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Ribbon Materials

<p>There are lots of things you can do with ribbons&comma; such as making crafts&semi; however&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>you want your piece of art or craft to be perfect if you’re going to spend all of that time on it&comma; right&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of course you do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright" style&equals;"width&colon; auto&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;myblogguest&period;com&sol;forum&sol;uploads&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;dsc&lowbar;0846&period;jpg" width&equals;"166" height&equals;"154" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Types of Ribbon<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>First of all&comma; you need to look at what it is you’re going to actually make&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>depending on what you make&comma; the material used may or may not be appropriate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Or&comma; on the other hand&comma; you may be able to get a much better effect from one material or another&comma; for example&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>if you need to decorate a wedding cake one of the best materials you can use for effect is lace&comma; satin or<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>silk&comma; as they both give a little glamour and quality to the look of the cake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright" style&equals;"width&colon; auto&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;myblogguest&period;com&sol;forum&sol;uploads&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;dsc&lowbar;0200&period;jpg" width&equals;"166" height&equals;"154" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do not decorate a wedding cake with a material that is for example a solid&comma; plain and<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>thick textured type of ribbon – in my experience&comma; it doesn’t look great&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once you have decided what you’re using the ribbon for&comma; more often than not&comma; you will get a good feel for which type of material it is you wish to use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; most people are unaware what ribbon materials are available and often go for a type that they have heard of&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright" style&equals;"width&colon; auto&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;myblogguest&period;com&sol;forum&sol;uploads&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;dsc&lowbar;0673&period;jpg" width&equals;"166" height&equals;"154" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Therefore&comma; the list of ribbon types below may give you some fresh ideas and open your mind to a whole load of ribbons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Burlap –<&sol;strong> this material can be used to add some great texture to any arts and crafts project you want to&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>There are different types of burlap ribbon i&period;e&period; choose between Faux&comma; Wired&comma; String&comma; Twisted and so forth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Cotton –<&sol;strong> Everyone knows what cotton feels like&comma; however&comma; this can be really versatile and are many colours to choose from&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Crinkle –<&sol;strong> Often used for baby showers&comma; weddings and birthdays etc&period; The crinkle type ribbon gives a fantastic look in terms of texture and colour&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>This is certainly different and stands out very well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Crochet &sol; Lace –<&sol;strong> this type of ribbon gives off a &OpenCurlyQuote;hand crafted’ look to whatever it is your decorating&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Grosgrain –<&sol;strong> comes in many different patterns&comma; colours and looks which makes it very versatile indeed and everyone should have grosgrain ribbon for when they need something a little different and unique&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Mesh&sol; Net –<&sol;strong> fantastic for kid’s parties or at Christmas parties&period; This really does give off a colourful yet unique look to the whole room etc and kids just love it&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Metallic –<&sol;strong> Well if ever you need a metal or chain look to your project&comma; this is the best material that you can use&semi; it really looks great&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Raffia&sol;Paper –<&sol;strong> very strange to think of ribbon being available in a paper material&comma; but it’s true – you must have a look at the paper &sol; raffia style ribbon&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Satin –<&sol;strong> most people know how classy and stylish that satin is not just to look at&comma; but also to touch and again is perfect for that special occasion&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Silk –<&sol;strong> so soft and full of quality&comma; silk is many peoples favourite in terms of what you can do with it – gift wrapping&comma; decorating&comma; using as a belt and so on&period; Possibilities are endless with this one&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Solids –<&sol;strong> ideal for children’s parties or a plain look&period; This can add a little something to many different types of arts and crafts&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Taffeta –<&sol;strong> gives an iridescent look and is rather cool – there are so many things you can do with this type of ribbon and gives a shimmer &sol; changing colour look&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Twill –<&sol;strong> some of the Twill type ribbons can give off an &OpenCurlyQuote;old fashioned’ type look&comma; a bit like tweed but not in the same pattern&period; This is a relatively thick material&comma; but can be used for various arts and crafts projects&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>There are other materials available at various online stores&semi; however&comma; if you want to get a feel for them&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>you could have a look at your closest ribbon supplier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then you can familiarise yourself with the different textures&comma; styles and colours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some are more upmarket than others&semi; therefore&comma; expect to pay more for ribbons such as Silk&comma; as apposed to cotton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; depending on what you need the ribbon for could determine the style of ribbon you may purchase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5>Featured images&colon;<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"license">License&colon; Image author owned<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"license">License&colon; Image author owned<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"license">License&colon; Image author owned<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bradley is a specialist and has vast knowledge when it comes to ribbons&comma; as Bradley has made many different types of arts and crafts over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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