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  1. Dawn
    December 4, 2016 @ 10:54 pm

    Ok…I love the banter! Just keep doing what you do best! Thank you!

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  2. L. Kern
    December 9, 2016 @ 7:53 pm

    Loved the post .. and although I know how to make bows I like to check out other people’s techniques !
    You SHOULD have a show , I was laughing so hard at your instructions .., because every word was so true ! I said ,thought and did everything u quoted !!!!
    Keep up the good work !

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  3. Kim
    December 23, 2016 @ 9:39 am

    Every time I read your posts I’m certain that we are sisters, separated by some obscure time/space continuum. I am in the midst of downsizing my stuff and trying to pare down to the bare necessities with a more mid-modern aesthetic these days, but love your style, nevertheless. Your tale of finding/buying/looking for the perfect ribbon is the story of my life! I do that with just about everything. My mom lives almost 1000 miles away and I have definitely searched for things in her zip code or a 100 mile radius and have implored her to get it for me. I thought I was the only one. My husband’s motto is “a bird in the hand” so I’ve been trying to adopt that, but now I’ve wound up with a lot of bags of miscellaneous items that need to be returned to about a hundred different locations. Guess who is going to be in charge of that?

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  4. Tari Anne
    January 22, 2017 @ 9:38 pm

    I usually never comment on blogs, but I was roaring reading this one! Thanks for making me laugh, I needed it.

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  5. Liz Mullen
    September 3, 2017 @ 1:23 pm

    You may not have the same crafty expertise as your Mother, but you can probably.kick her booty in wit and humor! Love your writing style AND your bows. Lol

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  6. Brie
    October 15, 2017 @ 9:29 pm

    I have to tell you…..I enjoyed your commentary much more than the advice on bow making. Don’t get me wrong! I loved the bow and as a person who makes millions of bows for the millions of wreaths,floral arrangements and decor I make I know how to appreciate a bow and a bow tutorial! Please overlook my tendency to exaggerate…..I’m just built that way.
    I too have gone thru the many frustrating attempts only to end up with something worse than the first….lol
    I just couldn’t leave without telling you how much I enjoyed reading this post and I can’t wait to read more!
    I spent the first 45 years of my life unable to make anything worth showing off. I was not a crafty person at all. One day however I just decided I was going to do it because I needed the income I saw other people making with the fruits of their labor. Problem is like everything I do, I’m a perfectionist. This means I work much harder and longer than most for the end product…lol. But I do it, as I have come to enjoy it very much once I get started.
    Thanks for your post andand for taking the time to read my babble.:-)
    Brie

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  7. Kellie
    November 9, 2017 @ 11:27 am

    Super simple directions made this fun and easy, once my fingers decided to cooperate. My boss asked for a Christmas bow for her planter, searched “step-by-step Christmas Bow” and wound up here. The first one I made was HUGE, like monster-big compared to the plant it was supposed to adorn, so I scrunched the poor thing up in the middle and it totally works! Plus, my boss loves it! Hooray!

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  8. Denise
    November 14, 2017 @ 5:40 pm

    I almost never subscribe to blogs, but I like you. So, there you go!

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  9. Beverly Craig
    November 18, 2017 @ 8:21 pm

    This is cute, but you were so busy being funny, I couldn’t find a how to on the center loop. Gonna guess 😢

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  10. Elaine
    November 24, 2017 @ 11:20 pm

    Really great article. I enjoyed reading and laughing as I learned about bow making!

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  11. Bridgette Davis
    November 28, 2017 @ 9:25 am

    This is the absolute best tutorial of bow making I have seen! Thank you!!! Merry Christmas 🎀🎀

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  12. Barbara Lapins
    December 3, 2017 @ 3:59 pm

    Very nicely done! Your tutorial is great. It has been a number of years since I’ve made bows (back during my wreath decorating state), but I have bins and bins of all kinds of ribbons. Use a lot of the smaller width ribbons for decorating my home made greeting cards.

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  13. sabina
    December 3, 2017 @ 4:39 pm

    I subscribed because at the end of your tutorial I was smiling from ear to ear. Your sense of humor is simply infectious and your instructions are wonderfully clear. Thank you soo much. Huge huge hug.

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  14. Wendee
    December 5, 2017 @ 12:51 am

    I needed this today! I bought festive bags on sale in October and have decided they need bows.

    The urge to throw them out the window is part of the process…… toooooooo funny! Clearly, you have seen me crafting.

    Thank you for this timely and hilarious write-up!

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  15. Anne Dodd
    December 5, 2017 @ 12:01 pm

    You are hilarious and magical. A Keebler elf on speed and too many cookies as raised by Bunny Mellon and Elsa Schiaparelli. I wish you lived next door. You could borrow wired ribbon and double sided tape any time. Thank you for your inspired and insane projects. Your house is gorgeous and Paul should be canonized. Merry Christmas! I am going to make my giant bow out of 8 inch leopard ribbon. Pray that I don’t strangle myself or my (similarly saintly as Paul) husband.

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  16. Darla Shelley
    December 10, 2017 @ 9:32 pm

    You are hysterically funny. You remind me of how I think! Not to mention I totally know how to follow your bow instructions!!
    Thanks for the laugh and my awesome bow!
    darla

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  17. Rebecca Grace
    December 14, 2017 @ 10:09 am

    So, do you own a serger (a.k.a. overlocker) machine by any chance? Just wanted to let you know that you can turn any plain giant fancy ribbon into wired ribbon with a serger, and you can even make your own wired ribbon from any fabric your heart desires with a serger, you just serge a rolled hem along the edges of ribbon or fabric strips while the thin wire feeds between the thread and the fabric. Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlqjaNxRIDM . It sews so much faster than a regular sewing machine and you can make yards and yards of custom ribbons and trims in minutes.
    Tell Paul you want a serger for Christmas if you don’t already have one. Someone as fancy as you deserves to have unique, custom ribbon bows and limitless DIY decorating possibilities. Also M&J Trimmings is a fabulous online resource for ribbons, and their ribbons are 20% off right now: https://www.mjtrim.com/.

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  18. Tilesbay
    December 22, 2017 @ 4:32 pm

    Interesting Post. Thanks! 🙂

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  19. Kimberly Humphreys
    January 22, 2018 @ 7:22 am

    Your personality is absolutely wonderful and hilarious! You made this tutorial so relatable and funny. I feel so much more confident now to go start making my bows. Your Mother should be proud, you may think you don’t have talent, but i think youll find that your quite talented afterall. I wish i could read more of anyrhing you had to say. Xoxo

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  20. Pat Van Devender
    April 22, 2018 @ 4:48 pm

    Lady, you are a hoot! This was as much fun to read as it was about learning. Entertaining as well as informative. Thank you.

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