Just a very quick posting as there is lots going on here, will let you all know more tomorrow....

We have sponsored the new challenge starting today over on the Colour Create Blog. They have set the following challenge, why not have a go, you could win a wonderful selection of summer ribbons.

Dena has picked the colours and theme for the challenge this time and the picture she chose is of some beautiful flowers in her Mum's garden. Aren't they gorgeous?

The colours are Pink, Orange and Green.

Good Luck!

Ali has wanted to add a range of Swiss Dots to our Dottie range of ribbons for a while, but she did not just want the norm - you know what we mean.... white dots, we wanted to find a range that was a little bit special with coloured dots. So when she came across this range of 10mm Grosgrain she was the happiest bunny on the block!

47 stunning colours including the basics like Red, Blue and Pink with white Swiss Dots but it also includes some scrummy colours like Cappuccino with Pink Dots, Aqua with Turftan Dots, there is also Tangerine with Black dots - perfect for halloween!

Ali and I were checking the order in together last week, we lined all the ribbons up on the big work table and started ticking the colour combos off together.   "Rachie, not all the colours are here - we are missing Acid Green, Apple Green and there are several other Pink ones missing".  Oh dear I tried not to giggle, then she noticed my waist line had expanded!!! 

I only wanted to borrow them!!!!  They are really wicked colours.

I do hope you enjoy the ribbons as much as we do.

Rachie

Here are our Fantastic Bargain Rolls for week 3

More great rolls at our great price - 10p per mtr!

Do you have any dealings with SD Cards?  This little thing just larger then a postage stamp has had me pulling my hair out - honest.  Mine has eaten my photos, one minute they were there and then the next - poof, gone into the ether.  NO, TONY I DID NOT DELETE THEM.  They just disappeared, telling me I had a corrupt file and all these funny (not laughable funny, but squiggly) character things appeared where the photos were ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!

After my rantings and ravings around the warehouse on Friday (and most of the weekend) I calmed down. It sounds silly but I kept putting the card into my laptop hoping they would suddenly re-appear as quickly as they disappeared, at one stage I noticed I had my fingers crossed!!!!  Yes Tony I can take them all again.  Most of the pictures were of the Ribbon Challenge # 7 - goodies.  That's why they did not go on the blog last week as promised, I am really sorry and will re shoot them this week.

These pictures are from a NEW SD, and as you can see things have returned to normal, well as normal as it comes at Crafty Ribbons!!!

How many little girls do you know that would love to play with ribbons?

Should it be playing IN Ribbons!

Lots and lots of pink ribbon.  I needed cheering up and pink makes me smile! So here is my NEW Bev's Bag.

Velvet, sheer, grosgrain, jacquard, scallop edge, gingham, rainbow stripe - it's all in my ribbon bag.  Soft shades of pink that all blend together including the NEW Rainbow stripe in 25mm, gorgeous!!  Polka dots, glitter dots, marshmallow dots and polka dots, a real scrummy bag of ribbon - still at the fantastic price of £5.00  This bag is bound to cheer anyone up, it worked for me!

I should not be working this week but on holiday in France.  Eating wonderful food, watching Syd and Sam playing on the beach and just having fun.  Our car broke down, (just stopped) 3 minutes from Plymouth port - we could see the sea!!.  We were catching the night boat and everyone was excited, Sydney especially, she had never slept on a boat before and she was having trouble containing her excitement!!  The RAC man, Plymouth port and everyone was so good and helped in everyway they could. The RAC man mended the problem but said he would follow us to the port as we only had about 15 mins to get there for the night crossing!!! ARGH!

YES...YES....YES.....We are going to make it....... NO, NO, NO, we had broken down again.

The car had a major problem and we missed the night boat, we got towed to a hotel, by which time Syd just could not understand where the white boat was.

It got worse, all the garages in Plymouth were busy the next day, so could not fit us in, we finally found a garage out of town who could help.  There was a 2.30pm boat that we were aiming to catch.  We needed a new part that was being driven down from Bristol but it might not arrive in time and may not even solve the problem. 

We missed the afternoon boat and the evening one was FULL.  Don't think we will go on holiday.... so we limped back to Dorset.

Hence I am working, but having to walk to work as I am still without a car.

Enjoy my NEW ribbon bag

Bev

We have a new width in our Rainbow Stripe Ribbon Collection - 25mm.

This is a popular ribbon and looks wicked in this new wider width. Makes great pom pom bows!

Love 'em or hate 'em - stock takes! In a way I love them, the ribbon shelves become tidy again and it's easy to see where everything is, and you know how many metres or should I say kilometres of ribbon you have!! (A bit scary) BUT I also hate them because it highlights how many ribbons that are still not on the website - note to self... must try harder!  Anyway love or hate ours is over for another year - phew!!

We have added a NEW shopping trolley of fantastic ribbon rolls today - still the same bargain value of 10p per mtr.  We have also sub categorised these into satin rolls, wire edge rolls etc to make it easy to search for the rolls you want.

We had a really good feeling about these ribbon rolls they are such good value, they have gone so well in the first week that we only have 1 roll left of this ribbon!

It is a stunner, and perfect for summer as it's called Sand and Sea!

Although we were working hard counting for most of last week we did have a party for Sydney on Wednesday it was her 4th Birthday.

Sue made this wonderful "May Pole" cake for Sydney using ribbons - yellow of course!

It was also Sydneys last week at Pre School so she made a card for her teacher Kim.

Syd made this all herself, as you can see I have been training her to use ribbon!

We have lots of new goodies to share with you this week. Thanks for the Daisy Chain parcels for ribbon challenge 7 - they will also be going on the blog this week.

Advance Warning: We are closing our warehouse for STOCK TAKING from 12pm on Wednesday 15th and will re-open on Monday 20th.  

All orders received by 12pm will be despatched before we close - We will start despatching again on Monday.

Remember I told you a few weeks back about our huge ribbon roll consignment - those elusive ribbon fairies still have not come visiting, so we are having to do all the work ourselves..... all together AAHHH!

Fill your shopping trolley with these fantastic bargain ribbon rolls.....

Full size ribbon rolls, either 10 or 20mtrs on each roll.  They are discontinued ribbons from the worlds leading ribbon manufacturer - Offray Ribbons.

We have so many different types and textures of these fantastic ribbon rolls that we have decided to add a NEW Shopping Trolley Collection every week.  There are wire edge rolls, sheer rolls, printed satin rolls, fresco rolls - double sided and single sided rolls, far too many to add all in one go!!

As they are discontinued ribbons when they are gone, they will be gone for EVER.....so please buy enough to complete your projects.

I have told you eveything about these fantastic ribbons except the price - well I did say they were "Bargain Rolls" so they come with a bargain price of 10p per mtr.  Yes I did type that correctly 10p per mtr - 10mtr rolls are £1.00 and 20mtr rolls are £2.00

Don't forget these rolls are full size 10mtrs and 20mtrs.

We had a very busy weekend, it's Sydney's birthday on Wednesday and she had a party at the local Manic Monsters.  If you have never been to one, it is awesome!! Thought I would share another action shot with you.....

Rachie, Sydney and Bev all having fun! I think two of the three were acting their shoe size!!!!

If you had not heard it is Green Britain Day today.

Here at Crafty Ribbons we try to be as "green" as we can.  All our cardboard is recycled including the cardboard inners from the ribbon rolls.  We re-use plastic bags and have changed from using plastic bags at exhibitions to paper ones.  If ribbons are not suitable to go into our scrap ribbon bags then we donate them to our local school to be re-used. Tony is always turning the lights off and the thermostats down - whether that is green or mean we are not sure!!!

We have lots of different green ribbons - so what could we make to be part of Green Britain Day.......

Plastic bags are a big issue, not just for Britain but the world over.  So I have made some shopping bags from ribbons!  Believe me they were very easy to make.

For this bag I hand stitched some 40mm green ribbon to form a union jack "style" pattern onto recyled fabric.

Tony really liked this bag as it used lots of ribbon!  It is a patchwork style bag.  

I ironed strips of ribbon onto iron-on interfacing to make fabric. Then I cut the fabric into squares and sewed them together.  The handles are made from sewing two lengths of ribbon together, as I felt one would not be strong enough.  The bag is lined with the same fabric as I used for the union jack bag above.

My last make was a union jack card - I found this the hardest project!

I stuck the ribbons on to double sided tape, then cut out the shapes - As you can see from the photo they are not all straight!!

I read last week that a photocopier left on standby every night for a year uses the same energy as it takes to make 300 cups of tea.  So both our photocopiers are now turned off each night - thats 600 free cups of tea - I like that!

We have FREE BAGS of GREEN RIBBON to give away during July so you can make some free green projects!  All you have to do to claim your FREE bag is to leave a message in the "Special Instruction" area, during the check out process.  There is enough ribbon in these FREE bags to make the patchwork bag.

Vicky and Sue have been extra busy this week to get our GREEN VALUE BAGS back in stock for today - thanks girls.

I hope you have a wonderful green weekend.

Paula from the Creative Card Crew took part in her first challenge with us "Summer Fizz"  but she feel ill and was unable to complete her projects.  So it was a great surprise when these cards arrived yesterday - so there is still some summer fizz about!!

What delightful colours, we love the way Paula has put little gems on every butterfly - a steady hand must have been needed!

Paula also sent in this card for me, thank you Paula, glad to hear you are feeling much better.

We are the sponsors these week at the Creative Card Crew so if you want to win a bag of ribbons, pop over and join in with this weeks challenge - It's a great challenge all you have to do is include RIBBONS on your card!!  We approve of that!

Yep that is correct, our BLUE VALUE BAG is back in stock

Sheer, satin, fresco, wire edge ribbons all in wonderful shades of blue is back.  HOORAY!!!