April 2014 Project Recap

Here's a recap of the April 2014 projects!

April 1  : Balloon Ribbon Sculpture
April 2  : Minecraft Creeper Clippie
April 3  : Rainbow Clippie
April 4  : Butterfly Ribbon Sculpture
April 5  : Flower Ribbon Sculpture
April 6  : Present Clippie
April 7  : Snail and Ladybug Hair Clips
April 8  : Firecracker Clippie
April 9  : Heart Ribbon Sculpture
April 10: Lollipop Ribbon Sculpture
April 11: Bouquet Ribbon Sculpture | Spring Fling Earrings
April 12: Ghost Clippie
April 13: Fruit Ribbon Sculptures
April 14: Easter Basket Clippie
April 15: Candy Corn Clippie
April 16: (no project)
April 17: Pumpkin and Snowman Clips
April 18: Christmas Tree Ribbon Sculpture
April 19: Santa Hat Clippie
April 20: Pac-Man Themed Clippies
April 21: Wreath Ribbon Sculpture
April 22: Bumblebee Ribbon Sculpture
April 23: Owl Clippie
April 24: Pinwheel Clippie
April 25: Turkey Ribbon Sculpture
April 26: Ornament Ribbon Sculpture
April 27: Bowtie Clippie
April 28: Music Note Ribbon Sculpture
April 29: Bell Ribbon Sculpture
April 30: Snowflake Flower Clippie

May's project theme is Beaded Earrings!

Discovering 2014: Snowflake Flower Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year.

Today's project is a Snowflake Flower Clippie. Six lengths of 3/8" grosgrain ribbon are bored on either end, attached in the center and finally are glued lightly together by their center loops to open up into its full shape.

This wraps up all of the projects for April! A recap of the month will be posted later today. May's project theme is Beaded Earrings!

Discovering 2014: Bell Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Bell Ribbon Sculpture. It uses 3/8" silk ribbon glued into the shape of a bell, with a pipe cleaner chain and pompom chimer.

Discovering 2014: Music Note Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Music Note Ribbon Sculpture. The entire note is made with 3/8" black grosgrain ribbon!

Discovering 2014: Bowtie Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Bowtie Clippie. I actually intended it to be more like a wrapped hard candy, but my husband said "bowties are cool" when I showed him it, so obviously both him and the 11th Doctor must be correct! The bowtie has a roll of 3/8" pink ribbon with pink pipe cleaners folded into triangles on either end.

Discovering 2014: Ornament Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was an Ornament Ribbon Sculpture. It is composed of four looped 3/8" red grosgrain ribbons with a pipe cleaner for a hook.

Discovering 2014: Turkey Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Turkey Ribbon Sculpture, inspired by this pin of a former Etsy listing. This was one of those projects that took much longer than you would think... it took me over an hour!

The turkey uses brown, yellow, orange and red 3/8" grosgrain ribbon, which are looped, stitched and glued together. For the face he sports a pair of googly eyes, an orange grosgrain beak and a red grosgrain gizzard.

Discovering 2014: Pinwheel Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was an (almost) Pinwheel Clippie. After fully assembling it I realized one of the branches is facing the wrong way... oops! :)

The pinwheel uses thick 7/8" silk ribbon with a button for the centerpiece.

Discovering 2014: Owl Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was an Owl Clippie. This one primarily uses felt cut into an owl shape, a ribbon beak, with buttons and googly eyes. Add it to a covered hair clip and hoot it up!

Discovering 2014: Bumblebee Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Bumblebee Ribbon Sculpture. Its body uses looped yellow and black 3/8" grosgrain ribbon. The wings are white 3/8" grosgrain in a figure eight shape, and the antennae are black pipe cleaners, slightly curved.

Discovering 2014: Wreath Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Wreath Ribbon Sculpture. It uses 3/8" korker ribbon and two 1/4" silk ribbons for the bow on a covered hair clip.

Discovering 2014: Pac-Man Themed Clippies

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a set of Pac-Man and Pac-Man Ghost Clippies. They all used 1"-1.5" ribbon, trimmed down and heat seared into the appropriate shapes. The ghosts are sporting some googly eyes while Pac-Man is chowing down on a couple of rhinestones!

Discovering 2014: Santa Hat Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Santa Hat Clippie. Some of the projects I picked for this month would have been a bit more appropriate in December, but I guess this gives lots of time to perfect them!

The hat used 1.5" red grosgrain, folded and glued into a triangular shape. Then you use 3/8" white grosgrain to wrap the bottom. Finally, make a roll of 3/8" white grosgrain for the top, and optionally fold an extra bit of white over it to cover the open gap up top.

Discovering 2014: Christmas Tree Ribbon Sculpture

 Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Christmas Tree Ribbon Sculpture. It has folded 3/8" ribbon pieces to shape the tree and is on a brown covered hair clip with a 1/4" silk ribbon bow.

Discovering 2014: Pumpkin and Snowman Clips

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

 

Yesterday I didn't have time to fit in a project, so today I picked two similar ribbon sculptures: a Snowman and a Pumpkin. Both use 3/8" grosgrain ribbon for the main sections and 1/4" silk ribbon for the accents.

Discovering 2014: Candy Corn Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

 

Today's project was a Candy Corn Clippie. It features yellow, orange and white 3/8" grosgrain ribbon on a covered hair clip.

Discovering 2014: Easter Basket Clippie

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was an Easter Basket Clippie. The basket used 5/8" grosgrain for the bottom and 3/8" grosgrain for its handle. The eggs are printed Easter themed 5/8" ribbon and a few small pieces of 3/8" green grosgrain add a bit of grass!

Discovering 2014: Fruit Ribbon Sculptures

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a pair of Fruit Ribbon Sculptures. They use both 3/8" and 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, with the watermelon using a korker ribbon.

Discovering 2014: Ghost Clippie

Today's project was a Ghost Clippie. For this you need 2" wide white ribbon,  then trim it to have a curved top and jagged bottom. Use a heat sealer or fray check to keep the ribbon from fraying, add some googly eyes and a tiny bow, then attach it to your hair clip.

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Discovering 2014: Bouquet Ribbon Sculpture

Discovering 2014 is a personal goal to complete a daily project throughout the year!

Today's project was a Bouquet Ribbon Sculpture. It was supposed to be ice cream, but it came out looking more like a bouquet of flowers instead, so that's what I'm calling it!

Take a 2" white ribbon and make a cone shape, then glue a few bunched up 7/8", 5/8" and/or 3/8" ribbons inside. Attach it to your covered hair clip and enjoy!