Events and Holidays - Ribbon Impressions

Showing Support with Awareness Ribbons

Awareness ribbons are used year round, but some of the most prominent reasons for wearing these ribbons happen in October.

Throughout the year, awareness ribbons are used to celebrate and honor many occasions and holidays. Each ribbon, whether a badge ribbon, a ribbon roll or a rosette ribbon, can stand for different things depending on the color used.

Many support groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness. Awareness ribbons date back to 1917 when the yellow awareness ribbon showed up to support US military while serving abroad. Since then, ribbon colors associate with a variety of causes and symbolize various concerns depending on the color and pattern.

Schools will be acknowledging Red Ribbon Week during the last week of October. Others are observing energy awareness, literacy awareness and cultural diversity awareness. But the most followed is breast cancer awareness.

Pink is the chosen color for breast cancer awareness. This color was first used in 1991 when the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out pink ribbons to participants in its New York City race for breast cancer survivors. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month officially adopted pink as its color in 1992.

The color pink is often considered as feminine. It tends to stand for caring for other people, being beautiful, being good, and being cooperative. The pink ribbon represents hope for the future and the charitable goodness of people and businesses who publicly support the breast cancer movement.

Make Your Own Awareness Ribbon

Begin your awareness ribbon by cutting a section of a ribbon roll that includes your entire text. Or, you can choose to have a blank ribbon. Cut your ends to your liking.

Next, form a small loop in the ribbon. Make sure to leave each end hanging down so that any text shows at the ends without the center crossover covering it. Secure this together with either a small piece of tape or a dab of glue.

The final step is to choose a fastener for your awareness ribbon. (View the full tutorial.)

Personalizing Corporate Gifting

Use custom ribbons in your corporate gifting this year and make your brand stand out!

According to many surveys, most often corporate gifting includes major clients, employees and prospective clients. A company’s brand is what they are, what they want to be, and what they aim to become as a whole. And when gift giving, branding is extremely important for all corporations.

Reasons for gift giving range from thanking customers or consumers for their business to recognizing an employee for outstanding work. But, the basic reason seems to always be the same. It is to sustain relationships and deepen the personal connection between giver and recipient.

For many companies, corporate gifting is a fundamental detail within their marketing strategies. But remember, the packaging is just as important as choosing the right gift for your associates. Adding a fun personalized ribbon to each gift.

Typically, when thinking about corporate gifting, ribbon rolls come to mind. These personalized ribbons are perfect to get a simple message imprinted on them. Wrapping your gifts with a fun and creative ribbon is a great way to get your message and brand out.

But, don’t forget about all of the other wonderful ribbon options we offer! Customize imprinted ribbons and full color ribbons to fit all your needs. Choose from a fun and festive full color design or a simple imprinted message to those who will be receiving your corporate gifts.

Looking for that perfect gift?

Going for a traditional personalized gift like a desk wedge or name plate is great way to go. But, don’t get caught up in a boring streak! Customize name plates to fit anyone’s personality. From favorite quotes to a fancy font for a name, choose from a large variety of these wonderful and flexible personal identification tools. Quotes and simple sayings also look amazing on acrylic name plates and executive name plates.

Corporate gifting is a fun and wonderful way to show appreciation. These ribbon products will help you to maximize your investment. Have you ever received a corporate gift that you couldn’t live without? We’d love to hear from you!

State and County Fair Ribbons

From pies and other baked goods to award wining hogs and horses, no state or county fair is complete without great fair ribbons!

It’s that time of year again when the harvest is starting and the state and county fairs are showing off their wares. From shows and games to baked goods and larger-than-life vegetables, everyone deserves some sort of ribbon. Here are few suggestions if you don’t already have fair ribbons to call your own.

Classic Ribbons

These wonderful, flat ribbons are just perfect for that pie eating contest! Or they can be given for prize winning livestock, animal trick shows or other baked goods that are out of this world. Choose from a variety of titles and award positions, or create your own. With fun, vibrant colors, these ribbons are sure to please even the pickiest of winners.

Badge Ribbons

While these ribbons are simple, when customized to meet your needs, they can provide the recognition someone yearns for. Badge ribbons also provide instant recognition to those who are running the show. With stock and custom names and titles available, this simple solution is one of the best.

Rosette Ribbons

This classic ribbon is always a great standby for the fair! With the beautiful tops and long streamers, everyone covets one of these beauties. Again, these are perfect for that prize winning livestock. And those pies and cakes that are to-die-for are all longing for the recognition that one of these special rosette ribbons gives.

Rosette ribbons are seen everywhere at the fair. From giant pumpkins to those cute little baby piglets, they are truly the classic touch at your local state or county fair. There are plenty of titles and stock ribbons to choose from. Or, make your own custom fair ribbons. They can have any title or honor imprinted to meet all of your needs.

Have you ever won state or county fair ribbons? If so, what was it for? We’d love to hear your story!

11 Reasons for Summer Time Ribbon Fun

How do you use personalized ribbons during the summer time?

What is it about summer that elicits a sense of fun? Maybe it’s all the weddings, barbecues, sporting events and other outdoor activities. Whatever it is that makes your summer fun, here are some great reasons to get personalized ribbons involved!

There are hundreds of ribbon uses at a wedding, so we’re counting them as the first seven reasons. Here are just a few: bouquets, decorations, cakes, table centerpieces, chair wraps, bows on presents and invitations! No matter what the use, ribbon rolls are definitely key to a summer wedding. Personalize them with names, dates and other wedding details to really make them special.

Picnics, barbecues and other outdoor family activities make up reasons eight, nine and ten! What fun it would be to have decorations at your next family gathering. Personalized each with a family name or the reunion’s date. Use them for centerpieces, gifts or just something fun to give away for activity prizes.

Don’t limit your personalized ribbons to just ribbon rolls. Use badge ribbons and award ribbons as well for pretty much anything from games to recognizing who’s who. Add logos and text to most and graphics on some choices. As far as picnics go, add a splash of color to a picnic basket. Simply weave in a personalized ribbon with your name on it. That way your basket doesn’t get mixed up with another.

And finally, number eleven is reserved for sporting events and tailgating. Support your favorite team with matching colors. Decorate a truck tailgate with ribbon rolls. Or create something to pin on your shirt with badge ribbons.

If you’re cooking outside, spruce up your deck or porch with team colors wrapped around umbrella poles or railings. Use ribbons during professional sporting events and even to show local or community spirit. Personalized ribbons are a great way to let your team know that you’re rooting for them!

How To: The Best Ribbon Cutting Ever

Have you ever wondered where someone in charge of a grand opening or ground breaking gets that GIANT “Grand Opening” ribbon for the ribbon cutting?

Summer is here which means construction is all around us. This can only mean one thing: there will be new businesses in your area soon! And what comes with these new businesses is grand openings and all the pomp and circumstance that goes with them. From a ribbon cutting to free stuff, we’ve all been guilty of attending at least one of these in our lives.

These ribbon cutting ceremonies can be anything like a store reopening after a remodel, an open house for new residential areas and even a groundbreaking at a local park or other public recreation area. No matter the event, these larger ribbons are a great item to have around.

So, now the question remains, where did they get that ribbon? This makes your first step to find that ribbon!

Full Color Ribbon Rolls are probably the best way to get this accomplished. While there are several other choices in multiple ribbon colors and imprint colors, full color will come with the widest option. While most ribbon rolls are typically an inch or less in width, Coller Industries does offer four inch to six inch ribbons as well. These ribbon rolls can be formed into bows, wrapped around gifts, used as table decorations, or pretty much anything else as there are so many uses for them.

Each grand opening ribbon roll typically is printed onto a color that corresponds with the colors of the company, location or event. From blues with imprint that simply reads “Grand Opening” to this full color option that can be printed with images, logos and text, the sky’s the limit! Choose to print the company’s logo or name on the ribbon, or be a little more creative and make the ribbon as unique as the event.

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