19. April 2008 by Kathy.

While reading blogs, rather than doing stuff I need to do, I found a great link on how to make a Tiffany Bow!

Seems Tiffany will show you how to make the bow also if you just ask.  Now that is customer service!  I will have to try this, such a nice bow and looks like it would ship great also.

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23. March 2008 by Kathy.

I am lucky to have a friend who runs www.ribbonstore.com that lives close by.  First off, Carole is a FOUNTAIN of information and knowledge.  Just walking through her “store” is enough to inspire anyone.  She has ideas planted throughout to show you what you can do with the ribbon.  And some of the ribbon - oh to die for.  Oh heck, ALL OF THE RIBBON is to die for, lol.

Do you see - Carole is always checking ribbon for “pull” capability.  Its amazing how many you can pull and it gathers itself!  Aren’t those great ribbons too?  I love ribbons that are gradations, give any project great movement.

Of course I shot these photos a long time ago - Carole has since rearranged the store since she has acquired some new antique store cabinets.  (New to her, but definitely antique!)    On the last shot above - don’t you love the heads?  Carole found those at TJMaxx I think - she just has ribbons dripping out like hair.  I think the heads were supposed to be plant holders.  And the cases below are antiques.  So nice to view the ribbons through.

Now - Carole really is an on-line store.  She sells mainly through ebay - at - http://stores.ebay.com/The-Ribbon-Store.

Having said that - if you are ever in Las Vegas its worth asking if you can visit this treasure.  And believe it or not - its her GARAGE.  Ok - so it has its own AC and its a SIX car deep garage, but it blows your mind when you walk through the door.

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9. February 2008 by Kathy.

This one was easy.  I had already done 5 of these boxes so I only had to repeat the process.

I had bought these ribbon boxes on sale after Christmas LAST YEAR - early January 2007.  I had sprayed 3 black and 2 crème. 

So I took the last one, pictured here with one ribbon roll set in it.

I sprayed it – quick and easy to do!  It does take several coats though – as you can see in this photo where you can still see snowflakes.   I did not worry about the metal , just sprayed over it.  Nor did I worry about the inside – you can see that its still red thru the ribbon holes.

And finally here it is on the stack, already filled with ribbon.  I liked the black/white color (or lack there of) because I can really see what the colors of the ribbons are.  Makes it easier to pick the colors correctly.

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