Please welcome back our Guest Blogger, Legojenta / Marie, with another post.  This time, she's making bows!

Bows & Knots

Today I wanted to show you some different ways to tie your May Arts ribbons. I used a variety of  ribbons to show you some of the selection May Arts has in their store for this post. All of the ribbons used are listed in the supplies. Here’s a picture of all of the different bows & knots I’m going to show you today:

 

 

First of all, I tied a normal bow, from this great brown, wrinkled ribbon

 

 

I then tied another normal bow, using a two-sided blue ribbon

 

 

I also tied two knots using a two-sided pink and green ribbon, making the different sides show in different ways

 

 

I then tied a double-bow, using some sheer denim-colored ribbon

 

 

I also wanted to show two different ways to embellish a bow. Firstly, I added a paper flower with a button center to the middle knot of a pink bow

 

 

On a smaller bow, made with a purple silk ribbon, I added just the button

 

 

It’s not just the type of bow or knot you can make in different ways. Here’s three different ways of cutting the ends of the ribbon, shown on regular knots

 

 

Lastly, I wanted to show you another fun, easy way of dressing up your ribbon. You can thread the ribbon through a piece of paper, to make a place for a sentiment or something else

 

 

That’s it for my blog post today. I hope you feel inspired to try out some different bows and knots on your next project!

Thanks for stopping by the May Arts blog today

- Marie / Legojenta

 

Supplies

• May Arts ribbon:
  

• 1/2" Solid/Wrinkled in Brown EA33

• 3/4” Solid/Reversible Stripes ME44

• 5/8" Satin/Reversible in the Pink/Light grey-green color RP22

• 5/8" Mesh in the Light Blue denim-like color AH04

• 3/4" Grosgrain in Pink QH19

• 1/4" Silk in Dark purple SK47

• 3/4" Twill in the Kraft-like color QN10

• 5/8" Taffeta/iridescent in Silver HM31

• Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper

• Stamp set: “Essential Messages” CL371 by Hero Arts

• Ink: “Tuxedo Black” Memento Ink

• Assorted buttons and Embroidery thread