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Idea :: Ribbons!

If you like your home to look extra special this festive season, this is a really good idea I had the other night, I had left over Silver baubles and some mirrored Star, Apples, Pears and balls that I wasn't sure where I could use them.

My Hallway is looking pretty bare, so I decided to get some 3mm ribbons and some 5mm , and make this bauble display. What do you think ?

I made clusters of baubles for the ends of the display, looping the ribbons through the bauble loops, and  cutting them randomly, so there was just a big collection of baubles at Random lengths.

I then, did the same with the mirrored baubles, putting them up first with 10cm gaps between them, I used 2 stars in the centre, 1 apple 1 pear and 4 disco balls, and then added glittery cheap baubles inbetween.  I used white drawing pins and pinned them into the ceiling plaster.

I think it looks quite modern, but festive. What do you think?

I have a crystal type lamp on the oak table below , you can actually see the base in the photo below!

To make the baubles sparkle a little extra as we were having a few family over, I added some candles under neath the baubles to help them shine and sparkle.

It's a really easy display to make up in an spare half hour, so go on, get some ribbon out!

Ribbons and brown paper....

Just a quick  reminder, this week is the last week to buy your Ribbon Bundles to get wrapping your presents!

6 Bundles of 3metres £1.95

Here's a beautiful photo also (You can't have a blog without a beautiful picture!)

Uk Handmade, Interview , Pictures, and a generally inspiring magazine.

Yes, it's online!

The first Winter issue of UkHandmade!

Click on the image on the main home page to download it.

Once downloaded the controls to zoom in and out are floating, in the centre bottom.

Our interview:

Have a browse guys!

Featured :: The Christmas Magazine.

I am so please to share this with you, Robson and Mason have done most of the ribbons for this years 'The Christmas Magazine'. If you buy one thing for yourself in the run-up to the big day, buy this!

It is one of the most beautiful magazines I've ever read, and the photo's are just stunning throughout.

It's on sale now,

Here's a few photo's I took with my camera from the Magazine.

I haven't taken photo's of all the wrapping etc, as I'm sure you'll want to see them for yourselves. They're really pretty though.

It's on sale in all good news and magazine outlets, and it has the best free cooking magazine for the festive season!

(Magazine photo's from 'The Christmas Magazine 2008)

I haven't taken any other pictures of the wreaths, as it will spoil it if you buy it. There's loads of choice, themes etc. Really beautiful.

Featured :: Sewing World Magazine.

We love Sewing World magazine, and they're done a few features on us, we were in previous Issues.

When the editor sent me this last week, I was so thrilled to see not only our Tartan Ribbons in the 'Trends' section, but a whole feature on the Robson and Mason Website.

Here are a few pictures I took:

So thanks girls at Sewing World Magazine.

If you like sewing, and crafting you could subscribe as a gift to yourself this Christmas!

Merry Christmas From Us

Heart Ribbon & Button Decoration.

Make this beautiful heart decoration in minutes with our simple instructions.

Step 1:

Clip fabric into a embroidery hoop so that it doesn't move when you're trying to sew onto it.

Step 2:

Draw out a heart shaped design on the front of the fabric as a guide using a Prym fading marker pen.

Step 3:

Start sewing pastel coloured buttons onto the decoration front, randomly in any order you like, with a pretty coloured embroidery thread.

Step 4:

Continue to sew on buttons until the whole of the heart is filled with buttons, or until you're happy with the look.

Step 5:

Cut the heart shape out of the fabric, and copy it onto another piece to make the back piece, cut it out and pin the two together.

Step 6:

Sew the two together using embroidery thread.

Step 7:

Cut a piece of beautiful ribbon about 8cm long to make the decoration hanger.

Step 8:

Double the ribbon over, and push onto a ready-threaded needle.

Step 9:

Push the needle through the back of the decoration and back through , and tie the thread, and cut the thread.

Step 10:

Hang somewhere special, and admire!

welcome in the New Year with Handmade.

Oh my! I just LOVE this handmade, handprinted Calender Teatowel from CicadaStudio.

I've featured her things before, and I just love all of them so much!

(All Photo's belong and are copywrited by Cicadastudio)