Friday, December 21, 2012

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:
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
Sandy
Virginia
Erin
Jenifer
http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 18th
Jingle
Karen
Kendra
Vera
http://www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com/
Ashley
Wednesday December 19th
Alexcia
Candy
Charlene
Johanna
Lalo
http://naniwale.blogspot.com/
Thursday December 20th
Christina
http://www.thetwistedmuse.com/
Gini
Emily
Marie
EthansImprints.Blogspot.Com
Montina
Friday December 21st
Jen
Leah
Monica
DeeDee
http://umwowstudio.com
Susan

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Hopping!
 

 

26 comments:

  1. Such a cute and fun idea, would be perfect to do with kids too for a treasure year after year-the recipient could then hang their tag on the tree as an ornament....Ohh, I am definitely going to mark this down for next year!

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  2. Great ornaments! I love the last one! I must get me one of these markers

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  3. I LOVE the idea that you can reuse the tags! When that much time goes into something, having it be reusable is GREAT!

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  4. Lovely tags. The faux chalk effect looks fantastic.

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  5. Cool project, Jen..enabler..gotta get that marker!

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  6. Very cute--I like the chalkboard look--unfortunately my craft store was out of this type of paint.

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  7. Hey, that is really cute! I love the chalkboard look.

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  8. Love these! They are so cute and your writing is fantastic!

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  9. These would be great as ornaments or letting the kids draw on them too. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Your packages look so wonderful - amazingly special!

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  11. Chalkboard, twine AND ribbon? How awesome is that?! Great job!

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  12. I've never thought of using chalkboard for tags. If you use regular chalk you can use it over and over. Good idea.

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  13. Oh my goodness, Jen...these are fabulous! I love how simple they are to make, too. Bonus!

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  14. great post and thanks for the tips.
    ava g

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  15. Wow, you clever girl you!! Chalk ornaments! And your writing is adorable!

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  16. I love using twine for my cards. I'm going to try the chalk board technique. That's a new one for me.

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  17. Mahalo for the tips as to how to make the tag reusable! Am heading out to the stores after Christmas to stock up on wooden goodies!

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  18. Oh love the keepsake tag it would look great on any tree :)

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  19. such a great idea you can make several but each will still be different! love it!

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  20. I want some of that paint, looks like lots of fun. And I like Karen's suggestion.

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