An explosion of recycled magazine bows
Remember those instructions I posted for how to make gift bows from magazine pages? Yesterday I received an email from Katie Soltysiak, showing all the bows she's made with the tutorial. Fantastic! Each one is like a little work of art. To see more pictures, visit Katie's photo set at Flickr.
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making them are so addicting! i also tried using recycled gift wrappers, especially the ones with a nice pattern, and the bows turned out like designer toppers! thanks jessica for sharing this lovely idea :)
My house also had an explosion of bows. I found this cool topo paper and we had map bows and holiday catalog bows. Thanks for the tut!!
those are so great!!
i like how each of hers has a color theme.
Those are much more fun than the ribbon bows. I may never go back! Thanks for the post!
what a clever idea!!! reuse reuse reuse revolution! the color is so much more fun with all the variety.
WOW!!
I LOVED that tutorial. It is so neat to see a whole bunch of these. I think one day I may dedicate some time to making a lot of bows so I have a stockpile ready for gifting.
Thanks again for the idea!
{ Lindsey }
greatfullday.blogspot.com
Pretty!
I made them with felt and leftover scraps of gift wrap. It was a bit time consuming with the felt because I was using hot glue (not as fast as just taping/stapling), but the result was amazing! It made each gift a little more special, I think
I have to say thank you for that Bow post. I love your blog and it helped inspired me to give the blog world a whirl. I wanted to say, Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Also - I created that bow MANY times since reading your post, and in many different ways. Thank you for that, too!
My first post back in October.
http://collectedideas.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/the-first-post-all-because-of-a-diy-bow/
Excellent, Kelly. Happy blogging!
seriously... so freakin cute!
I made a few of the bows using your tutorial--it was fun! Thank you for the wonderful directions.
I love this project, I used that tutorial to make all of my christmas bows!
Wow! These are gorgeous. See what you've done..? Another happy hobby virus takes off from How About Orange..
I just joined blogspot... bored out of my mind until I discovered 'How About Orange'. A new favorite! I'm gonna click all your sponsors now =)
Thanks for posting a link to my flickr set - and thanks again for providing the amazing tutorial!
What a great idea!!!!
Holy wow! Those are awesome!!!
Awesome! I had the same 'bow explosion' happen in my living room! lol... and everyone loved them on their gifts this Christmas :)
i made some as well for all of our Christmas gifts, & they were a big oohed & ahhhed hit ! i love flocking back to your site for more inspiration :)
I love this idea! I also love your blog. I want my blog to be like yours when it grows up.
I thought you might like this post about someone else's love of orange: http://poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/2010/01/orange-crush.html.
Great blog, by the way! Totally inspiring!
I absolutely love your blog and have nominated it for The Sunshine Award. :)
http://bakedbyjoanna.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunshine-award.html
Wow- you just find the coolest stuff! I love this!! Gonna share:)
xo
Laurel
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These were a great idea. I totally yoinked it for myself!
http://stylefyles.tumblr.com/post/289190120/craftyfiles-a-finishing-touch
Thanks so much for the innovativeness!
I don't usually try watever crafts i see, but as soon as i saw the post on how to do this, i just think i should do it myself! It was fun! I really love the idea! Thank you for sharing!!
Those look great! I showed my boyfriend your tutorial back in December and he ended up making bows using a Chinese newspaper he bought especially for the project. His family were very impressed when they received their Christmas gifts and heard that he'd made the ribbons.
those are fantastic! i can't wait to try my own!
They look great! Thanks for the inspiration1
Gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
I blogged just before Christmas about this from your site, but never tried them.
It's time.
I'm a high school art teacher. As students were finishing up their projects before the holiday, I taught them how to make your bows. I love to teach them ways to reuse and recycle, and this was such a welcome, timely post. They loved it! Thank you so much!
a very nice and useful tutorial! I made lot of bows and I decorated all of my Christmas gifts with them!
oh, that looks great! really good way of recycling magazines!
what an awesome idea!!!!!
Funny - I made the EXACT same bow as the green one you show. The page was a magazine ad for some sort of natural laundry detergent. Too funny! I made this bow from a laundry ad because the present was cleaning related. No one probably knew but me, but I thought it was quite clever :) I think it'd be fun to have clues hidden in the bows.
No way! That's funny. And I hope your gift recipients discovered your cleverness. I love it.
So beautiful! I tried a few bows over Christmas, none picture worthy. I'm going to see if my 2nd grader can follow instructions and make a bow. She's pretty good with arts and crafts... Maybe it'll be onto her class as a craft project for their Valentine's party?!
I made dozens of these bows also! So fun and each is unique!
I loved the tutorial. It is so neat to see a whole bunch of these. I wish to make a lot of bows so I have a stockpile ready for gifting. Keep blogging. Thanks.
I love it!
I couldn't even find my ruler, but I did a good estimate... just to see how it would look. I used colored printer paper. I can already see that I will be using these from now on. Thanks much!
I tried these too! Used old google earth/map print outs. The final result is very cool~!
Hoe beautiful!
Thank you so much for that lovely idea, I used it for Xmas prezzies and people thought I was so clever! :D
How fun! i love recycling mag papers for projects! great idea.
i did not buy bows this christmas at all- just went through old magazines and followed the instructions. i am new to all things crafty or domestc but i loved making these. cheers for the post!
i have become addicted to making these, if for no other reason than the raised eyebrows of friends and the 'where did you get a kings of leon christmas bow?' comments. thanks!
very cool idea! thanks for the tutorial! I look forward to trying this out myself and sharing the info on my blog!
I absolutely love these! Can't wait to give them a try.
Thank you for the amazing tutorial. I made a few of these last night out of very old recycled National Geographic magazines and Maps. They are turning out so nice! :D
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