so loving our new ribbons (we thought you would) that everyone who has sent us an email will be in the challenge, we have oodles of the ribbon and I love sharing it. I will start sending emails asking for addresses later. Thank you for all taking the time out to join in with the challenge, I think we have some new challengers - what fun.

Where was everyone today? We went over to Shell Beach in Studland for lunch and it was deserted, apart from the queue for the chain ferry. After being cooped up working on the computer for most of last week and yesterday I definately needed to stretch my limbs.

We haven't been to Studland for ages, normally we go "out of season" as it gets sooooo busy. But not today.

You take a little path opposite the restaurant and you come out onto this.....

......Wow, gets me everytime. But as you can see there is hardly anyone out. That's Old Harry's rocks on the horizon, you can walk along the cliff top to them, is a wonderful walk, but not after lunch!

Then we think we found the reason why there was nobody on the beach......