diy painted gift wrap ribbon

 

faced with a creative challenge, i usually turn to paint as a solution.

unable to find THE ribbon i had envisioned in my mind, i made my own.

time consuming? yeah. but very inexpensive, and totally worth the effort.

and yes, you can do this, too - no advanced paint techniques needed.

continue reading to see how completely devoted to a theme i can be!

the whole time i was creating paint chip paper and paint chip bows

and wrapping boxes for my last post,

i was searching online and in local craft stores for rainbow ribbon.

but... um.... not just ANY rainbow ribbon. i didn't want long stripes.

i wanted a pattern that looked more like the squares in paint chips.

i couldn't find it. and i couldn't let go of the idea of using some. soooo.....

i started with a spool of plain white grosgrain ribbon from Dollar Tree.

basic craft paints in my bright rainbow palette and a handful of small paint brushes

made this easy as could be...

if you look at the posterboard surface, you see some black lines.

those measure out the segments that i painted in roygbiv color order.

every segment has the same colors, same order, same size square.

i stretched the white ribbon across the surface and taped the ends in place

then painted all of the red squares, then orange, then yellow, and so on.

(note: i added in aqua blue and pink to my roygbiv palette, just because)

there were five segments marked off on my posterboard for each section of the ribbon.

then i grabbed my blow drier and shot that ribbon with hot air to dry it fast!

deb has no patience when crafting.

then i moved the ribbon, repositioned it, and painted another section.

i repeated that EIGHT times to paint the whole spool of ribbon.

and i think you'll agree that it was totally worth the effort and time!

i love love love how this looks - just sitting there in a roll AND in use on decor projects:

it's a fun look on a white gift box and a painted 'ornament' door hanger

if i had more time and patience, i'd make a larger/wider version of the ribbon.

maybe in January?!

links to previous related posts:

colorful gift wrapping inspiration

colorful 'ornament' door hanger

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