Look what I had waiting for me on my desk this morning.....

Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag and it is crammed full of wicked Spring and Easter Ribbons, she has even snuck some ribbons in that are not on the website yet - naughty naughty Bev!  You can get one of Bev's bags by clicking HERE and they are still the amazing price of £5.00 yep 5 x £1 coins for all those ribbons. Billy Bargain!!!!

We are very sorry but we do not take Bev's Ribbon Bags to any of the exhibtions, you can only buy them on line.

Tony and I had a good trip back from Glasgow, we stopped off at Tebay services Sunday night in Cumbria, as we had a meeting at the factory on Monday.  I love going to the factory, anyone who is a ribbonholic would love it too.  Rows and rows of nothing but ribbon, we get customers overwelmed when they visit our warehouse, but the factory ooooooh heaven!  After several hours of trying to get lost in the factory, we selected some stunning beauties, which will be coming your way soon.  The best part of visiting is that we can have exclusive ribbons, select the colour and design just for me - and you too. Nope it's top secret and my lips are sealed.

The girls enjoyed the Mars Bar Cakes, I had hoped to get a photo, but they were consumed within the blink of an eye.  I am sure they did'nt hit the sides!!  It's two years since Rachie came to help me in Glasgow, so two years without a Mars Bar Cake - poor Rachie.

The stand is all offloaded and starting to be restocked for the Stitch & Craft Show at Olympia London next week. A big huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to see us in Glasgow, we had an awesome show.  I love coming back to the warehouse when you can see the back of the ribbon cabinets - it makes us all feel really good and that all the hard work was worth while.  It can be scarey at times deciding on what ribbons to buy and whether anyone else will like them.  We sold out of "Cherry Pie" in several of the colours, all your Challenge goodies were much admired.  I had planned to take some photos but I just did not have time - sorry.

We have lots going on this week and be the first to read it here!

I'm back! Oh and it is so good to be home again, I had a delightful welcome yesterday from Sam.  He came running up to me shouting "Ali, Ali, Ali" and gave me a big sloppy, sticky kiss!!! Anyone would think he had missed me, made me feel really happy.

There was so much to do yesterday catching up with paperwork (I hate paperwork) and sorting things out that I never even had time to unpack my ribbon deliveries, BUT I will do it today.  I had everything planned last night for todays's Friday FREEBIE, then I arrived in this morning to this......

Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag - Chocolate and Pink, Oh what should I do...... I am feeling so happy to be back I will do both.... so here goes...

This weeks Friday FREEBIE is....

....TWO of  the NEW Woodland Collection WANT IT ALL's and TWO of Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag.  So we have 4 prizes up for grabs this week, what do you do for a chance to win? Simple, just leave a comment. First two numbers out of the Bingo Bag will win the woodland, the second two will win the Bevs Bags.  We will pick the winners on Monday.

If your comment is being blocked  by our spam filters please email the comment to us here craftyribbons@gmail.com and we will add it for you.  Your email address will then be verified and you will be able to leave further comments without any hassle. 

You also have another way of wining our ribbons this week, you can enter the Charming Bear challenge over at Crafty Catz.

Make a card or project with a cute bear and add a charm and you can enter.  Talking about challenges I have lots of parcels to open for "Cherry Pie" - thank you. I will have fun photographing them and putting them on sometime next week.

Have a fantastic weekend, I am planning on going to the beach, I need a good walk!

Mollie has been helping me re-stock our exhbition button units, or should I say she has been creating a mess!!  She took a shine to the red buttons.

As she as worked so hard today she had the honours of picking this weeks Friday FREEBIE. 

The Friday FREEBIE winner is....

No 38 - Khadija

Well done Khadija, you have won a WANT IT ALL pack of Fresh Stripe ribbons.  Please email us your address craftyribbons@gmail.com so we can get them winging their way to you.  Thank you to the other 47 people who left wonderful comments, it's lovely reading how much you like the ribbons!  We know that some of you have been enjoying spending your discount vouchers - you have until Sunday to use them up.

With all the Love and Romance we put on the website over the weekend Bev just had to make a NEW Bev's Bag!

Ooooh that's lovely!  Full to the brim with romantic ribbons.  You can find it HERE

I am having great difficulty typing this post - a big 500mtr roll of satin ribbon fell from a shelf, right onto one of my knuckles and it's turned blue and swollen up.  It hurts!!!! 

Maybe I could throw a sickie tomorrow?!  Oooh eerrr!

First Friday FREEBIE of 2010.  We have a super prize this week, as you know we have our January Pack Sale on at the moment, so what better FREEBIE prize than a WANT IT ALL RIBBON PACKS.  Thats right 44 packs, 1 of every pack in stock. 

BUT do we give WANT IT ALL to just one lucky winner or should we divide the prize into 4 so four lucky people gets 11 packs each?! Well that is all down to you to decide, just let us know your thoughts in the comment you leave.  Can not wait to find out what you all have to say. Majority decision will win!

We have thankfully heard from Jan this morning, she is back home after being rushed into hospital just before Christmas.  She has had major surgery, which sounded horrid.  We wish you well Jan and hope to see you back on the ribbon challenges soon.

Bev has been busy rushing around the warehouse (one way to keep warm!) picking and choosing the ribbons for her new Bev's Bag.

She has called it Snow and Ice!! 17mtrs of Ice cold ribbons in shades of light blue, white and silver.  Look at it HERE

We will enjoy reading your comments this evening, I am baby sitting Syd and Sam tonight so wish me luck!

1st December and Christmas is here - well it is at our house, the Christmas tree was put up over the weekend.  I had two little helpers this year, I think they were trying to help!  Sam wanted to climb the tree and Sydney wanted all the decorations to go where she could place them - hence only the bottom half was decorated!!

We have been busy shipping Christmas ribbons since August and I thought I may have got tired of it by now, but oh no.  I have never had this range of ribbons to choose from before, the trouble I am having is finding a wrapping paper to match!  I could never understand why Ali had a huge (and I mean HUGE) cupboard of wrapping paper mostly plains, I do now. I will have to start collecting paper as well!!

This is my NEW Bev's Bag and it is stuffed full of CHRISTMAS RIBBON - yeah!  17mtrs of "to die for" Christmas Ribbons, each ribbon bag we make is going to be slightly different, so you will get a nice surprise! Indulge in my Ribbon Bag HERE

I have taken enough "time out" from pulling the orders, so I had better get back to them.

Bev x

Do you like snowflakes - I do, my NEW Bev's bag is overflowing with snowflakes!

Snowflakes in every shape and size, blue, white, red, green - with glitter or embossed, you will find them all in my Bev's bag.  18 meters of ribbon with hundreds of delightful snowflakes to be enjoyed and all for the amazing price of £5.00 Billy Bargain!!!

I am really, really excited, I am almost bursting!

Rachie and I got called into Ali's office yesterday. What had we done wrong? With a little trepidation and racking our brains we sat down. Crafty Ribbons has a no "blame policy", as long as we admit to an error there are no ramifications or bad feelings - it's just dealt with and we move on. So what was this all about?

Ali said she was not sure how to put this to us, but....... "Would we both like to fly to Paris to join her and Tony for the weekend of  "Creations Savoir Faire."

Would we or what, yes, yes, yes please.  We are going to Paris, I have never been before.  This is my first business trip and it's to Paris!!!! Ooh La La!!

There has been a bit of buzz about this show, Rachie went two years ago and had a wicked time, although she said the hours are a killer.  Restocking at 8am and the show closes at 7pm, with a late night till 11 on Friday.  This year the show has been combined with the Marie Claire Show, you know the magazine, so it is expected to be extremely well attended.  The exhibition halls over look the Eiffel Tower so I will get to see the new light show designed for it's 120th birthday.

If you want to join me the show is called - Creations Savoir Faire 19th to 23rd November at Port de Versailles, Paris, Rachie and I will be there on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 

Back down to earth Bev... We are at the NEC this weekend at the Hobbycraft Show.  Our stand is straight in front of you as you walk into hall 20, opposite the Crafts Beautiful stand.  Please do go and say "Hi" to Ali and Tony, you might even see Rachie and myself there at the weekend.

Have a great time at the show everyone

Bev x

It’s Friday FREEBIE! 

Ali has taken a rare day off, how dare she!  So it has been left up to me to pick a Friday FREEBIE.

Thought it was about time to make a NEW Bev’s Bag and I have been secretly squirreling away a selection of ribbon rolls so Ali wouldn’t guess what I was up too.  I was doing ever so well until she noticed 3 of her NEW velvets disappear. She misses nothing!!

This is my NEW dramatic Mono and Silver Bev’s Bag. It’s a stunner, it glitters and sparkles and is so gorgeous!!! Lots of different ribbons, sheer, wire edge, taffeta, netting, cow print, velvets, grosgrain, zebra, glitter dots, polka dots – we cannot have a Bev’s Bag without polka dots, can we?

Anyway a quick add up and there is 23mtrs of ribbon to the value of £11.76 and it can be yours for £5.00 or even better FREE.  Eight ribbons are brand NEW and not on the website yet.We have 5 Bev’s Bags for this weeks Friday FREEBIE.  All you have to do for a chance to win one is to leave a comment below, between now and Monday afternoon, when we will pick 5 winners from our “Bingo” Bag.

Don’t forget that the little pink and lime bag is not part of the deal – it’s mine!!! If you are not feeling lucky or cannot wait until Monday to see if you have won, you can buy one of my NEW Bev’s Bags by clicking HERE.

Have a great weekend.

Bev

I had been working on my NEW Bev's Bag while Ali was on Holiday.  I had thought of doing a christmas bag, but I was hoping that summer would last for a few more weeks!  Each morning I came in and added a few more ribbons to the bag, I think I got a bit carried away - what do you think?

I have called it Lilac Delight - because it will be a delight to receive one, as there are just so many ribbons.  As ever a few polka dot ribbons slipped in (well a Bev's Bag would not be the same without polka dots)!!  I can not see them in the picture but there are 2 of the NEW Love ribbons, Delphinium and Light Orchid, these are a dream and I just "Loved" the way they were photographed.  There are 25mtrs of ribbons, several that are not on the website and the value is £11.85 and as always yours for ONLY £5.00

I am rather excited and sad at the moment, remember my car broke down on our way to the ferry to go on holiday.  I am excited about getting a new car this weekend (you know - NEW to me!) and it's something I have wanted for ages!!!! But I am also sad as Sydney starts school tomorrow.  My little girl is growing up.....

It is rather fraught in the warehouse today, Ali and Rachie are setting up the Exeter exhibition stand and all I can hear is "Where are we going to put these?", "There is no room for these new ribbons either!"  It would appear that we have so many new ribbons that the exhibition stand can not accomodate them!!  I am keeping my head down and getting on with the orders.

Bev x

This is my NEW Ribbon Bag isn't it wacky?!

It's not fair - Ali guessed the colour of my NEW Ribbon Bag. Even as children she used to do this to me.  I think it was the yellow nail varnish that was the big give away! 

I had a great weekend, the sun was out and I finally felt warm again.  Sydney had been driving us mad about going on a boat, so we took her on a "Yellow" Boat around Brownsea island in Poole harbour.  She thought she was on a cruise ship!!!! and just loved the bubbles coming out of the back of the boat.  It just seemed to be a yellow, sunny weekend  so that when I arrived in the warehouse yesterday, I whizzed around the shelves and selected this sunny collection for my NEW bag.  It's even got some new ribbons in it that are not on the website yet - come on Ali get on with it!!!

I had a quick tot up, there is 30mtrs of ribbon in this bag and totals £11.89  and you can have it for £5.00 WOOOHOOO!!! BARGAIN!

Hope you like my new bag.

Bev

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