Hand Printed Vintage Valentine Ribbon

Love is in the air... and in the details!
Hand Printed Vintage Valentine Ribbon on bottle
These are the supplies I am using for this Valentine's Day DIY printed ribbon:
1. a roll of vintage cotton twill tape 
2. mini stamps 
and 
3. a pencil with an eraser.

spool of ribbon and stampers
I created beautiful hand stamped ribbon that can be used on Valentine packages or Valentine decor... print out any words for any occasion!

printed valentine on cotton ribbon
I began by taping together mini letter stampers. The letters 
L O V E held together and get a straight line.

I chose letters that were not all the same font for interest. You can use a set of stampers all in the same font as well. 

love stampers
Next I cut a heart into a pencil eraser using an X-Acto knife.

heart shaped pencil eraser
My ink of choice is StazOn ink pad, it is permanent and doesn't smear. You can do it in black like I did or use colored ink, StazOn comes in many colors!

stays on ink pad
I printed the word "love" down the length of my seam binding then went back and printed a heart between every word.

Love ribbon strips
The results are simply adorable!
Love words printed on cotton seam binding wrapped around clothespin

I packaged them in 3 yard packs and sold them all. 

love ribbon wrapped around a card

Happy Valentine's Day!

jar with ribbon and overlay

LOVE ribbon with overlay





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Homeroad

I am Susan, the author and creator at Homeroad. I am a wife, mother of 4 daughters, and a grandmother of 5 and counting. I am a retired teacher, a DIY blogger and an artist at heart. .

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Comments

  1. Korrie@RedHenHomeJanuary 27, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    Super cute, Susan!

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  2. Holly KennedyJanuary 29, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    You are the Queen of little details!!! I love it! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. JaneJanuary 29, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    The ribbon turned out so cute! Great tip about taping the stamps together, it gives it such a finished look on the ribbon.
    I'm stealing that idea!!
    Jane

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  4. UnknownJanuary 31, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    That's what the pencil eraser is for! Love it!
    Homa Style is having a Valentine link party going on now. I would love it if you linked up your Valentine ribbon.
    The link is
    http://homastyle.com/wp/2013/01/30/valentine-link-party/

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  5. laniebpJanuary 2, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    Cute idea but that is not seam binding, it is twill tape.

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    1. HomeroadJanuary 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM

      Ok Lanie, good to know, I changed the text, thank you.

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