Custom Awards and Personalized Ribbons

From motivation to simple recognition, custom ribbons make great awards.

It’s the age of rewarding everyone for a job well done, so why not celebrate individuals with personalized items. From name tags to lanyards, prizes and awards are more meaningful with someone’s name on them.

And personalized ribbons are no exception.

Rosette Ribbons

These ribbons are the most popular for awards. Their very nature suggests something extraordinary. And with them being such unique ribbons, anyone is sure to enjoy the attention they will receive after getting such special recognition.

With an abundance of color and room for a personal message, these award ribbons are perfect for nearly every occasion. From spelling bees to equestrian events, rosettes are guaranteed to make the crowd go wild! Personalize each ribbon to fit your need.

Classic Ribbons

Don’t underestimate these fun ribbons! Badge and classic ribbons have their specialty. Reward someone at your next event with a badge ribbon for their name tag. Or, give away a full color classic ribbon as an award for a student’s excellent presentation.

No matter your choice with these flat ribbons, they are sure to draw the attention they deserve. And most importantly, each recipient will feel like they worked hard and earned what they got!

Ribbon Rolls

Another under-appreciated award ribbon is the simple ribbon roll. While they don’t seem to be much at first, a closer look at this personalized ribbon choice reveals an abundance of use. From awareness ribbons to decorations and even to personalized gift wrapping, ribbon rolls are one of your most significant assets for recognition.

Use these ribbon rolls for wrapping a special award. Or use them for added personality to a custom award of your choice. These custom ribbons not only show how much you care but can be reused or kept as a token of your recognition.

No matter your ribbon choice, remember that custom ribbons are perfect in every way for any great award!

3 Ribbons to Liven Up Fall Festivals

People are seeing red, orange and yellow trimmings now that fall festivals are here. Promote your company, club, school or non-profit organization while hosting a harvest festival for the community. And make your fall festivals more upbeat with custom ribbons for prizes, awards, labels and decorations.

Start by customizing ribbons with your company or school logo and include a personal message for festival goers. If your harvest festival is an annual event, put the festival’s name and the year, so attendees remember to come back next fall.

There are countless ways ribbons enhance festivities. Here are three fun ribbons to get your creative ideas flowing.

Fall Festivals and Rosette Ribbons

Games and contests are at the heart of most fall festivals. Make festival goers feel special with custom rosette ribbons. Hand award ribbons to each winner for pie baking, pie eating, scarecrow building and pumpkin decorating contests. Children love receiving rosette ribbons for the first, second and third place for corn tossing, bobbing for apples, sack racing and other fun games.

Fall Festivals and Badge Ribbons

Badge ribbons are great for labeling items while also bringing more color to your event. Create labels for a cake walk with ribbons that specify which cake is which. For bigger events, designate festival workers, volunteers and vendors with color-coded ribbons to make their name badges. If your company is hosting a festival, spotlight employees and staff members with personalized ribbons with their names and job titles.

Ribbon Rolls

Wrap giveaways and prizes with custom ribbon rolls. Tie a cute bow around utensils and napkins. Or, drape ribbon garlands on the walls to liven the room. If the event is outside, hang them from tree branches. Attendees can make their wreaths by wrapping and tying the fall-themed fabric around straw circles. Children can enjoy making ribbon wands. Another fun way to use ribbon rolls is to decorate the edge of tables or hang them on the back of chairs. You can also tie them around centerpieces, candle holders or glass jars filled with candy corns. Custom ribbons also make great photo booth backdrops. The possibilities are endless!

No matter how you use ribbons for your fall festivals, they are sure to add fun and excitement in ways festival goers won’t forget.

Understanding the Social Effect of Ribbons

From awareness and awards to wedding and event decorations, all ribbons have one thing in common: they create a social atmosphere. Ribbons are a perfect way to create fun. Whether it be part of a craft project or using them for decorations at your next party, they inevitably accomplish the same things. They drive your need to socialize. And this is an important aspect of ribbons.

To understand why all ribbons are social, ask yourself the following questions.

finding the social aspect and necessity in your ribbon usage

First, picture the world without ribbons. Now ask yourself why this would affect you and how it would impact your social life. Perhaps it doesn’t affect your daily life, but the overall quality of life would diminish. We don’t mean to state that without ribbons life is pointless. We only mean to state that ribbons spice up our lives. Take gift giving into consideration. What is your reaction to a present that isn’t wrapped? We all want to receive a beautifully packaged gift because we all want to feel appreciated. In this case, the social need for ribbons is to make someone feel special.

The next question you should ask yourself is where you would be at any given event without ribbons. Most events have decorations for the tables, backdrops and other pieces to get attention. Without ribbons, how would these social events look? No bright colors or fun ornamentation would make for a boring party. Yes, the disco ball would still be there, but what about the streamers and table runners? Ribbons make a party more social and exciting.

Another question you need to ask is how you would feel about excelling at a sporting event or academic achievement and not receiving any recognition. Without badge ribbons or award ribbons, we would all feel a bit left out, possibly even that it was a waste of our time from the get-go for even participating. Ribbons fill that social recognition that we all crave.

Other ribbon uses include a variety of arts and craft projects, commemorations, and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. They are also presented to honor service members as well as given or worn as symbols for causes and issue awareness.

So, join in on the fun! Ribbons are entertaining, cheerful, fascinating and they create the perfect finishing touch for projects, crafts and any event. Make your life social and full of ribbons today!

Product Highlight: Blank Badge Ribbons

Decorate your own blank badge ribbons to meet any need!

Sometimes you just need a plain, flat, colored ribbon. This is where custom blank badge ribbons come in handy. These ribbons can be used in most any way, and here are a few suggestions.

With the abundance in color variety, these badge ribbons can be used to differentiate between attendees at a convention or students in a classroom. Give orange ribbons to volunteers at a conference and purple to attendees. Use the different colors for different assignments in a classroom. Or stack the colors for different achievements in any setting.

Blank badge ribbons are perfect for crafts and scrapbooks. DIY projects may need a little extra color and these ribbons are a great way to add it in! Use the adhesive to attach the ribbon to a scrapbook page. And then write on them with a permanent marker to personalize it in any way. Attach ribbons to picture frames for a bright embellishment. Use your imagination and get as creative as you need to!

One of the most obvious use for badge ribbons is name badges and badge holders.

Use these colorful ribbons to help your brand stand out from your competitors. Use the adhesive strip to attach them to the bottom of your name tag at a conference or convention. Or just use around the office. Each ribbon is useful for handing out to employees or customers. Use these ribbons in contests or give-a-ways that your company might have.

From family reunions to summer work parties, another great use for these blank badge ribbons is party games. Use the different colors for different games or organization during the festivities. Design your own game using badge ribbons and either focus on the colors or write on them with a permanent marker.

Whatever your use, blank badge ribbons are the perfect solution. And the best part is that you can order yours today! Choose from over 30 colors and 2 orientations at Personalized Ribbons.

How To: Creating Custom Ribbon Ends

Printing on ribbon ends is great for awareness ribbons, wrapping gifts and using at most events.

Use these instructions if you would prefer your imprint to only appear at the ribbon ends of your project, rather than repeating over and over the entire length of your project (example: awareness ribbons).

DETERMINE YOUR LENGTH
The best way to ensure correct placement of the imprint is to create a “mock-up” using ribbon similar to the width that you will be ordering. Create the loop or bow the size that you want. If you will be tying a bow around an object, make sure you use a similarly sized object to create the mock-up. Longer words or logos will require a longer imprint area; you may need to lengthen the “tails” of your ribbon. Trim or mark the ribbon ends.

MEASURE THE GAPS
Mark where you would like the imprints to begin and end on the ribbon ends. Please note that if you are tying a bow it is harder to get the tails to hang with both imprints showing; one side tends to flip over and show the back of the ribbon instead. Once marked, untie your ribbon piece and lay it out flat. See diagrams below and left for measuring details.

LONG GAP – This is the area of ribbon where your bow or loop happens, above the tails.

SHORT GAP – This is the area of ribbon at the tip of the tail, below the imprint. If you will be cutting the ribbons at an angle (recommended to minimize fraying in most ribbons) measure from the longest point. You will then have to double that measurement to create the same distance on either side of your cut (see below).

HOW WILL IT LOOK?
We will be imprinting one length of ribbon with the long and short gaps that you specify. It can be difficult to visualize how the measurements you’ve requested will look end-to-end.

View entire infographic by clicking on the image. (Infographic and text courtesy of: Melanie Bunch, Graphic Artist, Coller Industries Incorporated.)