We were absolutely delighted this week with the record number of comments.   Everyone’s ideas were wonderfully inspirational & fun to read!   As a thank you, we are going to do something a little new!  We have added 2 ‘bonus’ prizes of 4 – 3 yards spools of your choice!  Without further delay, here are our winners this week:

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• First prize goes out to Rebecca Ednie:

"I like to make card sets with matching boxes. I love adding ribbon belly bands but I hate the idea that my carefully tied bow would get undone and the receiver couldn't retie it! So I came up with a way to make the belly band stretchy making it easy to replace! You can see my tutorial here. http://eclecticendeavours.blogspot.com/2008/12/stretchy-ribbon-belly-band-tutorial.html  
Hope you enjoy it!!"

Congratulations, Rebecca!  We loved the belly band idea!  What a fantastic way to reuse something beautiful.

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• Our first bonus prize is awarded to Misty:

"I’m a fan of simple bows and try to make gift wrapping kits to have available on short notice! I also love to use my scrapbooking paper to wrap small gifts because they are so unique used that way, and the tons of ribbon that can be found to match makes my heart sing =D"

What a creative idea, Misty!  Congratulations to you too! Using what you have on hand in new ways is always inspiring to us.

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• Last, but certainly not least, our final bonus prize goes out to Lesley Mark:

"I love to buy a plain gift bag, and then decorate it with the same papers I used for the card. I also replace the ribbon handles (which are usually cheap cord) with the same ribbon I used on the card."

Lesley, we thought sprucing up a gift bag was a great technique!  A lovely way to take something store bought & personalize it!  Congratulations!

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Ladies, congratulations to you all!  We always love to see pictures, so please feel free to send us some photos at sales@mayarts.com!  We will gladly post them for everyone to see!  Please forward your shipping information & your ribbon selections to the email address above!

Thank you to everyone for making this our most successful contest yet!  For those of you who didn’t win, click on the link below for this week’s contest.  There’s always a contest running on the May Arts Blog, so be sure to keep coming back for more!

Who knows how much we will really give away…

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This Week's Contest: The Many Ways To Use Ribbon!