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PrintedOnRibbon

Your message …printed on ribbon!

Hi, my name’s John and I own and operate PrintedOnRibbon, a specialist ribbon printing service based in the UK.

I can print your own special message on a range of ribbon which is ideal for crafting and making gifts that extra bit special. The ribbon is sold by the metre, with no minimum required (except for sashes). Each order is designed and printed to your exact specification then securely packaged and despatched to you via Royal Mail first class post. Starting from just 99p per metre, I believe my prices are highly competitive and offer a low volume, low cost bespoke printing service.

I set the business up in the Autumn of 2010 after pondering what I could do to find a niche market within the crafting world. I had already spent several years dabbling in various crafts such as wire work, ceramics and even funky foam …all with little success. I then moved on to organising craft fairs, but the work became too exhausting and time consuming for the return. If you’ve ever tried it, you’ll know what I mean!

I hit on the idea of providing printed ribbons to crafters as a way for them to further enhance their projects and to use in place of a business card. A parcel lovingly wrapped and tied with a ribbon printed with your craft business details is much more interesting, don’t you think? So, after much consideration, I decided to take the plunge and invest in a specialist ‘thermal foil transfer’ ribbon printing machine.

After test printing what seemed like miles of ribbon I set up my first ‘shop’ on Folksy. And I’m delighted to say the wonderful Folksy folk warmed to the idea and began to order from me. That spurred me on to offer more than just the ‘standard’ 10mm satin ribbon and I now also offer 50mm poly (florists) ribbon, which is ideal for craft fair table edging and the huge 100mm wide satin ribbons that are ideal for hen do sashes!