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Help with flower pens

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    Buzzing bee
    pmerr    August 14, 2010   Rochester, NY

    So I'm making some pens with flowers I have-you know, I wrapped floral tape around the flower & the pen, but the tape is slightly tacky. I would like to wrap some ribbon around it, and I got purple ribbon with white polka dots. When I wrap it so it overlaps it's way down, it looks weird.

    Any suggestions on what I should do? Should I just wrap it around once and do that the entire pen? Not all of the pens have floral tape the entire way down. Or, should I just go get green ribbon & wrap that?

    I'll appreciate any suggestions! Thanks!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    What do you mean by 'it looks weird'? Weird like bumpy? or just too much?

    What about getting a very, very, very lightweight fabric and wrapping them in that? (Cut pieces to be pen sized, long thin rectangles so it would have a 'seam' running the whole length.)

    I'm not sure about the ribbon :( but green WOULD stick with the flower theme :)

     
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    pmerr    August 14, 2010   Rochester, NY

    It just looks bumpy b/c it's kinda thick, & with the pattern it just looks weird.

    If I did the lightweight fabric I would just cut really small pieces & wrap it one piece at a time to cover it?

    Purple's just one of the accent colors-the rest is all pink & yellow.

     
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    Chartreuse    March 6, 2010   Belize

    maybe get a wider ribbon so that it doesn't have to wrap around so many times, or use a solid colour. Green might be good to look like the stems of the flowers

     

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