Valentine Bow Tutorial

Red bow with heart design

Hi everyone here is my bow tutorial for those who wants to learn a Valentine bow, I choose red ribbon with heart design, obviously coz it's a love month. I design the heart by myself by cutting it individually so there will be a lot of cutting going on here.

All you have to do is be patient making this coz your hard work will paid off afterwards when  you see your beautiful creation. Alright lets get started

 

All you need:

                1.Red ribbon (size 1 inch or 3/4 inch width) about 200 cm for one

                         bow.

                2.Small scissor   

                3.Clear tape with dispenser

                4.Piso coin or a quarter($25 cents)

                5.Tape measure

                6.Poster board for the bow base

                      

 

You can buy the ribbon online for U.S residents its called poly ribbon they have various kinds of colors that you can choose or you can buy it in a grocery store, normally you can find this type of ribbon in the grocery during Christmas time they only have red, white and green available as a Christmas color, that's why I grab a few last Christmas coz I'm gonna be using it a lot on different occasions.

 

For Philippine residents you can buy it in a craft store or in a store that sell fabrics, I suggest to get a storck brand coz that's the good kind,  and for the clear tape use the scotch brand or evercel brand that holds your ribbon pretty good and stayed for long period of time.

This is how you do it:

  Cut two 100 centimeters ribbon from the spool or ribbon roll.

On the tape measure you can see the big numbers is for inches and the smaller numbers on the other side is for centimeters.

 

 

Take one of the 100 cm ribbon cut it into half, and repeat it to the other one too so, it become four pieces altogether.

      

 

Cut four of them into half again to become eight pieces

 

 

Now you have eight pieces here, take one piece fold it into three and cut it

 

 

Cut all eight pieces to get twenty four pieces altogether

 

 

Finally were done all the cutting and now were going to do the design.

 

Take one piece from twenty four pieces and fold it in half long ways

 

 

 Leave at least a quarter inch from the bottom edge of the ribbon before you start cutting

 

 

 

Now we start to cut it and form into a heart shape

 

 

As you form the heart turn the scissor up and continue cutting in long way to make a stem of the heart, cut it thinly as possible but not too thin coz it's not gonna hold the heart and not too thick coz when you open the fold up, it looks funny with a wider stem, cut it just right it takes a lot of practice but once you got it, it looks good. When cutting the stem leave about a half inch to the top edge of the ribbon.

 

Open the fold and it will be look like this

 

 

Repeat the process until you finish all twenty four pieces

 

Now were done cutting the design, lets assemble the bow

 

 

 

Draw a circle using the coin, this will be the bow base

The size of this bow is 4x4 (4 inches height and 4 inches width)

If you wish to make a smaller bow you can use smaller coin or any round object that you can find, you just use it to draw a circle so it doesn't matter if it's a coin or not.

 

Now bend the ribbon, do not fold it just bend to the other end but not close to the edge leave about .5 cm to the edge as it shown above. Then taped it to hold it in position. Make sure your tape is long enough coz your going to tape it again to the base.

 

 

Place the taped one to the side of the dispenser so that it wont stick to each other, but if you don't have dispenser just lay it on the table sideway or upside down.

 

 

 

Get one ribbon and stick it to the edge of the base, do not overlap on the base just on the very edge. Must pay attention here.

 

 

 

Start filling the base with first four, as you can see there are four gaps in between of each ribbon you will be filling that up with another four ribbons.

 

 

   This will be the first layer, There are eight ribbons in here so far so, lets continue filling the gaps again for second layer.

 

 

Add eight more ribbons on second layer

 

 

Now you have the second layer filled up, this is how it looks like its already pretty but hang in there, there's gonna be another layer

 

 

In this step you only need to use another four ribbons for the third layer coz the remaining four we will put it on the center of the bow

 

Now you have four remaining ribbons we will put it on the center

 

Place one ribbon where the three layer is, just calculate the distance on each ribbon so that four of them will fit on the center

 



Make sure its lined up, you can always remove the ribbon if its crooked and stick it again until it lined up.

 



When you already put two in there, turn your bow to the other side just across and start sticking the other two left

 



 

Make sure you stick it very close to each other on the last one so that you can't see the base

 

 

Let go your fingers



 

We finally finish (ha ha), there you have a beautiful red bow with heart design. I hope I explained it good and clear for all of you guys.

 

This is what it looks like upside down



 

 

I hope you guys are patient enough to read all this coz I know it's very lloonnngg (ha ha) It probably take you a week to read this (just kidding).But as I said it paid off afterwards as you can see it's very pretty. Most people said it's too pretty to use.

I wish you guys had fun as much as I do, now you can start making your own bow for your love ones, it would be nice if you do it on your own with all the efforts and love you put on it, I'm sure you will be appreciated.

So, now lets go shopping and grab the materials you needed sit back and relax then make the bow, you don't have to finish it in one day you have one week to finish it before Valentines.

 

You can use other color beside red and don't forget to share it on your post when you made one I will be glad to see it.

 

Have a great Valentines Day ahead everyone

 

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Valentine Bows and Ideas

What is Valentines Day?
Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,^[1] is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.^[2] Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion,^[3] as well as in the Lutheran Church.^[4] The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on June 12.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.^[5]

Historical facts

Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.

Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine.^[6] The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae).^[7] Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 496 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. The relics of Saint Valentine were kept in the Church and Catacombs of San Valentino in Rome, which "remained an important pilgrim site throughout the Middle Ages until the relics of St. Valentine were transferred to the church of Santa Prassede during the pontificate of Nicholas IV".^[8][9] The flower-crowned skull^[10] of St Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. Other relics are found at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.^[11] Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino). Jack B. Oruch states that "abstracts of the acts of the two saints were in nearly every church and monastery of Europe."^[12] The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.^[13] Saint Valentine's head was preserved in the abbey of New Minster, Winchester, and venerated.^[14]
February 14 is celebrated as St Valentine's Day in various Christian denominations; it has, for example, the rank of 'commemoration' in the calendar of saints in the Anglican Communion.^[3] In addition, the feast day of Saint Valentine is also given in the calendar of saints of the Lutheran Church.^[4] However, in the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feast day of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14."^[15] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Second Vatican Council calendar. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on July 6th, in which Saint Valentine, the Roman presbyter, is honoured; furthermore, the Eastern Orthodox Church obsesrves the feast of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, on July 30th (source:wikipedia-valentines day)

I love making different kinds of bows for different occasions during my past time. It become my obsession, especially when occasions like Valentines Day is coming up. So, I gather my stuff and make beautiful bows for Valentines. You can make your bows in different sizes based on the size of your gift. Here are some Valentine bows that I made, which are perfect for decorating your gifts for love ones.

 

 

Here are some different designs

 

 

 

Besides red you can use pink as a Valentine colors too. I think pink is nice and delicate because its very feminine and sweet. The color red represents heat and passion, while the color pink represents romance and charm, both represent love.

 

 

TIPS:

         1-use poly ribbon if you want to make this kind of design, you can order them online.

         2-use smaller scissor to cut the ribbon, it's much easier to make designs.

         3-use tape dispenser, it's easy to cut your tape and hassle free.

         4-make sure your bow size is the right size for your gift.

 

In the Philippines, Valentine's Day is called Araw ng mga Puso ("Hearts Day"), and is celebrated in much the same manner as in the West. It is usually marked by a steep increase in the price of flowers, particularly red roses.
I bet some of you are excited already this upcoming valentines day I'm excited too, make sure to plan ahead what to do and what to get for your special someone and what to wear too just in case you have a date(wink).

IDEAS:

Here's a cute idea to wrap up and decorate a valentine gift.

Very easy and simple yet pretty I'm sure whoever will gets it will giggle with too much joy.

 

Here's another idea that I came up with.

 

My husband bought a valentine candies the other day it surprises me because he bought candies early, he said that its on display already in the store so he grab some for everybody to try. So that's the lid of the candy box that I used as a valentine wreath that I hanged on the door, Isn't that cute? the box says happy valentines day on it, so I think it's a cool idea to recycle it and use it as a decoration.
 If you have more lids with different designs on it you can add on maybe two more at the bottom to make it longer that would be nice too, maybe I'll ask my hubby to buy more candies then so that I can use the lid to add into the one that I had lol.
 

Alright LOVE,LOVE,LOVE everyone see you again next time.   

 

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