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    Ribbon Ring Pillow

    A handmade ring pillow will look lovely from all angles when its sides are crafted from pretty ribbon.

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    Swerving Ring Pillow

    For the ring bearer, consider this 6-inch-square linen ring cushion, adorably decorated with yellow ribbon of doubled-faced satin that swerves and curves down its center.

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    Ribbon Square-Ends

    Create a beautiful, handmade wrap for your bouquet.

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    In the Fold

    To create blooms in a variety of textures, sizes, and shapes, use ribbons and rickrack in different widths and weaves. The folds of each flower are clustered around artificial stamens; stems are individually wrapped in floral tape before all are bundled together and bound in wide white grosgrain.

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    Leaf Boutonnieres

    Nowhere is it written that a boutonniere -- the traditional adornment worn on the lapels of tuxedos and suits -- has to be a flower; a few lovely leaves wrapped in ribbon can be just as dignified.

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    Flowering Ribbon Trim

    A petite wedding cake decorated with floral trim looks as sweet as it tastes. Ribbon florets are an economical alternative to sugar-paste blooms made by a baker, and the effect is fresh and charming.

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    Handmade Blooms

    A runner decorated with handmade ribbon flowers is an inviting decoration for a guest-book table. The blooms are easy to make using thick woven cotton ribbon with a floral design and buttons. A mix of large and small flowers is affixed with safety pins to the raw-silk runner, which has a grosgrain-ribbon border. A piece of woven ribbon is the bookmark.

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    Ribbon Flower Corsage

    Give your bridesmaids a fashionable floral accessory that will look fresh long after the wedding day: wrist corsages made with silk ribbon flowers. They can even be tied around a ponytail or worn as brooches. These corsages are easy to make: Tie elastic ribbon around your wrist in a big bow, then pin the bloom to the knot.
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    Ribbon Flower Boutonniere

    Boutonnieres made of ribbon have endless design potential (and unlike real blooms are always in season). Create them for your groomsmen with ribbon that matches the bridesmaids' dresses or the ribbons around their bouquets.

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    Flower Girl Basket

    Complete the flower girl's outfit with a basic Nantucket basket that's spruced up with a ribbon fringe and handle -- perfect for holding her petals.

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    Beribboned Shoes

    Matching shoes to bridesmaid dresses is easy when you customize them with ribbon.

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    Bows Arts

    Instead of the traditional tiered cake, try serving a mini confection to each guest. These buttercream-coated petits fours, by Wendy Kromer, sport sashes of "grosgrain" made from embossed fondant; on top, narrower strips of gum paste are looped into fanciful bows that resemble ribbon right down to their notched ends.
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    Curve Appeal

    Lengths of paper and ribbon coiled into airy circles and raindrops dangle at different heights above a table decorated with similar shapes. Both springy and springlike, these suspended curlicues in yellow and white call to mind the season's mix of sun and showers. To create the striped strips, glue ribbon onto wider pieces of artist's paper.

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    Pure Wrapture

    Wrap each small box with a belt of layered ribbons or a strip of woven fabric, and cap it off with a single fabric blossom. Then line the boxes up under an arrangement of branches wrapped in seam binding and bedecked with more blooms for a minimalist look that holds maximum appeal.

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    Ribbon Favors

    With little or no sewing, ribbons are transformed into miniature sacks for sugar candies.

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    Beribboned Invitations

    Love knots in blue silk-taffeta moire ribbon decorate elegant wedding stationery. The knot symbolizes commitment, and blue has long been associated with fidelity.

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