Showing posts with label Party projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Party projects. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

NEVER Enough Ribbon!


Hi, crafty friends!  It's Karen Letchworth here today, and I am a firm believer that you can NEVER have enough ribbon; and HEAVEN FORBID that you should ever say that you have "TOO MUCH" ribbon.  It's simply impossible!  So, this week when a friend asked me to make some cute little table decorations for the girls coming to her daughter's 10th Birthday Party next weekend. I just took a good look at my supplies and made it work with what I had.  Luckily, I have LOTS of great Really Reasonable Ribbon (and again, I promise you that you can NEVER EVER have enough ribbon!) and it sure did come in handy.
First, I made a place card for each of the (six) girls by using a Wooden Spool, a paper straw, and LOTS of great Really Reasonable Ribbon including their luscious Wide Pink Wrinkle Ribbon, Seam Binding Baby Pink, Seam Binding Elderberry, Plaid Ribbon Pink, Plaid Ribbon Purple, Burlap String Pink, Burlap String Violet, and also some of Really Reasonable Ribbon's other goodies including some of the GORGEOUS flowers such as the Wild Orchid Crafts Open Pink Roses, Wild Orchid Crafts Open Pink Dark Violet Roses and Wild Orchid Crafts Spiral Stamens in Pink.  All that loveliness was tied into the big fluffy bow at the top and attached to a paper straw.  The straw is hot glued into a large wooden spool.
To each of the wooden spools, I ran a piece of the beautiful Wide Natural Burlap With Wired Edge With Pink & White Trim around its base, tore a small strip of 2 1/2" Cotton Blend Plain Burlap Trim and tied it in a knot, added a small bow of Pink Burlap String and a Wild Orchid Crafts Open Rose in Dark Violet.  Each girl has their name attached to their straw to mark their place setting.
For the other decoration, I made each girl a little jar filled with candies.  I found some small jars, painted and glittered the lids, and then made a ribbon treatment/bow to place on the top of each jar lid.  These bows are a bit smaller, but uses almost all the same trims as the first project including the delightful Wide Pink Wrinkle Ribbon, Seam Binding Baby Pink, Seam Binding Elderberry, Plaid Ribbon Pink, Burlap String Pink, Burlap String Violet, and also some of Really Reasonable Ribbon's embellishments including their super sweet flowers such as the Wild Orchid Crafts Open Pink Roses, and Wild Orchid Crafts Open Pink Dark Violet Roses.  So you see, you really can't ever have enough ribbon because you never know when a project will use up LOTS of your stash.  And let's be honest, you NEVER want to be completely out of ANY of these gorgeous trims.  Today is a great day to RESTOCK all your favorite ribbons, laces, trims, flowers and more, and by shopping at Really Reasonable Ribbon......you can have it all!  I welcome you to stop by my blog, My Cup Runneth Over, to see additional photos and read a bit more about my projects.  Have a blessed week, and don't forget to stock up.  You can NEVER have enough ribbon!

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Snowflakes and Princesses


 I am sure that you have all seen the Disney movie Frozen by now
and were all captivated by the beautiful snowflakes, music
and wonderful story that the movie had. Well,  I loved it too and I saw some
 products out to have a Frozen themed birthday and got this fabulous idea 
to create a Queens Crown and royal snowflake wand out of some beautiful
 ribbons that i got from Really Reasonable Ribbon store and some silver
and blue papers that i had in my stash.


There are lots of ribbons that you can use to decorate your wand
and crown.  Mine have lots of silver, white and pale blues that match
the frozen theme of all the party ware they have out and and of
course her beautiful dress that she wore in the movie.
I used these ribbons from the shop: Metallic String in silver,



To create the crown and snowflake wand i used lots of dies from Spellbinders 
that i had.  They have a crown die and lots of snowflakes and even
an ice cicle die that i use for the inside of the crown. I cut them in
both silver and blue papers from Authentique to match my ribbons.


The bottom die had a place to run a ribbon through so i used a 
piece of the white iridescent ribbon for it. And it looks perfect!!


 i also used lots of rhinestones and pearls to decorate it.  

So if you have plans for a Frozen party this summer-- be sure and stock up
on all the ribbons and things to make party favors and all the other
fun things for the party from RRR.  It will be really fun for everyone!!

Have a great day... and rest of the week :)
Teresa