Ribbons & Bibbons

Here we go, my first blog post. It feels strange that the year is 2024 and not 2004…

But I was instructed to do this by the wise ladies of the Event Ready Podcast and I’m trying to be better about doing admin and tech stuff even though all I want to do is paint, so here we are!

Aaaaaaanyways, yesterday I shared on my Instagram feed (another thing I’m trying to keep up on) that I had a big ol’ heck of a time figuring out how to make pretty handlettered ribbons for my friend Elisha’s flower shop, House of Petals. Let me tell you, the hours I spent trying to find freezer paper, an iron (I am ashamed to admit I don’t own one), and the right paint pen, not to mention the ideal width, length, color, material, and source of ribbon … actually, I can’t. Because I lost track.

Once I figure out how to add videos to this blog, I’ll walk you through the process. I know enough to know that I should be documenting my work but I really struggle with sitting down to collate all of the footage and write something coherent about it, so I’m hoping this holds me accountable. If you’re reading this in July and there’s still nothing here, please send me a strongly worded message to get myself together and finish this blog post!

PS) if you know the origin of the phrase “ribbons and bibbons ” I wish to congratulate you and if you don’t, please go read the utterly charming “The Quangle Wangle’s Hat” by Edward Lear. I had the version illustrated by Janet Stevens and published in 1988. It was one of my favorite childhood books and I read it to my son all the time.