Ribbon Ring Pasadena Day 2

Another cloudy day in California... what's up with that?

Here is a pic of my booth. Each show I try to improve/add something to the booth. This show, I made sure all of the sample ribbon rings had 30 tags on them so customer could easily see what a ribbon ring starter set looks like. I also have a ribbon ring with 90 tags on it.

I have a corner booth this time and I am right next to skinny cow ice cream. YUMMO. The girls are very nice about passing over treats when I look weary. :)

Here are a couple of observations about Pasadena (not sure if applies to all of California...)

1. Food options are incredible. I am staying in Old Pasadena which is full of amazing restaurants. Thai, Indian, Japanese, Italian... you name it, it is within walking distance! I haven't seen a single "fast food" restaurant - how refreshing is that... although I haven't seen a Starbucks which I desperately need today!

2. Motorcyclists are crazy. They zip through traffic BETWEEN CARS! I have never seen this before, it just doesn't seem very safe!

Will check in later!

Ribbon Ring to go... LITERALLY

Just spotted at CK Pasasdena! A customer had a bag full of ribbons that she just bought here at CK Pasadena and she told me that she didn't want them to get all wrinkled before she got home. In 10 minutes I had all of her ribbons put on Ribbon Ring tags. She then clipped her Ribbon Ring on her jean belt loop and was SOOOO happy. She bought a ton more tags for her ribbon collection at home and says that if she comes back to the show tomorrow, she will bring her ribbons/tags to me to assemble for her! I say, "Bring it!!!"

I am in Pasadena!!!

I am doing the Creating Keepsakes Pasadena show today and tomorrow. This is the first time I have been to Pasadena. It is such a beautiful city!! Last night I treated myself to Pinkberry.... never heard of it before, but it sounded so cute, I just had to go in. It was soooo yummy. Kind of like ice cream, but texture like frozen yogurt... so delicioso.

Okay, back to convention stuff:

Many people have asked me to post directions on how to make the ribbon flowers (topiaries) so I will take some pics and post directions when I get back home next week.

For directions on how to make the ribbon cupcakes, please scroll down... I wrote them up a few months ago on this blog.

If you are in the Pasadena area, please come by and visit me!

Ribbon Ring tour dates

I think I have finalized my convention schedule for this year. Just so hard to be away from my family... plus, how can I go to yard sales if I am out of town all the time???

Having a booth at scrapbook conventions is very hard work, especially if I go alone. Set up is a few hours of lifting, assembling and sweating... then two days of working in my booth, especially difficult if I am alone (can you say NO potty break for 8 hours!!?!?!) with evenings spent alone in the hotel (lonely...), then pack everything back up and fly back home. I am exhausted just thinking about it.

Here is the Ribbon Ring tour schedule for the rest of the year:

• June 12, 13 - CK Pasadena, CA
• July 28, 29, 30, 31, August 1 - CHA Orlando, FL (both wholesale & consumer shows)
• August 22, 23 - Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo, Colorado Springs, CO
• September 11, 12 - The Great American Scrapbook Expo, Salt Lake City, UT
• September 18, 19 - CK San Marcos, TX
• September 26, 27 - Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo, Las Vegas, NV
• November 6, 7 - CK Seattle, WA

As you can see, I am killing myself in September being gone nearly every weekend, then I took October off (since I am turning 40 that month-figure I could least do that at home!).

If you attending any of these shows, please stop by and see me. :)

Free chocolate!

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Andrea's Ribbon Ring scrapbook room

One of my favorite new customers, Andrea King, just sent me this FAB picture of her Ribbon Rings. Don't you LUH-HUV how fabulous they look ! ROYGBIV!!!! Makes me want to scrapbook this morning! I have my Ribbon Rings hung above my desk. I like how Andrea has hers hung at eye level from a chair! What a cool idea. I love how she painted her walls too... YUM!

Ribbon Ring Strawberry

This took FOREVER to make! I had planned to make a whole plate of them, but forget it. The ribbon is really hard to pin to the weird shape of the styrofoam.

Basic instructions: Get your Ribbon Ring and find a piece of red ribbon that is most like strawberries. I used a medium red grosgrain. I suppose you could use satin but I like texture of the grosgrain. Start with an egg shaped styrofoam form. Shave off a flat side so the strawberry doesn't roll away every time you set it down. Starting in the middle, pin down a red piece of ribbon horizontally. I used a long enough ribbon so that it would overlap itself in the back. Pin securely the entire length of the ribbon. Place the next piece of ribbon right next to the previous piece and pin. I didn't overlap mine because it made it even hard to pin the ribbon down. When the entire strawberry is covered with horizontal ribbon. Take a few strips and run them diagonal to cover any gaps. When all styrofoam is covered, add fancy white pins with red sequins randomly over the front of the strawberry. Cut green ribbon into small 1.5 inch strips. Snip one end into a "v" shape. Pin both sides of the ribbon starting from the center point on top of the strawberry. Then add an additional layer of green with only one side pinned down, to give it some dimension.

bon apetit!