May Day: A Ribbon’s Dream Come True!

Celebrated in many countries, May Day, also known as Beltane, is a traditional summertime festival. May Day is also an international day of celebration honoring workers.

The secular versions of May Day, observed in Europe and North America, may be best known for their traditions of dancing around the maypole and crowning the Queen of May. Fading in popularity since the late 20th century is the giving of May baskets, small baskets of sweets or flowers usually left anonymously on neighbors’ doorsteps.

Ribbon tassels on trees and long ribbon rolls for maypoles provide a splash of color for this festive day. While May Day traditions vary with each culture, ribbons will help enrich the festivities. From baskets of goodies to festive outfits, ribbons are perfect for this summer day!

Maypoles

A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected in various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often occurs.

These poles are a fun activity for all ages, so be sure to use all your ribbon rolls. Traditionally, boys and girls dance in opposite directions around the pole with their ribbons to form an intricate pattern. These ribbons are bright and colorful to represent the coming summer months. Dancers traditionally wear bells and colorful ribbons around their knees or ankles to keep the festivities light and fun.

Colorful ribbons woven around a maypole for a May Day celebration.

Queen of May

The May Queen or Queen of May is a personification of the May Day holiday, springtime and summer.

The chosen lady usually represents the queen by wearing a crown of flowers and colorful ribbons. And what another great use for your ribbon rolls! Make your crown with bright, cheerful ribbons to wear for the day. Women of all ages will love these crowns and keep them as a remembrance of the day’s festivities.

May Day Baskets

People traditionally leave fun little baskets filled with flowers, chocolates and decorative ribbons on doorsteps for friends, family and neighbors. People would pick flowers from their gardens or stuff baskets with goodies and anonymously leave them at doors.

Adding personalized ribbons with sayings and thoughts for the holiday will make your baskets unique and memorable. Choose a bright color from any ribbon type, and add text and graphics that will help your gift stand out!

A neighbor May basket decorated with flowers and festive ribbons.

So, whether you have plans to dance around a maypole or merely leave goodies for your neighbors, remember to get fun, colorful ribbon rolls!

Double face satin ribbon rolls in three colors.

Floral DYNA satin ribbon rolls in two colors.

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Unique and Useful Event Ribbons

Everyone uses ribbons at an event, so don’t limit your thinking when it comes to using ribbons.

With an extensive range of personalized ribbons available (rosette ribbons, badge ribbons and ribbon rolls), conferences, conventions and any event are sure to find benefits and uses. And those who choose to use these event tools are guaranteed to come out on top.

From marketing and brand recognition to decorations and name badges, ribbons provide a way to make everything run at all events. Use the bright colors and custom options to make your ribbons work for you. With logos and personalized text, these ribbons will turn your conference into a party!

Effective communication is an essential key to successfully researching, designing, planning and coordinating any function. It pays to know all available resources and will help when delegating responsibilities in advance. Event planning can be an overwhelming task if the correct tools are not readily available.

Here is a short list of tasks ribbons are capable of performing.

Badge Ribbons

Identify attendees, staff and others at events.

Promote a brand or image by offering a unique handout.

Ribbon Rolls

Extremely easy to use for decorations for any function.

Wrap product samples or branding promotional items.

Rosette Ribbons

Useful as award ribbons for all events.

Perfect for making table decorations stand out.

While it has been said before, we are sure it needs to be repeated. Branding with personalized ribbons is important, especially at conferences and conventions. You need to make sure that people remember who you are. Accomplish this task with color matching to your company logo and adding text that will help any event goer more aware of you.

Consider each ribbon and the uses it will specifically provide for you. While badge ribbons typically provide titles and identifiers for attendees, they can also prove useful as unique branded handouts. Ribbon rolls are great for decorating, but you can also use them to promote a cause your company supports. And rosette ribbons are amazing awards. But consider them for a different way of providing name tags for staff at a convention table.

No matter your event, personalized ribbons will help brand, recognize and emphasize your goals.

A Holiday Guide for Ribbon Use

When you think about holiday ribbons, don’t just think about Christmas!

Finding the right ribbon can be a challenge sometimes. But, we are here to make holiday ribbon use a little bit easier. From tying bows to decorating your home, holidays are meant to be synonymous with ribbons!

And, while it’s easy to come up with ideas for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, here are a few quick ideas to get your creativity going for the summer holidays.

Earth Day

The phrase, “Reduce, reuse and recycle” is something most know about this holiday. So, go green with some ribbons and show your support for this day. With special messages on badge ribbons or recognizing the date on a ribbon roll, green ribbons go great with everything. Use badge ribbons for bookmarks or awards for people who make an extra effort to keep your life green and running smoothly.

Administrative Professionals Day

Wrap up a quick and thoughtful gift for the one in your business life that makes everything a little bit easier. Personalized ribbon rolls with a name or a nice quote are perfect for administrative professionals. Trust us, they know the importance of branding for your company and they will appreciate a little branding for themselves. So, whether it is an entire ribbon roll or a small bit of ribbon wrapped around a pencil holder, they will appreciate the thought.

May Day

Ribbon tassels on trees and long ribbon rolls for maypoles provide a splash of color for this exclusive day. While May Day traditions vary with each culture, ribbons will help enrich the festivities. From baskets of goodies to festive outfits, ribbons are perfect for this summer day!

Mother’s Day

Wrap up her favorite flowers in a simple, or complex, bouquet. Whether you put them in a vase, or give them in a bundle, those Mother’s Day flowers are sure to look even better with a long strand of personalized ribbon wrapped around them. Make the ribbon her favorite color and customize the ribbon roll to say something special!

Memorial Day

Red, white and blue are superb colors for this holiday. From decorations to awareness ribbons, you are sure to find a way to use most any ribbon for this celebratory day. Table runners, centerpieces and door wreaths will all benefit from colorful ribbon rolls. Use badge ribbons to designate veterans and others at your holiday party.

Father’s Day

Men like ribbons too! There are many ways to use ribbon rolls for Father’s Day as well. Use the holiday ribbon to make your father a special tie card, or wrap up a present with your specialized message of love.

So, no matter which of the holidays you are celebrating, let a little color and ribbon into your day!

Creative Ribbon Flowers and Roses

Spring is in the air, and flowers are blooming everywhere. But, if you’re like me, you want flowers all year long. After all, who needs a garden when you can have flowers all the time? So, here is are three quick tutorials to make some bright, fun ribbon flowers that will last a very long time.

Simple Loop Daisies

use grosgrain ribbon rolls to make creative flowers for your home

These fun flowers can be as bright or as mellow as you want them. Choose anywhere from one to three or four colors when you create this masterpiece. These particular flowers were made from 3/8 inch grosgrain ribbons.

Cut each ribbon to your desired length remembering that exterior colors will need to be longer than the inside ones. Using a needle and thread, start sewing these ribbons into small loops. Start by stacking your ribbons with one end of each ribbon lined up square with the others. Once this is done, push your needle through. Then, line up the other ends to create your loop. Repeat this process until you have eight to ten loop sets finished.

Once you have these done, remember to tie off the ends of the thread. Then, apply a little dab of glue to connect the two ends to form the flower. If you want, add a button or other accent piece to the top of the flower to embellish it to your taste!

Knotted Chrysanthemums

use double face satin rolls to make pretty ribbon flowers for decorations

This flower will use about 24 ribbon strips. How full your flower will be is dependent on the ribbon width and length. Start by placing a knot in the middle of each ribbon strip. You can make the knots as loose as you want. Remember that the tightness of the knots will make your flower vary in appearance.

Once each ribbon strip has a knot, form them into loops and either sew or glue them together. Sewing will allow for shaping once the flower is all put together. Continue sewing each ribbon strip to the others until you reach the desired look. And, when that is finished, add any center embellishment you wish.

Ribbon Roses

satin ribbons make pretty roses and other flowers

One of the easiest ways to turn a strip of ribbon into a flower is with this rose tutorial. Start with about two feet of ribbon roll. Use a running stitch along one end of the snipped ribbon and down one side of the ribbon the full length. Finish the stitch by running it along the other end and tie your thread off.

Once this is done, tie one ribbon end into a knot and carefully gather the ribbon together around this knot. Then, hold the knot in one hand and wrap the rest of the ribbon length around it. Arrange the folds and petal shapes into the desired effect and sew the bottom of the rose together so it will hold its shape.

Finishing Touches for Ribbon Flowers

Add stems to each of these ribbon flowers and put them in a decorative vase to display in your favorite place. Or, add a clip to the back and wear them in your hair or on a lapel. How about using them as table scatter? No matter your choice, each flower is sure to find its place in your home and your heart!

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Wedding Ribbon Ideas As Easy As 1-2-3

From flowers to backdrops, personalized ribbons are perfect for any wedding!

Custom ribbon rolls are the most commonly used ribbons and are great for nearly every event or occasion. From the perfect color choice to a personalized message, we will produce each ribbon roll for anything you need. And, they are a magical addition to any wedding.

Each ribbon is Single Face Satin. The red is Scarlet in 7/8 inch with the couple’s names imprinted in metallic silver. The yellow is Baby Maize in 3/8 inch with the wedding date imprinted in metallic red. Here are some great time and money saving tips for decorating with your personalized ribbons.

It’s All About the Flowers

All of the flowers at this beautiful wedding were accented with these personalized ribbons. From the corsages to the boutonnieres, the smaller floral arrangements had either the yellow or the red ribbon wrapped around the stems. Some, such as the mother’s corsages, had little ribbons poking out from the flowers as well. The bride’s maid bouquets matched closely to the bride’s bouquet with the stems wrapped together using both the red and the yellow ribbons.

satin face ribbon used for a corsage at a wedding

Centerpieces and Table Decorations

While the main decorations were bright red and yellow paper flowers, the groom had the fun idea of incorporating the ribbons alongside. The ribbons were quickly cut from the roll to display the imprinted information. Using these snippets, they were placed on each table and the display tables as decorative scatter. Several of the guests complimented the couple on this grand idea!

The centerpieces were vases full of fun, colored popcorn that was part of the refreshments for reception guests. Each vase was tied with a length of ribbon roll to display the color theme for the occasion.

And Don’t Forget the Cake!

Keeping with the color scheme was important for this couple. So, not only did the flowers have to match, but so did the ribbon. And it was flawlessly displayed on the three-tiered cake! Both ribbon colors were wrapped around the base of each layer. The baker was careful to make sure that the names and date showed nicely without any overlap.

Most of these ideas were crafted by either the bride or the groom; some on the day of the wedding and reception! So, no matter how simple, or how ornate, you want your wedding to be, personalized ribbons are always a great way to go.