The Joy of Ribbon

I have changed the title of this blog ( my second one), from "My Musings" to "A Joy Every Day". I still have my musings, but my motto for life has always been taken from the scriptures which say "men are, that they might have joy". Of course that means women too, and I always try to find joy in any situation. I may not always be successful but I think I am most of the time, even if I have to look a little harder in some cases. I was in the yard a couple of days ago and found this piece of ribbon on the ground. It had obviously blown into my yard and was from one of my neighbor's garbage cans. It filled me with joy just to see it and that's how the new blog title began.

Drawer full

14" x 24" bin

Little Bins

Bits and Pieces

If you give me a gift, you can be sure I will recycle the ribbon from it. Yes, I admit it.... I am a ribbonaholic. I have many, many sacks and spools of it. I even find it hard to use sometimes because it is such fun to look at. I have gotten packages of vintage ric-rac at antique stores, and I make greeting cards using my bit and pieces on those. I also love to make my own bows because it's a joy for me to be able to wrap a pretty present. Maybe it reminds me of my little girl's piggy tails or of my favorite holiday "Christmas"...I don't really know. I have 3 large boxes of Christmas ribbons that are in the attic that I couldn't photograph. All I know is.... the one who dies with the most ribbon, wins.