Once they arrived I realized they did not come with the blue ribbon, so the next stop was the local Ben Franklin craft store for ribbon. There happened to be a mini Bowdabra (fancy bow-maker) on clearance and that made things way more convenient and pretty rather than tying 24 shoelace type knots.
Next on my list was to find little mini pacifiers to tie into the bows. But no such luck!! But at the local Wal-mart I did find little cross charms which I decided to tie in to the bows. I think it made it look more complete.
Once home I had to try it out!! It is time consuming, but super easy!!
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| First I cut my bow wire to about 12 inches. This is what is used to tie the ribbon. |
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| Next, you lay that bow wire in between the plastic holders - length-wise and you start the ribbon. |
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| The bow maker is so simple - simply slide the ribbon inbetween the pastic holders. It's on a springlike compression, so it squeezes in and stays in place. |
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| Use the little slider provided to scrunch all the ribbon down. Then use the bow wire to tie a simple knot. I then slid on the cross charm and tied it again in what will be the back of the bow. |
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| Then I simply put one end of the wire on each side of the cookie cutter, |
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| slid them through the little hole in the recipe card, |
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| and did a simple knot on the back. |
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| Only 18 more to go!! |
