Hopping with Really Reasonable Ribbon!

Welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog hop!  We are so glad you could join us! 

If you are coming to my blog from Vivian's blog, then you are on the right track!  If not, then you might want to start over at the beginning at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and check out all the blogs along the way! 

This month, Bonnie has assembled a beautiful assortment of teals and greens that are just GORGEOUS together!

                           I, of course, made my Bow of the month.  I added some touches

of yellow into the mix to give it a little "POP" 

I also made a matching clippie for it. 

My little Model has been sick all week with a bad strain of the flu.  

She has been running a 102+ fever along with vomiting and other yuckiness...

so needless to say, she was a little bit unwilling

to model the bow for us today. 

She said she promises to be better to model the next Bow Of The Month!

 (LOL...yes she actually said that!)

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today!  I hope you are finding lots of inspiration with us!  Your next stop in our hop is at Ginny's gorgeous blog.    Have a fantastic day! 

RRR 3 DAY SALE!!!!

Go Check it out!!!  Bonnie has an AMAZING sale posted on the Blog! 
You won't want to miss out on this!!!

>>>CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BLOG FOR DETAILS<<<

Photo Mojo

With such beautiful weather here in Texas... the kids and dogs can't resist playing outside. 

Here are a few shots that I took of Skye and Dusty, our pomeranian.

They are straight out of the camera and not edited at all.  

I LOVE how they came out! 

I love them so much, I am currently working on a layout with these photos! 

This uses the sun as back light...and I LOVE the over exposed look! 

Here is one with Front Light. 

OMG I love how it looks! 

I had her look down so the sun didn't shine directly into her eyes...and I love this pic!

My photo Mojo this week is to use the sun to your advantage.

Take a variety of photos with various angles using the sun as your light source.  

It Is Officially SPRING!

And down here in Texas, it truly feels like it. 

Now I know, some of you up north probably think I am saying

 "Nana Nana HA~HA"...well...you're right! 

LOL>>>HA HA HA! 

 It feels sooooo good down here right now... the sun is shining and the

 the birds are chirping and the green leaves are starting to bud.  

UTTERLY GORGEOUS

(Sorry My friend Michelle... and all you northerners!)

It is finally my turn to share a project for the week-long 

Peechy Keen~Really Reasonable Ribbon Swap.

In honor of the Gorgeous Spring that is upon us here in Texas, 

I created a little altered project that I call:

"The Flowers in my Garden"

I started with the Peechy Keen Funny Flowers and 

Lady Bug stamps for this flower box.  

I used water color pencils to color them in and I glazed 

over the tops with crystal stickles.  I used mini 

2x2 photos of my kiddos to create little "seed packets" to go in the garden, too.

All my flowers and seed packets got hot glued to lollipop sticks that I had

 inked green or wrapped with green floral tape.  

I gave the flowers little "bow ties" using the March Ribbon Club assortment.

I created the grass using 1.5 inch moss jute ribbon and

 the soil using the 1.5 inch ivory jute ribbon.

I wrapped the whole flower box with one of my all time FAVES....

1.5 inch red gingham ribbon topped with natural hemp and and a button. 

I sure hope you enjoyed my little flower garden! 

Consider it my little "gift of spring" to all you up north! 

Have a WONDERFUL weekend! 

~Misty~

Don't forget there is are two $25 gift certificates up for grabs this week.  Comment on all the blog posts on The REALLY REASONABLE RAMBLINGS BLOG between 3-16 and 3-23 for a chance to win a $25 Really Reasonable Ribbon Gift Certificate and head over to thePeachy Keen Stamps Blog and comment on their posts too for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate for Peachy Keen Stamps!!

So head on over and start commenting!

Go check out the RRR blog!

We have a week long cross-promotion going on this week with Peechy Keen Stamps!
not only will you find lots of gorgeous ribbon and stamp ideas, but there are TWO $25 gift cards up for grabs!  YES!  I SAID TWO!!!!

CLICK HERE to go to todays beautiful post...but make sure you go check out all of the ones from the whole week!

Hopping with RRR!

Welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop!

We have a great line up of projects and inspiration for you!  

If you arrived here from Vivian's blog, then you are on the right track!  If not, then you might want to start over at the beginning at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and check out all the blogs along the way!  

I absolutely love the springy mix that Bonnie put together for this month's Ribbon Club!  

These colors truly do make me think of a Sour Pickle! LOL

Here is the assortment...Isn't it Magnificent!!?

So of course, I had to make my "Bow of the Month" with the Ribbon of the month assortment!

So here is March's "Lucky Lady Bug"

I also used a Peachy Keen stamp to make the little ladybug for my mini card. 

***Next week will be a WEEK LONG feature of Peachy Keen Stamps mixed with Really Reasonable Ribbons!  You won't want to miss that!

Here is a close up of the bow itself.  I used all but 2 of the ribbons from the club assortment on this bow this month.  I LOVE how this turned out!  The pinks and greens are just magnificent together! 

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today!  Your next stop in our hop is at Ginny's gorgeous blog.  You are certain to find more wonderful inspiration there!  

And Have a Wonderful Hump Day! 

Memory Maze DT Reveal

Hi, y'all!  Happy Monday! I am sooooo excited to be sharing my very first post with you as a Memory Maze Design Team Member. (Although it is a little late) 

I am not in tune with Aussie time...I think I will put a big alarm clock on my phone for my next posting time to remind me!  

"Kisses"

My first project that I want to share with you is my layout "Kisses".

The kiddo in the center is my youngest daughter getting a kiss sandwich from her older sister and her BFF.  These girls are so super sweet and always happy!  I was so pleased with the fact that I caught this "Kiss Sandwich" on camera!  Yes...they actually called it that! Silly Girls! 

Here are a couple of close ups:

Hint...for theses black pieces, I did a "cheaters" version...LOL.

I used a black sharpie marker and colored the pieces, then used Glossy Accents to go over everything and sprinkled fine grain glitter on everything before it all dried.  

SUPER easy way to get a major impact! 

Memory Maze Supplies:

Vintage Corner

Scalloped Borders

"kisses" word

Swirl

Other Supplies:

Seam binding and twine from Really reasonable Ribbon

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Formy next project, I decided to try my hand at the 3D stackums.  I am not much of a card maker...AT ALL.  The 3D stackums made this an easy task!  I actually enjoy fussy cutting, so these things are right up my alley!  No major thought process involved...just cut, stack, and send! 

LOVE how this turned out! 

Memory Maze Supplies:

3D stackums

Other Supplies:

Ribbon and Twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon

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"It's a Wonderful Life"

My final project uses quite a bit of Memory Maze chippies! 

And I am TOTALLY in love! 

I used glod glitter acrylic paint and painted the corner and the swirl.

I gave them both a double coat of paint for extra glitter.  Yes...I am a glittery kind of girl! 

For the bird cage, I painted it black, thenI went over with a light layer of the gold glitter paint. I wanted to achieve a distressed wrought iron effect.

I used the "It's a Girl" mini word phrase and clipped off the word Girl.  

I only wanted the "It's A" to complete my title.  

Memory Maze Supplies:

Swirl 6A

Mini Bird Cage

Vintage Corner

It's a Girl card phrase

"Wonderful" word

Other Supplies:

Lace and twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon

I hope you have enjoyed my projects today, and I hope I have inspired you! 

I am about to head over to the Memory Maze store and go shopping..maybe you should too! Even if only to take a look and make yourself a Wishlist! 

Have a wonderful Week!

Misty Willis

Hippity Hop!

Easter is on it's way! Can you believe that in just a few short weeks that elusive Bunny will be making his way through everyone's yard...dropping little "treats" along the way!   It seems like just yesterday that Big Guy in Red was sneaking into everyone's homes  and stealing cookies and milk!  ;)  I love the holidays because they are the few days a year that my family gets together...but,  most of all...I love them because they give me a reason to GET CRAFTY! 
I have a serious ribbon obsession, y'all.   SERIOUSLY. You know how I know it's bad? I was browsing through the RRR STORE and found a ribbon assortment that matched the ruffled ribbon that I love so much.  I immediately started planning my Daughter's Easter ensemble...in DECEMBER!  I didn't even have a dress yet!  I just knew what ribbons I wanted, and would worry about finding the dress later!  lol..yep...it is BAD.  Most people match ribbons and accessories to their clothing...NOT me... I match clothing to the ribbons I want to use!   And for her Easter ensemble, I wanted brights.  Yep...yellow, pink, and orange.  LOVE those colors together!   Here is her basket that I made: 

I used:

satin ribbon fairy assortment

ruffled ribbon in yellow, azalea, sherbert, and orange.

Jumbo Moss Green Leaves

 1 1/2 Hot pink double faced satin

**NOTE...I DID NOT use any of the beads. My original intent WAS to use them, but I loved the basket so much that I just didn't feel like I needed to add them :) 

Once I had selected my ribbons, I started hot gluing row by row to the basket.  

I just overlapped the layer just enough so that you could not see the basket between the rows...and started creating the ruffle effect. 

You think I left it at that????

ABSOLUTELY NOT!  

Of course I had to make a bow!  LOL

Here is the bow that I made to match:

And to help you finish up, refer to>> this Korker Bow tutorial <<

I used the:

 3/8 satin ribbon fairy assortment 

Jumbo Moss Green Leaves

3/8 white satin with silver edges

French clip

Here is the happy little girl that LOVES her EasterBasket, bow, and the dress that we got lucky to find! 

Oh...and I had to snap a few photos with her and the bunny flop!  

I hope this has inspired you to get crafty! 

Have a Great week! 

Really Reasonable Ribbon is AWESOME!

And Having a Design Team Call!!!

Bonnie just posted today about the new call...so head on over and check it out and see if it is something you might be interested in!    If you love ribbon as much as I do, then you definitely should give it a shot!  Here is the latest project that I posted using the mini jute rope from the store...

And here are of few of the other projects that I have done over my time with the Design team...

LOVE Bonnies ribbons!

The ladies on the team are all FABULOUS and super talented!  

And Bonnie is THE BEST BOSS EVER!

Head on over and apply!  

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

***SCROLL DOWN FOR THE RRR BLOG HOP***

How many kisses have you gotten today?  How many kisses do you HOPE to get?
Well, I am hoping for LOTS!  Especially since I am one super duper awesome~tacular Mom (if I do say so myself!)  LOL
My original intent was to post a new bow tutorial, but my 7 year old got ahold of my camera and deleted those pics!  SoOOOOooooOOOoo....that will come soon!  Until thien< I will leave you with a link to my tutorials...you can scroll through and find some bows in there.  :)

Also, I had to come up with something super fast, so I decided what better to do than a super fast valentine idea! ....But first, you get to endure my long winded mini story. HA!

I have had 5 kids in basketball, track, or weight lifting this last 2 months,  been doing taxes, and I sub occasionally at my kids' schools... so I COMPLETELY forgot that today was Valentine's day!   Last night, I was in a LOOOONG line at Walmart trying to buy some last minute treats, and wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD was I thinking going to Walmart the day before Valentine's day! AGH!  As I got to the checkout (with the very minimal purchase, mind you, since theV-day stuff had been picked over quite thoroughly)  I wondered again WHAT WAS I THINKING!  LOL.  When the cashier told me my total,  I literally said out loud (mostly to myself, but everyone heard)  "Twenty Two dollars on Candy?   What crazy person does that???" ...As I handed her cash.  Everyone that was in line behind me laughed at my comment, as they are ALL standing with arms full of candy!  I thought Halloween was bad!

Anyway, so , I got home with my $22 dollars worth of chocolates and other candies, and realized that I hadn't thought about something to put all this crap in!  SOoooOOooo, I go searching through my gift wrapping stash, and I came across 5 blue paper bags that were left over from some party years prior.  Not very Valentine~y.  Oh well, it is what it is....so, I got them out, stuffed them with the candy, and then remembered!  Oh!  I can add hearts!  And Ribbon!  YES!  I am a crafter after all!  LOL.

I HONESTLY HAD THESE THOUGHTS!  Not even joking!

I pulled out my glue gun, and my FAVORITE ribbon that Bonnie has, white silky crush, and within minutes, I had what appeared to be a  decent Valentine arrangement!  LOL. WHew!  (not that the kids would care)  but I did and that's all that counts!  My 5 minute valentine bags:

I think they turned out pretty decent for no planning at all! 

The big poofy white bow just made it all come together magically!  

This just goes to show how VALUABLE ribbon can be in an emergency situation!  LOL

I hope you enjoyed my little craziness and remember to ALWAYS keep some ribbon on hand! 

Bonnie has LOTS to choose from! 

Hopping with RRR

Welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog hop!  We are so glad you could join us! 
If you are coming to my blog from Vivian's blog, then you are on the right track!  If not, then you might want to start over at the beginning at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and check out all the blogs along the way! 
This month, Bonnie has assembled a beautiful assortment of spring colored ribbons.  This "Easter Egg Mix" is sure to delight everyone!  Check it out! 

It truly does make me think of a basket full of Easter eggs!   
This month, I took a different approach with the ribbon club assortment.  I decided to make a "wreath" for my front door.  But not just any wreath!  
I used a tin platter from the Dollar store and I sprayed it with chalkboard paint.  I can change the message on my front door to whatever I want now! 

I also made my Bow of the month.  Of course I couldn't leave THAT out!!!!  Not only do I look forward to making the bows, but my daughter enjoys them as well.  Hopefully, you all do, too!  Here is what I decided to make this month :
I call it "Winter~time Blues"

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today!  I hope you are finding lots of inspiration with us!  Your next stop in our hop is at Ginny's gorgeous blog.    Have a fantastic day! 

Photo Mojo

So, I am a little late posting this, but better late than never right!!!

This week, I want you to focus on texting. 

No...not texting with your phones! 

I want you to choose a photo, new or old, and add text to it.

I LOVE adding quotes or sayings to my photos.  

Sometimes, I feel like the true meaning of the photo is conveyed better 

through a little quote added directly to it.

Below are a few of my photos that have had text added to them.

Each photo is unique in itself, but once I added the thought or quote, it helped you the viewer to better understand and get a better feel of what I am trying to convey through my shot. 

My challenge to you is to add text to your own photo this week! 

Come over to Back Porch Memories and join us in the Photo Mojo Challenges, and play along with the others as well!