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Today's post and project is from the "crafting with what you accept" archives.

Or is information technology annals?

Maybe annals today only archives after it'southward published and … you know … officially archived?

Oh, and by archives (or annals) I mean the ane other crafting with what you have project I did last week. But hey, the archive (or annals) has to start somewhere, right? 🙂

Either way, today I'k crafting with what I take.

And I'm hoping this turns into a common theme/tendency (for me) in 2018. Mostly because (one) I actually demand a good purge of the crafting supplies accumulated over the past vi years of this blog; and (2) I really need to cease giving all my difficult-earned cash to Michael'south and JoAnns.

I mean, I have college tuition to pay ….

for the next, sequent five years.

Oh, and I really need to invest in a new laptop (mine is literally falling apart). Pro tip: Dropping your laptop is not a good idea.

With all that in mind, I decided to re-purpose my Christmas wreath into a winter wreath.

Using what I had.

Which included painted pino cones I made a few years back (tutorial here) and 2 1/two″ wired ribbon I picked upwardly last year at Michael's. I had large plans for this ribbon …

that chop-chop fizzled and died. And then I threw the ribbon into my crafting stash. And speedily forgot about it.

Until now.

Out information technology came.

And I tried my hand at making a bow …

How To Make A Bow

Materials

Wired Ribbon (I used Gloat Information technology! Make from Michael'southward that is " wide)

Twisty Ties

Stapler

Scissors

Start by cutting iv lengths of ribbon. For my bow, I cut:

One 8″ strip

1 27″ strip

Two 25″ strips

Fold the two 25″ strips into thirds with raw edges overlapping in back. The folded length should mensurate 11 inches. Staple closed along back raw edges.

Now piano accordion fold those 2 11″ strips and staple in the middle.

Like and then.

At present, my original plan was to stack the two stapled piano accordion-folded xi″ strips, add the 27″ length folded in half and then wrap the eight″ length effectually them and staple shut to hold together. But this plan did not work. Everything fell apart. Sooooooo …..

I folded over that eight″ strip and gave it three staples to make the bow centre.

Using some twist ties (are nosotros the but family unit that saves twist ties), I twisted three together to make a longer length. And so threaded it through the bow center piece.