Pretty spools of ribbon

Good morning! I have been busy putting my guest room together and on the odd dry day getting outside and painting furniture, spraying picture frames and like!
I originally bought the wire spool holder for my craft room but I changed my mind and sprayed it white to hang in my guest room. To match the rest of the decor in my guest room I wrapped my wooden spools from Jane Means in ribbons and trims in shades of lilac, lavender and mint and have sat them on the spool holder which I have hung on the wall next to my mini printed shelves.




Have a sweet day!

Jane Means at The Country Living Fair

Last Friday I spent the afternoon at The Country Living Christmas Fair...

Another one of my highlights of the show was catching up with the lovely Jane Means. Her stand was as always filled with rolls and rolls of beautiful ribbon from the prettiest ginghams, chicest stripes to the cutest pom poms. There was also buckets of quirky labels, pretty rustic rafia and rolls of trendy bakers twine to name a few.

I especially love ribbon at this time of year from using it to hang hand made ornaments on my Christmas tree to adorning my gifts with it. So I am delighted to be part of the Jane Means blogging team;

"A team of bloggers have joined Jane Means and all have a creative streak. Jane says "We have a ribbon business and I love doing craft projects to educate people, however nowadays I struggle with lack of time, so we decided to enlist the help of some creative experts"

The team are given ribbon to use in their own projects and blogs, and Jane Means shares their projects with the world through Facebook, Twitter and their own websites and blog

The team are from all over the world including the UK, Italy, Ireland, and Australia. In addition to the regular contributors, there is also an Ad Hoc blogging team who do occasional projects and are based in the UK and USA"

I can't wait to start using my stash of ribbons this Christmas...

Looking for Christmas ribbons, tags and labels?
Check out the Jane Means store for more pretty haberdashery.

Have a sweet day!

Ribbon storage finds

From left to right: The vintage looking divided wooden cotton reel box, a selection of brightly coloured yarns on vintage spools by House Doctor DK, old fashioned wooden ribbon spools, vintage looking wire storage box by House Doctor, with a traditional sweet shop design the Heritage Hill storage jar, large glass storage jar, large scale optic glass storage jar and a retro blue bobbin & binding made from sustainably sourced mango wood.

After Monday's post, Ribbon storage, I ordered some wooden spools from Jane Means and have been wrapping my disorganized ribbons around them ready to find a new storage place for them. If you too loved the pretty ribbon storage ideas from Monday you can find all the key elements above!

Have a sweet day!

Jane Means

At The Country Living Fair show last month I discovered Jane Means. Her stand was such eye candy, with rolls and rolls of delightful ribbons and Easter decorations. Jane Means, an ex florist, started her business in 1995 making bespoke cards and wedding stationery which became very successful and a card she was commissioned to make for the Queen was on display at Buckingham Palace Mews. In the late nineties Jane turned her hand to her real passion, gift wrapping, and after completing her teacher training she started gift wrapping courses in her parents Lincolnshire watermill.

Jane is now known as Britain's gift wrapping expert and runs a gift wrapping school up and down the country, appearing on television and featuring in many glossy magazines and national newspapers.

From the website:

"She has worked for a well known French Fashion house in Europe, wrapped a gift for the Queen and personally gift wrapped for various celebrities (She won't disclose names!)."

She also designs her own ribbon collections and decorations, which are featured regularly in the press and are sold online and wholesale.

I bought quite a few of her wonderful ribbons on the day and have started incorporating them into my Easter decorations, coming soon...

Have a sweet day!