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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 17:14 #1

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Inspired by the 'Disney Ribbons' over on tumblr I decided to make some mini hair bows inspired by, not disney, but FranKo and Dave Giles. I've also recently been thinking of doing one inspired by the characters from FFIX, but I'd have to really sit down and think about what colours represent each character.

So far I've made three.
The first one pictured, modelled by my Punzie doll, is on a French Barrette clip.
The second is on an alligator style slide clip and is for my friend Holly. She's got shorter hair than me so a Barrette wouldn't be any good.
And the third is on a regular hair slide clip and is Dave Giles inspired. He has different colours as the backgrounds on his badges, as well as his merchandise. Hoodies are purple, T-shirts are green and his badges have been or are green, purple, white, blue, pink and red. (I think he's done pink anyway).

I've also bought some wider purple ribbon and narrower green so I can remake the Dave one, possibly a little bigger. I've also considered getting some cheapish headbands and putting them on those. It's something to think about for sure.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 17:18 #2

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So that is a fan button in the middle of the ribbon? Neat idea!
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 17:23 #3

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Yeah. at the December FranKo show I bought a set of the new badges and they seemed perfect to go in the middle of these bows. I might see if the manager has any of the older design left, as I actually prefer the older logo over the new one.

I'm on the lookout for some 25mm black ribbon so I can make a slightly larger one. But of course the local hobbycraft didn't have any black satin ribbon in 25mm yesterday. Typical.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:17 #4

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I've got some more of these to show off!
I'll upload some photos later. =D
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:21 #5

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Dun dun dun... where are they?! Huh? Huh? *rummages through Lirael's pockets*
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:31 #6

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They're on my harddrive waiting to be uploaded. XD I stayed up too late last night and was half way through far too many jobs to get any one finished properly. XD (Go me)

So. Here they are!

A Larger Dave Giles inspired one. Possibly my favourite if I'm honest.
That Blue tartan/plaid ribbon was just far too cute not to buy a metre. <3
And the Green/white/silver one is again, inspired by Dave, although it's the wrong shade of green. His T-shirts are green with white writing you see.

More to follow.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:32 #7

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First two are on headbands that I covered with ribbon. They're not really anything special, I just thought they looked quite nice really.
The last one was made for my sisters girlfriend, and hasn't been uploaded anywhere else as it's a surprise for her (She'll never look here so it's cool).
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:33 #8

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See, that's a point where our stores suck. I'm always on the lookout for small ribbons like on your first pic and can only get a few online but in the city? No way, despite 2 fabric stores and an artstore.

I like the first ribbon best too, it's so colourful. :)
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:35 #9

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Really? You have trouble getting hold of 3mm ribbon? That sort of surprises me...

I've mostly been using 15mm ribbons, but the purple organza was made using 10 and 5mm because that's what I had. And the larger colourful one uses the 20mm Purple and 3mm other colours.

Any that have a 'stripe' are actually two pieces of 10mm with the 5mm across the middle. It's really quite effective at hiding the 'join' line. =D
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:36 #10

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Oh wow. I really neglected posting here! I've made so many since the last one!



I pinned a piece of velvet ribbon to the top of my wardrobe to hang these from. You can't see it, but I have a different kind of hair grip clipped to the bottom of the ribbon, weighting to so that some of these sit straight. Like the one with the daffodil on it.



Some detail of the flowered bow. I made those flowers too. They were really easy. XD



A bit of detail of the larger Dave bows. The top one was made using 30mm purple, and 10mm tails, they're all curled. The one below was made with 25mm purple, 10mm purple tail and 'knot', the other tails are 3mm. Again, all curled, but the 3mm doesn't take the curl that great.



The blue and purple organza ribbon. Inspired by a song with the line 'I wanna be blues, I wanna be greens, I wanna be, flying on dragonfly wings'. I would have put a dragonfly in the middle, but as is typical, my charms have disappeared. Instead there's some beads to add something to the 'knot' =).



Had a problem with this one. I got glue on the 'tails', and because I thought it was the ribbon I was using for the 'knot', I just cut it off! Only after this did I realise it was a tail, and that, actually, hot glue comes off this kind of ribbon really easy! So I lost one pony from each tail. oops.



This one's still unfinished. It needs a key on the 'knot' and the clip on the back. But it's the same as this next one, which I made to clip onto the band on my favourite hat.

Up there just me and my shadow, no bass, no guitar, no tambourine. Then I found you like a melody, you were singin' in the same key as me. <3
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 18:39 #11

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Wow, that's many. ^^
I like the one with the roses and the one with the key best!
Teach me how to make those roses too, please. They're so expensive - yes, I admit I bought some last year and some more when Müller closed and they were 20% off. Still expensive.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 19:36 #12

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Of course ephie! Next time I make some (I plan to cover an entire headband with them at some point), I'll make a little photo tutorial for you!
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 19:37 #13

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Have some photos of my latest creations.
Inspired by Loki from Avengers Assemble.
The second photo is to show the size of the larger bow. It's one of the largest I've made.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 19:42 #14

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Well, I'm neither a fan of Avengers nor of that Loki but the colours of the bow are very nice. :cheer:
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:04 #15

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And now we have a Captain America inspired one.
This one's for my friend Holly and actually used up all I had of the blue and red ribbon.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:07 #16

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Uhm... I looked at the pic and first it yelled "French flag!" and then "No, UK, where's the Union Jack?!" at me. If it's inspired by a walking USA flag it needs stars, imho.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:11 #17

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Yeeeah, I agree, but I don't know how or even IF I can make a star from ribbon, and I don't have any stars that would work. Ideally I'd like to have a pin badge of Cap's shield to pin to the knot section.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:12 #18

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Any news on the new hairband with roses (which would help me to the desired roses tutorial ^^)?
Just asking, totally inconspiciously. 8)
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:14 #19

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Not just yet I'm afraid.
I did complete a 'set' of bows I was working on though.
The Avengers set.
Cap still needs a star or something, but Hobbycraft didn't have any. -.-
Loki
Hawkeye
Black Widow
Hulk
Iron Man
Thor
Captain America
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:15 #20

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BIG NEWS!
I've set up a blog!
pandas-for-peggy.tumblr.com/
I'm going to start selling my bows!
I have a list of bows I need to design first, and then I'll get them made and post some photos!
For now I've taken some photos of the book I'm using for all of my designing.

First two are of the Dissidia collection WIP, last is of the Disney Princess WIP collection. =D
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:17 #21

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Whoohoo! Good luck with that! ^^d
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:21 #22

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I've been using a 'pinch clip' in my own hair for about a week now, and decided it was about time I made a bow for it instead of using the bare clip.
excuse the bad webcam image, but here's what I came up with, I think it's pretty cute!
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:22 #23

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You look like a burglar in a library on that pic. ;D
Well, well, too bad those bows aren't doll-sized. The dollies are the only ones around here who're girly enough to wear something like that. *g* Yes, it IS pretty cute! ^o^
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:28 #24

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There's potential for them to be smaller! I found while making this one, that it's actually not too hard to work with narrower widths. I could have a look and see what I can do!

Hee. Just looked at your comment about being a burglar in a library again. Most of those behind me are CDs or DVDs, but there are a few books.

Have a photo of the mess I make on the dining room table when I'm making bows!
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:29 #25

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*gg* Hm, now I wait for an explanation what the salt and pepper shaker are for. ;D
I should have shown pics of my "atelier" when I still had a dedicated corner in the old flat. Now it's spread EVERYWHERE! I would have to take a video, lol.
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 26 May 2013 20:46 #26

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Oh ephie! The salt, paper and vinegar are just there because it's the dinner table.

Cinderella and Snow white bows. In two sizes! With ruler for more accurate comparisons of size!
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And here we have something new! HURRAH!

First up is a Mini Snow White bow my friend Vicky commissioned me to make for her friends 18 month old daughter. Modelled by Animators collection Punzie to show the size.

And then we have Aurora and Rapunzel. Both now added to the collection available for sale. =D
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 27 May 2013 22:14 #28

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And because she wouldn't fit in the last post. Here's Ariel too!
And Belle. But there's something not really quite right about Belle...
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 28 May 2013 07:15 #29

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I like them all, my fav being Aurora. :)

Maybe a little bit of white lace on the Belle one would help, between the bow and the rose maybe? When I think of that dress in the dance scene the flowing white underskirts come to mind.
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That's an idea...
Vicky said it looked to straight, Belle's dress is quite wavy and rounded after all. She also said maybe make the rose smaller. (Easier said than done when working with ribbon)
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 28 May 2013 08:43 #31

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That's right too. So... maybe lace as trim on the ribbon then. Easier said than done too though - it's so hard to find tiny lace.
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Mum says she has an idea, but she needs to get the ribbons herself to show me what she's thinking.
Also found that by making the bows a little bit smaller (As in not so wide), they curve more, and actually do look nicer too.
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I should have posted this AGES ago! Oops!
Remake of Belle. She looks much nicer now, yes?
Also, two bow boards. I made the smaller one to hold the smaller bows because the larger one was getting a bit too full
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 28 May 2013 11:14 #34

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That looks more like Belle, yup! Cute boards too!
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(Skipped over a few posts because they were irrelevant)

My friend Jade asked me to make her a GB inspired bow! This was the design she liked best! Have to say, everyone that saw the initial designs liked this one best too! I know I do!
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[Craft] Ribbon hair bows 28 May 2013 17:55 #36

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I love it too. ^^
I'm such a sucker for the Union Jack and can't even say why.
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Found a few photos of my collection that I took relatively recently.
Also discovered I lacked mini bows so sat and made myself a wee army. XD

First off, a photo of my bowboard (Before I added a ton of mini bows)
The army of mini bows! I found that using sticker backing sheets stops the glue going through and sticking the clips together. 8D
Detailed shot of Ariel and two of her sisters, I believe it's Aquata and a Arista.
And finally a photo of a ton of bows I found in my boxes that I haven't put onto clips. They're the prototype princess bows (For the most part).
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Geez, that's really an army of bows! o.o
Even if I were to get one for my dolls... I couldn't decide which one I'd wanted. There's so many gorgeous colour schemes.
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;D That's the idea. XD I guess it makes people want 'ALL THE BOWS' so they spend more money. =')

Also! I'm considering maybe having a table at MCM expo in October, selling these things. =D
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