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Monday, August 19, 2013

You're Invited to a Ribbon Cutting and a HUGE, HUGE Giveaway!



Extra, extra!  The Ribbon Lady has been very busy and has completely revamped the May Arts Blog!

She's having a huge Ribbon Cutting Party to celebrate and you're invited!  There are so many new features, you'll want to be sure to head to the blog to check them out.  There's even a gallery of  projects for your ribbon inspiration!

Each Ribbonista has created a special Ribbon Cutting project to help celebrate the occasion.  You'll want to be sure to visit each blog because the Ribbon Lady is giving away over $1000 in prizes!!   This will be a two day hop but you have ONE FULL MONTH TO ENTER (!) so you'll have plenty of time to visit each Ribbonista's blog.  The complete list is at the end of this post so you can check back in case you've missed anyone.



I decided to celebrate the Ribbon Cutting in elegant vintage style.  I love that May Arts Ribbon can transform every day items like this:


into gorgeous gift worthy items like this:


 I chose some vintage scissor charms to "cut" these amazingly beautiful May Arts Ribbons.

 A bit of straight sewing is all it took to add texture this already fabulous paper.

Even a humble clothespin  becomes an elegant closure with the addition of May Arts Ribbon!

I'm helping the Ribbon Lady to celebrate by filling that pretty bag with some fun surprises for one lucky hop participant.  That's IN ADDITION to the amazing Giveaway!  If you love surprises, be sure to leave lots of comments and don't forget, there are 2 big days!


Here's a list of the May Arts Ribbons used:


Thanks so much for joining us!  Here's the complete hop list for both days:

Monday
·         Christina Colón
·         Gini Williams Cagle
·         Emily Lanham
·         Jenifer Cowles
·         Jessica Kephart
·         Courtney Lee
·         Latrice Murphy
·         Charlene Driggs (that's me!)
·         Erin Thiem

Tuesday
·         Candy Rosenberg
·         Jen Shears
·         Karen Baker
·         Lalo IK
·         Virginia Fynes
·         Rhea Weigand
·         Shellye McDaniel
·         Sandy Allnock
·         DeeDee Catron

67 comments:

  1. Beautiful! I love how small simple touches can dress up the ordinary.

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  2. simply elegant! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. What a gorgeous gift set!
    hugs,
    Gini

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  4. All I can say is 'WOW!" These are so lovely!

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  5. OMGosh this is so gorgeous! Where do you buy those scissors!!!!?>???

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  6. Totally LOVE the vintage look...beautifully embellished!
    Creative Wishes
    Claire S
    www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com

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  7. GORGEOUS!!! I love flowers and your creations are a big hit with me....Love it!!!

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  8. So beautifully vintage! Digging out my charms and ribbon now! Thanks!

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  9. To those interested in the scissors, they can be found here:

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieDogSupplies

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  10. I love the details! Thanks for sharing the etsy site!

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  11. Gorgeous projects. So elegant and fun. Wonderful job.

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  12. wow your projects are gorgeous.. so elegant..

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  13. Such romantic and pretty projects. Love all the little extras you added.

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  14. Wow!! This is absolutely "Gorgeous"!! I love it! Thanks for your "Awesome" inspiration!!

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  15. Very pretty! Lovely rose paper, cool accents with the ribbon, lace & vintage scissor charms!

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  16. I love this set! Those scissors are so awesome!

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  17. Beautiful projects. Love the scissors. TFS

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  18. So amazingly beautiful! I love the gorgeous vintage design and paper, and all the trim!

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  19. Holey Moley.....What a transformation!!! What a lovely set! So elegant.
    <3 J

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  20. Gorgeous--love the scissors charms.

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  21. Love the vintage feel...just beautiful!

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  22. Love the vintage look. Wonderful job!

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  23. How creative! Love both projects but that little tablet is a winner!

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  24. Beautiful projects. would make such great gifts.

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  25. These are AWESOME - love the vintage look & all the little details :)

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  26. What a delightful gift idea Charlene - your flowers, ribbons & pearls are perfect with the scissor charms and pretty paper!!! Love the colours too!!!

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  27. The bag and notepad are very beautiful. You always have such talent.

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  28. Simply beautiful!
    vickidotdaltonatyahoodotcom

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  29. Lovely creations! Love the tiny scissors!!

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  30. oh my goodness, this is such a beautiful set! love those scissor charms. :)

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  31. Love Love Love !!! I love decorating gift bags.

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  32. So inspired by everyone's projects!

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  33. just gorgeous, so feminine and beautiful. loved what you did. xoxo

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  34. Gorgeous projects! I love the ribbon choices and those decorative scissors are something special. Thanks for the inspiration and have a great day. :-)

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  35. LOVE the roses, Charlene. Thanks for sharing.

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  36. very pretty and so vintage, love them!

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  37. What a gorgeous transformation! I love those little scissors!

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  38. GORGEOUS! I'd be excited to receive these... so that's how beautiful they are!

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  39. Ok, the scissor charms are an excellent touch to 'ribbon cutting'. Really a lovely vintage bit of whimsy, and so cool that you started with just a dime store notebook! Crossing fingers on the giveaway goodness! I'm gonna have to visit you guys regularly.. gorgeous crafts and some seriously generous swag! ;)
    Rachel at OddModicum
    www.etsy.com/shop/OddModicum
    "Practice random Kindness and senseless acts of Beauty."

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  40. Very pretty and creative. Love the shabby look.

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  41. looks very beautiful - love your style

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  42. Now that's a transformation!! Gorgeous!!!!!

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  43. OMG!! These are Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing them.

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  44. Oh, Charlene! How lovely!!! I feel like I could escape to your beautiful garden and grab my little shears to cut some fresh flowers then tie them up with some gorgeous May Arts Ribbons!

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  45. I love your projects! You transformed the everyday into elegant.

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  46. I am absolutely in love with your projects! They just make my heart happy! The ribbon, scissor charms, gorgeous paper, awesome, just awesome!

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  47. Oh my goodness....this is so gorgeous! I love everything about it. What a wonderful gift you've created.

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  48. Beautiful projects! I love the paper you used and of course all those lovely May Arts ribbons and trims!

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  49. I LOVE the scissor charms!!! What a really cute idea for a little gift! Thanks for sharing!!

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  50. Beautiful set. The scissors are my favorite. Thanks for sharing.

    Beneta
    slayer2b@hotmail.com

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  51. You weren't kidding when you said transform! You would never recognize those plain little items as being the beautiful projects you created. I love the little extras you added to make them really special.
    Thank you for sharing and inspiring! :)

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  52. Beautiful memo book. Adding the scissors was a great touch. As a present - or something you would pull out of your purse for notes - everybody will amazed at the transformation of a plain memo book.

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  53. This is so so gorgeous!! I love your work!

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  54. Oh My Goodness! This is so Sweet! I love the paper and the ribbon.

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  55. Very creative Charlene. Love all the beautiful details, you've transformed ordinary into extra-ordinary!

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  56. Beautiful!! Its amazing the change when you add the embelishments!!

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  57. love the design and paper colortones of your note book

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