Changes at The Ribbon Girl and another Giveaway ...

The Ribbon Girl is getting a new shop! You'll still be able to find all your favourites, as well as lots of new products too but you'll also be able to register and create an account, view your history of purchases and most exciting (well we think it is exciting!) you'll be able to search for a particular product by type, colour etc.

So, please forgive us if things aren't quite where they should be this week whilst we move in and get ourselves settled - you know what it's like when you move to a new house, it takes a couple of days to make yourself comfy, get things unpacked and arranged just how you want them. 

Perhaps we need the New Shop Fairies to come in and wave their magic wands around to help us - and talking of fairies ...

If you would like to win this sweet little fairy made by our very own Gail as well as a few of the supplies that she used to make it please leave us a comment and tell us what name you would give her if you won.  Leave a comment by Friday night (UK time) and we'll pick a winner at random

Some projects and a Giveaway ...

Before I forget to say, there is still a week to get your entries in for the pink, brown and cream colour challenge, check out this post for the details.

Today I have a few cards to share from our talented Design Team - giveaway further down the post

Jo made these beautiful cards

(seam binding and saddlestitch grosgrain)

(seam binding, cotton lace and button twine)

Lucy made this gorgeous card

(15mm satin ribbon)

... and I made these cards

(15mm gingham)

(cotton lace, plain grosgrain, 5 mm gingham, 7mm satin, button twine, charm)

So, the giveaway.  Can you remember this?

I had lunch with Gail last week and she gave me this all wrapped up in tissue and looking even more beautiful in real life. It really is gorgeous!

If you would like to win this as well as some of the lace, ribbon, twine and pins that Gail used to make it with please leave us a comment on this post and I'll pick a winner on Thursday before I go off for a crafting weekend with Gail and Jane and a few other friends. We need to be able to contact you through your comment so that we can arrange to post your prize

Andrea xx

Seam Binding Restocks and a Giveaway ...

*****Giveaway closed*****

Seam Binding is back in stock in all colours and we're giving away 4 packets of it together with these fabulous fabric cupcakes made by our super talented friend Gail

To enter just leave a comment telling us the four colours of seam binding you would prefer. We'll pick a winner on saturday night because on Sunday we'll be launching February's colour challenge :)  Please make sure that we can contact you via your comment

Be Still My Beating Heart

Today we get to share this beautiful project made by our friend Gail

(25mm satin, guipure lace, fancy pins)

Gorgeous Projects

Today we wanted to share these beautiful shoes made by our very talented friend and ribbon girl Gail. Aren't they absolutley amazing?? Gail used our lovely silk ribbon for the bows on the front of each shoe, hop on over to her blog to find out how she made them. We are so happy that we can call this talented lady our friend and we love to see all the fabulous projects she creates

Remember our colour challenge runs for another week and you have the chance to win ribbon goodies from the Ribbon Girl but also a £10 voucher for Lili of the Valley

Blog Candy ...

****** The colour challenge is the post under this one ******

Hello, what's this Mammy?

What is this white stuff that falls from the sky and lands on my patio?

 That, my beautiful little chap is the 13 inches of snow that has covered the Ribbon Girl kingdom since Saturday and is the very same snow that we keep clearing from the kingdom only for it to return in the very next blizzard!

So, we're covered in snow and whilst an extra 2 days off work for Andrea has been very nice we would like it to go away now and leave us alone, we've also been suffering from website gremlins but thankfully the technical people have sorted those for us. 

If anyone else is feeling a little snowed in how about some beautiful Ribbon Girl Blog Candy?  Just leave us a comment on this post before Andrea goes to bed on Sunday and you might win this gorgeous ribbon wreath made by our super talented friend Gail

A little bit snowy

The Ribbon Girl world went white and sparkly this morning when we woke up to 4 inches of snow

 

We thought this little project by Gail was the perfect addition to the blog on this cold and snowy day

(satin ribbon, lace, dewdrops and Stickles)

Paper Chains

Gail used lots of small lengths of ribbon to create these gorgeous paper chains, aren't they pretty?

I Haven't Got A Thing To Wear ...

This project from Gail popped into our inbox this week, we LOVE it!

Some text paper, Gail's favourite sizzix wings die and some glittery organza turned into this ...

(wide striped grosgrain, ruffle gingham, divine twine and a rose and glittery organza from the seasonal section)

Wow! Look At This!

Our lovely and very talented friend Gail has joined our Design Team permanently (hooray for us!!) and has already been busy creating. Just look at what arrived in our inbox this morning, we both said WOW!

Gail used black ruffle ribbon and black gingham ribbon