Isn't this wonderful? As you all have figured out, I love pink and black, bows, very feminine, and with a French feel. This has it all in spades. This image is from one of my favorite blogs and bloggers, Sande from A Gift Wrapped Life via Paris Atelier. Sande's blog is on the art of giving and it is a visual feast. I saved it because I thought it would be such a fun DIY. These metal forms are widely available from tabletop to large. Just pick a color and lots of ribbon, tie bows all over and voila. I am going to do one of these for my very girly pink dressing room. It would also be wonderful in a girl's bedroom. Pink, black, a combination of pink and black, turquoise blue, any of these colors would be gorgeous!
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Really gorgeous combo.
ReplyDeleteg. I love it! Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis image was from Paris Atelier who posted it because she said it reminded her of me and my bowes, than I posted it as well. Love this photo, now just need to find the dress form.
ReplyDeleteSande-Thanks so much. I had saved this in my files not thinking about a post on it and it was driving me crazy where it came from. I have updated the post. I saw a form just like this at Paper Source in Georgetown a while ago, but didn't buy it. I will search online and see what I come up with.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I played around with a few small wire forms one day and glued in pieces of my leftover cut ribbon. When we saw this photo, we both couldn't believe we hadn't thought about bowes. But, we think it's because you would need a lightly larger form than is widely available in order to tie actual bows. The ones we had were about 7-8" high, probably should be larger so you can use a wider ribbon. I'll let you know if I find any as the "dressing" process was really mediative!
ReplyDeleteSande-I have seen some great larger ones. I will find the websites and email them to you.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool idea, pure genius!
ReplyDeletethat's gorgeous! what a beautiful design idea :)
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Carolina-Thanks, I think it's quite chic.
ReplyDeleteAnnie-It's a very cool idea-I'm looking forward to trying it. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteThis is so much fun. You could change colors every week! Any excuse to buy ribbons.
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Catherine-French, fun, feminine, and fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! I love pink and black with a French "twist"
ReplyDeleteJessica-This is an inspired idea.
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