Instead of using some red ribbon from my newly organised ribbon rail I felt like making something. Also, I haven't really got much "grown-up" wrapping paper (most of the gift-wrapping I do these days goes towards kids' birthday presents, and I have a roll of colourful kids' paper for that).
Then I made a gift bow from strips of paper. I won't go through all the stages, because there is already a great tutorial out there. How about Orange posted this last year - and I bookmarked it for eventual use. Check the tutorial here. And while you are there, make sure you look through her other posts. She comes up with the greatest paper design finds EVER and is one of my regular craft reads!
Basically, the gift bow is made from nine strips of paper which you arrange individually in an "8" shape. You then stick them on top of each other and finish up with a paper circle in the middle. I slightly adapted my version. I used a bit of a red calendar page which was left-over after my filofax inserts. The light blue back of the page is also visible in the gift bow - I like the contrast of the colours. Here's the finished bow:
Whoops, a bit lopsided.
This is what I will be handing over tonight:
Well, even if it was a free gift and free gift-wrap - I took the time to make it. I hope that balances the cheapskate-ness out...
Ok, off to the pub now.
Be good!
3 comments:
Hi Sonja- thanks for stopping by my blog. The paperclip post is one of my favorites. I love the details in things. I got some organizing tips from your Filofax post. I am trying so hard to get my blogging materials together. Check out I think it was Xmas Dolly.blogspot. She had a great binder idea for planning thru out the year. Thanks again for stopping by. Diane
Hey Diane, thanks for the revisit ;-). Have to check out your recommendation. Happy crafting!
Wow, great ribbon! I always try making my own, but it never looks that good!
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