ink jet printable ribbon

[sugar n spice]

I am probably teaching granny to suck eggs but………………..
With all this talk of ink printable ribbon (which seems very expensive when bought from on the TV shopping channel,) I though I would have a go at a cheaper alternative and it worked. I had a piece of material I cut from a roller blind (you know the quite stiff fabric ones) I cut a strip from it, double sided sticky tape it to a piece of thin card/thick paper, sent it through the printer ………….. perfect result.
And the best bit is that many of the handyman stores sell fabric blinds really cheap.
Now all I need is new ink for my printer.

[Hotluca]

Ooooh, thanks! I was just about to chuck out two long white blinds! I do like a bit of upcycling......

[sugar n spice]

Ooooh, thanks! I was just about to chuck out two long white blinds! I do like a bit of upcycling......

good for you bad news i chucked some old stained bits of those vertical blind slats away as they were stained but they would have been great for this.

[andrea]

i've had a roll of white bias binding about 250 mtrs which only cost a £1 for ages so i gave it a try and it worked perfectly

[smacker]

This is a great tip,I like to save my pennies whenever I can,as money is tight this time of year with bills ect.thanks for sharing

[angdrumm]

Thanks for this great tip, off down to the charity shop to see what I can find in the morning