For years, grosgrain ribbon has been used for everything from hair bows to the edging on dresses. It has been used on clothing and personal accessories for a very long time. Now, though, this ribbon is growing in popularity as a decorative embellishment in a large variety of other arenas. Crafting, sewing, and decorating are all great places for people to explore the simple and economical beauty that such ribbon can lend to these different projects.

This paper now comes in a so many different color and pattern choices that sometimes whole aisles at stores are taken up simply with scrapbooking paper. Once the paper has been chosen, the crafter then moves-on to adding decorations and other embellishments to the scrapbook page. Everything from special scissors that make interesting edges to hole punches that make holes in the shape of various items are used to decorate these pages. However, one decoration that is widely used is grosgrain ribbon. The ribbon can be used to make a sort of frame for the picture on the page. Clever crafters can even make their own scrapbook by tying several pages of scrapbook paper together with ribbon.

Grosgrain ribbon is also widely used in making hair adornments, especially for children. Various colors of this ribbon are often used to tie simple bows around ponytails and braids, making an inexpensive but fun accessory for the wearer. Bows made from the ribbon can also be attached to various sized hair clips for those who do not have hair appropriate for a ponytail. Ribbon is also sometimes used to modify headbands and other barrettes so that they have a unique look that a crafter can create to go with any color scheme. Such ribbon is even sometimes used instead of typical shoelaces as a fun and different alternative to those laces. Some crafters even make simple bookmarks out of various pieces of this versatile ribbon, making a useful and lovely tool for very little money and effort.

Solid Color Grosgrain Ribbons also has a host of uses. Different solid colors ribbons mixing together can be weaved nice bow.

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