{"id":7906,"date":"2011-09-18T01:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T05:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:53:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T23:53:39","slug":"365-days-of-bliss-pretty-bows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/365-days-of-bliss-pretty-bows\/","title":{"rendered":"365 Days Of Bliss: Pretty Bows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hello, it&#8217;s my turn (Andrea) to share something pretty on the blog today. I&#8217;ve been a Hybrid Babe for quite a few years now and as well as creating with paper (pretty obvious huh?) I also love to add ribbons and pretty bows to almost every project I create.\u00a0 During my time as a Babe I have had a lot of questions about how I tie my bows so I thought that it was about time I got my act together and make a little step by step for you all.\u00a0 There are several methods that I use for tying bows so there will be more to come over the next few months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, today I made this pretty card. It&#8217;s really simple and just showcases those gorgeous papers from Lauren&#8217;s Daydreamer kit and a large puffy bow with a few pretty embellishments<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"card\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/card1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I printed the papers and added the wordart from the Daydreamer kit, cut out the squares, matted onto white cardstock and glued the layers together. So, now to tie teh bow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make sure the ribbon you&#8217;ve chosen is long enought to wrap all around your card, tie a pretty bow and leave enough spare for the &#8216;tails&#8217; . Wrap the ribbon around the back of your card and knot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/2-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pull the ribbon really tight and snug and it won&#8217;t slip down your card when it stands up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/3-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn your card around so that it is facing you upside down (this will keep the tails of your bow facing down after it is all tied)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/4-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As you tie the bow\u00a0hold a finger in the middle of the knot to keep everything in place. Make two &#8216;bunny ears&#8217; with the ribbon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/6-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fold one of the ears over the other, push through and pull to create the bow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/7-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn your card around and tweak the ears to puff them up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Use a small pair of sharp scissors to trim the tails of the bow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add a few pretty embellishments and your card is finished<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i107\/GeordieGirlie\/card1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My tips for tying pretty bows:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li>Use good quality ribbons that will hold their shape, I try to avoid ribbons with a wired edge as the wires create too much bulk through the knot<\/li>\n<li>Store your ribbons so that they aren&#8217;t creased or folded as these irritating\u00a0creases will <em>always<\/em> find their way to the most obvious part of your bow! A friend of mine uses her hair straighteners to straighten out the creases in her ribbons, I just store mine in jars or on spools with enough space around them so they don&#8217;t get squashed.<\/li>\n<li>Always trim the ends of your ribbon after you&#8217;ve tied the bow with sharp scissors to get a sharp, crisp edge. If you are serious about making pretty bows for cards, parcels and crafts I would suggest keeping a pair of scissors just for ribbons. It doesn&#8217;t take much to get a raggy edge which doesn&#8217;t look so good<\/li>\n<li>Double sided ribbons are the easiest to use for tying bows as you know that both sides are the same and you won&#8217;t end up tying a marvellous bow and then find out that one tail of the bow is facing the wrong way!<\/li>\n<li>Practice &#8211; it really is true what they say that practice makes perfect. And if it isn&#8217;t as perfect as you want it to be then pull it out and start again, it is after all only a piece of ribbon \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Supplies:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/sweetshoppe\/product.php?productid=22285&amp;cat=0&amp;page=1\">Daydreamer<\/a> digital kit by Lauren Grier<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ribbon, flower and pins from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ribbongirl.co.uk\/catalog\/\">Ribbon Girl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, it&#8217;s my turn (Andrea) to share something pretty on the blog today. I&#8217;ve been a Hybrid Babe for quite a few years now and as well as creating with paper (pretty obvious huh?) I also love to add ribbons and pretty bows to almost every project I create.\u00a0 During my time as a Babe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[135],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9743,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/9743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}