Ribbon Ring driving across the USA

The San Marcos CK convention was a huge success and now I am driving back home. Here are some things I learned about Texas:

1. They drive trucks. Big trucks. I love this about Texas, I fit right in!

2. People are genuinely friendly. Go into any store/restaurant and the clerk will smile and engage in real conversation with you. I am so impressed with their hospitality.

Ribbon Ring BULK tags on sale - BIG TIME

I just put the Ribbon Ring bulk tags on sale. This is the LOWEST price I have ever offered for bulk tags... over 33% off. WOO HOO! If you are wanting to organize your MASSIVE collection of ribbon NOW is the time to order Ribbon Ring. Or, maybe you and some friends could split up a bulk order...... GET IT WHILE IT IS HOT!

Ribbon Ring strawberries

One of the most frequently asked questions I get at conventions is,"What do you do with ALL THAT RIBBON??" Firstly, all that ribbon in my booth isn't ALL my ribbon... (tee hee). My most favorite ribbons are at home, safely hanging on the wall, on Ribbon Rings, away from ICE CREAM FINGERS!!!

To answer the question: mostly I use it on scrapbook pages. Of course, I use it on other craft projects too, like cards, chipboard albums etc. My daughter occasionally let me put ribbon in her hair and I love doing that. I make beautiful ribbon bows for presents and cupcake boxes too.

I also really enjoy making little non-traditional things out of ribbon. You know, things that you wouldn't normally make out of ribbon, like cupcakes. As my previous posts have mentioned, I have made the CUTEST pink and white ribbon cupcakes that you will ever see.

So, what is next? Now I am on to strawberries! I got the idea this afternoon and I am determined to make the cutest basket full of ribbon strawberries. I will post a picture when I am done.

Ribbon Ring - My favorite place to buy ribbon...

I get asked ALL THE TIME where I buy my ribbon. Well, I have been collecting it for over 12 years, so I know all the good places to find it! One of my very favorite supplies for quality grosgrain and ric rac is Really Reasonable Ribbon. I just bought 700 yards from them in fact. :) Yes 700 yards. DO NOT tell my husband. :)

I am replacing all of my personal ribbon that I take to scrapbook shows. So many people touch and handle the ribbon at my booth and I want to encourage that... just not with my own personal ribbon. Especially when a child with ice-cream fingers wants to touch all of the pink ribbon.... ACK! I know you get it... So, if you are looking for yummy ribbon, visit the Really Reasonable Ribbon website... http://www.reasonableribbon.com/.

Tell them the Ribbon Ring lady sent you! :)

Ribbon Ring booth in Salt Lake City - Great American Scrapbook Expo

Here is my Ribbon Ring booth in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago. I had tons of people try to buy my cupcake holder, ribbon topiaries and ribbon rings (full of ribbon).

Sorry the pic is so dark. In person, it is very bright, pink and glittery!!!!

The clear paint cans are each full of book rings in different sizes. At our next show in Mesa, Arizona I am adding three additional book ring sizes.

Ribbon Ring sequin truffle & cupcakes

Here is a close-up of my ribbon cupcake.

So easy to make. The picture doesn't do it justice. In-person, you just want to hug it.

And the sequin truffle. This thing is terribly cute. Seriously.

book ring, clasp ring, d ring, hinge ring - whatever you call 'em!

Ribbon Ring now carries a whole lot of metal rings! They have so many names... metal clasp ring, metal hinge ring, d ring, book ring.... whatever you call them... we have them!

We now carry the following sizes:
.75", 1", 1.25",1.5", 2" & 3"


The .75" metal hinge rings and 1" mental hinge rings are perfect for chipboard albums and acrylic albums.... they are sooo darn cute. Seriously. I am not lying. Check them out at www.ribbonring.com.

Ribbon Ring in Salt Lake City

We were so pleased to be a part of The Original Scrapbook USA Expo in Salt Lake City this weekend. There was music, games, cropping, shopping and loads of fun! It was the perfect place to bring Ribbon Ring. It was such a pleasure to meet so many wonderful ladies. Ribbon Ring was very well received and many said it was the best ribbon storage idea they had ever seen. :)

Also, I think my ribbon cupcakes and ribbon flower pots were a big hit. I could have sold them a dozen times! They aren't for sale, but I am happy to give directions on how to make them to anyone that asks... I will post pictures of the Ribbon Ring cupcakes and flowers tomorrow.

new rings added at Ribbon Ring!

We have added a 1.5" metal hinge ring on our website. These rings fit 30 ribbon tags just perfectly! Go to www.ribbonring.com to check them out! For a limited time we are offering them for only 25 cents each.

Post CHA... what do I do with the extra rings?

Hi all! I have been sooooo busy filling the orders from CHA that I haven't had time to do anything else!

I have a ton of 1.5" rings that I used as giveaways at CHA (I punched a hole in my business card and put the card and a threaded ribbon tag on the metal ring... it was sooo cute).

Any ideas as to what to do with these 1.5" rings? I don't sell this size on the Ribbon Ring webiste. I suppose if people wanted to sub-divide their ribbon rings by brand or something, then these little rings would work.... should I add them to the website?

In fact, I have had demonstrators from CTMH and Stampin' Up use smaller rings to subdivide their ribbon... all of one collection on a small ring, and all the small rings on a big ring....

What do you think??

Creating Keepsakes Convention is this weekend!

Holy crap. The CK-Portland convention is this weekend. I think I am all ready... my husband and I will set up the booth on Thursday, so I guess we will find out then if I have forgotten anything.

I have changed the number of inventory dots included with my Ribbon Ring tags. I am going to include 15 with thirty ribbon tags, 30 with sixty tags and 30 with ninety tags. We'll see how that goes. I also added inventory dots as something people can buy in case they want more.

Here is today's testimonial:
"My package arrived promptly, and was very attractively packaged (I love the pink ribbon-nice touch) and the handwritten thank-you note on my invoice personalized the whole thing. Great job! Keep up the good work - I'm sure I'll be ordering from you again, and plan to tell ALL of my scrapbooking buddies that they just HAVE to order these tags!" CM