Velvet Ribbons Galore! And Bookmarks too!

A few years ago, I took the Vintage Jewelry (by Andrea Singarella) course on Jeanne Oliver's site www.jeanneoliver.com about using old vintage jewelry to make new jewelry. I learned a lot about using the tools, wire, beads, etc to make necklaces and earrings, but she also shared how to make really pretty bookmarks out of ribbons and trims. I especially loved the velvet ones, so the next time I went to Walmart I bought a package of eight ribbon ends and brought them home, excited to get started, but the size ends I bought were one inch and all of my ribbons, none of them velvet, were either smaller or larger than one inch, so I put the ends away for the time being, and looked for one inch velvet ribbons everywhere I went, but no luck. 

Time passed, but I never forgot about the dusty pink velvet bookmark with the vintage jewelry that caught my attention to start with. Well, last week, I found a lot of ten one yard pieces of velvet ribbons for sale, and they were ONE INCH! They only had one bag left, so I ordered it right away. AND it included a dusty pink one! 

It arrived this week, and these are the colors, all of which I love! One yard of each color will yield three ten and a half inch bookmarks, with a short piece left over, if I choose to use them that way. I'm thinking I can also use them in the fabric books that I have in progress, and also on the stitch meditations that I will be making again soon, so it's all good. 

The white bow with gold deer heads on it is from a country ham gifted to us by our neighbor for Christmas this past year, and my mom crocheted the large doily and gave it to me.

So, I have made four bookmarks, because that's all the ends I have at present. I will be ordering more! The black one is actually burgundy in color. The dusty pink one is still my favorite!

Because I was lazy about hunting up my old jewelry stuff last night, I used what was handy to me to practice with, which was silver charms, a new embellishment circle, and some of my fabric and wire wrapped beads. Not sure I really like the cotton fabric beads with the velvet, so I may change them when I uncover my vintage jewelry, but for now this is how they are. I think they'll make nice little "thank you" gifts or stocking stuffers!

Maybe my muse is beginning to wake up by making these in my chair in front of the TV. Looking forward to making more!