for packages or crafts.
I found this at happy birds crafting haven.
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Make A Cute Little Bow With A Fork...Tutorial For You!
I made this fork bow tutorial for you. It's very easy and makes cute little bows that can be tied to favors, small earring boxes, homemade Christmas ornaments and more! I used an old, big serving fork to demonstrate, but you can use a regular size fork or dowels glued on a wooden base.
Picture 1 Below: All you need is some kind of 4 pronged fork, ribbon and a pair of scissors.
Picture 2 Below: First off, start by weaving the ribbon in and out of the fork. Leave a little extra ribbon on the left and just let it lie there. The ribbon you will be weaving with is pictured on the right.
Picture 3 Below: Take the ribbon on the right hand side over the top of the fork and weave the ribbon in and out.
Picture 3 Below: Then, do the same thing again on the left hand side of the fork, weaving the ribbon in and out, coming the opposite direction. Remember, you are only weaving with the one ribbon. The other piece of ribbon on the left is just going to lie there.
Picture 4 Below: Now, finish weaving in and out until you almost reach the top of the fork.
Picture 5 Below: Take a separate piece of ribbon and slide it through the bottom in the middle of the fork.
Picture 6 Below: Now, tie it tight! Slide the whole thing off the fork.
Picture 7 Below: You should have 4 ribbon strings on the bow. Cut two of the pieces to look like part of the ribbon. The other two pieces of ribbon that are left can be tied around a little sachet-like favor. You can actually do a multitude of projects with this little bow. I just gave one example when I mentioned party favors.
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11:40pm
Back from Wally World and Dollar Tree.
They had all kinds of trees out on display
at Walmart. We liked the white tree 6.5 foot
with multicolored lights. And do you know
they only had one tree clear on the top shelf.
The rest of them were ones with white lights.
Whew, is what I was thinking because I didn't
want to truck around town to another Walmart.
At Dollar Tree I got some clear plastic glittered
snowflake ornaments (3 packs of 6)
and a blue and light blue pack of curling ribbon.
The curling ribbon I can use on top of the blue
ball ornaments and make bows.
And I could also make some to add to tips
of the tree.
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12:40pm
Houston we have lift off!
The new tree is up, fluffed and working! Yeah!
Later on this evening I'll work on adding
the decorations and Tony might work on
getting the outside lights up.
I like the white tree. It makes the room
feel light and airy as opposed to a green tree.
In a small space I suggest a lighter colored
tree.
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4:15pm
Got the tree finished.
Instead of using garland, which seemed too
high priced for me for such short strands,
I went with using 2 spools of blue & light blue
curling ribbon.
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It's hard to see the light blue ribbonin the photos. But if you look close
you can see it along side of the blue ribbon.
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And here is the newly decorated tree.
It looks much better in person
and is hard to photograph to get the true
affect of it.
The kids were wowed by it and I can't
wait to see what Tony thinks :0)
Oops can't forget the tree skirt.
Almost forgot.
Total cost for pre-lit 6.5 foot white pine tree,
36 count blue glass bulb ornaments
and 2 pkgs. curling ribbon: about $49.
