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I ordered some ribbon on Amazon for a project destined to be a magnificant objet d’art. My intentions were not the best because I knew my track record for magnificent art looked a lot like Charlie Brown’s record for good dates with Lucy. But I fantasized anyway about seeing myself create a masterpiece with wispy avocado-meets-mint-meets sage-colored sheer ribbon.

It was a lush ribbon as far as ribbon goes. It shimmered and shined in a non-Kardashian kind…