Who on earth would ever combine paper-crafting supplies, and power tools?
Well a man of course!
Everyone knows I am addicted to ribbon. Its the best embellishment-ever. I join every ribbon share Jodyhas. So I got this GORGEOUS share of May Arts ribbon. A $100 worth to be exact. Now my dilemma was I needed to wrap ALL those bundles of ribbon. So, I got these cool Fiber cards to organize it all!
So Saturday night. What does a married couple with three kids do-invite over our newly married friends for a little entertainment. The decision was to watch a movie (I know we aren’t very exciting, but we did have Pina Colada’s!).
So, I figured heck I’m not wasting a minute. I have ALL this ribbon I can wrap while I watch the movie. As I sit there wrapping, my supah sweet hubby say’s “Give me some and I’ll help you” (sweet huh?). Then our friends Sean & Jenny pitch in too! There we are all wrapping my ribbon! A real site let me tell you.
Well my thumbs, index, and middle fingers start to go numb from wrapping. The guys quit and agree this is a suck job, and there must be an easier way. I keep wrapping for another hour.
Then it hit them! POWER-DRILL!
Sean (Jay’s best friend as seen in photos) says “What if we had a dowel and a drill? I bet it would wind fast.” No dowel-no luck.
Jason runs and get the drill cause he remembers there are these “grasps” on it.
So they stick my fiber card in the grippers, and push the power button.
The ribbon starts to neatly spool onto the card, and its done in like 20 seconds!
Why they couldn’t have come up with that like and hour and a half ago?!! I was shocked! So here came the photos! I thought everyone needs to see this!
So here you have it. Power tools and paper-crafting really can coexist. Leave it to a man!
21 Responses for "Ribbon share wrapping-Guy Style!"
This is pure genius! Who says guys aren’t crafty?!
Oh my gosh! I think he’s a genius. So glad I bought DH a new drill.
Awesome idea!!
DH says with a good variable speed drill, that’s real easy! So now he’s thinking about how he can do it – but I don’t have any ribbon that needs to be wound. Poor guy. Tell Jason and Sean they’re brilliant!
Bwahahahahaha! Only a man! That’s ingenious! 🙂
I LOVE it!
LOL! I spent HOURS wrapping my ribbon from the same share yesterday. Why didn’t my DH think of that?
Love it…except, I would never let Nick put his drill near my ribbon, cause it’s filthy from work! I suppose I could buy him one that I could use, right? Tell the guys, brilliant!
That is the best story- and better than any movie -ranks 5 stars for entertainment! I just spent hours sorting my ribbons into little jewelry baggies……… Boo Hoo Thanks for sharing
Yah that would be great!! IF WE COULD FIND THE BATTERY!!! for the cordless drill!!! (lol) 🙂
Great idea! Your DH’s drill is similar to mine – and, yes, it is MY drill! (I am the handy one in the family.) I’ll tuck this in the back of my mind in case I need to wrap ribbon some day!
Thanks for the awesome tip!
That’s hilarious! BTW, I noticed that you took my link down from the Shop till you Drop list! LOL I was just getting ready to email you and ask what kind of yummy stuff I was selling!!! ROFL 🙂 🙂 And
what a good hubby you have!
That is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time! 😀
OMG! I am laughing hysterically Lauren! LOL Imagine how numb MY fingers are! 😉 I’m glad he found a genius way to do it! 🙂
Thanks for the laugh Lauren! Men are great problem solvers aren’t they?
Linda
tee hee hee!!! that’s too funny!
~Kendra
oh my, I am totally sharing this with my husband!!!!
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