Ribbon Question

[DianneB1030]

I bought the cutest Halloween ribbon the other day. I've seen posts about special scissors for ribbon. This ribbon is wired. The wire is very thin, but it has got to be worse on scissors than paper, and I shudder at the thought of using my good scissors on it. What do I do?

[iamvics]

Use scissors from the dollar store! I have Tim Holtz Tonics and they cut wire easily.

Vic

[SophieLaFontaine]

Yeah, just use any old (or cheap new) scissors on them. Any scissors will probably cut right through the wire.

[LeisaJane]

I cut through wired ribbon with my good scissors all the time...no problem.

[whoistracy]

You can buy a scissor/knife sharpener and then not have to worry about it- that's what I did and it makes my ribbon edges a lot nicer, too.

[mastuff]

I usually grab the wire on the edge of the ribbon and pull it out. I use the scissors to crimp down on the wire without cutting all the way through.

[DianneB1030]

Thanks all for the advice!

[creatingisfun]

yup, i get scissors from dollar tree ;)

[cat_woman]

I usually use cheap scissors to cut the length plus a little I want, then pull out the wire and use my good scissors to trim it after I tie my bow or knot.

[DianneB1030]

I hadn't even thought about removing the wire, but I did and liked the ribbon MUCH better without it. Thanks so much everyone!

After all the posts I've seen about how people feel about someone using their special ribbon scissors to cut paper I just didn't think cutting wire with them would be good for them. I have some "el cheapo" scissors, but they din;t do such a great job on the ribbon. Taking the wire out was perfect, and the ribbon lays nicer on the cards too.

I guess I thought pulling out the wire might make the ribbon unravel or something - kind of dumb I guess, lol.