Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  January seems to be a month when we all take a little time to get things organized.  So it seemed like the perfect month to make this cute retro-styled recipe folio with the Poppy Red Taffeta from the January Ribbon Club Assortment.  

Red and Aqua are a perfect retro color palette for this 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 1" folio.  You can see that I had a fun time decorating with Sheer Cherry Red Organza Ribbon and lots of fun embellishments from my stash. 

The interior is designed with twin waterfall folios.  These are topped with a string tie envelope flap and more cute retro designs.

Even the recipe cards have that fun retro styling!  Sometimes I look like the gal in this photo when I'm trying to get dinner made in a hurry!

Each side of the folio has 3 pocket pages with 2 recipe cards tucked inside.  But there's room for quite a few more cards in each pocket.  

The page at the back of each waterfall has a pocket and folio combination to hold even more recipes or photos.

This would make a nice spot to store heritage recipes, or be a fun gift at a bridal shower.  Each guest could add her favorite "never fail" recipe and then gift it to the bride to be.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Hello, Ribbon Lovers! How is it even possible that this is the last week of March?  It's been a busy month for me, as we had 3 family birthdays to celebrate.  My sweet sis-in-law Becky means the world to me and I wanted to create a really special card for her birthday. I found the perfect ribbon in the Spring Rainbow of Color Ribbon Club Assortment to go with the "Fabulous" collection from Authentique.  Honestly, this Tropic Taffeta bow stole the show!



I super love the way this triple loop bow pops against this retro color palette.  As I've mentioned before, I've developed a serious "ribbon crush" for taffeta.  It simply ties the most gorgeous bows, especially when you use your Zutter Bow-it-All tool!  I love to add these loopy string bows to my ribbon clusters for extra fullness.  This one is made with Ivory Burlap String.


I had a blast finishing the inside of this fun retro style birthday card.  The small side pocket contains a personal birthday message from me to Becky.


The larger pocket holds a hand stamped birthday greeting, a fun retro magnet that Becky can put on her fridge, and a little sweet treat.

Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy