Ribbonista Christmas Blog Hop!

Welcome to my post for the First Ever Ribbonista Blog Hop! :)

 I've got a fun and fast idea for Christmas tags for you!

 Chalkboard art is all the rage right now, so I thought it would be fun to make some tags with the idea!

 I picked up some chalkboard paint at the local craft store, as well as some balsa wood shapes.

 I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole.

 I painted both sides & let them dry. Two coats did the job! (granted, painting the tags 2 times doesn't make this a 5 minute project, but you can paint them super fast & set them aside to dry whilst you are doing 300 other things *wink*)

 Don't forget to 'season' your chalkboard! Rub chalk over the entire surface, then wipe off. By doing this you will be able to reuse your tag- the original message won't be there permanantly!

I used Baker's Twine for my loop.

For the first pic I used a piece of chalk, but then I got fancy & bought a 'Bistro Chalk Marker'! :)

They look great tied onto packages!

Ribbon used:

red/white bakers twine (412-14)

1/8" solid red/green (340-44)

3/4" green twill stripe (382-34-15)

Now you probably can guess that there will be prizes to be had, so make sure that you leave coments on all the ribbonista's blogs for a chance to win, and to be completely inspired!!!

Ribbonista Hop Schedule
Monday December 17th
Nicole	www.nicolemartel.blogspot.com
Sandy	http://sandyallnock.com
Virginia	http://fynesdesigns.wordpress.com/
Erin	www.homemadecardsbyerin.blogspot.com
Jenifer	http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 18th
Jingle	www.justjingle.blogspot.com/
Karen	http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/
Kendra	www.ScrappinCricut.org
Vera	http://www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com/
Ashley	http://hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Wednesday December 19th
Alexcia	www.makeandmingle.com
Candy	www.livingthealteredlife.com
Charlene	http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/
Johanna	http://thecraftery.blogspot.com/
Lalo	http://naniwale.blogspot.com/
Thursday December 20th
Christina	http://www.thetwistedmuse.com/
Gini	www.ginicagle.blogspot.com
Emily	http://createserendipity.blogspot.com
Marie	EthansImprints.Blogspot.Com
Montina	www.encorecreations.blogspot.com
Friday December 21st
Jen	http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Leah	www.1alabasterowl.blogspot.com
Monica	http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-ribbonista-hop.html
DeeDee	http://umwowstudio.com
Susan	www.luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Hopping!