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[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Silk Ribbon Sampler"][/caption] A few of my friends has jumped  on the DIY/handmade/indi. bandwagon. I have been teaching them a few of my tricks. Last week's lesson was how to do silk ribbon embroidery. I created the project above to include a variety of silk ribbon stitches. Frankly, I crammed in as much stitch variation  as I could:) - We did lazy daises, french knots, colonial Knots, stem stitch, roses, carnations - we even played with polymer clay (for the vase). [caption id="attachment_206" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Silk Ribbon Embroidery"][/caption] I placed my completed project in an inexpensive...

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Happy Friday - it has been an exciting week. I hung out at the out at the 5 minutes for mom Ultimate blog party. It was my goal to read all the blogs listed, but I was only able to read about 200 - well the links are permanent, so I will keep going back. I was happy to meet Shay @ http://designsbyshay.blogspot.com/ , Keonte @ http://www.mommy2k.com/ and Maria @ http://mgdezigns.blogspot.com/. I wish them all great luck. Thanks for the party 5 minutes for mom. Today's Share form my craft archive [caption id="attachment_110" align="alignnone" width="326" caption="Silk ribbon on B/W image"][/caption]...

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Affordable Style, Art, DIY Tutorials, Silk ribbon embroidery -

I created this piece several years ago - my intention was to use it on my business card. I did not end up using it, instead I opted for something more graphic. If you have an opportunity to take a silk ribbon embroidery class, you should - it's instant gratification. [caption id="attachment_36" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Silk Ribbon Heart"][/caption] Below are other projects that I have completed. [caption id="attachment_37" align="alignnone" width="156" caption="Silk ribbon rose"][/caption] The 'vase' in the piece below is made using polymer clay, pushed into a mold. [caption id="attachment_39" align="alignnone" width="254" caption="Yellow flowers"][/caption]

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