Even though the first day of September isn’t giving us a break from the summer heat, we’re already thinking about the winter holidays! Fall and winter weddings are the perfect events to commemorate with an ornament your guests can use at Christmas. Personalized ornament ribbon helps incorporate your wedding color theme and can turn any holiday ornament into a beautiful keepsake.

There are a few different approaches to adding personalized ribbon to a Christmas ornament, and your best choice will depend on your ornament. We decorated this classic glass ball ornament with favor ribbon. Favor ribbon is printed in pre-set lengths. When you cut favor ribbon according to the cutting instructions, there is text on the left and right ends of the cut piece, with a long section of blank space between them. Favor ribbon is the right choice if you plan to make a two-loop bow, and it looks amazing on favors of all sizes. For this large glass globe favor, we used a 7/8″ wide ribbon, but for smaller favors, 5/8″ or 3/8″ wide ribbon is usually a better choice.

We’ve personalized this ornament with our Princess Nancy Favor Ribbon. We used curling ribbon to attach the bow to the “neck” at the top of the globe to make attaching the ribbon a snap! Alternatively, you could use our new favorite favor-making tool, Glue Dots, to attach your bow to the top of an ornament.

If you want to add the luxurious look of a multi-loop bow to your ornament, use continuous printed ribbon. Continuous ribbon has your personalization printed at short spacing throughout the ribbon, and you can cut it to any length. This gives you the freedom to make large, multi-loop bows, and also has the added bonus of being very simple to tie; you don’t need to get the positioning of the text “just right”, since it’s everywhere!

This stained glass ornament is decorated with our Leaf Theme continuous printed ribbon in a six-loop bow with streamers. We attached the bow to the top of the ornament with Glue Dots.

To turn this pewter heart Christmas ornament into a wedding favor, we formed our Snowflake Continuous Personalized Ribbon into a 6 loop bow with streamers, then attached it to the ornament with curling ribbon. We cut the curling ribbon long so it could double as the hanger for the ornament. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve introduced our new Bee Theme Favor Ribbon just in time for National Honey Month (it starts September 1st, but you knew that, right?) Sweeter than sugar and drenched in tradition, honey continues to be a popular and very welcome party favor.

Honey has been part of human tradition for millennia; thousands-of-years-old cave paintings discovered in Valencia, Spain depict women gathering honey in the wild. Ancient civilizations prized honey for culinary, medicinal, and even intoxicating properties. According to folklore, the origin of the word “honeymoon” comes from an ancient Norse word “hjunottsmanathr” (honey month), a month-long period of “hiding” for a newlywed couple, which typically included mead — a potent, fermented honey drink.

We chose a jar of honey from E & M Gold Beekeepers to personalize for a milestone birthday celebration. Owners Ed & Mary Kosenski use natural methods to produce their honey and beeswax products, and we just love their perfect little honey jars! This hexagonal shaped jar came with a darling decal featuring a busy bee fluttering over a heart.

The second best part of this favor (after the flavor) is how easy it is to assemble! We’ve wrapped the jar with a piece of 16″ tulle to let the honey’s inviting amber color shine through. Then, we tied the Bee Theme Favor Ribbon into a bow around the gathered tulle.

All wrapped up and ready to go! These delicious favors give your guests a tasty reminder of the fun they had at your party!

Breast cancer is an issue that has deeply affected the family and friends of Regal Ribbons, and we take pride in the many awareness-raising events that our personalized ribbon has been a part of. For a limited time, we’re offering a special discount on our Custom Awareness Ribbon in light pink. No coupon is required for this discount, simply add the light pink ribbon to your cart and it will automatically apply.

Our Custom Awareness Ribbon is personalized in a very legible, all caps block font and is recommended for single-event lapel use. For quick pre-looping before your event, we recommend using glue dots to hold the looped ribbon together. This really cuts down on pinning time!

This discount applies in addition to the existing volume discounts on this personalized awareness ribbon. The discount is available while supplies last and will close on or before 10/01/2010.

We just have to share, we’ve found some marvelous hard candy lollipops from This Charming Candy! We are so glad we took photos quick, because we couldn’t resist them! We chose a ruby colored heart lollipop and a violet sparkling daisy to feature our brand new Daisy Favor Ribbon. We loved their unique look and offbeat flavors.

Forget the typical lollipop flavors, these sweet treats come in inspired flavor combinations. The heart shaped lollipop is a blend of crisp apple and anise flavors, and the daisy is a combination of jasmine and honey flavors. These lollipops are from their Twilight-inspired collection, a perfectly subtle way to sneak a Twilight themed wedding favor into your reception without giving away too much about your obsession! Other creative themed flavor sets include a Breakfast Tray combination and a Spice Rack collection.

Your guest will love these yummy sweet treats. Make sure to order a few extra, you will not be able to resist eating one of these (hm… maybe two?). The lollipops in these photos all disappeared seconds after the photo shoot was over!

The flavors alone aren’t all we love about these lollipops; there are a lot of thoughtful design touches that make these lollipops something special. Some feature a sprinkling of glitter, a dash of neon confetti, or the unusual addition of salt! Perfect for any event, your unique favor has been found!

Find the ribbon featured in this post at our online store at http://www.regalribbons.com/dafari.html

It’s not often that you find a product that makes you want to stop people in the street to tout it’s usefulness. Mini Glue Dots, a new product we’ve been testing here, is one of those products. The uses for these little miracle dots are almost limitless. Measuring a mere 3/16″ these dots have a powerful hold. We’ve found so many uses for these tiny marvels! We’ve used them with ribbon and bows, and we’ve also had a client using them to hold fabrics in place on a model in a fashion show.

We’ve shown a glue dot here used to adhere our Sunny Wishes Ribbon to an adorable sun-themed cookie made by Lori’s Place. The tiny dot was added to the back of the bow, and the bow was then placed on the cellophane packaging provided by the baker. Super simple way to add your personalization to nearly any favor!

These teeny-tiny glue dots come on a plastic backing. Simply press the dot onto the back off the bow….

…and peel off the backing

The finished product is this delightful sunshiny favor that you’ve decorated with ease with the multi purpose mini glue dots!

The glue dots are also great if you’ve got a very large favor and don’t want to have to tie your favor ribbon all the way around it. You can make your bow first, then stick it on with the glue dot. It’s like magic! We’re in love with these little guys, and we think you’ll love them too!

We’re happy to introduce our newest wedding favor ribbon with a darling love birds theme! This soft satin ribbon is personalized with the happy couple’s names and wedding date, and features two love birds perched on a branch.

Birds are a hot motif for weddings this year, and it’s not hard to imagine why. Many species of birds mate for life, making them a traditional symbol of fidelity. And, who’s not all “atwitter” these days, especially when it comes to getting married?

We love the idea of using this favor ribbon with a birdseed wedding favor. We found these adorable ornament-style birdseed favors from Nature Favors @ etsy, and we love the cute heart shape and the generous portion of birdseed for our fine feathered friends.

Our brand new love birds favor ribbon is now available to order! This style of ribbon is available in a huge range of colors. From today until July 16, 2010, take 15% off this beautiful favor ribbon with coupon code SEED10.

Our new, cheery All Smiles Favor Ribbon adds a whimsical touch to your special event’s favor. It’s adorned with motifs that include a smiling sun, a flower and a happy cloud. You can personalize the ribbon with your own text on the tails of the ribbon. We’ve chosen a fun and frilly chalk white font for this ribbon. The 7/8″ wide ribbon is available in seven jewel tone colors: kelly green, true red, royal blue, hot pink, orange, turquoise and deep purple. We’ve shown ours here in kelly green topping off a net bag of candy coins.

Are you one of the many families celebrating a century birthday? We’ve seen a big increase in the number of orders for items personalized for 100th birthdays. There are an estimated eighty thousand centenarians in the United States! We’ve added a personalized napkin to our line to celebrate this outstanding milestone. Available in over a dozen colors, this napkin celebrates the 100 Years Young with a stylish, contemporary font. You can personalize this napkin in gold or silver foil with two lines of text.

With abundant sunshine and the glimmer of 122 solar arrays, Regal Ribbons played a role in the Inauguration of Victor Valley’s new Solar Field. California Lt. Governor, Abel Maldonado, was on hand at Victor Valley College for the ribbon cutting ceremony. He’s shown here cutting our 4″ Wide Satin Ribbon. The ribbon is capable of producing large, crisps bows that are star attractions at special events like this dedication. It’s available in more than a dozen colors to fit your event’s theme!

If you’re looking for a unique, wide decorative ribbon for your next special occasion, we’ve got a few new items you may want to check out. We’ve added some new styles of four inch wide ribbon to our decorative ribbon offerings.

Our 4″ wide ribbon shown above is our Glimmer Sheer Ribbon. It’s a wired edge sheer ribbon with a light scattering of glitter, just enough to add a bit of sparkle to the overall presentation of the decorative bows that you’ll make with this easy to use ribbon. It’s perfect for your most elegant events.

We’ve also added a few ribbons to help you show your patriotism at your summer events. Our stars and stripes sheer ribbon shown below is our first new addition. It’s a sheer organdy style ribbon decorated with the classic stars and stripes theme. We’ll also be adding a red, white and blue striped ribbon in a few days. The red, white and blue stripe ribbon will be available in several different widths, one that will work perfectly for your decorating needs! It’s a rich textured velvet style ribbon with great body, we’ll be sure to update you its availability.

To see all of our new decorative ribbon styles, check out our online store here.