November 18, 2010

New ribbon designs: squirrels and sewing

New jacquard ribbons I designed for J Caroline arrived on my doorstep yesterday. It's always exciting (and scary) to see the finished product since I never know if the colors will turn out as expected. And flat Illustrator files always look cuter with real life texture than they do on my monitor, so I eagerly await these samples.

The squirrels in the berry colorway above are my fave so I put them on a fancy plate for their photograph.

Everybody else got dumped onto a piece of foamboard. Here are all three colorways.

Sewing ribbon warranted a few props since it was easier to find a spool of thread than recruit some squirrels to pose with their ribbon.

These are now available at J Caroline Creative in 25-yard rolls and at Banberry Place (check pages 3 or 4) by the yard. Coming soon to other retailers!

63 comments:

  1. these ribbons are so lovely :) definitely on my wishlist for Santa!

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  2. Those are all so cute! You are so very talented!

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  3. SUPER CUTE!!! I love the variety of colors <3

    xoXOxo
    Jenn L @ Peas & Crayons

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  4. Wow! Berry is my fave too - love those colors! I love your work - you seem to capture the vibrant explosion of color that my eyes and soul love to see!
    I also loved the wedding invite you showed us a few weeks ago... I would love to have a desktop wallpaper with those happy flowers swirled all around it!
    I'm glad you're using your God-given talents to make our world a little brighter, happier place.

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  5. Oh, I love these ribbons. Especially the squirrels.

    Is there any retailer in Germany, where I can buy them?

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  6. Ooohhh... I love 'em ALL!! I WANT some!!!

    Mum/thatwasahint

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  7. Thanks for this post about new ribbon designs. I think I like the first pictured one the best.

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  8. I think I really need to make a puppy leash with adorable squirrels on it.

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  9. Oh my! The squirrels are awe-some. Cheers! I'm going to post about these on my blog soon: squirrels in wren's nest: besquirrely.com

    LOVE!

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  10. Those are excellent! Great job as always! :)

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  11. Super sweet. I could use the sewing ribbon to make a pacifier clip (thanks to your blog) for a fellow sewer about to give birth! Wouldn't that be cute??

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  12. I LOVE these! But, I love all of the ribbon that you have designed. I need more uses for them--so I can buy some more!

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  13. I just love the squirrel ribbon!

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  14. Very nice ribbons!! the squirrels are lovely! :)

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  15. wow Jessica, these are beautiful and I love ALL the colourways :) nice job! Am going to order some soon as I get paid

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  16. I ADORE the squirrels! This sounds majorly cheesy, but my college sorority mascot was a squirrel (random) and I've had a soft spot for them ever since.

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  17. Those squirrels are so cute! I can totally see them as the trim on an oliver + s lazy days skirt!

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  18. Wait just a minute. Your favorite colorway is the one with NO ORANGE? ;)

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  19. Wow, these are adorable. I can't even decide on a favourite I love all off them! :)

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  20. My favorite is the turquoise squirrels! SO cute!!! I need to make a new leash, and maybe some belts... perfect for me!

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  21. These are seriously so cute! I can't decide which is my favorite! :)

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  22. Oh I love these!!! Onto the Christmas list they go!

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  23. Sooo in love with them! Always love ribbons, but I love these more!

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  24. omg! these ribbons are so lovely. congrats!

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  25. I love these! Love the colors! Great job :)

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  26. Those squirrels are so cute and so timely. I absolutely love the sewing and the scissors. I don't have a current use but I would want them.

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  27. Thread may be easier than squirrels, but just think how impressed we all would've been with a squirrel! Haha :)

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  28. The squirrels are just about the cutest thing ever! What fun you must have working on these designs.

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  29. Adorable! - and every one of them deserves a fancy plate !

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  30. I just released a squirrel-themed stationery collection for Christmas, so I'm a bit obsessed with squirrels at the moment.

    Great job!

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  31. LOVE THEM and NOT just because it's squirrels (and orange and teal!)! Yay!

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  32. Wonderful... I wish to get them in Germany...

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  33. Beautiful! I'm thinking ways I could use those squirrels, they are so great! I think my little one needs some as an accent on a dress...or some pants...

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  34. I was in love with the squirrels. And then I saw the sewing ones. And now there is a battle for my heart.

    How utterly adorable! Fantastic job :)

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  35. We carry all of the JCaroline ribbons and we can't wait for these new ones to arrive at CityCraft!

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  36. Love the squirrels, the blue and orange is my favorite!

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  37. Jessica, these are gorgeous! The squirrel and nut one made me laugh. My hubs is a therapist and one of his colleagues used to have a tie made with squirrels and nuts. hehe.

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  38. I LOVE them. (Though, I was a bit perplexed how sewing was incorporated into the squirrels ribbon. It made much more sense as I scrolled down.) I'm extra-digging the first sewing ribbon pictured.

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  39. Oh my gosh those are so super duper cute!!!!

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  40. these are a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e!! I love the berry colored one too. very sweet indeed! I bet it feels great to have your designs out there!

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  41. All your designs are so fun and fresh. Love the sewing ribbon. Congrats on more great design + product.(And your squirrel humour made me laugh out loud!)

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  42. These are so lovely! how very exciting too.

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  43. You keep amazing me with your creativity. Congratulations on the ribbons. The squirrels and acorns are darling.
    -Lisa

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  44. oh crap! I have to have these. OMG. Speaking of crap, my word verification today is "unturd."

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  45. OMG. Squirrels and acorns? Love!!!

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  46. Tey are just gorgeous!! The squirrels are just the cutest and the sewing ribbons are really nice too!
    xxDebbie

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  47. Absolutely stunning. It must be a real joy to get them in your hands. You're fantastic. Well done. Only just discovered your blog and I'm loving it. :-)

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