Awesome ribbon iron!

[sweetpeasbowtique]

I bought a ribbon iron in the scrapbooking section at HL. I love it. Worth the $$.

[njzmom]

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[Butterflymama3]

Yep great tip.
I wonder if it needs to be one that works at a certain temp to work really well? I'll have to try this out.

[mamamakesbows]

I use mine sometimes also to smooth out ribbon and it does work great!

[Two Little Monkeys]

Originally Posted by Olivias Mimi

I do lots of crafts that involve ribbon and have just begun to make bows. I was oohing and ahhing over this ribbon iron in a scrapbook catalog & telling dh that I just HAD to have it. He went wandering around the house and came back with a hair straightener (like a curling iron but flat?) that one of our kids got and never used. "Will this work?" he says.

It works GREAT! I can plug it in next to my glue gun and turn it on as needed to iron out a ribbon that has gotten wrinkled. PLUS, it works great for fixing hot glue goofs on my bows. I just clamp down on the ribbon and glue, it heats the glue and I can pull the ribbon off and fix mistakes quickly.

I told dh he is "da MAN!" Just thought someone else out there might have one lying around and have a use for it.

Okay, you (well, I suppose your husband) is a genius. I had to make 2 bows yesterday for my daughters but was out of a certain ribbon I needed (and I did not want to run to the store. I took a part an old, uglier bow I had made. The ribbon was wrinkled - I got out my out flat iron & it worked!!!!! I was so amazed. So, my flat iron has been moved from the bathroom hair accessory drawer to my craft room in a craft tool drawer. Thank you so much!!!!

[beachobxcat]

The other day in Wally world in craft area. They had a mini iron . It looks like a iron that you would iron clothes with..... But alot smaller. ;o) But the hot hair strighter is great idea.

[Amber427]

I use my flat iron!

So guess what? Tonight I was lining clips- only had the color I needed KORKED.

So I plugged in the iron- and VOILA! UNKORKED my ribbon..LOLOL

[Olivias Mimi]

Originally Posted by Amber427

I use my flat iron!

So guess what? Tonight I was lining clips- only had the color I needed KORKED.

So I plugged in the iron- and VOILA! UNKORKED my ribbon..LOLOL

COOL! (or should I say Hot?) What a great idea!

[Rene R]

Great idea! When you are doing craft shows and have bows with tails, sometimes the tails may get a little wrinkled from transporting them and that would be good to use to straighten them back out. Also I think that the flat iron might be easier to use than the ribbon iron at Target because it has the long handle to hold on to it where the one at Target looks like it may have to sit on the table (not sure because I didn't read the description to see).

[tisaboom]

Very neat idea. That way I dont have to run to my iron upstairs since my craft table is in the basement and the iron in the closet. Thanks.