Ribbon, Ribbon, everywhere

I participated in a Thanksgiving decoration swap over on Pink Trees and Shanna received my package on Monday! Here is what I sent to her--her photos are way better than the ones I took before I sent the package, so head over there to look! I made a ribbon garland that I found in the Making Memories Ribbonrie book--the same book that has the ribbon topiaries that I made earlier.

This garland is made by cutting a whole bunch of ribbon into 3.5"-4.5" lengths and sewing in on both sides of a longer piece of ribbon. It's super easy and comes together really quickly. Then I used those curtain rings with clips and tied them onto the ends of the garland and one in the middle, and made little painted mat boards with Thanksgiving-themed rub-on words and little jewels. I also found some chandelier crystals at a lighting store and just clipped them on in between the other stuff. I love how it turned out! I even made one for me and one for a gift for someone else. I also did a couple of hot pads, and I'll talk more about those in another post.

I am so pleased that Shanna liked my swap, and even more tickled that she took the garland idea and made this darling Christmas garland and a door hanger to match! So, so cute! I love the ribbons she used and the snowflake ornaments instead of the little plaques. And I LOVE the door hanger version she made! I have some ribbon leftover from the garlands and I was thinking of doing a wreath like the topiaries, but I may be changing my mind and doing this instead. LOVE IT!

And speaking of the topiaries, look what Lucy did! She made her own ribbon topiary, and it turned out beautifully! I love the different colors and textures she chose--gorgeous! She's right--those things do take a lot of ribbon, so watch for sales. Lucy has some simple instructions for the topiaries in her post, so be sure to take a look in case you missed them the first time around. Check out the super cute cornucopia centerpiece she did as well!

I'm just tickled pink that someone liked what I did well enough to do it themselves. Not that I can take credit for the original ideas--I got those from the book. But I love seeing the spin that both Shanna and Lucy put on their projects. Beautiful work, ladies!