Spring!

Wow! Today the sun is shining and it is in the 60's! I feel alive again after such a long cold winter. I was working on an order and took a break to make a blue bird, I'd had it in my head for a week or so and it just needed to come to life. This little guy is available in my shop here.

2 Year Etsyversary!!!!

Yippee! I didn't even realize it was coming up! I just happended to notice the date. Today marks the 2 year anniversary since I opened up shop on Etsy! Thank you to all my wonderful customers! Despite some set backs like the whole CPSIA mess, it's been a great two years! And provided the CPSIA allows small time crafters like myself to keep creating and selling, I hope for many more Etsyversaries!!!!

To celebrate, I'm offering for today only, until midnight your time, Buy One Get One Free!!!!! Free item must be of equal or lesser value. Purchase your first item and put in the message to seller the name or link to the item you'd like for free with the code BLOGBOGO.

Here are some of my latest and best selling items!

Calla Lily Hair Clip


Adjustable No Slip Headbands


Karate Girl Ribbon Sculpture


Basketball Player Ribbon Sculpture

Thanks for a great two years!!!!

New! Tutorial Bundle Packs! Save $$$!

How to make these ribbon sculptures in a new bundle pack at PunkyNMunky!


I've had many requests for creating bundle packs of tutorials. I do run a buy 4 get one free for the tutorials all the time. But I thought these smaller packs might be nice to offer!

With this one you will get the following tutorials:
Rapunzel
Dorothy
Alice
Evil Queen

Have fun!

Bridal Giveaway!

Time for another giveaway! This time I'm giving away this beautiful Bridal Ribbon Sculpture!!!

She can be mounted to a lapel pin, a hair clip, a magnet, or left unmounted. If you are the lucky winner and would prefer a different hair or flower color, I can award to you a 50% off discount on your custom order! The Bride retails for $7.

Entering is simple!

For one entry: Simply comment below and be sure to include your email address or contact information!

You can increase your chances of winning by any or all of the blow (1 additional entry for each, please let me know what you have done!)

Link to my blog or Etsy shop from your Facebook page!

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For 2 extra entries, post about my giveaway on your blog! (please provide a link)

So that's 8 possible entries in all! Remember to come back and comment about all that you have done to receive your entries and be sure to leave me a way to contact you! If you have already done some of these, such as follow my blog or a Fan on my Facebook page, you can still count them as entries!!!

Last day to enter is July 31, drawing will be held shortly after!

Good Luck!!!

Custom Orders

I love custom orders! This past month or so I've been pleasantly challenged by a few different buyers! Here are some recent requests!

Edward, Bella, and Jacob dressed as in the Prom scene from the Twilight movie. These are mounted to magnets.


Wonder Pets


Hungry Caterpillar, Hot Air Balloon, and Crab. The Little Red and Wolf were previous designs.


Most proud of this one Inspired by Mary Poppins!

Look at this!

One of my sculptures is on one of my favorite blogs! Lauren's Bite! Check it out here! If you are a Twilight fan you'll love her blog! She is so funny! Thank you Lauren!

And So The Lion Fell In Love With The Lamb

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb."
"What a stupid lamb"
"What a sick, masochistic lion"

Edward Cullen and Bella Swan

(click play on my play list on the right to get the full effect for this post, they are my favorite pieces from the movie soundtrack)

Yes, I AM one of those Twilight people :). Can not get enough of the books. The movie was pretty cheesy, but I loved it too. I bought the special edition DVD and after showing my daughter the special scenes that showed you how they made the movie (so she could see it wasn't real) I let her watch it. She is now a little obssessed with MovieBella and MovieEdward (he'll never live up to the BookEdward that I've created in my mind). Anyway, as usual, I get a lot of inspiration for my work from her and she wanted an Edward and Bella ribbon sculpture. So I made them :) These are my first attempts and she loved them! They are modeled after the Forest Scene. She played with them all morning before school :) Trying to decide if I should make another set for sale on Etsy???

If you have not read the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, what are you waiting for?

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

I was so excited to finaly sit down and make this ribbon sculpture! I've loved the story since I was a young girl. I really like how it turned out. I love the pink and brown color combination. The Three Bears are approximately 2.5 inches tall and Goldilocks is 3" tall. Both are on a hair clip. Wouldn't that look cute in your little Goldilocks' hair?

Goldilocks and The Three Bears ribbon sculpture hair clip is currently available in my Etsy shop!

Shamrocks

Phew! I had an order for some ribbon Shamrocks that I was excited to fill! As I measured out all my ribbon I noticed that I would not have enough to complete the order. So I immediately ordered some more Emerald Green ribbon from one of my suppliers. I was thrilled when it arrived on Thursday, but was then promptly disappointed when I opened it up and had Apple Green Ribbon!!! Apple Green just doesn't cut it for St. Patrick's Day Shamrocks! I called the supplier and she was kind enough to send me the correct ribbon Express shipping. I was biting my nails hoping it would arrive by Saturday (which is when I had planned to ship this order). Yay! I was so excited when early in the day it arrived!!! Since I was behind schedule on this order I worked off an on throughout the day (instead of just naptime and after bedtime), letting the kids watch lots of TV so I could get it all done LOL! These were fun to make though, so it was a good time. I just finished up the last one and letting the adhesives cure overnight. I can package them up in the morning, print out my shipping label, and have it all ready to ship on Monday. This way I can enjoy my day at my parent's with the kids tomorrow!

Cornucopia

I am so proud of this piece! It is a cornucopia, it measures only 2 inches! I got the idea right after I'd woken up one morning and couldn't get it out of my head until it was done. It took a long time and lots of fiddling, scraps of ribbon, sticky gluey hands, and a burned finger to get it how I wanted it. When I was done I couldn't decide if it was worth it or not. But now that it is sold, packaged, and shipped, I kind of miss it. Trying to decide if I should make another???

New Stuff!

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! I want to thank everyone for the kind words about my Grandma and her passing. She is missed but we are comforted by the fact that she is in a wonderful place and we have lovely memories!

Anyway, I've been busy making new sculptures! Here are a few that I've photographed

Rapunzel

Here is my latest Ribbon Sculpture. I'd been wanting to make this one for a long time now. Finally got the motivation to do it :) She was inspired by Punky who wants to grow her hair long long long, just like Rapunzel.

For your summer vacation!

Going anywhere magical this summer? Thought this set would look so cute going to meet a certain mouse! Or are you like us and won't be going anywhere this summer? That's ok, it still would be an adorable set for a lucky little girl! The Spikey Bow can be mounted to either a ponytail elastic or a clip.

Infested with ladybugs!

I had so much fun making these! Punky claimed a pink one for her own. I hope to list these in the next couple days.

Easter!

For Easter this year, I made my niece a nylon interchangeable headband and a bow to match her dress. How adorable is she????



For Punky, I made a bow with a triple scoop icecream cone to match her dress from the "Ice Cream Social Line" from Gymboree. I normally don't splurge on their clothing like that. But this dress is made from jersy knit, so I knew she would wear it without complaining. She'll get a ton of use from it!!


For the heck of it, here is Punky and Munky in a rare moment of them sitting together.

I think I posted this bow before, I sold the first one I made and my sister wanted it for her oldest, my other adorable niece, so I made a new one!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I know it's late, and Easter is this weekend LOL! Just wanted to share the Shamrock clip I made for Punky to wear to school, I finished it just before bed the night before :)

Sailor Duck

My "Sailor Duck" :)

I'll get you my pretty...

...and your little dog too!! The Wicked Witch of the West! I made this one to compliment my Dorothy sculpture, or for anyone who likes villains :)

We've Got Spirit!!

The Cheerleader!

There's no place like home!

Complete with ruby like slippers, here is my Dorothy inspired ribbon sculpture.