Capture the exuberance of the holiday season with a door wreath made of decorative mesh ribbon. Tie strips of the ribbon in green,
red-and-white stripes, solid red and silver around a wreath form,
completely hiding the form. Tuck sprays of silver and red beads in among
the ribbons for extra dazzle and hang a glittery cut-out snowman --
with a ribbon muffler -- in the center of the wreath. Attach three
silver jingle bells or a couple of silver-dipped pine cones to the
bottom of the wreath on narrow lengths of red or green grosgrain.
Your spring table is a cloud of soft color when you make a centerpiece with pastel mesh ribbon and tokens of the season. Surround a
low, footed cake platter with a woven collar of palest green, yellow,
pink and lilac ribbon, blended with thinner strands of deeper greens,
rose, and purple, and a few pops of white and silver. Once the "nest" is
in place, set a wicker or rush basket on the platter and swirl more
pastel ribbon around its handle, tying it off in a huge bow -- like a
butterfly. Tuck pastel plastic Easter eggs into the ribbon nest and fill
the basket with paper hay and tinsel-wrapped chocolate eggs and petits
fours in paper cups to distribute as dessert after a festive brunch or
luncheon.
A garden wedding setting reflects the blooming flowers when you festoon chair backs with bows and streamers of decorative mesh ribbon in
wedding colors. Tie a wide band of ribbon around the upper chair back
of every other chair, finishing it off with a giant bow. On alternate
chairs, tie the ribbon around the chair back, knot it over an artificial
sprig of lily-of-the-valley, and let the long ends of the ribbon curl
down like streamers. Use the same ribbon for a backdrop behind the
wedding table or the arch for outdoor vows. Stretch a thin wire across
the space; from it, hang random-length strands of the mesh used for the
chairs, wide satin ribbon in deeper shades of the wedding pastels,
strands of white and silver curling ribbon, and very thin
gathered-ribbon trim.
Decorate for a Halloween party and trick-or-treat night with mesh ribbon pumpkins to hang in your lighted windows. Scrunch decorative
orange mesh into a fat ball for each pumpkin and overlay it with wide
orange mesh ribbon in rounded vertical columns to mimic the ridges of a
pumpkin globe. Gather the top into a knot and tie strips of green mesh
ribbon around it to sprout out in curves like leaves on a pumpkin vine.
Top off the green leaves with a cluster of silk autumn leaves and
strands of tiny orange berries. Hang one of the pumpkins in each of the
front-facing windows on the ground floor of your house. Light them to
glow for visitors, inside and out, with a small spotlight facing up
beneath each pumpkin or a strand of fairy lights draped around each
window frame.