Wow would I have liked a wedding cake like this...

...........awesome cake, and guess what - the ribbon is ours.
You can find it here

Thank you Hope for sending us the photo,
we are glad we could help with the ribbon and hope you had a fantastic Wedding Day

As I said last Thursday I love it when I receive emails full of customers, blog followers ribbon and button makes.  maybe this could be a regular Thursday posting - Customer Gallery.  All I would need are photos sent in by YOU.

Lin had a wedding recently - her daughter Danielle's. And from what I can gather Lin has been busy crafting for weeks, she used our ribbons and buttons on some of her makes.

Lin ordered some personalised ribbon from us to decorate the Bride and Grooms car, sadly her photos did not show the ribbon, so she is going to send me one of the officical photos when they arrive.  But Lin did use the same ribbon on this card.

From memory it was a white satin ribbon and we printed in matt silver foil - how special is that.

Lin also made a ring cushion with ribbons from one of Bev's bags.  (Change of subject slightly but I noticed Bev is putting together a NEW collection for the summer - my lips are sealed!) The flower ribbon you used Lin was so popular, but it is all gone, boo hoo. I love the way you have embroidered the initials in seed beads, very clever.

O.K. not a whiff of ribbon or buttons here...............but..................look at the work.  Hours and hours. Cross stitch always looks so amazing when it is finished.  My problem is finishing them!!! Your daughter must have been so pleased with this Lin, I know I would have been.

Not only has Lin had to get ready for a wedding, but she has had a big anniversary of her own.  25 years - congratulations Lin and your husband.

Lin has also had time for more crafting.

It is amazing what a little bit of ribbon or a few buttons can do.

I like Lin - simple and effective.

What a wonderful collection of treasures, thank you for sharing them with us Lin, they really are very special.

If you have photos of goodies that you have made using our ribbons or buttons then please do send them to me at  craftyribbons@gmail.com we would love to have a NEW Thursday Post - You Create....or something like that.

Thanks for all your thoughts yesterday on our warehouse antics - it will, it will, it WILL be ALL worth it!  I moved the Swiss Dots Stocks onto the new shelves last night, normally all the spare stock is in boxes hidden away. They are now all lined up like soldiers, the colours are amazing - only one tiny weeny little problem.  Tony can now see what I have bought!!!!  Argh!

Maybe I could still hide a few boxes.......what do you think?

P.S. Don't worry Ali (Sherman) about Tony's motorbike getting oil on the ribbons. Bikey as he is known to all that used to walk round him, is the cleanest motorbike on the planet - Although its 25 years old you could eat your dinner off the engine. Tony uses so much Solvol Autosol  to keep Bikey clean, that I suggested we bought shares in the company!

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.

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.

I have started.  I have.  To play that is!

I took a big (industrial size) bag of buttons home with me last night.  I was sitting on the sofa rummaging through them, trying to find matching colours for my Hello wednesday project. Swishing and swirling the buttons around, making quite a bit of noise, but guess what, not one squeak from Tony.  Not even a a raised eyebrow, normally I get  comments something along the lines of "What ARE you doing NOW?".  But last night .............zip..............nothing........not a peep.  Maybe I had been more down then I realised, it was good to play, feeling the buttons through my fingers.  No finished Hello wednesday project, just lots of little piles of buttons!!!

So here goes, more button inspiration from.............Clare and Tina.

Flowers, but not just any flowers from Clare...............these are magic flowers.  Believe me they are, they stick to everything metal!  What a clever idea Clare, they certainly have jazzed up our office fridge door.

Not sure this little notbook will make it back into the office though, looks really comfortable sitting on my desk at home! Although I will admit Clare, every time I look at it I want to go and raid the cake tin.  What a cool couple of ideas Clare.

Wow Tina, the detail on the card is amazing.  I see you are still loving the sunshine ribbon.

I love your blending, I am never brave enough to do this!

This card is really fun Tina, I adore the wheels! Not being a baby person I always forget about baby cards. Bev has been pushing me (for ages) to design a new range of baby ribbons............but you know...............TIME.

I got to flick through this box of Tina Delights first. Wow I was spoilt for choice, do you want to see what treasures I found.....

..earrings, keyring and my favorite the brooch.  But I am going to make sure I keep this little treasure box safe, otherwise Rachie will be selling it on her stall on Sunday!  She is like a Magpie sweeping around the office, "Oh can I have this, this would go well!".  I must be the only person in Dorset that stocks a Sunday Craft Stall but NEVER sees the money!

Wonderful makes Tina and Clare, super inspiration................maybe I should go and complete my Hello wednesday project.................the paper work can wait!!!!

I am always delighted when I receive photos of the wonderful creations you make with our ribbons and buttons.  Fiona sent me a couple of photos of her button chest.

I love this style of box, always reminds me of secret treasure.

Did you do the pyrography yousefl Fiona? It is amazing.  Wished you had sent me a picture of the box open, I would love to see it filled with buttons! Thanks for sharing with us Fiona and for your wonderful comments about our website and blog, and please keep up the good work of spreading the Crafty Ribbons word.

Paperwork,...................or.................buttons and hello wednesday............................well actually my inbox is rather full.......................but then tomorrow is wednesday.........................Oh damm I looked at Clare's notebook.....it will have to be the cake tin.

....we have three NEW Button Boxes....

Hearts Hearts Hearts - as the name suggests this box is full of nothing else but HEARTS!

Dolly Mixture - a box of shapes, circles, squares, hearts, stars and more!

Angel Delight - fluffy pink, smooth and silky!

Still great value at £4.50 each or any 3 boxes for £10 find them all HERE

Sadly we have LIMITED STOCK of Choc Chip and Strawberry & Cream Button Boxes.  If you have had your eye on these two boxes, please do order them soon as we are unable to repeat them.

We have also added these to our range of buttons.....

As you can see the hearts are bevelled with a shank on the back, they are about 20mm square.

We think they are fab, and at 40p each rather a bargain! You can find them HERE

I was just writing this posting when a email arrived from Beryl, she said a little "thanks Ali" this morning!  She needed some small buttons to finish off a card.

She found just what she was looking for in our Button Boxes!  Perfect timing Beryl - thanks.
Super card Beryl, I do love the buttons in the flowers - just what the card needed!

As promised here are a few pics of the ring cushion Lucy made for her daughters wedding.

Lucy made this along the style of my Hello wednesday ring cushion (here) but with one large rose rather than 9 small ones. 

Close up of the centre heart detail.

Look at the back, it is also beatutiful.

And your little fairy charm is wicked.

So pleased you enjoyed the wedding, your cushion is wonderful Lucy.  Your daughter is very lucky to have such a talented mum.  Thank you for sharing your creations with us, it brings such delight to us to see what our ribbons and buttons are turned into.

.....what do you think of Tilda in her dress and sari?

.....I think she is adorable.  Tilda was created by Tina using ribbons from our January Pack Sale (here), what a clever idea.

Thank you Tina for sending the pic and allowing me to share her.  If you have been creative with your sale ribbons then please do email us a picture craftyribbons@gmail.com as we would love to see and share them.

All the Sweet Treat ribbons were sent out yesterday (ooops my mistake, I was not in the office yesterday so they must have been sent Tuesday!!!). I know that Gail has received hers and already ripped open the envelope and started crafting. One card already finished but she is unsure whether her daughter Samantha will allow her to send it to me!!!!  Tricky one Gail.

Louise was really happy to win last weeks Friday FREEBIE prize of the Jam Pot Ribbons.  She e-mailed us to say she was stunned to be the winner and that she had been unwell over the weekend due to the hot weather. We hope you are feeling better Louise and your ribbons should be with you tomorrow.

Louise normally buys silk ribbon from us for her miniature work, she sent me these photos, they are just stunning.

This was for a customers order for a Regency stove-pipe bonnet for a 16 inch fashion doll. The bonnet was made in hand-dyed very fine pure wool (dyed by Louise) and lined in pure silk habutai with cotton lace. She used our ribbon for the bonnet ties.

Louise also used the 7mm silk ribbon for the mock slashing on the false sleeves of her miniature (5.5 inches tall) Tudor ladies, picture is of the young Elizabeth 1st.

Thank you for sharing your work with us Louise, it is so fine.

Another talented lady is Beryl, she has sent a most wonderful Beach collection of cards for our Ribbon Challenge - Fun in the Sun.

As I opened the envelope from Beryl, only one item came out, oh that's unusual I thought, Beryl normally sends me such wonderful crafty treats. But this folder held an Aladins cave of delights.  I had photographed the back which read sand but sadly it was one of the photos that became corrupted after my SD card recovery. Sorry Beryl.

When I opened the folder I was greeted with this....... an awesome collection of cards.  This would be perfect to take on holiday with you, and send to family and friends, the cards are wicked.  On the left we have a collection of sand cards and on the right a collection of sea cards, all using our Fun in the Sun Ribbons (can be found HERE)

What a colourful fun card, the colours are just perfect. If I told you that the crab ribbon (HERE) is the best selling ribbon from the Fun in the Sun collection, I am sure you would not believe me, we thought the flip flops (HERE) would be the star!

Same ribbons, same colours, I love the glossy accent on the little girls glasses, great idea.

These three sand cards have all used the same ribbon but in different ways, it just goes to show what you can do with ribbon, they are all perfect.

Now onto the sea - Beryl has chosen two blue ribbons to embellish this collection, blue stripe always shouts Nautical.  This little girl is enjoying her seaside chips! The ribboned tag can be removed and reads "Hot Summer Days", it was hot when I took the photo, but it is raining today. The little paper clip detail in the corner is quite unique Beryl.

Cheeky monkey - this card is so simple but perfect, I love it.

The fish and shell detail at the bottom of the card is ribbon (HERE), I promise, the way Beryl has backed it with white card has really made the images stand out.

Beryl this collection is a work of art, thank you so much for creating it for us.  We hope others will be able to create their own projects from it using some of your inspiration.

Ummm! Butterflies and Strawberries that makes you think of summer, or at least warm days. 

Noreen was one of our Friday FREEBIE butterfly ribbon winners and she has kindly sent in some cards to show us what she has made with the ribbons.  She must have loved the ribbons, they only arrived with her on Saturday and these cards were e-mailed through to me on Sunday, quick work Noreen! I think the cards are wonderful - do you want to see them?

This lime ribbon is just so "in" at the moment and teams up beautifully with this crushed pink.

I think it is wicked the way you card makers use the same layout and change the colours. Looks stunning Noreen, so pleased you liked the Friday FREEBIE ribbons. If you want some of these butterfly ribbons you can find them all HERE. We are already sold out of two designs!

You have seen the Butterflies, what about the Strawberries, well it is Wimbledon this week, so bring out the Strawberries and Cream Gail.

Wooo hoo that looks fantastic Gail.  This Strawberry ribbon has been out of stock for a while, but it is back in and can be found HERE.  Gail has sent this photo to the Cross Stitch Magazine where the chart came from, they have said her card will be going into next months copy.  Keep us informed Gail and we will buy a copy.

If you have any cards or projects that you have used our ribbon on and would like to share with us, please email a photo to craftyribbons@gmail.com We all love to see other peoples work and we must continue to spread the word about how WONDERFUL RIBBON IS!!

Sometimes you only need small lengths of ribbon, just for a little knot tie or a bow.  Our scrap bags are perfect for this (HERE), these bags are mixed with all types of ribbons, from Sheer to Christmas, 5mm to 60mm! BUT what if you only want 3mm satins? 

Well ....it has taken us a long time to build up the stock of scrap ribbons for these NEW 3mm Satin Scrap bags!! You can find them HERE and they are only £1.00  Please REMEMBER they are SCRAP, the lengths can vary from 1cm through to 40-50cms.  We weighed a bag just to give us an idea of meterage, if you were to put all the ribbons together end to end you would have approx 120 mtrs for £1.00 That's another Crafty Ribbons BARGAIN!!!

Don't forget our little bit of sunshine offer - place an order today Tuesday 22nd or Wednesday 23rd and by typing    longest day     into the special voucher box during the check out process and we will give you a 15% discount off your order.  And there is more, if you know the answer to the FREE POSTAGE question you can go back into the special voucher box and enter it and you will get FREE POSTAGE as well.

Have a super day

I have only been out of the office for a few days at the Creative Craft Show, but I have missed loads!  By the time we traveled home each evening, I was too tired to turn my computer on - sorry.

You have all been so busy, the sneak peeks I have seen of the "Muddy paws" challenge are awesome.  You have also joined in with the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge - Did you like the prize?  I said it was a real goodie, six Ribbonboxes filled with almost 150mtrs of ribbon.

Look what Tina has made, they are Blooming lovely!

These flowers are stunning - I love them.  They are made using 7mm satin ribbons, you can find these in our Satin Streamers

So glad you liked the ribbon Tina.

Where has the sun gone? I have two weeks without exhibitions and was hoping to spend some time in the garden - looks like I will have to go to my play room. I bought some goodies at the show that I am dying to try out. Hard life!!